The iPad Is Here
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From: nospam on 29 Jan 2010 21:58 In article <barmar-22253A.21351229012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Barry Margolin <barmar(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > For instance, I searched VersionTracker.com, and couldn't find any OS X > apps that fart. it's one of the fastest growing market segments on the iphone. i see an opportunity there. :)
From: Barry Margolin on 29 Jan 2010 21:59 In article <michelle-17C00A.15535629012010(a)nothing.attdns.com>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <290120101728064295%nospam(a)nospam.invalid>, > nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > > > > Apple barely breaks even with the Apps store. Apple gets 30% of all > > > sales > > > from the app store, and pays the credit card fees out of that money. > > > That > > > doesn't leave much left for the overhead in running the store. > > > > there's still a lot left for profit. credit card fees are typically > > 2-3%, the bandwidth costs aren't that high (most apps are tiny, > > especially the cheap ones) > > There's the cost for the servers, the people to write the software for the > store (I have a friend on that team), test the software, etc., the rent on > the facilities where the servers are, the air conditioning, electricity, > etc., the IP staff, the janitors, and so on and so forth. Most of that stuff is done through a third-party CDN. When you download stuff from iTunes and the App Store, you're not going to Apple's servers. Of course, they charge an arm and a leg for the quantity of use that Apple generates. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: JF Mezei on 30 Jan 2010 02:31 It takes time to absorb the iPad. (as opposed to a pad absorbing stuff:-) If the iPad were an OS-X "desktop" device, it would still be Arm based, and as such couldn't natively run OS_X applications, so it would need Rosetta like technology to run 8086 binaries, and the 8086 OS-X would also need a Rosetta like software to run Arm binaries. Putting the iPaD into the iphone ecosystem, it eliminates any need to have some sort of application compatibility with desktops and architecture emulators. (especially since Steve realises that over 80% of ipad customers may run Windows on their desktop so OS-X compatibility would only benefit fewer than 20% of customers anyways). And in the end, while there may be applications for touch screen on computers (not necessarily desktop, but rather in embedded devices such as ATMs etc), having ipad and OS_X share application would be a compromise that would not fully leverage either systems. But having iPad into the iphone ecosystem, it can benefit from a set of applications and UI which are built and tuned to fully benefit from a touch-screen handheld paradigm. So I can see some logic in Apple's decision to make the iPaD part of the iphone family of devices.
From: Davoud on 30 Jan 2010 08:09 JF Mezei: > > > I would have much prefered the iPaD to be an OS-X platform with more > > > compatibility with the deskop. > > > > > Right now, the applications for ipad/iphone are incompatible with > > > desktops. Davoud: > > I use both an iPhone and an iPod Touch and a whole bunch of Macs. I > > have been sharing Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, PDFs, e-books, > > iCal, Address Book, controlling Mac-based astronomy software from my > > iPhone/iPod, and doing much interacting between my Macs and my Apple > > mobile devices. So I don't know what to make of your assertion that > > applications for iPad/iPhone are "incompatible with desktops." Barry Margolin: > He obviously means that iPhone apps don't run on desktops. ...many > of the thousands of apps that have been uploaded to the Apps Store > don't have any desktop equivalent. > > For instance, I searched VersionTracker.com, and couldn't find any OS X > apps that fart. Bummer. I mean, sure, there are tons of sound editing and heavy-duty music apps for the Mac, but still, one shouldn't need to be a Mozart and a recording engineer just to hear the music one loves. Have you check iTunes and Amazon mp3 downloads? Davoud -- I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that you will say in your entire life. usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm
From: Fred Moore on 30 Jan 2010 12:38
In article <1jd3fdp.1hagrf5bzplusN%per(a)RQNNE.invalid>, per(a)RQNNE.invalid (Per R�nne) wrote: > Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > > > In article <tph-94FED4.15403128012010(a)localhost>, > > Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > > > > > In article <fmoore-8BE3F3.17263128012010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org>, > > > Fred Moore <fmoore(a)gcfn.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Right, as pointed out by a poster on Macintouch, a mouse doesn't fit the > > > > nearly cursorless paradigm of the iPad, though I do hold out hope for a > > > > pen to use with drawing or handwriting apps. > > > > > > Wait no longer: <http://tenonedesign.com/stylus.php> > > > > Great! Now all we need is a handwriting app > > Try "Use Your Handwriting GOLD - Todo, Lists, Notes and Doodles" > > Found through the keyword 'handwriting'. Thanks, Per. I'll give it a look. > > and a drawing app. > > The AppStore has lots and lots of drawing and painting applications. > > Personally, I have no use for them. My hope is that having a handy scratch pad where I can take easy notes on physical configurations might be very handy. Not looking for anything fancy. |