Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business

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Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business

Posted by timothy on Saturday November 20, 2010 @11:33AM from the try-this-electric-notepad-bill dept.

An anonymous reader writes "On PC World's blog, Keir Thomas suggests reasons why tablets have never taken off in business, and explains how Apple's iPad was able to waltz in and steal the entire market. It's all about giving users freedom to figure out how useful tablets can be, he says, rather than forcing them into narrow usage scenarios: 'There's a lot to be said for having faith in users to make best use of their computer, without pushing and pulling them in ways you think are best for them.'"

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It's all about customer convenience by Anne_Nonymous · 2010-11-20 11:36 · Score: 4, Funny

>> why tablets have never taken off in business
No cupholders.
1. Re:It's all about customer convenience by ScrewMaster · 2010-11-20 12:38 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  >> why tablets have never taken off in business
  No cupholders.
  The reason tablets have never taken off is because you have to press that stylus really, really hard to cut into the stone.
  
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  The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
2. Re:It's all about customer convenience by hedwards · 2010-11-20 13:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Have you tried to use the cupholder on a laptop? On a desktop, the cup more or less stays put, but the last time I used one on a laptop, I ended up spilling half of it on my lap.
  
  I can only imagine how difficult it would be to balance use a tablet based cupholder.
Of course there are no iPads in businesses by pankkake · 2010-11-20 12:08 · Score: 5, Funny

...hipsters don't have jobs.

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1. Re:Of course there are no iPads in businesses by wierd_w · 2010-11-20 12:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  no, but In soviet america, Jobs has Hipsters!
Re:Steal the market? by 605dave · 2010-11-20 12:24 · Score: 4, Funny

It doesn't matter, Apple is evil. And closed. And all that other stuff. Stop pointing out the obvious benefits of Apple's approach. Don't you know it doesn't adhere to our strict open philosophy? It doesn't matter that people seem to like it, it seems to work, and it seems to be secure.

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
Re:My personal view: by greenbobb · 2010-11-20 12:52 · Score: 2, Funny

Yeah, no more music, poetry or any other form of creativity either. I say we never look at things in new ways ever again.
Re:does not compute by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-20 12:55 · Score: 0, Funny

Spoken by somebody who didn't take very good care of their body. There is no reason that you have to lose dexterity or have bad eyesight just because you get older.
I thought it was poor aerodynamics... by bashibazouk · 2010-11-20 13:16 · Score: 3, Funny

and not enough thrust.
Re:does not compute by gmhowell · 2010-11-20 15:48 · Score: 4, Funny

Wow. Just... Wow. If a prerequisite to being old and wise is to first be young and stupid, you are destined to become Methuselah.

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Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. -John Lennon
Re:does not compute by QuantumG · 2010-11-20 18:31 · Score: 2, Funny

Yes, they're called "hipsters", we get it.

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How we know is more important than what we know.
Re:does not compute by Anonymous Coward · 2010-11-20 18:42 · Score: 5, Funny

Must be from all the American semen pumped into your great grandmother during WWI.