Tablets as compared to laptops haven't any future unless producers think beyond your box and develop 'killer hardware', panelists at the ongoing 6th IFA Global Press Conference 2012 have said.
Several technology journalists, Martin Koelling of the Technology Review, Japan, Stewart Wolpin who writes for NBC Universal and Twice all in the united states, Lino Garbellini, PC Magazine, Italy and Eric Lee of Digital Home, Taiwan, were unanimous inside their observations.
The panelists argued that tablets have very little use except for use as symbol of status.
"People see tablets as want and not as need," said Stewart Wolpin.
The host from the discussion, Dave Graveline, host of 'In Tomorrow' asked if manufacturers will have to make tablets larger than they are to stay in business, indicating it is likely tablets might get bigger.
The panelists agreed that creating tablets smaller makes them less appealing since it becomes more difficult to browse the Internet using smaller size tablets.
According to Wolpin, Apple is the only tablet maker that is certainly successful because Apple tells its customers why they want the iPad. He also said Apple owns the complete value chain of its products from hardware to software so has been able to lock-in its customers.
Asked exactly what is the best killer application, Eric Lee said, in the view so far the best 'killer' application ever could be the Microsoft Office, because "with Microsoft Office, you could do a lot of useful work including editing." He however added that probably the most useful applications ever would be the mHealth products.
About 300 technology journalists from 53 countries are represented on the event in the historical capital of scotland- Dubrovnik in southern Croatia.
The press conference precedes the most important global consumer electronics and appliances for the home exhibition set for August 31 to September 5, 2012 in Berlin, Germany.
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