"The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware"
what's this based on? it looks pretty slick to me, for what it is On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Kevin Newman <capta...@unfocus.com> wrote: > The iPad is a buggy rushed to market, compromised piece of hardware. The > competition in that space at CES is staggering, likely cheaper, and mostly > based on Android. Apple isn't going to win this market, so I'm not worried > about it. > > Kevin N. > > > > > On 1/29/10 8:03 AM, artur wrote: > >> /i was wondering what the communities thoughts were about this:/* >> * >> >> * >> http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ten-things-missing-from-the-ipad/ >> * >> >> *Flash* >> >> Many people will bemoan the lack of Flash in the iPad. It wasn't >> mentioned, but eagle-eyed viewers would have seen the missing plugin icon on >> the New York Times site during yesterday's demo, and given that Apple >> clearly hates Flash as both a non-open web "standard" and as a buggy, >> CPU-hungry piece of code, it's unlikely it will ever be added, unless Apple >> decides it wants to cut the battery life down to two hours. >> >> Who needs Flash, anyway? YouTube and Vimeo have both switched to H.264 for >> video streaming (in Chrome and Safari, at least -- Firefox doesn't support >> it), and the rest of the world of Flash is painful to use. >> >> In fact, we think the lack of Flash in the iPad will be the thing that >> finally kills Flash itself. If the iPad is as popular as the iPhone and iPod >> Touch, Flash-capable browsers will eventually be in the minority. >> >> >> go. >> >> >> -artur >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
