Apple’s Tablet Unlikely to Maximize the Form Factor’s Potential
January 25th, 2010 admin
Computers used to occupy entire floors of buildings. They quickly started to shrink, however, to occupy rooms, then desks and ultimately, laps. The laptop is now the default form factor for computing, with the smartphone occupying the emerging “on the go” niche. But while the laptop replaces the desktop in most cases, the smartphone doesn’t replace the laptop; rather it’s considered an additional device. The Apple tablet, on the other hand, will replace neither the laptop nor the smartphone; it, too, is destined to be an ancillary…
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