Was the iPad a Mistake?
01.03.10
This isn't to ask whether it will be successful. Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) is a master at setting goals and then exceeding them, and a lot of folks are clearly excited about the iPad -- but the first generation iPhone was kind of a mistake that got corrected in later versions. As I look at similar products that seem better thought through, I'm increasingly thinking that Steve Jobs' initial concerns with this offering were well founded and that, at least initially, the iPad will have trouble reaching its potential.
I'll get into that this week and close with a product that could have made the Olympics much better, if NBC had broadcast the events real-time: Qualcomm's (Nasdaq: QCOM) Flo TV.
The 'iPad' Name
Back when I first started writing about the iPad last year, I too called it an "iPad," but readers convinced me that Apple wouldn't be stupid enough to give a device a name that sounded like a women's hygiene product. Along with many others, I drifted to "iTablet" as a reasonable alternative.
Source: TechNewsWorld