iPad, flop or hit?

[civ_king]

Couldn't this also be used as a writing slate like for journalism? plus it will only be a matter of time before someone hacks OSX on to it

also can function as a color Kindle so you could read magazines on it

 

[Leonel]

What was wrong with the Newton?

 

[civ_king]

What was wrong with the Newton?

most people think it was a failure because it didn't sell well, it was ahead of its time... now look how many people have PDAs (including built into smart phones)

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

You just don't stop do you?

Is he so wrong?

 

[emzie]

If it had flash support, I'd be more interested. That it was intentionally left out makes me very nervous about Apple's business strategy.

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...market-with-hardware-subsidizing-program.html

In exchange for allowing ads to run on your system, you may be able to receive a free operating system, OS upgrade, a new computer program or upgrade or even hardware could be free or heavily subsidized so long as you'll agree to view or listen to commercials.

So what kind of hardware are we talking about here? Well, Apple actually lists quite the range of possible candidates including portable and desktop computers, a network computer (NC), servers, electronics, iPods, game devices, mobile phones, wireless devices, email devices, personal digital assistants (Think iPod touch), embedded devices, televisions, set top boxes (Think Apple TV), etc.
...

In other words, Apple is going to ensure advertisers that there'll be no way for users to get around playing their ads. In addition, Apple can further determine whether a user pays attention to the advertisement. The determination can include performing, while the advertisement is presented, an operation that urges the user to respond; and detecting whether the user responds to the performed operation. If the response is inappropriate or nonexistent, the system will go into lock down mode in some form or other until the user complies. In the case of an iPod, the sound could be disconnected rendering it useless until compliance is met. For the iPhone, no calls will be able to be made or received.

This is just scary.

 

[civ_king]

I agree, that is disgusting

wait, maybe they did this so they could gouge Dell for this

 

[Speedo]

Couldn't this also be used as a writing slate like for journalism? plus it will only be a matter of time before someone hacks OSX on to it

also can function as a color Kindle so you could read magazines on it

AFAIK it doesn't have any support for handwriting input, so you'd have hold it in one hand using the onscreen keyboard with the other.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

This is just scary.

It's not like they're forcing you to buy their products. Besides, the consumer backlash would be nasty, and the company that takes care of its consumers the best prospers (in the long run).

 

[emzie]

It's not like they're forcing you to buy their products. Besides, the consumer backlash would be nasty, and the company that takes care of its consumers the best prospers (in the long run).

If apple was successful in launching a heavily subsidized product like that, it would be emulated.

 

[civ_king]

If apple was successful in launching a heavily subsidized product like that, it would be emulated.

Patents would make em rich

 

[Mise]

I don't see what's wrong with that, tbh... It's no more scary than Google. Or World of Warcraft.