David Wertheimer, CEO and executive director of the Entertainment Technology Center@USC (ETC@USC), thinks the iPad, like the iPhone, is only the beginning of the tablet PC market and there will be a lot more to come from Apple and its competitors. “The iPad is a beautiful, thin, letter-sized iPhone, but with loads of potential,” says Wertheimer. “The base platform is the critical foundation — but as a foundation, it’s a really beautiful iPhone XXL. However, as with the iPhone, the apps that take advantage of the new form factor will make all the difference. What we saw today was only a foreshadowing of what we will see once Apple sets the developer community loose on the platform.”
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