I want multi-touch I want a high resolution screen I want a reasonable battery life I want compatibility with a wide range of 3rd party peripherals I want an easy an convenient place to find applications, preferably rated according to the experience of others
So far, it looks like apple meets all my needs like nobody else does, well done them! I want to be able to write my own Java and Scala apps for the device, and install them painlessly. In fact, I want to be able to use it for any content I already own AND for flash video. Oh, what happend to the ideal world? The only people doing a good job with multi-touch have priced the patent too high for others to use. Within this space we have an incumbent with a near monopoly, and they use that to stop me doing what I want with hardware and content that I have purchased and should be able to use freely. Sure looks a lot like a dictatorship from where I'm standing On 1 February 2010 14:30, Viktor Klang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Fabrizio Giudici < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Karsten Silz wrote: >> >> On Feb 1, 12:45 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I think the iPhone is a dictatorship, and most people don't give a >> damn about democracy and freedom unless the dictatorship is affecting >> them directly. >> >> >> Having grown up in a dictatorship (East Germany), I would define a >> dictatorship as a form of government that most of those who live under >> it can't leave (and can't prevent from being born into). To me, a >> consumer product that's not in a monopoly position can't be a >> dictatorship since users are free to enter and leave. >> >> >> >> You're right in pointing out that often we misuse terms that in the >> original significance are related to much more serious things. >> >> Of course, there's the free market. If things were always like today, I >> wouldn't be worried. But listening to opinions that see the marked divided >> by iPhone and Android, I'd be worried in perspective. >> >> > In a world of patents there cannot exist such a thing as a free market. > > >> >> -- >> Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager >> Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. >> Everywhere."java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - >> www.tidalwave.it/[email protected] >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > Viktor Klang > | "A complex system that works is invariably > | found to have evolved from a simple system > | that worked." - John Gall > > Akka - the Actor Kernel: Akkasource.org > Twttr: twitter.com/viktorklang > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Kevin Wright mail/google talk: [email protected] wave: [email protected] skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
