The Apple Two

theodp writes "Over at Slate, Tim Wu argues that the iPad is Steve Jobs' final victory over Steve Wozniak. Apple's origins were pure Woz, but the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad are the products of the company's other Steve. Jobs' ideas have always been in tension with Woz's brand of idealism and openness. Crazy as it seems, Apple Inc. — the creator of the personal computer — is leading the effort to exterminate it. And somewhere, deep inside, Woz must realize what the release of the iPad signifies: The company he once built now, officially, no longer exists."

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Re:Web Research right at the Store

[Mister Whirly]

Congratulations. You can do that on just about any smart phone without needing a 10 inch screen, or lugging around yet another object of technological panacea. (I was doing both of those exact things over a year ago with my G1.) That is the thing - the iPad doesn't do anything better than anything else that already exists. Apple just takes devices that already exist, locks down the functionality and connection offerings, puts it in a pretty box and charges a boatload for it. I don't see the big deal about an iPhone with a bigger screen that can't make calls and doesn't have a camera. I guess I am not what you would call Apples "demographic".