On Apr 6, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > > Not completely. Game console is closer then microwave oven. They want > the app store model. No one would be buying these devices if they > were the equivalent of a TV, radio, or cable set top box. (Varied > media content, but functionality completely controlled by the device > vendor.)
Tablets are, in the end, consumer black boxes. Push a button (or an icon on the screen) and something wonderful happens without any knowledge or understanding of what the button does or how that wonderful something works. That's what I mean when I refer to tablets and consoles as appliances. And while the app store model doesn't apply to the microwave oven, take a look at some of the other appliances around. A state of the art sewing machine can be programmed -- with memory cards -- to do pretty much everything but load the thread and feed the cloth under the foot. That's not much different from iPad and Xoom. --Rich P. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
