Acer CEO Declares a Tablets Bubble

retroworks writes "According to a story in Digitimes, Acer chairman JT Wang is predicting the end of 'tablet fever.' 'Commenting on tablet PC's impact on the notebook industry, [Acer chairman JT Wang] pointed out that tablet PC fever is already starting to cool down and consumers are also being attracted by notebooks again with Intel's Ultrabooks and Microsoft's Windows 8 the major attractions.' Back to the old model then... PC and laptop sales, driven by Windows upgrades?"

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Re:Fever?

[FlyingGuy]

Wow, you are way out of touch. My pal the insurance adjuster has an Ipad II and he rarely if ever touches a PC now except for gaming and watching porn at home. The camera takes all the pictures he needs and can record in both video and audio if required, the browser pulls up all the parts information he needs, the app on it allows him to complete the claim ON-SITE with a BT Keyboard for faster typing ( he has fat fingers ) AND submit it from the body shop or the customers house.

The iPad is the perfect tool for our times. Everything is client / server and that works great because it is a cellular data stream, with wifi backup. It is slick, it can be locked down by the issuer with their applications installed and can be updated over the wire.

No, you can't re-compile the linux kernel on it but that is not what it was designed for. It was designed to to what it does and it does that better then anything out there. I doubt Android will ever take market from it simply because Apple holds the keys to the kingdom and that makes sure that it is the same interface for one to the other, use 1 iDevice and you have used them all and that is the point. It is like windows in a way just one hell of a lot cooler and a lot more useful for the things it was designed for. It is elegant, useful, and it serves the Apple total user experience that people have become accustomed to and that can't be beat.