Comment Re:People who want them, have them (Score 1) 692
Tablets were never going to sell like they were forever. We're approaching the point where most people who want them, already have them.
As I read the reports, most of the tablet sales for non iPad devices were filling the channel. The reports always described sell-in, no-one ever reported sell-thru rates, except Apple, for which they were 150% or so. When all you are doing is stuffing the channel and no-one is buying, the sell-in rate will drop like a stone once all of the stores have their stock. Later at the fire sale the sell out will be dramatic but your profit is a large negative number. That story describes the so-called tablets. Perhaps in the future there will be competition for the iPad, but it isn't here yet. And yes the iPad is a very useful tool for lots of people, that's why there are stories every week about some company or other buying thousands for some project. It is not a replacement for a MACPro, but then again, it was never intended to be one.
And as for the argument that you could do it all with a netbook/notebook/desktop/??? yes and you could probably also use a pencil and paper for most of it and your imagination for the rest, but would you? And would you want to?
My netbook was a fine computer but could not replace the macbookpro on trips. The iPad has.
