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Post by novum »

defen wrote: post #36
novum wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About 18 months ago I was driving on the 101 near Mountain View, headed north at 10pm or so, when a white Mercedes with no plate zoomed past me. I was doing 70, it must have been going over 100. Always wondered if that was Steve.

I'm confused...is it a well known thing that Jobs' car has no plates? Is that legal?

It's a common rumor that Jobs doesn't have plates on his car. This article speculates that it's not legal, but Jobs (or his staff) just pays the $250 fine if he's ever ticketed for it. Some of the comments also speculate that Jobs' car has suffered repeated vandalism due to people stealing his plates, and that the DMV has made an exception for him.

http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by dschobel »

jonknee wrote: post #39

This just in: Guy with fancy title repeats everything we've speculated for months.

It's interesting because a) it's the first confirmation we have from a first-party source and b) the way the guy did it most likely just screwed his company out of any future Apple dealings.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by tfincannon »

novum wrote: post #13

He did say "based on iPhone OS", but I wonder if he mis-spoke especially given that he's not necessarily tech-savvy. In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be based on OS X in the same way that iPhone OS is - many of the same architectural underpinnings, but a completely different presentation layer that's optimized for the hardware. Maybe he meant "based on OS X, like iPhone OS"?

Over the weekend, Flurry detected iPhone apps with their analytics embedded running on a device with a tablet-sized screen. That makes it very likely the tablet is running iPhone OS.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1074409

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by petercooper »

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #2

Jobs has got to be pissed.

As pissed as he was at all the other "leaked" rumors and quotes that led to Apple filing lawsuits and firing a bunch of people? Nah. It's most likely a controlled leak. It's the day before the launch after all and a little "bit" on a news channel at the end of launch eve is only going to do the eventually launch good.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by xsmasher »

novum wrote: post #13

He did say "based on iPhone OS", but I wonder if he mis-spoke especially given that he's not necessarily tech-savvy. In all likelihood, the tablet OS will be based on OS X in the same way that iPhone OS is - many of the same architectural underpinnings, but a completely different presentation layer that's optimized for the hardware. Maybe he meant "based on OS X, like iPhone OS"?

No, I think he was correct; it will probably run iPhone apps. I can't prove it, but if I could I'd be under NDA.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by rykov »

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #2

Jobs has got to be pissed.

Based on how blatant these "leaks" are getting, I'd say that Apple PR cooked this leeway into the NDA to elevate buzz.

Another example from 24 director of photography: http://twitter.com/rodneykiwi/status/8243364709

Everyone is saying "it's awesome - we are on board" but not much beyond that.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by Zak »

aaronblohowiak wrote: post #18
tvon wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think there was ever a reasonable chance of anything else. I mean, if you're Apple, why do anything else? For the most part consumers clearly love to use the App Store. It has serious review process and barrier to entry issues, but those can be fixed over time (hopefully) and as long as there is an active audience, vendors will continue to come.

3-day turnaround times of late have mitigated most of the issues, if you aren't conflicting with Apple's interests.

if you aren't conflicting with Apple's interests.

And that's the problem.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by mixmax »

seldo wrote: post #7
swombat wrote: post #6

2 options: 1) Legally incompetent CEO of a major international corporation 2) Another controlled leak from Apple. Which do you think is more likely?

In all seriousness, option (1). There's no upside to leaking this 24 hours in advance of actually announcing it when hype is already at fever pitch. And if you need examples of hilariously incompetent CEOs I refer you to the automotive and banking industries.

While I agree on the automative industry I don't think the CEO's of the banking industry are incompetent. Unfortunately, I wish their actions could be excused by incompetence.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by rms »

novum wrote: post #41
defen wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm confused...is it a well known thing that Jobs' car has no plates? Is that legal?

It's a common rumor that Jobs doesn't have plates on his car. This article speculates that it's not legal, but Jobs (or his staff) just pays the $250 fine if he's ever ticketed for it. Some of the comments also speculate that Jobs' car has suffered repeated vandalism due to people stealing his plates, and that the DMV has made an exception for him. http://www.iphonesavior.com/2008/09/steve-jobs-barc.html

In Pennsylvania, you can look up summary offense level driving/parking tickets for everyone via a convenient online form. I tried looking Jobs up, but California seems to wisely keep such information off of the internet.

Edit: There are 5 random cases with Steve Jobs in San Mateo that are the matter of public record, but California seems to keep all traffic information off of the internet. Compare to PA where a parking ticket doesn't go on the internet, but driving without a license plate does.

Re: McGraw-Hill CEO: "The tablet is going to be just really terrific"

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Post by mogston »

gstar wrote: post #23

I'm sure he said 'the tabloid is going to be really terrific' at the end - misspoken, or is that the name of the tablet?

I was thinking it would be called MacXXXX or something starting with Mac. But MacTablet, sounds too much like a McDonald's product.
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