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

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

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Post by tvon »

Zak wrote: post #47
aaronblohowiak wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Well, it's the problem for maybe 1% of developers (to pull a "sufficiently tiny to make my point, but still made up" number out of thin air). There is still plenty of money to be made that doesn't conflict with the default functionality of the iPhone.

Don't get me wrong, I'd rather there was no filtering at all and there was instead a sort of "paid apps have the option of getting Apple Certification and being listed at the top of all lists" option instead, but I don't think the App Store problems outweigh the benefits for users.

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

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Post by JunkDNA »

rykov wrote: post #46
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.

I'm with you on this. None of these "leaks" actually have any information that hasn't been well-established by other sources who are outside of the NDA.

In fact, Apple as much confirmed all these details themselves when they allowed the device to run with an internet connection earlier in the week and that analytics company (I'm forgetting the name) started seeing a 10-inch iPhone OS 3.1 device. That was no accident. Neither is this.

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

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Post by tvon »

kordless wrote: post #29

He used the term 'tabloid' a couple of times. I've been doing a bit of trademark searches the past few days, so I just popped over and did one on the 'tabloid' trademark: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=7... Look down at the prosecution history entries. There's a new entry for appointing a new attorney, just filed about a week and a half ago. Could be a coincidence, but then again...

Bat Boy Found in Cave, Has Apple Tablet.

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

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Post by llimllib »

jws wrote: post #31
johnrob wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If e-readers are really going mainstream, McGraw-Hill will have a whole lot more to worry about than a sour relationship with Apple.

On the contrary. The text book industry views 2nd hand text books as theft. Currently they do everything in their power to devalue 2nd hand sales, such as pointlessly churning the edition every year or two or even integrating course notes and syllabus for a specific professor. Once they go to e-readers there will be no 2nd hand sales and they can stop wasting resources on pointless editing and profit skyrockets! Unti…

How does OCW do anything but increase textbook demand?

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

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Post by jodrellblank »

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 hope not - in the UK, tabloid carries the connotation "sensationalist journalism" (i.e. it's a bit of an insult to newspapers).

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

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Post by sketerpot »

gjm11 wrote: post #32
alanthonyc wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Applying Occam's razor here would support your conclusion.

Do you mean Hanlon's?

Hanlon's razor is a pretty straightforward application of Occam's razor to sociology, as far as I'm concerned.

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

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Post by greendestiny »

kordless wrote: post #29

He used the term 'tabloid' a couple of times. I've been doing a bit of trademark searches the past few days, so I just popped over and did one on the 'tabloid' trademark: http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=7... Look down at the prosecution history entries. There's a new entry for appointing a new attorney, just filed about a week and a half ago. Could be a coincidence, but then again...

It's registered to GlaxoSmithKline and limited to class 051 "Cosmetics and toilet preparations", specifically described as PILLS. So probably a coincidence.

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

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Post by drewcrawford »

tvon wrote: post #51
Zak wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

if you aren't conflicting with Apple's interests. And that's the problem.

Well, it's the problem for maybe 1% of developers (to pull a "sufficiently tiny to make my point, but still made up" number out of thin air). There is still plenty of money to be made that doesn't conflict with the default functionality of the iPhone. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather there was no filtering at all and there was instead a sort of "paid apps have the option of getting Apple Certification and being listed…

I've developed 10 different apps. 2 of them have gotten the Apple axe.

It's way above 1%.

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