Steve Jobs' reality distortion takes its toll on truth

Post by Kylekramer » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 4:59 PM UTC

Judson wrote: post #6

Kylekramer wrote: post #2

Lot 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.

Post by martythemaniak » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 5:04 PM UTC

Post by Semiapies » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 5:11 PM UTC

scott_s wrote: post #14

jokermatt999 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And thankfully, good journalists will call them out on it. I'd argue that's an important function of journalism, even.

That's fine, but the tone of this piece was surprise that Apple would use its own marketing event to make Apple look good. Calling them out on facts is good, but there's no need to tell me that Apple will selectively present features based on how good it sells.

Post by js4all » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 5:11 PM UTC

Post by darthg0d » Thu, Mar 03, 2011, 5:15 PM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #8

Completely 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…