Seven inches is enough, RIM tells Jobs

[Mike80]

Seven inches is enough, RIM tells Jobs

CANADA'S Research In Motion has fired back at Apple's Steve Jobs over his claims that the iPhone is outselling the Blackberry and that 7-inch tablet computers have no future.
"We think many customers are getting tired of being told what to think by Apple," RIM co-chief executive Jim Balsillie said in a blog post responding to the comments made on Monday by Jobs.

Jobs, speaking to financial analysts during a conference call, dismissed 7-inch tablets as "tweeners" saying they were "too big to compete with a smartphone and too small to compete with an iPad".

He suggested makers of 7-inch screens "include sandpaper so users can sand down their fingers" to be able to tap onscreen keys.

Addressing concerns that the iPad had missed it 4.8 million unit target by nearly 20 per cent, selling 4.1 million units, Jobs seemed to lay the blame at the feet of rival tablet makers for not quickly bringing worthy products to markets.

Balsillie was not impressed.


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Sometimes the jokes just write themselves....
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[3074326]

That editor either deserves an award or deserves to be fired.

 

[Apache]

The best laid plan of mice and men oft times go awy.

Just 7??? LOL

 

[BrutuStrength]

This is an instance where I agree with Jobs. I've been testing out an iPad for the past few weeks and truly doubt it's appeal if it were any smaller. To me, the 10-inch screen seems to be just about the right size. Even with it being in a case, it's similar to carrying around a legal pad.

Of course, I've not tested any 7-inch screen tablets, so my opinion is far from being set in stone. Certainly from a business perspective, I question how much useful/legible information a 7-inch screen can provide. On the iPad, I can remote into one of my servers and easily view the entire desktop area without having to utilize scroll bars. Also, when browsing the web there are some instances where I will use the zoom feature to read some text. I would imagine that I would need to use that feature much more frequently on a smaller screen.

For regular gaming, audio, and video uses, however, I can see where a slightly smaller screen would not be much of a concern.

I am anxious to check out the RIM and Android tablets that are being developed. From my research this morning, it looks as though most of the 10-inch Android tablets are waiting for the next Android OS release (3.x).