RIM: Jobs is Wrong; Seven Inches is Big Enough

[Pyroflea]

The only way I would buy a tablet would be if it were a 7" model... The iPad is freaking enormous, it's not portable at all. I could carry a laptop and it would be the same size.

 

[Guest]

Hmmm. The way you hold an iphone to use its keyboard won't work that well with a 7" tablet (it's too big to hold that way). And the way you type on an iPad almost certainly won't work reliably on a 7" tablet (it's two small to use like a physical keyboard). You can get a feel for that by switching the iPad to portrait mode and imagining the keyboard being even slightly smaller than that.

7" would be great for certain apps that don't require a lot of typing but could benefit from a bigger screen. The order entry terminals that Apple uses in its retail stores, or devices that delivery or trucking companies use to display and track orders and shipments, all manner of things like that.

It's all in what you think the devices are for. Also, for the general user of tablet devices, once they are too big to fit in your pocket or attached to your belt, they might as well be the size of an iPad, since the portability difference is marginal. Again, for retail and transport style applications, the 7" size should be a bit better since the size is large enough to display good touch boxes for checking delivery, and is a better size than a smartphone for recording customer signatures, but the weight and bulk reduction will be nice for people whose jobs mean they have to carry it around all day long.

If my analysis is correct there, then 7" ends up being interesting, but in a much smaller market, and it probably won't result in much end consumer demand.

 

[vfighter]

I have been trying to tell women that for YEARS but they just won't listen!

 

[AMD_pitbull]

First of all, I'm was very shocked that the first comments were not:
A) That's what she said
B) RIM Job jokes.
Quite impressed forum

Anyways, back to the article. IMO 7" is a good size for these tablets, so-long as they do something worth while. I mean, be completely honest here, what are you REALLY gonna need a tablet for. Smart-phones do almost everything a computer can do, and computers can do everything a phone can do now too. A 3.5"-4" screen is more then able to complete the tasks that they need to, as well as the netbooks being able to fill in the portable gap. Sorry, maybe I'm missing something, but, the tablets just come across as smart-phones on Miracle Grow that are only half as capable.

 

[AMD_pitbull]

*quick add to above post*
And the comments about Job's wife I don't consider "that's what she said", due to the fact that if she actually said it, Steve would just tell her she was holding it wrong.

 

[gmarsack]

[citation][nom]lauxenburg[/nom]He hit it right on the head.[/citation]
Sounds painful.

 

[applegetsmelaid]

Jane McEntegart... THANK YOU.

 

[eddieroolz]

As with many others here, I thought of something else entirely.

 

[borisof007]

Just got back from Blizzcon to see Rim Jobs, awesome XD

 

[turbolover22]

[citation][nom]JMcEntegart[/nom]At least I know if I ever bite the big one as a writer, I can always get a job that requires a really crass sense of humor.[/citation]


Ha. You said 'bite the big one' while discussing an article about 7 inchers.

 

[vz7]

I know this is late but I just wanted to comment that the term "distortion field" is the most stupid terms ever coined (interestingly by Apple).