DIdn't steve once say that mini tablets were incredibly stupid? Why is apple going against his word?

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TheShape31 said:

bobgamez said:

I remember him insulting them a while back, saying how pointless they were.

Incorrect.  It was netbooks that they used to hurl insults at, not mini tablets.

Move along people, nothing to see here.

He said things like:

"It is meaningless, unless your tablet also includes sandpaper, so that the user can sand down their fingers to around one quarter of the present size. Apple's done extensive user-testing on touch interfaces over many years, and we really understand this stuff"

"The 7-inch tablets are tweeners, too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad."

"7-inch tablets are going to be DOA, dead on arrival. Their manufacturers will learn the painful lesson that their tablets are too small and increase the size next year, thereby abandoning both customers and developers who jumped on the 7-inch bandwagon with an orphan product. Sounds like lots of fun ahead."

not insults?

 

Personally I'm picking up a 7 or 8'' tablet soon, because 10'' tablets are too big and heavy for me.