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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Uh huh. And if HP starts insinuating that Epson printers are gay, that'll be terrible for Epson, because the buying public will be all like "Oh noes, Epson is teh gay? Run! Run!" Also, look for Gordon's fi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox There's nothing wrong with taking an aggressive stance in the market. Generally that's done by talking up the virtues of same. Shooting paintballs at mannequins is just creepy. But, we'll see. I think the…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox By the way, the concern trolling about how dreadful it would be if the iPhone were to come to be seen as "gay" is pretty pathetic. It's not pathetic at all. If you're gay then you won't be concerned with th…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox As far as "bothering me", I'm just interested in how messatos are formed. This particular message particularly interests me because it's so overt, and so very insane. There's all kind of bad advertising, but r…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox At heart, the entire campaign hinges on the innate presumption that "Apple stuff is for fags", which apparently you think is cute and funny and kinda true. I guess there a few Beavis and Butthead types that ag…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism You can try to get me riled up you will fail. Speaking of failing, how about this proof of over a half-decade of multi-publisher SW and services development that you are touting. BTW, I (and moat of the po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by paxman I am not sure that Apple is looking to 'control' the situation in terms of a user 'lock in' system and publisher 'lock out' system. Apple has a real advantage here - a huge use base coupled with a mature distrib…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism So this epiphany these publishers have is to continue to use a failing business model of selling ad space on websites and being unable to get enough paid subscribers to make their business viable again. Um, H…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Since when have most publishers controlled the distribution? Newspapers, sure, when they used to be delivered to your doorstep, but most periodicals are simply sold to stores that sell them. Why would this ch…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Why the hell would a publishing company imagine that they were qualified to make a tablet? Because they've mastered printing presses? Why would they imagine that consumers want to have to download and install…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism I think Apple has(had) a pretty easy sell here. They have proven themselves capable of making HW people want and legitimizing online distribution. They have the tools and services in place. But most important…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacMad Because the article is about Time Inc's "tablet-friendly publishing concept" and Apple is rumored to have a kick-ass tablet in the making and, it is further rumored, will be tackling the digital publishing platf…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacMad To be fair, the headline said 'tablet-friendly'. What tablet? Pick one... Since Apple doesn't have one it would have to be a PC tablet wouldn't it? That is why the demo was given on a PC.
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacMad Zinio is okay, but it is old hat. The problem with such page-turner devices is that they are essentially a magazine scanned to a PDF. Using them is clumsy and reading them is tough. For most page-turner software…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Yes, we're all free to speculate. What you've got there is mostly gibberish driven by what appears to be dead stock Apple animus, as demonstrated by the pissy little "Apple doesn't do search either", there at …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bergermeister Do you think the tablet will only do this? You might want to look at what Apple did with the iPhone, app store, etc. They have a great formula for a product that is well supported and widely capable…
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox Ahem. First of all, as I said in the post, my thoughts were irrespective of publisher specific content. OTOH, it's been widely reported that Apple has been talking to publishers about a specific device and a …
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacMad I don't want to harp on about Adobe AIR, but this can work on any device. NYT Reader runs on a Mac and a PC. (Though I must say, the interface is very Mac-esque). Why woud the author go out of his/her way to …
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Quote: Originally Posted by addabox My guess is that Apple is going to go to great lengths to "make the hardware disappear", even if it means emphasizing thinness and lightness over other possible choices-- which of course will drive some peop…
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Quote: Originally Posted by MacMad Not sure if I understand what you mean. Adobe AIR, which was used to create this demo, runs fine on my Mac (using Snow Leopard). I use the New York Times Reader (built with Adobe AIR) and it works like a dream. …