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From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 18:44 Steve Hix wrote: > What part of "unlocked microSim GSM" exactly is unclear to you? Yesterday, Apple's web site did not mention unlocked. You needed to read up in articles, or listen to the whole keynote address (which was only posted later that night) or come here to find out it was unlocked. This is a major shift in Apple's philosophy. And the IpAd is also Apple's first product with its new chip design (ARM system on a chip). So in those ways, the iPaD is revolutionary at the business practices level. What remains to be see is how quickly Apple updates its iphone to also be unlocked and reasonably opriced without contract, as well as incorporate the A4 chip (perhaps running a bit slower to extend battery life).
From: Robert Haar on 28 Jan 2010 18:46 On 1/28/10 6:38 AM, "Tom Stiller" <tom_stiller(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > In article <280120100305043376%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > >> In article <4b6140f0$0$1965$742ec2ed(a)news.sonic.net>, Kevin McMurtrie >> <mcmurtrie(a)pixelmemory.us> wrote: >> >>> Making a larger iPhone that runs on >>> any GSM network as long as it's AT&T is just pissing customers off. >> >> except for it being unlocked and no contract required, pay as you go, >> cancel at any time. > > And it's not a phone. But Skype would turn it into one - not that the form factor makes it convenient.
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 18:48 Michelle Steiner wrote: > > HP's is like Apple's in that it isn't for sale yet. > Yeah, I cam to that conclusion too. But Apple has its web site all setup to show the specs of the ipAD, and it is rather obvious on the web site. (does the expression "IN YOUR FACE" apply ?. On HP's site, there is the word "tablet" next to Laptop, but you never get anywhere. So in the end, the conclusion is that HP's product is still very much a beta prototype. Apple's product is ready for production ramp up.
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 19:03 Davoud wrote: > Further to my earlier comment on AT&T: Apple's results for Q1 2010 show > iPhone unit sales up 19 percent over the previous quarter and 100% over > Q1 2009. Just a reminder: the USA market may be large, but the rest of the world is much larger market, especially in terms of mobile phones. You'd need to get Apple number for iphone sales in USA versus iphone sales outside the USA to compare growth. Furthermore, Apple is probably seeing market saturation approaching with the current "exlcusive" deals, and this is why I am hoping that this is the year Apple unleashes unlocked and affordably priced iphones to reach new markets. If apple does nothing, it will see iphone sales stop growing pretty soon. Once everyone who has wanted an iphone got an iphone, then there is nobody left to buy one.
From: JF Mezei on 28 Jan 2010 19:07
Paul Sture wrote: > OTOH, my bank has a combination of touch screen and keypad (with extra > keys for OK, Cancel and Stop) and it works well. The system also > remembers the amount of my last withdrawal and whether I want a receipt > or not and presents that as a fast withdrawal option. My bank has made the keypads ineaccessible by putting shield over them so that other people can't see what you can't type. And they made nice "3d" looking buttons on the display which seems to indicate a "touch screen", but no, they are fake buttons and you can't press "OK" button on the screen, you have to press it on the now hidden keypad. This is what happens when the managers are innondated by requests from security (the stupic shields over the keypad), by marketing "make fancy 3d buttons on the screen) and accounting "we can't afford touch screen". There should be a group that designs efficient machines without interference by other groups. Paul Sture's story about the swiss rail ticket vending machiens are a good example of a failed design. |