Competing With Apple
An extremely succinct explanation of why there was no iPod killer, there is no iPhone killer, and why there will be no tablet killer, from Penny Arcade of all places:
You made a “product” to compete with their “product,” tastefully arranging your regiment, only to discover that they hadn’t made a product at all – they made a narrative. A statement about how technology should interface with a life.
See also: the associated comic.