Why Tablets Haven't Taken Off In Business

An anonymous reader writes "On PC World's blog, Keir Thomas suggests reasons why tablets have never taken off in business, and explains how Apple's iPad was able to waltz in and steal the entire market. It's all about giving users freedom to figure out how useful tablets can be, he says, rather than forcing them into narrow usage scenarios: 'There's a lot to be said for having faith in users to make best use of their computer, without pushing and pulling them in ways you think are best for them.'"

It's all about customer convenience

[Anne_Nonymous]

>> why tablets have never taken off in business

No cupholders.

Of course there are no iPads in businesses

[pankkake]

...hipsters don't have jobs.

Re:Steal the market?

[605dave]

It doesn't matter, Apple is evil. And closed. And all that other stuff. Stop pointing out the obvious benefits of Apple's approach. Don't you know it doesn't adhere to our strict open philosophy? It doesn't matter that people seem to like it, it seems to work, and it seems to be secure.

Re:Of course there are no iPads in businesses

[wierd_w]

no, but In soviet america, Jobs has Hipsters!

Re:It's all about customer convenience

[ScrewMaster]

>> why tablets have never taken off in business

No cupholders.

The reason tablets have never taken off is because you have to press that stylus really, really hard to cut into the stone.

Re:My personal view:

[greenbobb]

Yeah, no more music, poetry or any other form of creativity either. I say we never look at things in new ways ever again.

Re:does not compute

[Anonymous Coward]

Spoken by somebody who didn't take very good care of their body. There is no reason that you have to lose dexterity or have bad eyesight just because you get older.

Re:It's all about customer convenience

[hedwards]

Have you tried to use the cupholder on a laptop? On a desktop, the cup more or less stays put, but the last time I used one on a laptop, I ended up spilling half of it on my lap.

I can only imagine how difficult it would be to balance use a tablet based cupholder.

I thought it was poor aerodynamics...

[bashibazouk]

and not enough thrust.

Re:does not compute

[gmhowell]

Wow. Just... Wow. If a prerequisite to being old and wise is to first be young and stupid, you are destined to become Methuselah.

Re:does not compute

[QuantumG]

Yes, they're called "hipsters", we get it.

Re:does not compute

[Anonymous Coward]

Must be from all the American semen pumped into your great grandmother during WWI.