So, before I start in on the Nexus one and my lust for it, I wanted to bring up this issue I have with claims as illustrated in the title.  Today alone, I’ve read numerous articles talking about a future product killing off demand of an existing product.  This is simply not the case, to be honest I don’t know when this was the case. There is no “iPhone killer” as much as the Apple Tablet won’t “kill” off ebook readers or netbooks.

The hype, while often strong, behind a new product almost always revolves around the existence of a product which owns the majority of the market share.  This has been the story with almost every Android phone that’s released, almost as though people expect a phone to take an immediate 40% share of the market.

Unfortunately, while I was browsing CNN between calls, I saw the headline (center page mind you) “Is Google releasing the iPhone killer.” This gains center attention, despite a plethora of equally disappointing articles (such as “woman defends tattooing her infant children.”) Despite the almost invisible article “Dow kicks ass” brushed aside to make room for the Nexus opinion.

Here’s the thing, for me and others, we look at each gadget as having the ability to compliment another instead of replacing it.  A good example is that along side my T-Mobile G1 I carry an iPod Touch and a Laptop.  While it is true that I can preform the same general tasks on my different devices, each carries their own benefits separate from the others.  I refuse to use my G1 for media, because the battery life is stretched thin as it is, while I can’t type on a virtual keyboard for the life of me, I won’t even go into the thought of writing code on my G1 (although I’ve done it numerous times) because it wouldn’t even be fun.

This is the same approach I take to the Nexus One and Apple Tablet launch, sure each would replace a device I already have, but neither will replace my need for the other devices, if anything it would create more of a reliance on them.  If I were to get the Nexus One, which I will some day (I hope), I would be even more bound to my netbook because of it’s keyboard and extended battery life. Whereas, if I were to acquire the Apple Tablet, I would rely more on my phone for communication and my iPod for media. If anything came close to minimizing my reliance on a gadget, it would be my netbook because it’s more powerful and the battery lasts 10 hours on a charge.