Comments on: iPad vs the Mechanics http://cityhues.com/2010/01/31/ipad-kicks-the-tinkering-mechanics-out-of-the-garage/ Cityhues - Designers, Developers and Purveyors of iPhone Apps and more. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:04:38 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Cityhues (Jeff C) http://cityhues.com/2010/01/31/ipad-kicks-the-tinkering-mechanics-out-of-the-garage/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Cityhues (Jeff C) Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:54:42 +0000 http://cityhues.com/?p=285#comment-9 Well – certainly not on Grandma alone. But there are a whole lot of 40plus people who are simply only casually connected to the online world. The iPad would allow them to connect in a simple fashion, devoid of support issues and in an intuitive manner (i.e. unbox the iPad and start using it – point, touch and read/write.) That's not to say the market will be mid-aged people and seniors, I can see a potentially large market for education and students too. The proof will be in the adoption rate. We’ll have a better idea of that by mid-year. Well – certainly not on Grandma alone. But there are a whole lot of 40plus people who are simply only casually connected to the online world. The iPad would allow them to connect in a simple fashion, devoid of support issues and in an intuitive manner (i.e. unbox the iPad and start using it – point, touch and read/write.)

That’s not to say the market will be mid-aged people and seniors, I can see a potentially large market for education and students too.

The proof will be in the adoption rate. We’ll have a better idea of that by mid-year.

]]> By: Dan001 http://cityhues.com/2010/01/31/ipad-kicks-the-tinkering-mechanics-out-of-the-garage/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Dan001 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:45:36 +0000 http://cityhues.com/?p=285#comment-7 Your argument assumes that there is a market with the people who don't have a computer already, like my grandmother. I doubt Apple can make the iPad a success based on the Grandma market Your argument assumes that there is a market with the people who don’t have a computer already, like my grandmother. I doubt Apple can make the iPad a success based on the Grandma market

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