Pretty sure he was talking about using the iPad in supermarkets
How is it going to be used in supermarkets? This isn't a traditional computing device. EVERY app goes through apples approvals. You can't just develop an app or customize the OS for a customers needs like Linux.
I gotta hand it to them. They've vamboozled the industry into accepting their totally closed method of software and content distribution. This is like the holy grail of media companies out there. They've created the gold standard for music sales online.
Also check out the fact that they'e rolling their own CPU. Tramiel style vertical integration. But they charge as much as possible instead of competing on the lowest price, something Tramiel never achieved.
Pretty cool. As an artist this thing could be great for creative types. Artists typically spend hundreds on paints, and say...a portable french easyl. I dropped $500 for a setup in the late 90's. This thing can achieve the same outcome (painted images from life) for a one time $500 fee, (plus extra for apps) but there's no physical paint, no brushes and the messy costs associated with maintaining such a setup.... (a decent brush is $20 or more) you need 5 or 6, plus all the paint that runs out.. Do the math.
Expect art students to use these as as standard. So there you go. IT's the creative types and business types that will adopt this into a workflow and bring it home, making it's use pervasive.
Even if it has problems they can do a refresh and fix whatever is wrong and still come out golden.
