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ipad anyone?
Level42:
Mmmm, funny. Once the developers of competeting devices get the iPad in hands, they all seem to cancel their development. Mmmm.
Maybe they realise their product is no match to it ?
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By the way, I may have changed my mind about getting an iPad. Instead I may be trading in my Mini for a 27" iMac :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Level42:
HAH, they sold 1 million units within half the time that the iPhone needed !!! Only 28 days vs. 74 for the iPhone.
But I'm sure Patrick and the like are totally right, it's a crap device, not going to sell. :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
CheffoJeffo:
I don't think it is a crap device, but I know that it won't do everything that I want a tablet to do.
Sadly, there isn't a tablet currently (or in the near future) that does everything I want to do and Apple's rapidly-approaching-draconian constraints on developers means that Apple will never give me what I want, even though they provide a slick experience with what they choose to provide.
I have more Apple products in my home now than I have at any time since the mid 80s. None of them are mine (and, obviously, I am not in Apple's desired demographic).
I admire the design and, for the most part, love the functionality. I get a couple of iTunes receipts each week for purchases made by others in my household. But, it seems that Apple is interested in herding users into a corral where the expectations are lower than I would like and, in doing so, convincing said users of what they really want to do.
It's good marketing, but doesn't anybody remember McLuhan ?
Level -- do you, as a flag-waving Apple fan, have any concerns over the way Apple is herding users into their proprietary, limited, world ?
Loafmeister:
kind of relevant to the Ipad via the flash support issue, but I was testing my new quad core i7 computer when I realized the default Internet Explorer browser was NOT the 64bit version. WTF? That's a surprise, so I switched that, ran the 64bit IE and then was greeted on the first page I accessed with an error, via a need to install the flash plug-in.
So I installed it, didn't work. Installed it again, didn't work. What the heck? So I went to the flash page and noticed they still do not have a plugin for the 64bit version of IE...
Back to Apple and the IPAD, I still think they need to add USB support, more memory and yes, flash support. But if its taking this bloody long for Adobe to come up with 64bit version of their flash app, what does that say to Apple and their concern that flash may be too bloated, too CPU intensive for their Ipad's?
This doesn't convince me that Apple is making their decisions with the consumer in mind (I really think they don't want to offer alternatives to Itunes) but from a development perspective, Adobe needs to get on their horse for stuff like this as upon reflection, it certainly makes them look pretty sad in my book and has certainly made them feel like less a victim with this issue.
RayB:
Adobe have painted themselves into a corner by putting all their focus on selling their products in "Suite" packages. That means every major product release (such as Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc (there are dozens of apps!)) has to be debugged and completed all by the same release date, rather than each developed at their own pace, as suits the individual product best.
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