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The iPad vs. Microsoft's "Jupiter" Devices
harrymcc writes "A dozen years ago, Microsoft convinced major manufacturers to put Windows CE inside devices that looked like undersized touchscreen personal computers. The platform was code-named 'Jupiter' and shipped as Handheld PC Pro, and it flopped — it turned out that people wanted full-strength notebooks. But in retrospect, it was a clear antecedent of what Apple is doing — much more successfully — with the iPad."
Also evil, LG..for not letting em run my own applications on my micorwave.
It's a fucking appliance, get over it.
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Yeah, how does the battery hold up playing h.264 video on the "Jupiter" pad?
Oh yeah, that's right, it can't do it.
So one of the big selling features of the iPad... can't be done with that gizmo.
Okay, what does WiFi broadband surfing do to battery perfor... Oh.
Fine, how about when you turn on 3G for cell conne... Oh.
So, this is basically like comparing the Sony Walkman to the first iPod... Except that the Sony Walkman was an actual market success that people enjoyed owning.
Information wants to be anthropomorphized.
Flash content on the web represents a very large and significant portion of contemporary web experience
No, it doesn't. At least for me. I haven't used Flash on the web for months. Then again, I don't browse shitty websites. I guess if 90% of your web browsing is visiting shitty sites, you might see a lot more Flash.
... and then they built the supercollider.