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I still remember the first iPads in 2007. I was totally one of the nay-sayers. "Who'd want this giant iPhone? This is silly, nobody wants a mini-flat-screen as a computer"

---5 years later---

smtddr cannot imagine life without his Cyanogenmod KindleFire.... and thus stopped being a nay-sayer of tech. Except, I'll tell you right now smart-watches aren't gonna make it. ;)




> I still remember the first iPads in 2007. I was totally one of the nay-sayers. "Who'd want this giant iPhone? This is silly, nobody wants a mini-flat-screen as a computer"

It's hard to believe but the iPad is just over 3 years old, released in 2010. 2007 was the iPhone launch.


I was an iPad nay-sayer just like you. I still don't own a tablet but I clearly failed to appreciate the appeal that the iPad was going to have. I just couldn't believe people were going to find that "Big & Tall" iPhone appealing.




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