We've been calling the one in our cars computers for decades, what else would it be? No keyboard, no mouse...no monitor. And you can 'tinker' with an iPad or a car computer, it just takes more tinkering know how.
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:54 AM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting (and short) podcast gets to the heart of a discussion we have > been having here... > > http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2010/02/09.shtml > > "The Apple iPad: Is it a computer?" > "Some argue it's not, citing the lack of a keyboard, a limited operating > system, and the fact that users can't get under the hood and tinker. But the > iPad does have a CPU, memory, and lot of other computer-y components. > Whichever way you go on the iPad-as-computer question, there's no doubting > that our concept of the computer is changing as technology permeates our > lives more and more." > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
