Quoting Jon Paris:
"One of the huge (and growing) markets that the iPad seems to have opened up is
the gray market â but in this case âgrayâ as in granny. Any number of grandmas
seems to be adopting them so they can do email and keep up with their families
on Facebook etc. No PC no matter how good was ever going to penetrate that
market."
http://blog.angustheitchap.com/?p=261#comments
I can see that. I hate to generalize about generations, but I can see how the
iPad might appeal to older generations that eschew PCs.
I understand that iPad has a larger form factor than iPhone, but it seems that
the UI for both is quite comparable. Developers might choose one UI for desktop
browsers, but a 2nd UI for iPhone and iPad clients.
----- Original Message ----
From: Pete Helgren <pete@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, October 19, 2010 12:47:19 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] jQuery for Mobile
<geezer reply>
The thing missing in the mix is the "Graying of America" factor in most
mobile devices. Admittedly, I have only been using a "smartphone" for a
relatively brief time (Samsung GT-5700I running Android 2.1) but my
primary complaint is that the layout of most components doesn't reflect
dim eyes and fat fingers. Until it is truly useful to retrieve and
answer email and read large amounts of text, the mobile device will be
an accessory, not a primary computing device, for most of us.
Netbooks and iPad are not, in my humble opinion, *mobile* devices.
Smart phones are.
</geezer reply>
Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.asaap.com
www.opensource4i.com
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