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By Jo Best

Published: Tuesday 07 October 2008


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Anonymous


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Virginia


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IT worker


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No on all counts:

Handheld gaming console: it's called the iPod touch.

Tablet: that's a form factor that hasn't set the world on fire, because the best position for input is parallel to the ground, and the best position for a display is perpendicular, and a tablet can't do both. A foldable tablet that doubles as a laptop might work. There probably isn't a large enough market to cover the cost of developing a tablet that would get a large enough market share to be worthwhile

iPhone nano: possible, but not necessary, because iPhone production costs will come down as the quantity increases.

Netbook: Same answer as the tablet.

OS X for other hardware: No chance of this happening. Apple is a hardware company that makes an OS. Licensing OS X to other manufacturers puts Apple in the position of competing with itself.



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