Yeah it's hard when they're bolted to the wall. Of course, I've never considered a mobile device as anything I'm able to be remotely productive or efficient on for work. A mobile device would be handy to be able to connect with a server and fix a problem, but I'm not going to even try to develop on a ten inch screen.
Indeed.. but of course that's assuming you're socially competent enough to be able to have a spouse in the first place. Hell, I'm having a hard enough time even getting a date.
I'll just point out that, even with that social environment, some of us still don't learn the necessary cues. Some of us end up learning the cues the really hard way in adult life. Some of us end up having never learned the cues at all.
Not to speak for anyone else, and congrats on the +5, but I'm pretty sure that "try to mimic in some respects" isn't really equivalent to "honestly believe it's the same thing".
So why don't you take your existing PC or phone and turn it any which ever way you like.
Why exactly would I do that? The reason I have one monitor in landscape orientation and the other in portrait orientation is so that I can have, for example, my page of code showing up in landscape (less line wrapping and horiz. scrolling), while simultaneously viewing the project I'm working on in portrait mode (less vert. scrolling).
It sounds phenomenal, I know. I call it "iWork".
See how it works when you're about to go to sleep.
Considering the fact that it's in my bedroom, it works pretty well. It even has Flash player on it so that I can watch any content online, not just Apple-approved content!
Or when you're just waking up and a bit late for your train but still want to check mail for urgent stuff.
Email goes to my (non-Apple) phone, and has been for years, I don't need a new device from Apple to be able to read email away from my computer.
Or when you've had a few too many beers and are lying on the floor and just feel obliged to check your mail before you pass out.
Not really an issue.. among other things, if I'm that drunk I'm usually more interested in many other things before email.
Or when you need the keyboard fast. I mean fast - like now! No time to fiddle with tethering, unfolding and all that balls - I just want it now.
A physical keyboard sitting in front of me works remarkably well when I need it now.
Or when you're talking to a lady, out in the garden, and all of a sudden this massively romantic memory of yours says - play that thing on the ipad/pod/slate whatever.
When I'm talking to a woman, regardless of where we are, my romantic side is not telling me to bring out the gadgets. Quite the opposite, in fact.
the size will make it a lot more portable than even my 13" macbook pro
Well, if you've already got at least one iPod flavor, and at least Macbook flavor, then you're Apple's target audience. Of course, for the past several years you could have been carrying around a notebook smaller and lighter than your Macbook, but significantly larger than your iPod, and it would have included a keyboard, speakers, webcam, etc, with whatever office products you wanted installed. You could have had that for $600 two years ago, but I can understand how you would have passed on that since it didn't have an Apple logo on it. So this product sounds just about perfect for you, and I'm sure Apple is happy to have you as a customer.
considdering no other mobile device can do that, honestly he's right, this is the first mobile device other than an full scale notebook platform that can display an entire web site on a screen
I guess, if you only live your life in small mobile devices (which apparently Steve Jobs does), then you would probably consider seeing more than 400 pixels at once "phenomenal". I've got a pair of 28" monitors with one portrait and one landscape, so for me seeing a whole page is "how it works", not "phenomenal".
I'm curious how many people will watch his presentation and then try to explain to their friends how seeing an entire page of text at once is phenomenal, while actually believing that this is something new.
on the exclamation of turning it, yea, i agree. Not exactly revolutionary.
I'm not sure "phenomenal" is the right term to describe "seeing a whole page". You would think that we've never been able to see a whole page before and that Steve Jobs is personally responsible for some entirely new experience.
I guess that's what they mean by the reality distortion field.
You can turn it any way you want.
Good god, you mean I can pick the thing up and actually turn it? I'm so excited I'm about to soil myself! Will Apple innovations never cease?
Indeed, anyone wearing long sleeves, long pants, a hat, facemask, and sunglasses needs to watch out. When your suspect has no discernible features, everyone's a suspect.
The latency probably isn't as bad as one would expect. Sure, it seems far, but it's a straight shot. Also, a link between US and Europe would be significantly farther.
But one guy saying it doesn't make it true. You need more evidence than that.
Actually, no I don't. This isn't a court of a law, it's a discussion forum. If you expect a member of the public (such as myself), to find hard evidence for secret undocumented trade practices by a secretive corporation which I don't work for, then you're probably expecting a little too much. This is the word from someone who used to do the job, and frankly he doesn't have any reason to lie about it.
Furthermore, that doesn't apply to every Apple rumor article.
No it doesn't, there are some people who just feel like speculating about Apple products is a good use of their time. It does, however, apply to every new Apple product. There's no reason it wouldn't. It's an enormous amount of good press, and the bill for Apple is exactly $0.00 (unless you count the minutes of salary for the marketing manager talking to his journo friend).
It's not like slashdot and other places are getting leaks directly from Apple.
Did you read what I wrote? They don't leak to every single publication, they leak to one major publication (such as, say, the Wall Street Journal), which then gets picked up by many other smaller blogs and things, including sites just like this one.
If you're looking for a signed document from Steve Jobs himself explicitly instructing people to do this, you're not going to find it. But think for yourself (I know that's difficult when dealing with Apple). This is a massive amount of good, free press. There's no reason why Apple would not do it. It makes tremendous business sense. This isn't some conspiracy theory, it's business.
"The way it works is that a senior exec will come in and say, "We need to release this specific information. John, do you have a trusted friend at a major outlet? If so, call him/her and have a conversation. Idly mention this information and suggest that if it were published, that would be nice. No e-mails!"
The communication is always done in person or on the phone. Never via e-mail. That's so that if there's ever any dispute about what transpired, there's no paper trail to contradict either party's version of the story. Both sides can maintain plausible deniability and simply claim a misunderstanding. That protects Apple and the publication."
John claims that the recent article on WSJ about pricing and launch dates of the upcoming Apple Tablet had "all the earmarks of a controlled leak".
So, people pick up the controlled leaks which they read about in other publications, then post their own articles speculating about other details (thereby increasing the hype).
Sooooo...
It might be genuine people writing genuine articles, but it's still fed from the strategic "leaks" put out by Apple, with the purpose of generating hype.
It might be genuine people writing genuine articles, but it's still fed from the strategic "leaks" put out by Apple, with the purpose of generating hype. So the genuine people writing their genuine articles are actually Apple's PR strategy for getting people to talk about this without them having to make an official announcement. Of course, when they actually do make the announcement the hype will be so much that the free media coverage Apple will get out of it will be worth more than they would have ever wanted to spend on a pre-promo campaign for it.
So yeah, the articles are genuine, and it's also astroturfing, even if the authors don't realize they're astroturfing. Apple speculation is ridiculous and useless. It doesn't matter what the speculation is, we'll all found out exactly what Apple plans to do, exactly when Apple wants us to find that out, and it will have all of the features that it would have had if no one had been speculating.
Yes, that's right. Personally, I don't really care enough about OSX to think about its security, but the point was that releasing an update does not make a piece of software less secure (unless obviously the update contains vulnerabilities).
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It's like a Vespa, except where every bolt on the thing is a different proprietary design.
My experiences are pretty similar, a lot of it does seem innate, you either have it or you don't.
Yeah it's hard when they're bolted to the wall. Of course, I've never considered a mobile device as anything I'm able to be remotely productive or efficient on for work. A mobile device would be handy to be able to connect with a server and fix a problem, but I'm not going to even try to develop on a ten inch screen.
Indeed.. but of course that's assuming you're socially competent enough to be able to have a spouse in the first place. Hell, I'm having a hard enough time even getting a date.
I'll just point out that, even with that social environment, some of us still don't learn the necessary cues. Some of us end up learning the cues the really hard way in adult life. Some of us end up having never learned the cues at all.
Not to speak for anyone else, and congrats on the +5, but I'm pretty sure that "try to mimic in some respects" isn't really equivalent to "honestly believe it's the same thing".
So why don't you take your existing PC or phone and turn it any which ever way you like.
Why exactly would I do that? The reason I have one monitor in landscape orientation and the other in portrait orientation is so that I can have, for example, my page of code showing up in landscape (less line wrapping and horiz. scrolling), while simultaneously viewing the project I'm working on in portrait mode (less vert. scrolling).
It sounds phenomenal, I know. I call it "iWork".
See how it works when you're about to go to sleep.
Considering the fact that it's in my bedroom, it works pretty well. It even has Flash player on it so that I can watch any content online, not just Apple-approved content!
Or when you're just waking up and a bit late for your train but still want to check mail for urgent stuff.
Email goes to my (non-Apple) phone, and has been for years, I don't need a new device from Apple to be able to read email away from my computer.
Or when you've had a few too many beers and are lying on the floor and just feel obliged to check your mail before you pass out.
Not really an issue.. among other things, if I'm that drunk I'm usually more interested in many other things before email.
Or when you need the keyboard fast. I mean fast - like now! No time to fiddle with tethering, unfolding and all that balls - I just want it now.
A physical keyboard sitting in front of me works remarkably well when I need it now.
Or when you're talking to a lady, out in the garden, and all of a sudden this massively romantic memory of yours says - play that thing on the ipad/pod/slate whatever.
When I'm talking to a woman, regardless of where we are, my romantic side is not telling me to bring out the gadgets. Quite the opposite, in fact.
Itunes for Windows, the realplayer of the late 2000's.
Jesus Christ, how long have I been asleep?
It may also be possible that it's a lot easier to communicate and discuss hardware specs than a software platform and interface.
I want this far more than I want a Kindle.
I tend to carry my ipod touch around
the size will make it a lot more portable than even my 13" macbook pro
Well, if you've already got at least one iPod flavor, and at least Macbook flavor, then you're Apple's target audience. Of course, for the past several years you could have been carrying around a notebook smaller and lighter than your Macbook, but significantly larger than your iPod, and it would have included a keyboard, speakers, webcam, etc, with whatever office products you wanted installed. You could have had that for $600 two years ago, but I can understand how you would have passed on that since it didn't have an Apple logo on it. So this product sounds just about perfect for you, and I'm sure Apple is happy to have you as a customer.
considdering no other mobile device can do that, honestly he's right, this is the first mobile device other than an full scale notebook platform that can display an entire web site on a screen
I guess, if you only live your life in small mobile devices (which apparently Steve Jobs does), then you would probably consider seeing more than 400 pixels at once "phenomenal". I've got a pair of 28" monitors with one portrait and one landscape, so for me seeing a whole page is "how it works", not "phenomenal".
I'm curious how many people will watch his presentation and then try to explain to their friends how seeing an entire page of text at once is phenomenal, while actually believing that this is something new.
on the exclamation of turning it, yea, i agree. Not exactly revolutionary.
Very punny.
To see the whole page is phenomenal
I'm not sure "phenomenal" is the right term to describe "seeing a whole page". You would think that we've never been able to see a whole page before and that Steve Jobs is personally responsible for some entirely new experience.
I guess that's what they mean by the reality distortion field.
You can turn it any way you want.
Good god, you mean I can pick the thing up and actually turn it? I'm so excited I'm about to soil myself! Will Apple innovations never cease?
Odd, I'm having trouble finding a recipe which calls for boiling a live frog.
Indeed, anyone wearing long sleeves, long pants, a hat, facemask, and sunglasses needs to watch out. When your suspect has no discernible features, everyone's a suspect.
There's a second way to boil a frog: knock it over the head before you toss it in the pot.
Anyway, who boils frogs?
Those are some impressive pictures, Mr. Sobchak.
The judge seemed to indicate he thought $54,000 was still high, how did he settle on that number?
The latency probably isn't as bad as one would expect. Sure, it seems far, but it's a straight shot. Also, a link between US and Europe would be significantly farther.
I think "HI" or "UP" would be appropriate.
But one guy saying it doesn't make it true. You need more evidence than that.
Actually, no I don't. This isn't a court of a law, it's a discussion forum. If you expect a member of the public (such as myself), to find hard evidence for secret undocumented trade practices by a secretive corporation which I don't work for, then you're probably expecting a little too much. This is the word from someone who used to do the job, and frankly he doesn't have any reason to lie about it.
Furthermore, that doesn't apply to every Apple rumor article.
No it doesn't, there are some people who just feel like speculating about Apple products is a good use of their time. It does, however, apply to every new Apple product. There's no reason it wouldn't. It's an enormous amount of good press, and the bill for Apple is exactly $0.00 (unless you count the minutes of salary for the marketing manager talking to his journo friend).
It's not like slashdot and other places are getting leaks directly from Apple.
Did you read what I wrote? They don't leak to every single publication, they leak to one major publication (such as, say, the Wall Street Journal), which then gets picked up by many other smaller blogs and things, including sites just like this one.
If you're looking for a signed document from Steve Jobs himself explicitly instructing people to do this, you're not going to find it. But think for yourself (I know that's difficult when dealing with Apple). This is a massive amount of good, free press. There's no reason why Apple would not do it. It makes tremendous business sense. This isn't some conspiracy theory, it's business.
There's information in this article from an ex- Apple Senior Marketing Manager describing the "controlled leak" process:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2010/01/apples-strategy-to-generate-buzz-controlled-media-leaks.html
"The way it works is that a senior exec will come in and say, "We need to release this specific information. John, do you have a trusted friend at a major outlet? If so, call him/her and have a conversation. Idly mention this information and suggest that if it were published, that would be nice. No e-mails!"
The communication is always done in person or on the phone. Never via e-mail. That's so that if there's ever any dispute about what transpired, there's no paper trail to contradict either party's version of the story. Both sides can maintain plausible deniability and simply claim a misunderstanding. That protects Apple and the publication."
John claims that the recent article on WSJ about pricing and launch dates of the upcoming Apple Tablet had "all the earmarks of a controlled leak".
So, people pick up the controlled leaks which they read about in other publications, then post their own articles speculating about other details (thereby increasing the hype).
Sooooo...
It might be genuine people writing genuine articles, but it's still fed from the strategic "leaks" put out by Apple, with the purpose of generating hype.
This new learning amazes me! Explain again how RFID can be employed in preventing data entry.
I'll gladly second that.
It might be genuine people writing genuine articles, but it's still fed from the strategic "leaks" put out by Apple, with the purpose of generating hype. So the genuine people writing their genuine articles are actually Apple's PR strategy for getting people to talk about this without them having to make an official announcement. Of course, when they actually do make the announcement the hype will be so much that the free media coverage Apple will get out of it will be worth more than they would have ever wanted to spend on a pre-promo campaign for it.
So yeah, the articles are genuine, and it's also astroturfing, even if the authors don't realize they're astroturfing. Apple speculation is ridiculous and useless. It doesn't matter what the speculation is, we'll all found out exactly what Apple plans to do, exactly when Apple wants us to find that out, and it will have all of the features that it would have had if no one had been speculating.
Yes, that's right. Personally, I don't really care enough about OSX to think about its security, but the point was that releasing an update does not make a piece of software less secure (unless obviously the update contains vulnerabilities).