I'm quite the fan of Tesla, I'm highly optimistic that in my lifetime, I'm 22, that EV's will be commonplace, but "the electric car know-how of Tesla"? The company that has sold a few Tesla Roadsters, which are basically modified Lotus', and rigged up a Smart or two with Electric motors? The same company that seems to have struggled since day one to remain solvent, always somehow being saved by a last minute injection of cash?
Now, they are a MIGHTY impressive company, despite the chutzpah of using the Tesla name, and I have deep admiration for Musk, and The Little Electric Car That Could. Lets just be honest, they seem to be millimetres from the great Pinto in the sky is all.
Theres one solution to the issue of animal suffering in the world, not to regulate it, but to abolish the property status of Animals. 56 Billion land animals a year, ( UN FOA 2007 PDF http://bit.ly/56billion ), for what? Pleasure, and profit.
My advice, nod your head and pretend its the first time you've heard the remark, "oh, aren't you the witty one? I'll be off right now, for the first time in years to eat a dead animal corpse thanks to your input, kind sir!"
I utterly agree, I'm almost 23, and the thought of TOUCHING physical media is.....
My 27 inch iMac has this *GASH* on the side....I never understood the point in have a slot for a SD card reader....one day it struck me that I'd NEVER use the Optical Drive, except to rip my DVD collection of over 200 movies!
True, I live in New Zealand, I have a bandwidth cap of just 20GB a month before being reduced to "dialup speeds", from 1MB+ a second to 8KB, its third world, yet for countries with "unlimited", Digital Distribution is the PRESENT, and the future. Just imagine having to send a VHS tape of everything you upload onto YouTube:)
Then it gets reposted here and a bunch of 7-figure IDs and Anonymous Cowards post "me too" stuff.
And then a 6 figure ID comments on the "must be new here" posters and gets modded +5 Interesting:) Sort of a "these days everything sucks" vibe? Nostalgic/.ers?
I'm an iPhone user who appreciates and respects Android. I agree that there should be competition, and hopefully open standards for those who would like to change devices in the near future. I wish there was a third strong "Smartphone OS", it would be a hell of a lot better for the consumer, I thought WebOS might have been the third.
What I personally cant stand is when Microsoft continues to release INCREDIBLY shitty products, that innocent customers then buy, get locked into, and then learn to despise. I feel the pain of anyone who bought a Kin. (both of them)
What's your diagnosis for Microsoft and Sony? Just giant companies, used to stomping about and destroying the competition without any real concern, who then suddenly realise they're in last place, and all out of ideas?
I grew up with both companies being leaders, now I see them like the USA car companies, somehow staying afloat by spreading BS about the competition, calling on patriotism, fond memories, while begging for bail outs.
I've mentioned the "Welcome IBM" message before, the difference is that Apple was in the market already...so in this situation, it would be Apple/Google sarcastically welcoming Windows Phone 7, which would then go on to take ~95% of the market by 2012 or so.
I'm a longtime Apple user, while I really dont give a shit what people choose to use, I dont care what car you drive, each time I consider Microsoft, they go and screw up...thats putting it mildly.....there must be SOME reason for why they are this awful? Were they just coasting all these years, fat on Win 95, 98, ME money, until Vista finally set them off the cliff?
Think of "Surface", they try and appear "cool" and "with it" with these R&D projects, they use Multitouch to make big plastic coffee tables, about, what, 5 ever made? Meanwhile, Apple (and Google now) give us cutting edge Smartphones that every geek carries.
Well, dont ask me about an "Android pod touch", I've noticed your signature before:) It seems at this point easier to just give in to the Apple behemoth, that new iTouch looks INCREDIBLE....the still camera resolution aside, its mindblowing.
That beautiful screen, IMPOSSIBLY THIN, the Apps....
Do you have any pet theories why there is no Android equivalent? The closest device seems to be the Zune HD....which is not even sold in my country, possibly still North America only? Wouldnt work on a Mac... and throws up unskippable ads each time you want to play one of the 5 games available?
I have the original Wipeout, LocoRoco and both MGS games, I dont include the "card games":)
All would be far better running on the iOS or Android platforms. LocoRoco is outclassed many times over by iOS games, there are probably very good games of the same nature on Android too.
I think the PSP is a terrible console in 2010, it started out life as a sort of "Desktop replacement", trying to do everything, now it just looks like a big hunk of junk.
I remember when the PSP came out, it felt like a GODSEND, it was something incredible...it felt like Sony at the top of their game. Its screen was incredible for the time, so bright, and large, it felt slim, it felt powerful. I'm 22, I barely remember when Sony were powerful, what happened?
Now look at them, an embarrassment. I'd be ashamed to use most Sony products. The PSP has needed a replacement for YEARS now, they should be where Apple is, to be blunt. Instead, they really did go crazy, with different media formats, and to my immature mind, thats the reason for their failings, for pushing bizarre new disc formats, file formats, and not getting into the "Online Store" market.
I honestly can sit down and spend an hour+ on my iPhone. I recently got the iPhone 4, its INCREDIBLE, everything I felt about the PSP, and more. The new iPod Touch seems incredible, I'm surprised it has a rear camera for still pictures, it may be a shitty resolution for stills, but hey, its better than nothing!
With the "Retina Display", the A4 chip, the aluminium/glass construction, App Store... they really have become lightyears ahead of Sony.
Peace Walker was terribly hampered by the control scheme, what other game comes with THREE separate layouts, and encourages you to try them, in some attempt to find a SORT OF match?
The PSP always needed a second analogue stick. Why has that never came about? What would it cost? And a simple patch could be released for each previous game, we all know how fond of locking down the PSP Sony is, its not like they'll mind another 1MB patch per game!
Instead, look at the PSP Go, OR, those shitty ads with "marcus"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZEuW9tjHY....thank hell we dont have those here in New Zealand!
"9.99 sucka!", hardly the impact of "200K Apps" or "its magical".
Surely its much easier to develop for the iOS (and Android of course) platforms? Why bother with some crappy PSP? What kid would want a PSP Go, when you can get an iTouch, probably for LESS, and it certainly does more! Which is the "cooler" brand, Sony or Apple, in 2010?
The PSP *seriously* let down the game, compare the Epic Citadel tech demo (which you can get from the App Store for yourself right now) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcLSXKk5To to the graphics ingame, and its shocking. Much of Peace Walker were jaggy angles, with crappy fog effects, as you ran from loading point to the "end" marker. Long loading times, extremely basic level design...
I agree, I have a friggin QUAD CORE i7 iMac with a 27 inch screen...and yet I can watch as CPU usage SOARS playing a simple.flv file... I also notice that I can often get browser crashes thanks to Flash.
I am a "power user", I'm not a dev, for me, Flash has LONG been The Devil, I wish it would go back to burning in hell. Apart from Flash video, what does it ever do for the average user? Punch the monkey ads? Those crappy menu bars (I made one with rollover effects when I was...14...it was cool then...)? Oh, I know, what about when you visit a site on a 27 inch screen with a 2560 X 1440 resolution, and you find that after waiting for the "loading" bar...that a third or less of your screen real estate is taken up, by some shitty intro, and then menu system, that cannot be resized....
I can understand how important it might be to see "this one video", but if Apple can pinch off Flash's usage, then I'm all for it. Think of all the websites that have already moved heaven and earth to get iPad/iPhone compatible sites....as in, NO GODDAMN FLASH! As consumers, we all benefit, the only loser is Adobe. Perhaps they shouldnt have stiffed Apple back in the day...look at Apple's position now...
I have a Windows developer friend (we all have one), and every now and then he'll come up with some hair brained tweet/email, "see, look at the cool stuff Microsoft is doing!" I got glowing reviews of the Zune, Vista, that Songsmith thing, Surface....and now THIS keyboard... He also informs me the new Internet Explorer is going to "kick ass!" and Windows Phone 7 is "amazing"...
Meanwhile, after spending who knows what into crap like the Zune, Surface and now THIS, why is none of it made into something SUCCESSFUL? Microsoft sees touch sensitive (even if its a strip) screens, and gives the world THIS, or the Surface... meanwhile, Apple, Google, they give us iPhones, iPads and Android devices which are (not quite) literally flying off the shelves!
I'm actually embarrassed for Microsoft at this point, what the hell is wrong with that company? They cant even make quick knockoffs anymore.
and again, *sigh*, there is no requirement to use DRMed books on the iPad...
I get that you dont like DRM, neither do I, it hasnt affected my life so far, unless you count unskippable trailers on a DVD, which I avoid by ripping my 200+ DVD collection to my computer HDD, I just wish you wouldnt whine on about the iPad.
It gets tiresome hearing all the same complaints over and over, "I'm not getting one until it plays 4K resolution.mkv files...", and they always seem to come up whenever anything to do with the iPad is mentioned. I dont see similar complaints about the restrictions on Android on its coverage... although the freetards are even starting to whine about that! "oh, my N900, one of the 10 ever sold, has a REAL version of Linux..."
I liked this tweet "phil_nash
Welcome to the new decade: Java is a restricted platform, Google is evil, Apple is a monopoly and Microsoft are the underdogs"
I suppose Apple is the target solely for being successful.
I fully support having "open" resources, through the likes of podcasting, "iTunes U" in particular, Apple is actually PROMOTING such educational changes. I know of quite a few young teachers here who use iPads, they love it, the classes love it.
I'm glad you're passionate about something betterunixthanunix , have a great day.
And once more, you are entitled to whine online about the work of others, all the while doing nothing of your own. Yours has remained a minority opinion.
I can fully agree against DRM, I wish nothing I owned had a "digital lock" on it, just on principle if for no real reason. In terms of ebooks, the iPad uses standard formats and you can easily add your own books to the iPad, as I have done.
Its a bit like the people who bitched, "oh, that awful Jobs and his iPod, it doesnt play OGG files!", some of these nogoodniks would protest outside Apple stores in "grim reaper" costumes, and do you think the average family walking in was put off iPods? Hardly.
If you dont like the iPad, by all means tell others of your opinion, but actually DO something about it!
See, if you read my post, I was COMPLAINING that those features were ABSENT those particular apps, although TTS does work if you turn it on systemwide.
Despite owning an iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad... I have no trouble pointing out when Apple screws up. What I have an issue with are the "haters", those people who spend all their time online BASHING a company and its products, while doing nothing constructive themselves!
I personally would prefer if there were both "moderated" and "unmoderated" sections in the App Store, I dont know exactly what I'm missing... I havnt seen many apps on Android for example that I'd buy the device for, but sure, in theory, I'd prefer "more choice". I could put up with the likes of this http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/13/editorial-waiter-theres-a-nazi-theme-in-my-android-market/ in exchange for "freedom".
"Nevermind the DRM...", exactly how does that affect me, the end user? Do you think that by touching my iPad, you dick would drop off, that you'd only have a week to live? So I cant easily steal applications from someone elses account, big deal! If I had the choice between DRM free music (like iTunes sells) or a lower price, I'd prefer cheaper music. Being only able to play a song on five devices IS a silly restriction, but has never affected me yet. And look, when possible, Jobs himself has spoken out against DRM.
Exactly what is the iPad "denying" you? Do you think Jobs himself will show up at your doorstep, and beg to hear more of your theories? Will he ask you to replace him as Apple CEO?
I dont like Justin Bieber, but I dont spend all my time bitching about him online, if asked, I'd say "I dont like his music", but its no big deal to me personally. If you like some vapourware "iPad Killer", great for you! Meanwhile, I, and many other millions of people worldwide will continue to buy every iPad in stock.
quit yer whinin' until you have an actual *solution*.
Keep waiting for your Courier or Joojoo or whatever vapourware tablet actually comes out and sells in the DOUBLE DIGITS.
I love my iPad, I couldnt imagine NOT having a "tablet computer" now, its truly "magical" at many things, checking email, showing photos, video, the applications...it deserves its success.
I've quite enjoyed many of the current (read FREE) news apps, even little old New Zealand has some enjoyable newspaper apps. My biggest concern is the lack of utility built into these apps, they are excellent for quick reading, you launch the Herald app , it has a short car commercial (stored on the device itself, hence why the app is 40MB odd), then a broadsheet display of the stories under basic categories, you tap the story you like and can then scroll through it.
I would love to be able to change font sizes, or even have my device read the text, all things that are easy to do on my personal computer. Simple, OS wide things that are not included in the majority of these current apps.
br>
The iPad is here, its doing very well, hard to find them in-stock, until something BETTER comes along, lets enjoy what we have now, eh? "these cars suck, I hate congestion, look at all the sky above, why dont we have flying cars yet, damn you Toyota, get your lazy asses back to work..."
Oh great, I got labelled "troll"... why, because I spoke out about how Flash sucks down every core it can on my i7 iMac? How I'm glad that iOS devices are making a push for the web to move away from that parasite?
Have people nothing better to do than mod down those who they disagree with?
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I'm quite the fan of Tesla, I'm highly optimistic that in my lifetime, I'm 22, that EV's will be commonplace, but "the electric car know-how of Tesla"? The company that has sold a few Tesla Roadsters, which are basically modified Lotus', and rigged up a Smart or two with Electric motors? The same company that seems to have struggled since day one to remain solvent, always somehow being saved by a last minute injection of cash?
Now, they are a MIGHTY impressive company, despite the chutzpah of using the Tesla name, and I have deep admiration for Musk, and The Little Electric Car That Could. Lets just be honest, they seem to be millimetres from the great Pinto in the sky is all.
aw cmon, you were ONtopic!
Theres one solution to the issue of animal suffering in the world, not to regulate it, but to abolish the property status of Animals. 56 Billion land animals a year, ( UN FOA 2007 PDF http://bit.ly/56billion ), for what? Pleasure, and profit.
For more on Veganism, please visit http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/
As another Vegan, glad someone else has played "Defensive Omnivore Bingo" before :)
http://bit.ly/veganbingo
My advice, nod your head and pretend its the first time you've heard the remark, "oh, aren't you the witty one? I'll be off right now, for the first time in years to eat a dead animal corpse thanks to your input, kind sir!"
Since when can you go 60mph in New York City?
Since 2008!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_IV
I utterly agree, I'm almost 23, and the thought of TOUCHING physical media is .....
:)
My 27 inch iMac has this *GASH* on the side....I never understood the point in have a slot for a SD card reader....one day it struck me that I'd NEVER use the Optical Drive, except to rip my DVD collection of over 200 movies!
True, I live in New Zealand, I have a bandwidth cap of just 20GB a month before being reduced to "dialup speeds", from 1MB+ a second to 8KB, its third world, yet for countries with "unlimited", Digital Distribution is the PRESENT, and the future. Just imagine having to send a VHS tape of everything you upload onto YouTube
Then it gets reposted here and a bunch of 7-figure IDs and Anonymous Cowards post "me too" stuff.
And then a 6 figure ID comments on the "must be new here" posters and gets modded +5 Interesting :) Sort of a "these days everything sucks" vibe? Nostalgic /.ers?
good call on "emBallmer" :)
I'm an iPhone user who appreciates and respects Android. I agree that there should be competition, and hopefully open standards for those who would like to change devices in the near future. I wish there was a third strong "Smartphone OS", it would be a hell of a lot better for the consumer, I thought WebOS might have been the third.
What I personally cant stand is when Microsoft continues to release INCREDIBLY shitty products, that innocent customers then buy, get locked into, and then learn to despise. I feel the pain of anyone who bought a Kin. (both of them)
I feel the same way about Sony....especially with those last Marcus "big boy games" PSP hawking kid ads....its similar to how they did the "graffiti" crap http://gizmodo.com/140940/sonys-psp-graffiti-is-pissing-people-off
What's your diagnosis for Microsoft and Sony? Just giant companies, used to stomping about and destroying the competition without any real concern, who then suddenly realise they're in last place, and all out of ideas?
I grew up with both companies being leaders, now I see them like the USA car companies, somehow staying afloat by spreading BS about the competition, calling on patriotism, fond memories, while begging for bail outs.
I've mentioned the "Welcome IBM" message before, the difference is that Apple was in the market already...so in this situation, it would be Apple/Google sarcastically welcoming Windows Phone 7, which would then go on to take ~95% of the market by 2012 or so.
I'm a longtime Apple user, while I really dont give a shit what people choose to use, I dont care what car you drive, each time I consider Microsoft, they go and screw up...thats putting it mildly.....there must be SOME reason for why they are this awful? Were they just coasting all these years, fat on Win 95, 98, ME money, until Vista finally set them off the cliff?
Think of "Surface", they try and appear "cool" and "with it" with these R&D projects, they use Multitouch to make big plastic coffee tables, about, what, 5 ever made? Meanwhile, Apple (and Google now) give us cutting edge Smartphones that every geek carries.
Thats a good way to deal with being modded "Troll" :)
Its one of those things online, if someone doesnt agree with you, you are a *TROLL* man, a freaking *TROLL*!!!!1!!!1!
I get it, you got modded down for speaking ill of Rand, yet others can get "+5 insightful" mods from similar comments!
You have it exactly right "...they want the freedom to be the ones in charge of everything."
Good call :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor
Well, dont ask me about an "Android pod touch", I've noticed your signature before :) It seems at this point easier to just give in to the Apple behemoth, that new iTouch looks INCREDIBLE....the still camera resolution aside, its mindblowing.
That beautiful screen, IMPOSSIBLY THIN, the Apps....
Do you have any pet theories why there is no Android equivalent? The closest device seems to be the Zune HD....which is not even sold in my country, possibly still North America only? Wouldnt work on a Mac... and throws up unskippable ads each time you want to play one of the 5 games available?
I have the original Wipeout, LocoRoco and both MGS games, I dont include the "card games" :)
All would be far better running on the iOS or Android platforms. LocoRoco is outclassed many times over by iOS games, there are probably very good games of the same nature on Android too.
I think the PSP is a terrible console in 2010, it started out life as a sort of "Desktop replacement", trying to do everything, now it just looks like a big hunk of junk.
I remember when the PSP came out, it felt like a GODSEND, it was something incredible...it felt like Sony at the top of their game. Its screen was incredible for the time, so bright, and large, it felt slim, it felt powerful. I'm 22, I barely remember when Sony were powerful, what happened?
....thank hell we dont have those here in New Zealand!
"9.99 sucka!", hardly the impact of "200K Apps" or "its magical".
Now look at them, an embarrassment. I'd be ashamed to use most Sony products. The PSP has needed a replacement for YEARS now, they should be where Apple is, to be blunt. Instead, they really did go crazy, with different media formats, and to my immature mind, thats the reason for their failings, for pushing bizarre new disc formats, file formats, and not getting into the "Online Store" market.
I honestly can sit down and spend an hour+ on my iPhone. I recently got the iPhone 4, its INCREDIBLE, everything I felt about the PSP, and more. The new iPod Touch seems incredible, I'm surprised it has a rear camera for still pictures, it may be a shitty resolution for stills, but hey, its better than nothing!
With the "Retina Display", the A4 chip, the aluminium/glass construction, App Store... they really have become lightyears ahead of Sony.
Peace Walker was terribly hampered by the control scheme, what other game comes with THREE separate layouts, and encourages you to try them, in some attempt to find a SORT OF match?
The PSP always needed a second analogue stick. Why has that never came about? What would it cost? And a simple patch could be released for each previous game, we all know how fond of locking down the PSP Sony is, its not like they'll mind another 1MB patch per game!
Instead, look at the PSP Go, OR, those shitty ads with "marcus"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdZEuW9tjHY
Surely its much easier to develop for the iOS (and Android of course) platforms? Why bother with some crappy PSP? What kid would want a PSP Go, when you can get an iTouch, probably for LESS, and it certainly does more! Which is the "cooler" brand, Sony or Apple, in 2010?
Its a slam dunk.
Those slackers, wheres my 3GHZ G5? Huh?
*sigh* FINE, begin the switch back....
-Steve
Sent from my iPad 2
The PSP *seriously* let down the game, compare the Epic Citadel tech demo (which you can get from the App Store for yourself right now) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtcLSXKk5To to the graphics ingame, and its shocking. Much of Peace Walker were jaggy angles, with crappy fog effects, as you ran from loading point to the "end" marker. Long loading times, extremely basic level design...
I'm a big Apple fan, I use a 120GB iPod Classic for podcasts, I need at least 100GB of storage, otherwise I'd have an iTouch.
I hope you decide to get a Classic.
I agree, I have a friggin QUAD CORE i7 iMac with a 27 inch screen...and yet I can watch as CPU usage SOARS playing a simple .flv file... I also notice that I can often get browser crashes thanks to Flash.
I am a "power user", I'm not a dev, for me, Flash has LONG been The Devil, I wish it would go back to burning in hell. Apart from Flash video, what does it ever do for the average user? Punch the monkey ads? Those crappy menu bars (I made one with rollover effects when I was...14...it was cool then...)? Oh, I know, what about when you visit a site on a 27 inch screen with a 2560 X 1440 resolution, and you find that after waiting for the "loading" bar...that a third or less of your screen real estate is taken up, by some shitty intro, and then menu system, that cannot be resized....
I can understand how important it might be to see "this one video", but if Apple can pinch off Flash's usage, then I'm all for it. Think of all the websites that have already moved heaven and earth to get iPad/iPhone compatible sites....as in, NO GODDAMN FLASH! As consumers, we all benefit, the only loser is Adobe. Perhaps they shouldnt have stiffed Apple back in the day...look at Apple's position now...
I have a Windows developer friend (we all have one), and every now and then he'll come up with some hair brained tweet/email, "see, look at the cool stuff Microsoft is doing!" I got glowing reviews of the Zune, Vista, that Songsmith thing, Surface....and now THIS keyboard... He also informs me the new Internet Explorer is going to "kick ass!" and Windows Phone 7 is "amazing"...
Meanwhile, after spending who knows what into crap like the Zune, Surface and now THIS, why is none of it made into something SUCCESSFUL? Microsoft sees touch sensitive (even if its a strip) screens, and gives the world THIS, or the Surface... meanwhile, Apple, Google, they give us iPhones, iPads and Android devices which are (not quite) literally flying off the shelves!
I'm actually embarrassed for Microsoft at this point, what the hell is wrong with that company? They cant even make quick knockoffs anymore.
and again, *sigh*, there is no requirement to use DRMed books on the iPad...
.mkv files...", and they always seem to come up whenever anything to do with the iPad is mentioned. I dont see similar complaints about the restrictions on Android on its coverage... although the freetards are even starting to whine about that! "oh, my N900, one of the 10 ever sold, has a REAL version of Linux..."
I get that you dont like DRM, neither do I, it hasnt affected my life so far, unless you count unskippable trailers on a DVD, which I avoid by ripping my 200+ DVD collection to my computer HDD, I just wish you wouldnt whine on about the iPad.
It gets tiresome hearing all the same complaints over and over, "I'm not getting one until it plays 4K resolution
I liked this tweet "phil_nash Welcome to the new decade: Java is a restricted platform, Google is evil, Apple is a monopoly and Microsoft are the underdogs"
I suppose Apple is the target solely for being successful.
I fully support having "open" resources, through the likes of podcasting, "iTunes U" in particular, Apple is actually PROMOTING such educational changes. I know of quite a few young teachers here who use iPads, they love it, the classes love it.
I'm glad you're passionate about something betterunixthanunix , have a great day.
And once more, you are entitled to whine online about the work of others, all the while doing nothing of your own. Yours has remained a minority opinion.
I can fully agree against DRM, I wish nothing I owned had a "digital lock" on it, just on principle if for no real reason. In terms of ebooks, the iPad uses standard formats and you can easily add your own books to the iPad, as I have done.
Its a bit like the people who bitched, "oh, that awful Jobs and his iPod, it doesnt play OGG files!", some of these nogoodniks would protest outside Apple stores in "grim reaper" costumes, and do you think the average family walking in was put off iPods? Hardly.
If you dont like the iPad, by all means tell others of your opinion, but actually DO something about it!
See, if you read my post, I was COMPLAINING that those features were ABSENT those particular apps, although TTS does work if you turn it on systemwide.
Despite owning an iMac, iPod, iPhone, iPad... I have no trouble pointing out when Apple screws up. What I have an issue with are the "haters", those people who spend all their time online BASHING a company and its products, while doing nothing constructive themselves!
I personally would prefer if there were both "moderated" and "unmoderated" sections in the App Store, I dont know exactly what I'm missing... I havnt seen many apps on Android for example that I'd buy the device for, but sure, in theory, I'd prefer "more choice". I could put up with the likes of this http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/13/editorial-waiter-theres-a-nazi-theme-in-my-android-market/ in exchange for "freedom".
"Nevermind the DRM...", exactly how does that affect me, the end user? Do you think that by touching my iPad, you dick would drop off, that you'd only have a week to live? So I cant easily steal applications from someone elses account, big deal! If I had the choice between DRM free music (like iTunes sells) or a lower price, I'd prefer cheaper music. Being only able to play a song on five devices IS a silly restriction, but has never affected me yet. And look, when possible, Jobs himself has spoken out against DRM.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
Exactly what is the iPad "denying" you? Do you think Jobs himself will show up at your doorstep, and beg to hear more of your theories? Will he ask you to replace him as Apple CEO?
I dont like Justin Bieber, but I dont spend all my time bitching about him online, if asked, I'd say "I dont like his music", but its no big deal to me personally. If you like some vapourware "iPad Killer", great for you! Meanwhile, I, and many other millions of people worldwide will continue to buy every iPad in stock.
quit yer whinin' until you have an actual *solution*.
Keep waiting for your Courier or Joojoo or whatever vapourware tablet actually comes out and sells in the DOUBLE DIGITS.
I love my iPad, I couldnt imagine NOT having a "tablet computer" now, its truly "magical" at many things, checking email, showing photos, video, the applications...it deserves its success.
I've quite enjoyed many of the current (read FREE) news apps, even little old New Zealand has some enjoyable newspaper apps. My biggest concern is the lack of utility built into these apps, they are excellent for quick reading, you launch the Herald app , it has a short car commercial (stored on the device itself, hence why the app is 40MB odd), then a broadsheet display of the stories under basic categories, you tap the story you like and can then scroll through it.
I would love to be able to change font sizes, or even have my device read the text, all things that are easy to do on my personal computer. Simple, OS wide things that are not included in the majority of these current apps.
br> The iPad is here, its doing very well, hard to find them in-stock, until something BETTER comes along, lets enjoy what we have now, eh? "these cars suck, I hate congestion, look at all the sky above, why dont we have flying cars yet, damn you Toyota, get your lazy asses back to work..."
Oh great, I got labelled "troll"... why, because I spoke out about how Flash sucks down every core it can on my i7 iMac? How I'm glad that iOS devices are making a push for the web to move away from that parasite?
Have people nothing better to do than mod down those who they disagree with?