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The Speculative Pre-History of the iPhone
harrymcc writes "The blogosphere is abuzz with rumors about 'iSlate,' Apple's supposed upcoming tablet. It's constructive to look back at coverage of the first iPhone in the months before it was announced. A high percentage of what was reported turned out to be hooey — as I remembered as I reviewed stories that said the iPhone would have a click wheel, a slide-out keyboard, and two batteries, and would run on an Apple-branded wireless network. I'm guessing that much of what we 'know' about iSlate is similarly off-base."
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You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Apple fans (and employees) generate rumors. Fanboys giggle, scream, and preorder their Apple product. Apple product is released. It doesn't do anything really all that better than a lot of competing products already available, but because all these people got suckered and bought one, they begin to revere their purchase as if it were truly a groundbreaking innovation. I know these people get their iWhatever and they know it's nothing more than what everyone else is selling, but more expensive and in a prettier box, but they're so ashamed that they blew so much on a rumor that they've got to expound on that purchase as if it had been created by a collaboration between the resurrected minds of Newton and Tesla, with Michelangelo designing the UI.
The iTablet or iSlate or whatever isn't going to be any different than every other Apple product. It will sell well because their fans will refuse to admit that it's not as innovative as they thought it was going to be when they preordered it, and they'll show it off to the crowd that would buy anything as long as it comes in a pretty box. Then the sheeple who feel they should have what everyone else has buys them. Apple wins, and technology doesn't progress much for it. But at least the industry begins churning out toys with really nice cases for awhile.
....I don't like it....
Why? Is it because you can't or don't want to afford their products? I just got a Mac Mini with one TB (two 500G). It runs unlimited Leopard Server and is connected to our 47 inch LCD TV. AFAIK, nobody else sells anything remotely like this.
PS.. Did you have a nice holiday? I wish you a happy new year!
All theory is gray