People said almost the exact same thing about the original iPod.
Then they said almost the exact same thing about the original iPhone.
And now, thank God, someone has said it about the tablet (sight unseen... which is the best way to make a declaration like this, no doubt).
The product is going to be a success. My only regret is that now we have to wait for version 2 which will undoubtedly be much better and have all the kinks out with some major improvements.
If it did run OS X then it would suck. It's been understood from the beginning of the iPhone OS that the old Mac OS X--beautiful as it is for the way humans interact with it--is not appropriate for a touch interface. The iPhone OS interface (and all the extraordinary architecture beneath it) wasn't mainly about how to make an interface for a PHONE. It's about how to make an interface for TOUCH. And after having made something that amazing, they'd just forget the whole point of it and go make the same mistake Windows did with its tablets? No. That won't happen.
I'm sorry you've gotten yourself so set on something that was never, ever in the cards. But it was never in the cards. Ever.
Let it go an look at the tablet tomorrow for whatever it turns out to be. Maybe you won't have a use for it. But don't damn the thing for not being something it was never going to be.
Of course a Tablet would run OS X poorly. What a tablet needs is a dumbed down, inferior version of OS X, which the iPhone OS basically is, to work at its best.
This is forward thinking at its finest
Dismissing a product before it's released is actually not sillier than making the commitment to buy it before it is officially unveiled. At least in the former case, changing one's mind after some retrospection doesn't lighten one's wallet by a grand.
BTW, most of the complaints about the Tablet are about the hypothetical tablet only. I certainly am not criticizing the real thing until it is revealed.
You have to read between the lines here. While it's possible that this was just a major screwup, I think it's more likely that this was a play to get a few more publishers onboard at the last minute.
Yeah, I'm just going temporarily INSANE here.
Upon further thought, I think Apple PR has got a schedule of who and where to leak what. The only thing is that it is hard to control when and where things come out exactly.
Like McGraw could say certain things about Tablet and textbook content, but maybe he wasn't supposed to say iPhone OS.
I'm sure Apple, Inc. must be buzzing like a hive on fire.
It is traditional for Apple to be very tight lipped months in advance, but a few days before the actual unveiling usually that's when all the controlled and non-controlled leaks start to come really hard and fast.
There will probably be, a few hours before the event, a Wall Street Journal article describing more about the Tablet, WSJ has as I understand, been the usual controlled leak releaser a few hours before the events.
Agree. McGraw thinks a non-disclosure agreement doesn't apply to him, and/or he doesn't get how he could make a transgression. CNBC and FOX pulled his interview, and I bet McGraw is surprised about those pulls.
Or maybe his corporate attorney informed him of his mistake and he asked the networks to pull the interview.
The economy isn't so terrible after all. Students will now be able to afford a $999 super e-Reader, along with their iMacs, MacBooks, iPhones, iTouches, etc.
Upon further thought, I think Apple PR has got a schedule of who and where to leak what. The only thing is that it is hard to control when and where things come out exactly.
Like McGraw could say certain things about Tablet and textbook content, but maybe he wasn't supposed to say iPhone OS.
I'm sure Apple, Inc. must be buzzing like a hive on fire.
It is traditional for Apple to be very tight lipped months in advance, but a few days before the actual unveiling usually that's when all the controlled and non-controlled leaks start to come really hard and fast.
There will probably be, a few hours before the event, a Wall Street Journal article describing more about the Tablet, WSJ has as I understand, been the usual controlled leak releaser a few hours before the events.
This makes no sense at all. I'd like to know what evidence you have that Apple have EVER sanctioned leaks --- as opposed to being unable to stop them, say.
Appearing on financial network CNBC Tuesday afternoon, the CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill confirmed that Apple will announce its tablet Wednesday, and that the device will run the iPhone mobile operating system.
In an interview with Erin Burnett on the program "Street Signs," Terry McGraw was asked about Apple's forthcoming tablet, expected to be announced at an event Wednesday. Burnett asked if textbooks would be available on the unannounced device, and McGraw said yes.
"Very exciting," he said. "You know, they will make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite awhile, and the tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."
McGraw's confirmation of the tablet reaffirms rumors that have persisted for months that the company was in negotiations with Apple to provide comment on the tablet. Last week, one report alleged that McGraw-Hll officials were discussing how their software developers and Apple's could collaborate to create dynamic e-books. It was said those negotiations were just as focused on marketing as they are on software development.
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."
what he really said is...
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tabloid, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tabloid uh the tablet is going to be just really terrific."
The ? Of the day is, is this $999 hardware going to be able to stream content besides iTunes, QuickTime and YouTube? Or will we be seeing lots of squares unable to play results?
He knows exactly what he can say, and when he can say it.
Apple makes all of this stuff VERY clear to people, and unless he sees a clear cut way to do this and suffer no damage, he knew exactly what he was doing, and when he was doing it.
He didn't show pictures (or he'd be dead now)
He didn't speak about the ablet, directly (or he'd be dead now)
He didn't say what colors, what size it is going to be ? and so much more, that would have had him and his company, on Steve's shiet list.
Skip
PS When I come back from the dead, I want to be a book she reads, you know, one of those with "Pop-up" art when you open the pages
He didn't say any real secrets. Everybody knows it's going to be a tablet device, a lot of evidence everywhere... He only confirmed that it runs iPhone OS, of course, it should be a more advance OS.
The surprises will be in the software and the hardware. Let's just wait a few hours more
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People said almost the exact same thing about the original iPod.
Then they said almost the exact same thing about the original iPhone.
And now, thank God, someone has said it about the tablet (sight unseen... which is the best way to make a declaration like this, no doubt).
The product is going to be a success. My only regret is that now we have to wait for version 2 which will undoubtedly be much better and have all the kinks out with some major improvements.
In Soviet Russia they send you to the Gulag for this kind of stuff. Pity.
Well, yes. It helps a lot to live where the rule of law has the upper hand.
I assume that's probably true.
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100126/qotd-244/
Yeah!!! I'm buying it!
If it did run OS X then it would suck. It's been understood from the beginning of the iPhone OS that the old Mac OS X--beautiful as it is for the way humans interact with it--is not appropriate for a touch interface. The iPhone OS interface (and all the extraordinary architecture beneath it) wasn't mainly about how to make an interface for a PHONE. It's about how to make an interface for TOUCH. And after having made something that amazing, they'd just forget the whole point of it and go make the same mistake Windows did with its tablets? No. That won't happen.
I'm sorry you've gotten yourself so set on something that was never, ever in the cards. But it was never in the cards. Ever.
Let it go an look at the tablet tomorrow for whatever it turns out to be. Maybe you won't have a use for it. But don't damn the thing for not being something it was never going to be.
Of course a Tablet would run OS X poorly. What a tablet needs is a dumbed down, inferior version of OS X, which the iPhone OS basically is, to work at its best.
This is forward thinking at its finest
Dismissing a product before it's released is actually not sillier than making the commitment to buy it before it is officially unveiled. At least in the former case, changing one's mind after some retrospection doesn't lighten one's wallet by a grand.
BTW, most of the complaints about the Tablet are about the hypothetical tablet only. I certainly am not criticizing the real thing until it is revealed.
Well, yes. It helps a lot to live where the rule of law has the upper hand.
"If this wasn't an Apple sanctioned leak, I'd already be dead."
I assume that's probably true.
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100126/qotd-244/
You have to read between the lines here. While it's possible that this was just a major screwup, I think it's more likely that this was a play to get a few more publishers onboard at the last minute.
Yeah, I'm just going temporarily INSANE here.
Upon further thought, I think Apple PR has got a schedule of who and where to leak what. The only thing is that it is hard to control when and where things come out exactly.
Like McGraw could say certain things about Tablet and textbook content, but maybe he wasn't supposed to say iPhone OS.
I'm sure Apple, Inc. must be buzzing like a hive on fire.
It is traditional for Apple to be very tight lipped months in advance, but a few days before the actual unveiling usually that's when all the controlled and non-controlled leaks start to come really hard and fast.
There will probably be, a few hours before the event, a Wall Street Journal article describing more about the Tablet, WSJ has as I understand, been the usual controlled leak releaser a few hours before the events.
"If this wasn't an Apple sanctioned leak, I'd already be dead."
I assume that's probably true.
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100126/qotd-244/
All the same, he might want to have someone else start his car in the morning!
Agree. McGraw thinks a non-disclosure agreement doesn't apply to him, and/or he doesn't get how he could make a transgression. CNBC and FOX pulled his interview, and I bet McGraw is surprised about those pulls.
Or maybe his corporate attorney informed him of his mistake and he asked the networks to pull the interview.
We are all living in an Apple World
All the same, he might want to have someone else start his car in the morning!
I wonder if he'll flinch the first time Steve Jobs says "Boom!"?
The Whining has already begun !!! w00t
In case you haven't found it, there is a special thread already set up for whining!
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=106528
Yeah, I'm just going temporarily INSANE here.
Upon further thought, I think Apple PR has got a schedule of who and where to leak what. The only thing is that it is hard to control when and where things come out exactly.
Like McGraw could say certain things about Tablet and textbook content, but maybe he wasn't supposed to say iPhone OS.
I'm sure Apple, Inc. must be buzzing like a hive on fire.
It is traditional for Apple to be very tight lipped months in advance, but a few days before the actual unveiling usually that's when all the controlled and non-controlled leaks start to come really hard and fast.
There will probably be, a few hours before the event, a Wall Street Journal article describing more about the Tablet, WSJ has as I understand, been the usual controlled leak releaser a few hours before the events.
This makes no sense at all. I'd like to know what evidence you have that Apple have EVER sanctioned leaks --- as opposed to being unable to stop them, say.
Appearing on financial network CNBC Tuesday afternoon, the CEO of publisher McGraw-Hill confirmed that Apple will announce its tablet Wednesday, and that the device will run the iPhone mobile operating system.
In an interview with Erin Burnett on the program "Street Signs," Terry McGraw was asked about Apple's forthcoming tablet, expected to be announced at an event Wednesday. Burnett asked if textbooks would be available on the unannounced device, and McGraw said yes.
"Very exciting," he said. "You know, they will make their announcement tomorrow on this one. We have worked with Apple for quite awhile, and the tablet is going to be based on the iPhone operating system, and so it will be transferable.
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."
McGraw's confirmation of the tablet reaffirms rumors that have persisted for months that the company was in negotiations with Apple to provide comment on the tablet. Last week, one report alleged that McGraw-Hll officials were discussing how their software developers and Apple's could collaborate to create dynamic e-books. It was said those negotiations were just as focused on marketing as they are on software development.
McGraw's full interview is embedded below:
[ View this article at AppleInsider.com ]
Terry is miss quoted here..
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tablet, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tablet is going to be just really terrific."
what he really said is...
"So what you're going to be able to do now -- we have a consortium of e-books, you know, and we have 95 percent of all of our materials that are in e-book formats on that one. So now, with the tabloid, you're going to open up the higher education market, the professional market. The tabloid uh the tablet is going to be just really terrific."
watch the video and listen for yourself.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01...nfirms_tablet/
Yababadabadoo!
The CEO, no less. Bet Apple gets a little PO'd at the leak...
Yep, and then he lets the name out of the bag too!
He refers to it as the "TABLOID."
Apple makes all of this stuff VERY clear to people, and unless he sees a clear cut way to do this and suffer no damage, he knew exactly what he was doing, and when he was doing it.
He didn't show pictures (or he'd be dead now)
He didn't speak about the ablet, directly (or he'd be dead now)
He didn't say what colors, what size it is going to be ? and so much more, that would have had him and his company, on Steve's shiet list.
Skip
PS When I come back from the dead, I want to be a book she reads, you know, one of those with "Pop-up" art when you open the pages
Not that big of a deal.
Steve
Sent from my iPad
if it doesn't run osx it's most likely a deal-breaker for me.
Me too. No OS X, NO SALE.
Unless of course we are talking about a VERY, VERY modified iPhone OS... but then it wouldn't be called iPhone OS anymore.
The surprises will be in the software and the hardware. Let's just wait a few hours more
Me too. No OS X, NO SALE.
Unless of course we are talking about a VERY, VERY modified iPhone OS... but then it wouldn't be called iPhone OS anymore.
Agreed - if it's basically an extension of the iTunes store and not a MAC then it's definitely NOT for me.