Comments on: Will the iPad disrupt the Kindle? http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/ "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:25:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Caleb http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-44025 Caleb Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:16:31 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-44025 I simply believe that given appropriate management at Apple, the brand will begin to (or already does) symbolize innovative distruptive personal technology. "Hey, I am going to grab my Ipod" (but your holding a zune); "have you seen my Iphone?" (when you used to just say where is my cell phone); "Let me check my app for that" (when you used to have no word for that). Sorry if I was a little all over the place on that one. I simply believe that given appropriate management at Apple, the brand will begin to (or already does) symbolize innovative distruptive personal technology. "Hey, I am going to grab my Ipod" (but your holding a zune); "have you seen my Iphone?" (when you used to just say where is my cell phone); "Let me check my app for that" (when you used to have no word for that). Sorry if I was a little all over the place on that one.

]]> By: Caleb http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-44024 Caleb Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:16:15 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-44024 Mark, sorry it took me so long to respond to this. I finally got a chance to catch up on my business reading! Anyway... as you say they have "disrupted industries multiple times." I therefore conclude that to some degree the brand itself is built on being disruptive. Essentially every product they have put out has been a first mover and subsequently game changing i.e. GUI, ipod, iphone, IPAD. Due to this track record the brand has come to symbolize radical change in technology. I also believe that due to these factors other "first mover" technologies become irrelavant as people simply "associate" Apple with being a first mover, i.e. the Kindle, although a relative first mover, becomes supplanted by the IPAD simply due to the Apple brand power. Some of this is transferrable from the Coke/Cola, Kleenex/Tissue argument. Mark, sorry it took me so long to respond to this. I finally got a chance to catch up on my business reading! Anyway… as you say they have "disrupted industries multiple times." I therefore conclude that to some degree the brand itself is built on being disruptive. Essentially every product they have put out has been a first mover and subsequently game changing i.e. GUI, ipod, iphone, IPAD. Due to this track record the brand has come to symbolize radical change in technology. I also believe that due to these factors other "first mover" technologies become irrelavant as people simply "associate" Apple with being a first mover, i.e. the Kindle, although a relative first mover, becomes supplanted by the IPAD simply due to the Apple brand power. Some of this is transferrable from the Coke/Cola, Kleenex/Tissue argument.

]]> By: mbeckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-16460 mbeckford Sun, 16 May 2010 07:19:03 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-16460 Thanks for the insightful comment, Caleb. What do you mean when you say \"Apple\" is disruptive, beyond the fact that they have disrupted industries multiple times (e.g. PC's with the Mac, music with iTunes/iPod, etc.). Thanks for the insightful comment, Caleb. What do you mean when you say \”Apple\” is disruptive, beyond the fact that they have disrupted industries multiple times (e.g. PC's with the Mac, music with iTunes/iPod, etc.).

]]> By: Caleb Beckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-16440 Caleb Beckford Sat, 15 May 2010 14:13:36 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-16440 That being said, I think this could be a transitional innovation which could go the way of the Chasm in the Rogers adoption curve. I say this because I personally think that an Ipad-like device built into a coffee table application will potentially fully penetrate the population. In this form factor the device will become ubiquitous in every living room and people can share photos, music, etc with friends and family in a socially acceptable manner. (The Ipad doesnt quite fit this bill yet) That being said, I think this could be a transitional innovation which could go the way of the Chasm in the Rogers adoption curve. I say this because I personally think that an Ipad-like device built into a coffee table application will potentially fully penetrate the population. In this form factor the device will become ubiquitous in every living room and people can share photos, music, etc with friends and family in a socially acceptable manner. (The Ipad doesnt quite fit this bill yet)

]]> By: Caleb Beckford http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/2010/02/04/will-the-ipad-disrupt-the-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-16439 Caleb Beckford Sat, 15 May 2010 14:13:16 +0000 http://www.disruptiveleadership.com/?p=635#comment-16439 My thoughts are that Apple is the radical change not the IPAD itself. The IPAD has the potential to become huge based on the following matrix: Apple (45%) Functionality (35%) Cool Factor (20%) Itunes, and the app store is baked into Functionality in the above. The distruptive nature of this device is in the syncronicity with the prevailing computing demand; i.e. people are realizing that the average laptop/desktop is far to powerful for the demand required. The average HOME user wants: quick and frequent access to email without distractions (i.e. advertisements), quick access to small facts from google/wiki/yahoo, ease of readibility, and of course on-demand access to various portals (apps) that deliver direct to subscriber content. The IPAD delivers this. It is not an Iphone replacement, it harvests the "killer app" elements from the Iphone and then delivers an "appliance" of sorts that could begin to appear in everyone's kitchen/living room. My thoughts are that Apple is the radical change not the IPAD itself. The IPAD has the potential to become huge based on the following matrix:

Apple (45%)
Functionality (35%)
Cool Factor (20%)

Itunes, and the app store is baked into Functionality in the above. The distruptive nature of this device is in the syncronicity with the prevailing computing demand; i.e. people are realizing that the average laptop/desktop is far to powerful for the demand required. The average HOME user wants: quick and frequent access to email without distractions (i.e. advertisements), quick access to small facts from google/wiki/yahoo, ease of readibility, and of course on-demand access to various portals (apps) that deliver direct to subscriber content. The IPAD delivers this. It is not an Iphone replacement, it harvests the "killer app" elements from the Iphone and then delivers an "appliance" of sorts that could begin to appear in everyone's kitchen/living room.

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