Smaller, lighter, faster, smarter......

Re: Smaller, lighter, faster, smarter......

You can only want what Mr. Jobs allows you to want... like an internet without pr0n!

The flip side, of what Mr. Gates allows you to want.. well, that can be anything... just don't expect it to work the first time.
 
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Steve Hurt said:
That is definitely Apple's intention.

I think they'd sell more if they gave the customer what they (the customer) want(s).
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Apple is paternalistic. They control the experience and any advances to that experience. A small amount of this is justified from a stability perspective, but much is not. In the grand scheme of things the pace of chance within iOS has been breakneck when compared to computer OS's and most anything else though. I remember when I first so the iPad I thought 'great - it's a giant iPod touch' - but the app and iOS development has let it be so much more. iOS 5 will be the first iOS to be computer free. In the keynote, Steve Jobs specifically mentioned that some families are using it as their only computing device (hence the need to lose the itunes tethering requirement). A logical extension is that they will eventually allow multiple user accounts. How soon? Not too sure. It's possible it will never happen too.

PS - Tim, Mr Jobs just wants to world's porn in HTML5....
 
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Steve Hurt said:
That is definitely Apple's intention.

I think they'd sell more if they gave the customer what they (the customer) want(s).
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Funny, because Apple actually defines what the customer wants. They're the 'cool kid' on the block. If Apple makes it, it has customer appeal.

Does anyone remember the massive disappointment when Apple released the iPad instead of a real tablet? Five minutes later everyone forgot the initial disappointment and was drooling, then they were selling out. Even if they were just big iPod touches without much (or any) external I/O and very limited app availability.

Weird how history is defined by trends.

While I bet there are a ton of products out there capable of far, far more than the iPad, but no one will ever buy or use them because they aren't cool....
 
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Silas Pradetto said:
Funny, because Apple actually defines what the customer wants. They're the 'cool kid' on the block. If Apple makes it, it has customer appeal.
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No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

Of course, my real issue with the Apple products is that if you actually "think different" from the UI designers, the products are frustrating to use.
 
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Rob Timmerman said:
No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

Of course, my real issue with the Apple products is that if you actually "think different" from the UI designers, the products are frustrating to use.
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Agreed. My biggest complaint is that the "Enter" key on the virtual keyboard is ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. "Join," "Continue," "Return," blah! It's inconsistent and totally not intuitive. It's like, just put a down arrow in a box somewhere to hide the keyboard!

Putting "Enter" on everything would make more sense than that your_enter_key_never_says_the_same_thing bullshit.
 
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Silas Pradetto said:
While I bet there are a ton of products out there capable of far, far more than the iPad, but no one will ever buy or use them because they aren't cool....
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Funny. I owned an iPad for several weeks. I bought it used (locally) and tool it on a trip for mobile internet. I sold it because I was more or less embarrassed to use it in places where is I perfectly content on my computer or iPhone, and the rumours about the launch of the iPad 2 made reselling it at no loss an appealing but short-lived opportunity. Standing in line at the bank or waiting for a subway or appointment, an iPhone is a great device to kill five minutes checking emails, reading a news article or checking this forum via Tapatalk. I was still more comfortable pulling my computer out at an actual meeting precisely because the iPad was an unwanted distraction and my laptop means business - dual boot, access to all files I've ever worked on, Adobe Master Collection and many other software suites. The only place I was really using my iPad was at home, where my laptop is more than sufficient. I could see it being great for a long commuter train ride or for people who never liberated their laptop from their office desk at home. I can also see its control capabilities being useful for many, but for me it was an unnecessary extravagance for the time being.

As the devices become more powerful, iOS more mature and the apps more full featured, I suspect I'll revisit the possibility of owning one.
 
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