{"id":8400,"date":"2011-03-28T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2011-03-27T18:02:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T01:02:15","slug":"newsletter-issue-591-how-not-to-smother-the-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2011\/03\/newsletter-issue-591-how-not-to-smother-the-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #591: How Not to Smother the iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a story this week from CNN that purports to list the best laid plans by Apple\u2019s competitors to surround and smother the iPad\u2019s momentum. Corporate executives and industry analysts are quoted, and I\u2019ll take the story as accurate, since the latest tablets from these companies confirms the story, and clearly betrays their total ignorance of the reasons behind Apple\u2019s success.<\/p>\n<p>To their questionable way of thinking, the best way to compete with Apple is just to build as many different alternative models as possible, replete with features that Apple doesn\u2019t have. After all, why stick with a 9.7-inch tablet, when you can add models with 7-inch screens, 10.1-inch screens, and any size in between that your chosen flat panel factory can build for you.<\/p>\n<p>If that\u2019s not enough, add models with 3D capability. Maybe include a free set of 3D goggles with your purchase. And if letting your fingers doing the walking across the touchscreen isn\u2019t sufficient for input, why not add that tried and true stylus? If you\u2019re afraid of losing one, just have it connected via a wire, and provide a convenient storage clip on the unit itself. It begins to sound like we\u2019re returning to the era of the original Palm Pilot or Apple Newton here, but this has to be a good idea. After all, Apple hasn\u2019t done it on their iPads.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there is that niggling question about apps. Apple has 60,000 tailored strictly for the iPad. Android has a tiny fraction of that, but that\u2019s no big deal, right? Developers will soon come on board, and the entire iPad killer ecosystem will soon be in place.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! 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