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The Philosopher

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Sat Mar 10, 2012, 06:42 PM

Mar 2012

The arguments (hardly) this article makes ends up being:

*There's no way to match Apple's fortune. Only Apple knows how to sell a product for a profit. There's no possible reason to believe otherwise.

*Apple's hardware is obviously better and if Apple doesn't offer it, it's obvious consumers don't want it.

*Only Apple has the technology of Apps. ONLY APPLE. So who would choose anything but an iPad? You're only getting it for the Apps anyway.

*Since tablets aren't a fad like disco, everyone wants an iPad.

*Since a private Army didn't kill Steve Jobs in his secret lair, them Apple's competitors realize Apple's might but are lost in the idea that tablets ARE a fad. Otherwise--Steve Jobs would've died with a gun in his hand.

I'm glad I was born after the death of journalism, or else reading this article would make me terribly depressed.

Oh, wait...

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The iPad Is Unbeatable - Why Apple�s tablet competitors don�t stand a chance�and maybe never will. [View all] onehandle Mar 2012 OP

Apple is unbeatable because its a religion. Muskypundit Mar 2012 #1

Are you saying that to convince yourself? cleanhippie Mar 2012 #2

No. Im just tired of the apple worship on this site. Muskypundit Mar 2012 #4

evil multinational corporation? Perhaps, but they do make good products. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #5

Imperfect, yes. Evil? IDTS. =) AverageJoe90 Mar 2012 #19

There's Apple worship *EVERYWHERE* Initech Mar 2012 #20

That's like the sixth time you've ditched your iPhone. onehandle Mar 2012 #25

No I actually ditched it for real this time. Initech Mar 2012 #27

Nah. You'll have a new iPhone within a couple of weeks. onehandle Mar 2012 #28

Nope - I have the Galaxy for the next year. Initech Mar 2012 #36

Also switched over Sabayon65 Mar 2012 #41

Yeah the 64GB iPhone was $400, the Galaxy was 1/2 that. Initech Mar 2012 #51

Agreed. They need a "Apple" Forum under "Religion & Spirituality." FSogol Mar 2012 #30

It's pretty much daily that onehandle and tesha MattBaggins Mar 2012 #89

Don't be annoyed. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #81

And that religion's "Dead Sea Scrolls" is begin_within Mar 2012 #76

How exciting dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #3

I heard that when the first Macintosh came out SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #6

Maybe, but there will still be quite a market for people who want a tablet cali Mar 2012 #7

I think they have a good price point with the tablets, starting at $399 got root Mar 2012 #9

No. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2012 #13

Yes got root Mar 2012 #14

Haha. ForgoTheConsequence Mar 2012 #15

Fer fuck's sake...one costs $500 and one costs $400 alcibiades_mystery Mar 2012 #29

??? got root Mar 2012 #47

Gas pricing & marketing. ChairmanAgnostic Mar 2012 #60

Yes, you can get a previous gen iPad for twice as much as a Kindle Fire. EOTE Mar 2012 #39

That's not the sole reason Major Nikon Mar 2012 #43

That works both ways. Some Android Apps dont exist on iOS. nt stevenleser Mar 2012 #73

There are 140,000 apps specifically for the iPad Major Nikon Mar 2012 #77

It's very much in the same ballpark. EOTE Mar 2012 #79

That's the big advantage to Android. More free apps. Major Nikon Mar 2012 #95

It's actually very close. EOTE Mar 2012 #97

You don't have to sell me on Android Major Nikon Mar 2012 #98

The whole point of the Android world is to not have to design apps for specific platforms. stevenleser Mar 2012 #103

That may be true Major Nikon Mar 2012 #106

That has not been my experience. Virtually all apps resize and rotate. Almost all apps take stevenleser Mar 2012 #114

thats called the WWW, and it works great on iPhone, in fact the first phone to do it right, also got root Mar 2012 #121

you get a lot less, too got root Mar 2012 #49

You're right, you can do far more on a netbook. EOTE Mar 2012 #78

Apples and oranges got root Mar 2012 #85

You said you get a lot less, that's simply not true. EOTE Mar 2012 #86

Nope, the Fire is $200. Bluenorthwest Mar 2012 #37

sure, but you get a lot less, too got root Mar 2012 #46

So why is it even necessary to lie about the Kindle Fire's price? EOTE Mar 2012 #88

There's also those dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #10

Nonsense...ASUS will put a dent in their sales. Rex Mar 2012 #8

This is an advertisement, not an article. The Philosopher Mar 2012 #11

Welcome to the the writings of Farahd Manjoo MattBaggins Mar 2012 #90

This might be the most pathetic example of fanboy-ism in the sad history of fanboys. Dreamer Tatum Mar 2012 #12

LOL tkmorris Mar 2012 #16

hahahaha, look upon my works ye mighty and despair DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #17

Forget You I Won't Buy All Of Them Apples. Leopolds Ghost Mar 2012 #18

Hipster angst must be dreadful. Zanzoobar Mar 2012 #21

folks have a history of lol at apple, but apple usually has the last laugh got root Mar 2012 #22

the fan boy is strong in this article... madrchsod Mar 2012 #23

Thanks. Now I have to clean the coffee from my screen! Pholus Mar 2012 #59

I believe Farhad Manjoo may need to gargle after that. n/t hughee99 Mar 2012 #24

Jesus, I get so sick of this cult like following! Logical Mar 2012 #26

The article does not mention the iPhone one single time. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #31

And you can expect the same thing to happen in the tablet market. joshcryer Mar 2012 #32

Apple is catching up. former9thward Mar 2012 #65

bzzzzzzzt wrong MattBaggins Mar 2012 #91

I'll trust the link over your bzzzzzzzt former9thward Mar 2012 #93

Your perogative MattBaggins Mar 2012 #94

That's for the month of a new iPhone release, and the one after. LoZoccolo Mar 2012 #118

People will find whatever it is that fills their needs whether that need is concrete WCGreen Mar 2012 #33

+1 paulk Mar 2012 #68

Never say never. Tablets will eventually fall to the wayside. joshcryer Mar 2012 #34

Tablets will fall to holographic? technology. However for the life of tablets, Apple will rule. nt onehandle Mar 2012 #35

I wouldn't be so sure about that. joshcryer Mar 2012 #40

Yes. Those warehouses and shelves are getting a lot of use out of those non-iPads. onehandle Mar 2012 #54

You live in the developed world, of course you're not going to see a non-iPad. joshcryer Mar 2012 #55

Hey! I just saw my first non-iPad tablet in the wild. onehandle Mar 2012 #119

I actually do stand corrected, those numbers are pumped by the Kindle Fire. joshcryer Mar 2012 #120

They sure will! Confusious Mar 2012 #42

Call me a Apple Luddite Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #38

The iPad Is A Consumer Electronic Device Yavin4 Mar 2012 #44

The company has 140 iPad's Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2012 #52

Fanboyz rule! eom tledford Mar 2012 #45

Boisterous predictions of Thousand Year Reichs tend to fall flat. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author hauweg Mar 2012 #53

What does the ipad do? Jack Sprat Mar 2012 #56

I can think of two things right off the top, where the Ipad far surpasses any laptop. quakerboy Mar 2012 #57

Yawn. Sycophants. Merely more proof that Apple is now the evil empire MS used to be. Pholus Mar 2012 #58

Apple is not a monopoly of anything. Google is a monopoly of your privacy and your web experience. onehandle Mar 2012 #62

Sigh. So Apple's products are "unbeatable" but not a monopoly... Pholus Mar 2012 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author Pholus Mar 2012 #111

hundreds of thousands MattBaggins Mar 2012 #92

It's a toy. sibelian Mar 2012 #61

i have zero use for a tablet datasuspect Mar 2012 #63

Apple says new iPad response is "off the charts," preorders sold out onehandle Mar 2012 #64

It is the light, it is the way. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #66

iPass! yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2012 #67

Don't companies usually have to pay for advertising? Throd Mar 2012 #69

Why are you advertising corporate junk on a progressive site??? Odin2005 Mar 2012 #70

A couple of my friends and I prefer Apple, a couple of other friends prefer PCs gateley Mar 2012 #71

Did I just click on an ad? nt Union Scribe Mar 2012 #72

LOL! You sure did- heh, heh! The only thing I have to add is... Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #74

Yes. Next question? 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #75

Hail Steve, full of grace. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2012 #80

* snork * Moondog Mar 2012 #96

Geeez, Farhad . . . need to clean up? HughBeaumont Mar 2012 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author LanternWaste Mar 2012 #83

I saw part one of this movie in the eighties. LanternWaste Mar 2012 #84

Break it up JHB Mar 2012 #99

I agree. Google should be dismantled now. onehandle Mar 2012 #101

I believe that he didn't say Google. Why not answer his question? Pholus Mar 2012 #102

He's at least partly right, Google should be slit up too. JHB Mar 2012 #105

You are correct and he has said as much too. Pholus Mar 2012 #107

It's not an either/or thing... JHB Mar 2012 #104

I've never owned an Apple product Aerows Mar 2012 #100

I love my IPod, but it is 7 years old quinnox Mar 2012 #108

Study: 85 percent of companies that plan to buy a tablet, plan to buy an iPad within 90 days onehandle Mar 2012 #109

Apple implies no reasonable person should trust their marketing. Pholus Mar 2012 #113

Ah yes. Gizmodo. The second rate Gawker blog that will never be allowed in another Apple event. onehandle Mar 2012 #115

Shooting the messenger doesn't change the message. Pholus Mar 2012 #117

"Never" is pretty bold, isn't it? Blue_Tires Mar 2012 #110

My Samsung Tab is better hands down. Arkana Mar 2012 #112

My Zune Tablet is even better than that. onehandle Mar 2012 #116

I have the Toshiba Thrive LadyHawkAZ Mar 2012 #122