Posts by Brometheus

I hope that my 64 gig, 3G iPad arrives in late April as scheduled, not some time in May. I ordered on the first day, so I'm assuming that any delay will not apply to me. It will really be interesting to see how the naysayers react...

Quote: Originally Posted by Quadra 610 http://www.currentdirections.com/har...u/ipad100.html Point-Of-Sale . . . Thanks for the link. I was trying to be a bit clever, because of the multiple meanings of "POS"....

Quote: Originally Posted by Bageljoey Is Fujitsu still marketing the iPad POS device? Please clarify the use of "POS" in this context

Quote: Originally Posted by mjtomlin This has been discussed by people "in the know" and they all come to the conclusion, as with their opinion on the large bezel that a lot of other people have complained about, the 4:3...

I decided to check out AI before going to bed. Now I have a huge knot in my ribs from laughing so hard at this debate about aspect ratios.

Quote: Originally Posted by Garion I would argue that Apple has a proven trackrecord, not of redefining mature markets, but immature markets. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple and took over the reins in 1997 he immediately got the...

Ain't gonna happen. No Apple-branded TV. Market's too mature. Too many players. Hmm, brevity feels good.

The feedback regarding the name "iPad" is interesting and what I expected. I've read several articles that claim that the name is a fail, and it suggests that Apple is clueless about how the name could subject them to...

"The Valleywag piece also portrayed Schmidt's relationships with his former mistress and with Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to be similarly unsatisfying..." Really? Similarly unsatisfying? He was looking for...

Quote: Originally Posted by MeCourious I believe you already hit on the answer. If Apple has iBooks as just another app, they can improve it any time they want to. Since this is a new business model, they may want to respond as quickly...