Posts Tagged "Bill Gates"

5 Reasons Why The Apple Tablet Will Fail

Posted by Editor on Jan 25, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

Readers of this blog will note that Tasty Slate is unabashedly fanboyish when it comes to all things Apple and tablet related. That said, not everyone has their spinning propeller hat ready to roll just yet. So, let’s look at the other side of the coin for a moment and please feel free to add your own thoughts in the comments for pro/con or other reasons we should add. Here are five reasons why the Apple Tablet Will Fail:

It’s the Value Added Content – Stupid

Posted by Editor on Jan 15, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

The AP via MacNewsWorld ponders the viability of the Apple tablet. They point out a lot of the previous attempts to bring a tablet to market have failed, most notably:

Bill Gates, cofounder of Apple nemesis Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), predicted repeatedly during the 2000s that tablets were about to take off. He was wrong because those tablets required people to use a pen-shaped stylus to tap buttons or write on the screen, which was attractive in workplaces where employees needed to check boxes or fill out forms. For most people, though, using a stylus for regular computer tasks such as editing a spreadsheet was more cumbersome than using a mouse and keyboard.