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      <title>The iPad Commandments</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[iPad Commandments&#xA;&#xA;  In order to really create a new category of devices, those devices are going to have to be far better at doing some key tasks. They&#39;re going to have to be far better at doing some really important things better than the laptop [and] better than the smartphone.&#xA;&#xA;Doing email.&#xA;Enjoying and sharing photographs.&#xA;Watching videos.&#xA;Enjoying your music collection.&#xA;Playing games.&#xA;Reading ebooks.&#xA;&#xA;  If there&#39;s going to be a third category of device, it&#39;s going to have to be better at these kinds of tasks than a laptop or a smartphone. Otherwise, it has no reason for being.&#xA;&#xA;There He Is&#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://remark.as/p/chaff/ipad-commandments&#34;Discuss.../a&#xA;&#xA;#spectacle #i ]]&gt;</description>
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<blockquote><p>In order to really create a new category of devices, those devices are going to have to be far better at doing some key tasks. They&#39;re going to have to be far better at doing some really important things better than the laptop [and] better than the smartphone.</p></blockquote>
<ol><li><strong>Doing email.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Enjoying and sharing photographs.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Watching videos.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Enjoying your music collection.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Playing games.</strong></li>
<li><strong>Reading ebooks.</strong></li></ol>

<blockquote><p>If there&#39;s going to be a third category of device, it&#39;s going to have to be better at these kinds of tasks than a laptop or a smartphone. Otherwise, it has no reason for being.</p></blockquote>

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