I'd like to talk about tablets in general and why we've got tablets. as steve jobs says 'people don't know what they want until it's shown what they want'. This quote is a perfect example why we've got the tablet market today, i'm not saying apple invented the tablet because microsoft come out with their tablet PC way back in 2002 but i'm saying is that they created a market where nobody in the audience anticipated.
It's just so much easier having a tablet, sure there's some tasks i need a laptop or desktop computer. see i'm a 3D animator and the program i use is 3DS max, i regularly create 3D animations on my youtube channel under the same name 'Techguy276' since there's no 3DS max app for iPad or android i've got to stick with using my laptop for all my 3D animation needs. There are some experiences on a laptop like web browsing or even on facebook that are much better than it's tablet counterparts.
If it wasn't for a tablet most of the things that i have little need like looking up someone on IMDB or just casually looking on youtube to see if there's any new youtube videos out, i can power on the touchpad in under 20 seconds and get where i need to go. With the laptop,i've got to wait until it boots up and then i've got to wait for it to do all the background checks when it'd on the desktop and then get where i need to go if i remember what i was meant to do.
i do believe that the public don't k now what they want until it's presented to them. This brings me to my other idea. No matter how big the audience is there's always going to be someone buying your product, if you've invented something then you've invented to assist your life thorough whatever problem you had but you're not the only person who has that problem, there's always going to be someone else in the same scenaory that has the same problem but doesn't know what to do to invent that object.
Here's a thing that gets me, Microsoft announced their tablet on 18th of June and everybody claims that they are copying from apple, i do believe they are copying a little bit but you've got tot remember that roughly every manufacturer out there have brought out their tablet and they've all been branded with copycat fever. Remember competition is good for the consumer, each manufacturer and each developer are competing against each othe to bring out the best design, best interface. Look at iOS and android, sure apple copy features from android and android copying ideas from iOS but by bringing both of these features to market, it's become much much better for the consumer. Just think for a second if android didn't come out, apple wouldn't need to compete with anyone becasue there would be no one else out there to rival against.
i'd like to touch a bit more on this subject in a later blog. Remember competition is good so if you see anyone arguing about iOS and Android being the better OS just call them stupid bcause them as a consumer are getting more features and more tweaks because the rivally between the company
Henry Ford once said "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses" people don't know what they want until some visionary shows them.
ReplyDeleteNot many people can see potential and given the question about how something can be improved will always default to either Cheaper, thinner, lighter, faster, lasts longer..which are usually all normally looked at with a product improvement anyway.
nearly everyone laughed at the iPad launch (except people that could see a new future shaping up) saying why would people want a tablet and now Microsoft say they will outsell desktops in 2013. Maybe this is why their version in 2002 failed as even they don't believe in their own products until they are changed beyond all recognition and given a proper launch at the right time...then they joined back in with how they are the future. Bill Gates wrote a book called 'The Road Ahead' with hardly a mention of the internet as he didn't think it important...weeks after launch he rewrote most of it with the internet mentioned all through every chapter and got microsoft immediately working on many internet projects!