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byJayhawk0123 ( 8440955 ) writes:
an 18 inch iPad?
Was there any person out there that wanted a tablet that is 18 inches? If you know who, can you go beat them with a rubber hose.
The weight will be insane, there is no avoiding it... it's just a matter how terrible it will be, not a question of IF.
The bulkiness will also make it useless as a tablet. Too cumbersome holding it.
Aside from a few niche areas, this will struggle to find a problem, where it is an optimal solution. Other than sucking money from fan boy wallets.
byanoncoward69 ( 6496862 ) writes:
Didn't Microsoft have that huge surface tablet aimed at artists and creative types? My guess is that's Apple's market for this thing. That or people with really tiny penises that need to have the latest most expensive apple ohhhh shiny.
byJayhawk0123 ( 8440955 ) writes:
think their surface tablets maxed out at 13... but they did a white board/touchscreen style one that maxed out at 85 inches.... To me, it feels like they should let the small shops cater to that niche market, and they can provide easily adaptable tech (i.e software that will work with a touchscreen easily) for those shops to build devices and use msft tech... there was no shortage already of specialized manufacturers creating these super specialized devices, and there was never going to be enough of a market for MSFT to make the expenditure worth it, or for apple.
It really boggles the mind what makes it through the decision making filter and approved... then they need to cut head count because of 'efficiency" while greenlighting more stupidity like this... If anyone knows any books/research papers on this, feel free to share.... really curious what makes organizations usually known for smart decision making do stupid stuff like this...
*In this case, it only makes sense in the- deny your competition the market strategic feint... to draw them into devoting resources to try and take over that piece of the pie. i.e. Msft creates device lineup to cater to "creative types" (apples core market)... so Apple needs to respond (naturally)... Apple devotes a disproportional amount of time, money, and resources to counter msfts token investment and looses a crap ton of money on the venture.
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