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You mean it's still basically like devices that Apple sold about 10+ million of last quarter?
Yes, so why the attention to the 10 millionth and 1st? It's just more of the same.
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It's possible that touch makes a huge difference. People who never held an iPhone don't understand what's so special about touch, but pretty much all new owners spend first two days not being able to let go of the device poking it with a finger.
Are you sure? I'm a former iPhone owner, and the touch was main of it disadvantages. The touch keyboard is awfully slow. It is a very big step backwards, comparing to Blackberry or Android G1. And, I know, it sells under "don't expect that much it's a phone, you can live with it". As for the tablet, a portable machine - something between a laptop, and phone, I expect an option to use the actual keyboard. Otherwise, i…
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#114Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
Hmm. So, we've got a handheld device with a slick UI, that can be used for video, audio, email, games, and reading, has a long battery life, and reasonable performance ... the first iteration of the mythical "tablet" that everyone's been talking about for two years now ... and the general reaction is that it's too much like a fancy Walkman?
They probably won't build up the same market lead they did with the iPhone, which has only been technologically overtaken in recent months.
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Yes, so why the attention to the 10 millionth and 1st? It's just more of the same.
I don't understand what you're getting at. You seem to be saying that because this new device builds on years of highly successful platform development that this is a bad thing. I disagree with that.
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Yes, so why the attention to the 10 millionth and 1st? It's just more of the same.
I don't understand what you're getting at. You seem to be saying that because this new device builds on years of highly successful platform development that this is a bad thing. I disagree with that.
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#119Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
Re: Live from the Apple 'latest creation' event
#120Waiting on that wow moment, still basically just a huge ipod touch . . .
that is pretty impressive.