It will be very interesting to watch the mobile computing space heat up. Can Android steal away the momentum the iPhone currently has on third-party development?
Yes, I'd dearly love for one or the other to be capable of doing everything I want to do with a computer but I'm happy with second best
I used Linux for several years, but eventually switched over to a Mac because it is capable of doing everything (that I need). Something that neither Windows or Linux were able to do exclusively.
If Apple were to completely revamp their OS or even get rid of it, it wouldn't have that much affect on their sales.
I strongly disagree. Nobody cares about Apple hardware. It is only glamorized because it is the outward symbol that you are using better software; the attribute that is really appealing to everyone.
My snowmobile has the most interesting fuel gauge I have ever used. I've learned that empty means there is roughly half a tank left. Beyond that, the only way to get a sense of how much fuel you have is to watch the gauge when you are slowing down. When it quits moving completely, you have 30 kms before it is out completely.
While Apple may have technically purchased NeXT, everything about Apple today is straight out of NeXT. Apple's board of directors is comprised of old NeXT employees. Apple's current products are the evolution of what NeXT was doing.
The only thing that's really left of the old Apple is the brand. Hence my comment about NeXT being re-branded as Apple. I'm not sure how that applies to Be. I really can't see the Be guys running Apple today had BeOS been chosen as the MacOS successor instead.
Jobs basically takes great ideas that have already been done and stylizes them to death.
Exactly. Great ideas are really not great until they are packaged in a fun and usable manner. Apple seems to be one of the only companies out there that understands that.
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Next wasn't a huge success
I would argue that NeXT has been a huge success since they re-branded themselves as Apple.
Jobs' vision for the company, and the computer industry as a whole is what sets Apple apart from other technology companies. I'm sure Jobs can be replaced, but what happens if the wrong person takes over his job and wants to turn the company into another Microsoft?
Thinking Jobs does everything at Apple would be silly, but Jobs does enable those who work at Apple to do the kind of work they do. If, for example, Steve Balmer took over the reigns, it wouldn't be long before Apple was putting all their efforts into web searching.
Why is a patent for a user interface element, for example, any different than a patent for, say, a suspension system design for an automobile?
I don't like software patents because it means that my favourite application won't legally be able to include that superior interface element. But, for the same reason, I don't like automobile patents because my favourite car won't legally be able to include that superior suspension system.
I'm just not seeing what exactly is different about the software patent that makes it worse than any other type of patent.
Modern web frameworks these days just use it as a over-glorified hash store anyway. The other features are useless in that context. However, I feel we'll see a move to document databases, such as CouchDB, by those frameworks in the near future leaving MySQL out of the game completely.
Except if the people have a computer that iTunes won't run on, either an older Mac or an older Windows computer (and we know, Linux or BSD but that isn't most people yet).
They hooked up my iPhone to iTunes in the store before I ever had the phone in my hands.
Your points are certainly valid, but unimportant to me. The iPhone does what I want my phone to do better than any other phone on the market. I don't think anyone has seriously claimed that it is a panacea, and that is why there are other phones available for you to purchase that meet your needs better.
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I'm not sure what you're getting at. My iPhone 3G just works, even after firmware updates.
It will be very interesting to watch the mobile computing space heat up. Can Android steal away the momentum the iPhone currently has on third-party development?
It is a Mac. Anything is possible. Whatever it is, there is no way it will fit.
I just tried it for fun. It does not fit in my ethernet card.
The iPod cable that I have in front of me only has the USB symbol. No Apple logo. Perhaps they've come to agree with you?
I used Linux for several years, but eventually switched over to a Mac because it is capable of doing everything (that I need). Something that neither Windows or Linux were able to do exclusively.
What market are you talking about? Apple has roughly 25% of the US consumer PC market, for example.
There isn't "the market." There are hundreds of different markets that both Microsoft and Apple compete in.
I strongly disagree. Nobody cares about Apple hardware. It is only glamorized because it is the outward symbol that you are using better software; the attribute that is really appealing to everyone.
There are two, if not three, SSH applications in the store. How many do you need, exactly?
Well of course. Everything blends (Except Chuck Norris).
Objective-C is C with some extensions. C++ is a language of it's own.
My snowmobile has the most interesting fuel gauge I have ever used. I've learned that empty means there is roughly half a tank left. Beyond that, the only way to get a sense of how much fuel you have is to watch the gauge when you are slowing down. When it quits moving completely, you have 30 kms before it is out completely.
While Apple may have technically purchased NeXT, everything about Apple today is straight out of NeXT. Apple's board of directors is comprised of old NeXT employees. Apple's current products are the evolution of what NeXT was doing.
The only thing that's really left of the old Apple is the brand. Hence my comment about NeXT being re-branded as Apple. I'm not sure how that applies to Be. I really can't see the Be guys running Apple today had BeOS been chosen as the MacOS successor instead.
Then why are all the cool kids sticking to copyright infringement?
Exactly. Great ideas are really not great until they are packaged in a fun and usable manner. Apple seems to be one of the only companies out there that understands that.
I would argue that NeXT has been a huge success since they re-branded themselves as Apple.
Jobs' vision for the company, and the computer industry as a whole is what sets Apple apart from other technology companies. I'm sure Jobs can be replaced, but what happens if the wrong person takes over his job and wants to turn the company into another Microsoft?
Thinking Jobs does everything at Apple would be silly, but Jobs does enable those who work at Apple to do the kind of work they do. If, for example, Steve Balmer took over the reigns, it wouldn't be long before Apple was putting all their efforts into web searching.
Why is a patent for a user interface element, for example, any different than a patent for, say, a suspension system design for an automobile?
I don't like software patents because it means that my favourite application won't legally be able to include that superior interface element. But, for the same reason, I don't like automobile patents because my favourite car won't legally be able to include that superior suspension system.
I'm just not seeing what exactly is different about the software patent that makes it worse than any other type of patent.
It does have a CLI if you want to jailbreak it. It is running OS X, after all.
The iPod Touch is a computer. It even runs UNIX. Yes, it has music player software, but so do all of my other computers.
It might work well for wireless headsets, but try anything else bluetooth is capable of and you're out of luck.
The iPhone is a computer first, phone second. If you want a phone, you are right. If you want a handheld computer, the iPhone is worth looking at.
Modern web frameworks these days just use it as a over-glorified hash store anyway. The other features are useless in that context. However, I feel we'll see a move to document databases, such as CouchDB, by those frameworks in the near future leaving MySQL out of the game completely.
They hooked up my iPhone to iTunes in the store before I ever had the phone in my hands.
Your points are certainly valid, but unimportant to me. The iPhone does what I want my phone to do better than any other phone on the market. I don't think anyone has seriously claimed that it is a panacea, and that is why there are other phones available for you to purchase that meet your needs better.
Yes, WAP is delivered over HTTP. WAP, however, isn't HTML.