I don't think consumers WANT tablets or iPads. They have been told that's what they WANT by marketing.
WANT is a disease in this society. NEED is the great leveller.
The following is from experience dealing with hundreds of people:
They NEED a cheap, flexible computer that just works, doesn't poke you in the eye, doesn't try to upsell everything to you every 5 mins (like apps and virus scanners), lasts a good number of years without spectacular failures, doesn't pick up diseases like a cheap whore and doesn't set fire to your house.
WANT is a disease in this society. NEED is the great leveller.
The following is from experience dealing with hundreds of people:
They NEED a cheap, flexible computer that just works, doesn't poke you in the eye, doesn't try to upsell everything to you every 5 mins (like apps and virus scanners), lasts a good number of years without spectacular failures, doesn't pick up diseases like a cheap whore and doesn't set fire to your house.