Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
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Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
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Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#2Lot of nitpicks and to be expected framing/number fudging by Steve, but straight up misquoting the Samsung rep was very odd. That had been widely corrected, so either Apple did not research their presentation (unlikely) or just knowingly lied (yuck).
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Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#4You see, Apple loves to talk about specs when it is in its best interest (speeds and feeds).
Generalizing,
You see, [companies] love to talk about [what] is in its best interest.
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#5I'm curious if specs in mobile devices have become less important when the device is only supposed to do more or less what it's advertised to doand what the user bought it to do, and not much else. Apple advertises all the apps that work on the iOS line of devices, but these apps are (should be) designed to fit "inside the box" of functionality on the device. Android seems to take a different philosophical approach where users are the big deciders in what is good and appropriate for them on their devices. In the face of advertising versatility, specs do become a bigger issue...especially when you compete with multiple devices on the same platform...like PCs. Apple devices don't have the spec issue, except where it's relevant to show difference between generations of devices. At least that's my two cents. I think both platforms put forth their design philosophies pretty well, and both are respectable options for users. Why people fight over what's better so much is a source of both hilarity and sadness for me.
Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#6Lot of nitpicks and to be expected framing/number fudging by Steve, but straight up misquoting the Samsung rep was very odd. That had been widely corrected, so either Apple did not research their presentation (unlikely) or just knowingly lied (yuck).
There is something kind of funny about a quote going from "quite small" to "quite smooth" (referencing sales numbers - as in "the numbers have been quite smooth").
It reminds me of a kid cursing in front of his mother and then twisting the sounds to create another word after he realized it, if that makes any sense.
Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#7Lot of nitpicks and to be expected framing/number fudging by Steve, but straight up misquoting the Samsung rep was very odd. That had been widely corrected, so either Apple did not research their presentation (unlikely) or just knowingly lied (yuck).
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
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#8Completely agree. I'm not exactly an apple fanboy, but I do love my iPad, and there isn't yet a competitor's device I'd want to replace it with (although I'm hoping BlackBerry's will change that).
If he had come out and given all the ways that the iPad 2 is better than the iPad, I'd have been impressed. But spending half the time criticising competitors just came across as the kind of tacky tactic that really shouldn't be needed unless you're trying to catch up to them - not if you're trying to prevent them from catching up to you.
Oh, and that's just for the attacking competitors. Going even further than that, and attacking them with incorrect spin, way too far.
Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#9Lot of nitpicks and to be expected framing/number fudging by Steve, but straight up misquoting the Samsung rep was very odd. That had been widely corrected, so either Apple did not research their presentation (unlikely) or just knowingly lied (yuck).
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
Hanlon's razor is something I live my life by.
Re: Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth
#10You see, Apple loves to talk about specs when it is in its best interest (speeds and feeds). Generalizing, You see, [companies] love to talk about [what] is in its best interest.
And thankfully, good journalists will call them out on it. I'd argue that's an important function of journalism, even.