{"id":19261,"date":"2012-11-13T20:55:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T01:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-13T17:53:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T21:53:13","slug":"tablet-info-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/tablet-info-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>ComputerWorld<\/em><\/a> defines<\/a> post-PC devices like a tablet with four characteristics;
\n1. It’s an appliance.
\n2. It’s got a multi-touch UI,
\n3. It doesn’t have file management,
\n4. Apps function on the app-store model.<\/p>\n

Big Drop in Tablet Average Selling Price<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Big<\/a>The Business Insider<\/em><\/a> has documented<\/a> the average selling price (ASP) of tablets keeps falling. The ASP fell 17 percent from 2010\u2014when it was pretty much just the\u00a0Apple<\/a> (AAPL<\/a>) iPad<\/a>\u2014to 2011. Through the first six months of this year alone, the ASP has fallen another 17 percent.<\/p>\n

The drop is driven partly by the introduction of $200 mini tablets like the\u00a0Amazon<\/a> (AMZN<\/a>) Kindle Fire<\/a>, but also a fall in the price of the dominant large-screen devices.<\/p>\n

rb-<\/strong> No wonder Apple is suing everybody in sight to prevent competition. They need to protect their profit margins. Way to go USPTO<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Tablet<\/a><\/p>\n

Are We in the Post PC Era<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Are<\/a>Kevin C. Tofel<\/a> at GigaOM<\/em><\/a> recently wrote<\/a> that by looking at the numbers, it\u2019s difficult to argue that the Apple<\/a> (AAPL<\/a>) iPad is anything less than a success. The company sold more iPads<\/a> \u2014 15.4 million \u2014 than any traditional computer maker sold PCs in the last quarter of 2011. Mr. Tofel argues what is debatable, however, is whether the iPad will take us to the \u201cpost-PC\u201d era, as Apple calls it. Former Apple director Michael Mace<\/a> suggests that the PC isn\u2019t going away, agreeing with Apple\u2019s CEO, Tim Cook, who recently said<\/a> \u201cI don\u2019t predict the demise of the PC industry, I don\u2019t subscribe to that.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Michael Mace observed on his personal blog that. “I think the \u2018PC era\u2019 meme from Apple is self-serving hype. Of course, they want to convince you that the world is shifting away from a market where Apple has less than 10% worldwide share to a market where Apple has well over 50% share.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

“... My thought is that PCs aren\u2019t going to suddenly disappear, but people will continue to opt for capable tablets or hybrid devices in the place of future, new PC purchases. The mobile market is shifting traditional tasks away from PCs of old, and for people who need a PC occasionally, they will likely be able to access one remotely.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

“Apple is simply calling out the post-PC era because it has successfully transformed its business lines ahead of the curve and before its peers.<\/em>“<\/p>\n

Mr. Tofel points out that when all is said and done, Mace makes one last salient point worth noting: How will Microsoft<\/a> (MSFT<\/a>) respond to the iPad? We know the answer is Windows 8<\/a>, but there\u2019s still an open question about how well the platform will do on tablets. Perhaps, Mace notes, we\u2019re not exactly on the cusp of a post-PC age, but instead, a post-Microsoft era.<\/p>\n

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