Niti Bhan has boldly argued that the eeePC is a potential iPod-like breakthrough (mobile) computing product.
“This product is aimed at first time users – “the next billion customers” – the majority of whom may only have been introduced to any kind of high tech computing device via their experience with their mobile phone. We can safely assume this, there are umpteen billion mobile phones being used in the world right now, 60% of them in developing nations. From this context, the user interface that ASUS presents as “easy to use” feels familiar to them, if only that the majority of cellphones now use some kind of icon based navigation and demonstrate a similar look and feel. Compare that to the intimidation of facing a totally unfamiliar desktop environment. Even the charger that comes with the eeePC resembles that of a mobile phone.”
Link: The little eeePC that could has become the real ‘iPod’ of personal computing (nitibhan.com)
