He missed my post where I mused the splatter represented the history of tablet, a total mess, with Apple coming to the forefront to leave the others behind.
Oh man, I can't believe all the rumor fun is about to end and in one week we'll be left with some stupid "product". Meh, rumors are much more fun.
He missed my post where I mused the splatter represented the history of tablet, a total mess, with Apple coming to the forefront to leave the others behind.
And he missed mine when I called it a Rorschach Test, which I thought was pretty good.
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Oh man, I can't believe all the rumor fun is about to end and in one week we'll be left with some stupid "product". Meh, rumors are much more fun.
True story. The media does often miss the point of why many of us avidly follow Apple rumors. It's got less to do with being one of the "Mac faithful" (get a new cliche, already!) and a lot more to with it being just good fun to try to figure out what Apple is going to do next.
So, nobody is interested in this thread having been quoted in the Los Angeles Times?
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
A lot of the news is random bored speculation, or hadn't you noticed?
Either way, your fifteen minutes of fame are over. You may now rejoin the ranks of the unknown.
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
So where are the copyright mouthpieces when you really need them?
Once upon a time, Apple did stream their live events and even the Keynote Address at MacWorld. Sadly those days are now long gone. FWIW, it must have cost them a small fortune, but it was great fun to watch, seeing how the majority of us couldn't or wouldn't be there even if invited. Back when they did stream the live functions, I used to block out that time on my calendar, lock my office door and put on a set of headphones. It used to drive my staff nuts trying to figure out exactly what I was up to.
I have been hoping that Apple will use all its retail stores when it announce new products. Imagine all the stores that has auditoriums will do live video streams of the event, and after your can buy or play with the new products.
if they were to do that, why bother with a press announcement.
Also, despite the rumors that the tablet is in production it is unlikely that a decent amount of units would be ready on the day of the announcement. and it is also not their usual form. even when something is available right away, that means online and they are shipping stuff to the stores that day or the next with it available by the weekend.
I told my kids "I'm not quite sure what it is, but I don't know how I've managed to live so long without one."
I just can't wait for iSteve to tell me what I am going to buy! I don't care how much it costs! I am going to get in line 3 days before the launch so I can be the first one to get one!
I love Steve and Apple. Without them, life would not be worth living.
actually, i do know about that stuff. And i've heard they are all just not made for the casual PC/MAC user in mind and it's kind of a pain.
Look, if Apple doesn't offer it, there is no reason to want it. I've heard that most software is not made for the casual PC/Mac user in mind, so all I use is the preinstalled software that Steve wrote for us.
I realize they don't really teach art history in school anymore
And if there is no app for that, it is something we don't need anyways. Personally, I'm GLAD that they don't teach art history, because it would make the schools worse for pretty much everybody. And besides, nobody wants art history. I never use art history.
But if Apple gives us art history, it will be implemented SO GOOD that we will all wonder how we lived without it. We will all know that Apple delayed it until it could be done RIGHT. Everybody else tries art history and fails, but Apple will do it completely different, for the rest of us.
Nobody really knows what they want or need, except Steve. But when Apple comes out with a new product, everybody in the world realizes that they can't live without one.
My guess is that all the ink blots are a clue that this device is going to revolutionize the printing industry. Apple wants to do for magazines, comic books and textbooks, what they did for the music industry.
Now that is the most sensible thing I've heard. I can get behind that. Could also be a stab (Apple likes to stab at inferior products) at the Kindle for not supporting color.
This graphic is obviously representing a palette, such as a painter would use. I would think that the artist's thumb-hole in an electronic palette would be unnecessary, however.
Perfect.
Apple once again changes the paradigm by revealing their new product as the "iPalette" - simply because being a new Apple product, it must be unique (or at least sufficiently different) to add value.
It will of course have to set itself apart from the market by NOT being what everyone thinks will be a tablet. One way to do that is to reveal new features to make it more than just a normal tablet. Another way is to group several of the newest functional features so that it actually IS a new/unique grouping of applications & technologies.
What could they be? Start by considering what I'd like to have in the next generation of the iPod Touch. This is one of the most underrated platforms of this age. I can use it to do everything my laptop can do (functionally), except for reading & writing to optical media. Watch movies, read/send e-mail, browse the web, use VOIP, etc. All its power is limited only by the necessity of using such a tiny workspace (and a cellular connection).
If my iPod Touch were 6, 8 or 10 inches across it would be perfect. Adding an optical drive would be impressive but since Apple left that out of the MacBook Air, I don't think they would include it in the iPalette. If Apple sold an iPallete that was simply a dock for my iPod Touch (or an iPhone) that turned it into a tablet with a larger screen - that might be a good way to go too. It would leverage value back on to the products we already own. Extending the usefulness of existing technology used to be big business but today's market dictates new product replacement way too often. Selling the iPallete with an iPod Touch or iPhone would be brilliant marketing, but too much to hope for.
I just can't wait for iSteve to tell me what I am going to buy! I don't care how much it costs! I am going to get in line 3 days before the launch so I can be the first one to get one!
I love Steve and Apple. Without them, life would not be worth living.
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Originally Posted by iGenius
Look, if Apple doesn't offer it, there is no reason to want it. I've heard that most software is not made for the casual PC/Mac user in mind, so all I use is the preinstalled software that Steve wrote for us.
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Originally Posted by iGenius
And if there is no app for that, it is something we don't need anyways. Personally, I'm GLAD that they don't teach art history, because it would make the schools worse for pretty much everybody. And besides, nobody wants art history. I never use art history.
But if Apple gives us art history, it will be implemented SO GOOD that we will all wonder how we lived without it. We will all know that Apple delayed it until it could be done RIGHT. Everybody else tries art history and fails, but Apple will do it completely different, for the rest of us.
Right?
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Originally Posted by iGenius
You don't need to see it live. Nobody else wants to see it live. It is better that it is not broadcast live.
And once Apple starts broadcasting live, I will be SOOOOOOOOO glad they
waited until they could implement it properly. It will amaze everybody and all the other companies will try to copy them.
Quote:
Originally Posted by iGenius
Nobody really knows what they want or need, except Steve. But when Apple comes out with a new product, everybody in the world realizes that they can't live without one.
Kind of overplaying your hand here, don't you think? At some point this seems to be less about fan boys and more about something going on with you.
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...,1999465.story
He missed my post where I mused the splatter represented the history of tablet, a total mess, with Apple coming to the forefront to leave the others behind.
Oh man, I can't believe all the rumor fun is about to end and in one week we'll be left with some stupid "product". Meh, rumors are much more fun.
He missed my post where I mused the splatter represented the history of tablet, a total mess, with Apple coming to the forefront to leave the others behind.
And he missed mine when I called it a Rorschach Test, which I thought was pretty good.
Oh man, I can't believe all the rumor fun is about to end and in one week we'll be left with some stupid "product". Meh, rumors are much more fun.
True story. The media does often miss the point of why many of us avidly follow Apple rumors. It's got less to do with being one of the "Mac faithful" (get a new cliche, already!) and a lot more to with it being just good fun to try to figure out what Apple is going to do next.
So, nobody is interested in this thread having been quoted in the Los Angeles Times?
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
A lot of the news is random bored speculation, or hadn't you noticed?
Either way, your fifteen minutes of fame are over. You may now rejoin the ranks of the unknown.
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
Seriously. I mean, the PO material alone
I actually get cited in a major newspaper and it's for some random, bored speculation on a rainy Sunday afternoon. And edited down for simplicity, at that.
I demand the LA Times cite my much funnier, smarter posts, so that the Addabox Decade can begin properly.
So where are the copyright mouthpieces when you really need them?
Once upon a time, Apple did stream their live events and even the Keynote Address at MacWorld. Sadly those days are now long gone. FWIW, it must have cost them a small fortune, but it was great fun to watch, seeing how the majority of us couldn't or wouldn't be there even if invited. Back when they did stream the live functions, I used to block out that time on my calendar, lock my office door and put on a set of headphones. It used to drive my staff nuts trying to figure out exactly what I was up to.
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I have been hoping that Apple will use all its retail stores when it announce new products. Imagine all the stores that has auditoriums will do live video streams of the event, and after your can buy or play with the new products.
if they were to do that, why bother with a press announcement.
Also, despite the rumors that the tablet is in production it is unlikely that a decent amount of units would be ready on the day of the announcement. and it is also not their usual form. even when something is available right away, that means online and they are shipping stuff to the stores that day or the next with it available by the weekend.
I told my kids "I'm not quite sure what it is, but I don't know how I've managed to live so long without one."
I just can't wait for iSteve to tell me what I am going to buy! I don't care how much it costs! I am going to get in line 3 days before the launch so I can be the first one to get one!
I love Steve and Apple. Without them, life would not be worth living.
actually, i do know about that stuff. And i've heard they are all just not made for the casual PC/MAC user in mind and it's kind of a pain.
Look, if Apple doesn't offer it, there is no reason to want it. I've heard that most software is not made for the casual PC/Mac user in mind, so all I use is the preinstalled software that Steve wrote for us.
I realize they don't really teach art history in school anymore
And if there is no app for that, it is something we don't need anyways. Personally, I'm GLAD that they don't teach art history, because it would make the schools worse for pretty much everybody. And besides, nobody wants art history. I never use art history.
But if Apple gives us art history, it will be implemented SO GOOD that we will all wonder how we lived without it. We will all know that Apple delayed it until it could be done RIGHT. Everybody else tries art history and fails, but Apple will do it completely different, for the rest of us.
Right?
Events like these must be seen LIVE to be fully appreciated. Couldn't someone at least run a str eam off of a smartphone video feed?
You don't need to see it live. Nobody else wants to see it live. It is better that it is not broadcast live.
And once Apple starts broadcasting live, I will be SOOOOOOOOO glad they
waited until they could implement it properly. It will amaze everybody and all the other companies will try to copy them.
Why "latest creation"?
So you can buy things you don't need.
Nobody really knows what they want or need, except Steve. But when Apple comes out with a new product, everybody in the world realizes that they can't live without one.
My guess is that all the ink blots are a clue that this device is going to revolutionize the printing industry. Apple wants to do for magazines, comic books and textbooks, what they did for the music industry.
Now that is the most sensible thing I've heard. I can get behind that. Could also be a stab (Apple likes to stab at inferior products) at the Kindle for not supporting color.
Perfect.
Apple once again changes the paradigm by revealing their new product as the "iPalette" - simply because being a new Apple product, it must be unique (or at least sufficiently different) to add value.
It will of course have to set itself apart from the market by NOT being what everyone thinks will be a tablet. One way to do that is to reveal new features to make it more than just a normal tablet. Another way is to group several of the newest functional features so that it actually IS a new/unique grouping of applications & technologies.
What could they be? Start by considering what I'd like to have in the next generation of the iPod Touch. This is one of the most underrated platforms of this age. I can use it to do everything my laptop can do (functionally), except for reading & writing to optical media. Watch movies, read/send e-mail, browse the web, use VOIP, etc. All its power is limited only by the necessity of using such a tiny workspace (and a cellular connection).
If my iPod Touch were 6, 8 or 10 inches across it would be perfect. Adding an optical drive would be impressive but since Apple left that out of the MacBook Air, I don't think they would include it in the iPalette. If Apple sold an iPallete that was simply a dock for my iPod Touch (or an iPhone) that turned it into a tablet with a larger screen - that might be a good way to go too. It would leverage value back on to the products we already own. Extending the usefulness of existing technology used to be big business but today's market dictates new product replacement way too often. Selling the iPallete with an iPod Touch or iPhone would be brilliant marketing, but too much to hope for.
I just can't wait for iSteve to tell me what I am going to buy! I don't care how much it costs! I am going to get in line 3 days before the launch so I can be the first one to get one!
I love Steve and Apple. Without them, life would not be worth living.
Look, if Apple doesn't offer it, there is no reason to want it. I've heard that most software is not made for the casual PC/Mac user in mind, so all I use is the preinstalled software that Steve wrote for us.
And if there is no app for that, it is something we don't need anyways. Personally, I'm GLAD that they don't teach art history, because it would make the schools worse for pretty much everybody. And besides, nobody wants art history. I never use art history.
But if Apple gives us art history, it will be implemented SO GOOD that we will all wonder how we lived without it. We will all know that Apple delayed it until it could be done RIGHT. Everybody else tries art history and fails, but Apple will do it completely different, for the rest of us.
Right?
You don't need to see it live. Nobody else wants to see it live. It is better that it is not broadcast live.
And once Apple starts broadcasting live, I will be SOOOOOOOOO glad they
waited until they could implement it properly. It will amaze everybody and all the other companies will try to copy them.
Nobody really knows what they want or need, except Steve. But when Apple comes out with a new product, everybody in the world realizes that they can't live without one.
Kind of overplaying your hand here, don't you think? At some point this seems to be less about fan boys and more about something going on with you.
Just my 2 cents...
Kind of overplaying your hand here, don't you think? At some point this seems to be less about fan boys and more about something going on with you.
I seem to have forgotten that brevity is the soul of wit.
Sorry about that.