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From: Woody on 24 Jan 2010 19:48 Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? Size I am guessing. > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? Macbook is way too big, iPod way too small. > What other questions is Steve Jobs going to have have to answer on > Wednesday for you to be convinced by the idea of this tablet? None. I have a newton or 3, and a tabletPC or two, and a digital pen. I like pen technology. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Ian Piper on 25 Jan 2010 02:06 On 2010-01-25 00:13:16 +0000, Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> said: > So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... [...] > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? I'm looking for a high-quality full-colour e-reader device. I regularly carry several books around with me and would like to read them on a single device. The present crop of readers is not to my taste, and I am sure that Apple could do something better. If it does that it will do most of what I want. Next would come a well-designed purchasing and distribution mechanism for books, magazines, newspapers and perhaps even comics (I don't read graphic novels myself but I know it's a huge market). I'd like it to have wireless capabilities of some sort but I'm not looking for phone functionality. It would be good if it has a good quality virtual keyboard or BT keyboard. I'd like it to have a card slot and solid state storage. I'd like it to run Mac OS X applications, or iPhone apps as a second best. I'd be happiest if it doesn't have a DRM feature like the Kindle (I don't pirate stuff but I also don't want anyone dictating what goes on my kit). I'm intrigued by the possibilities and hoping not to be disappointed. Does anyone know if there is a video stream for the announcement? Ian. -- Ian Piper Author of "Learn Xcode Tools for Mac OS X and iPhone Development", Apress, December 2009 Learn more here: http://learnxcodebook.com/� --�
From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 Jan 2010 03:10 Because I've not predicted that it'll be a huge success... ....this thing that doesn't exist to which you refer... Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Jim on 25 Jan 2010 03:38 On 2010-01-25, Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> wrote: > If we're all going to argue, let's at least argue about something > vaguely on-topic, eh? > > So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... > > Apple are not the first to release a tablet form-factor computer. But by > and large, the others have not found a significant market. What is > different about Apple building one, and why are people assuming that > they will succeed where the rest of the industry has failed? Because hopefully Apple have asked themselves those exact questions and have an answer to them. > What are the extra capabilities it will offer to someone who already has > an iPhone or iPod touch? > > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? > > What other questions is Steve Jobs going to have have to answer on > Wednesday for you to be convinced by the idea of this tablet? > > Or do you think he's going to announce something else entirely? Socks. Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Rowland McDonnell on 25 Jan 2010 03:50
Ian Piper <ianpiper(a)mac.com> wrote: > Andrew Collier <spambucket(a)intensity.org.uk> said: > > > So, the iPad/iSlate/iWhatever... > [...] > > Why would you carry an iSlate with you instead of a MacBook? > > I'm looking for a high-quality full-colour e-reader device. I regularly > carry several books around with me and would like to read them on a > single device. The present crop of readers is not to my taste, and I am > sure that Apple could do something better. If it does that it will do > most of what I want. Next would come a well-designed purchasing and > distribution mechanism for books, magazines, newspapers and perhaps > even comics (I don't read graphic novels myself but I know it's a huge > market). Until the publishers get the hang of providing us users with electronic data that's as robust and under the control of the end user as is paper data, the book will continue as the primary thing in this field. It's no good for *ME* to rent some information so I can use it on my special e-reader, until such time as the suppliers choose to deny me access to the information I've rented. That's what we've got these days, with all this consumer rights limitation control they put on the data and build into the machinery. Until we've got secure data that is under our control and can be transferred from one reader to another /of a different sort/ without the end user ever losing access to the data he's paid for, not ever, then paper publishing will remain much more significant than `e-readers'. It's the control and freedom issues regarding the information that we want to buy and they want us to rent thinking we're buying - that's the sticking point. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |