I see where you're coming from Joe. In fact, I think I understand exactly why there's so much 'fighting' happening on all sorts of communities around the internet about this - different assumptions.
On Feb 16, 4:51 am, "Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse)" <[email protected]> wrote: > (1) Thread title: "Why the iPad is bad for tinkering". The iPad is > bad for tinkering because it is quite specifically NOT *for* > tinkering. Aha. But that by itself is really bad if the iPad ushers in a new era of computing on walled garden tablet OSes. Which *I* think might happen, the iPad really is that good. Tinkering should be something that these devices enable from day 1. It's something a tech company, founded by amongst other people one of the worlds greatest tinkerers ever (Woz), owes itself. It's great for apple's short/medium term if they end up cornering the market with this thing, but it'd be somewhat of a shot in your own leg if they also decimate an entire generation of tinkerers - the very people they need to hire. Hence my claim (more on my blogpost than here) that apple is in the end shortsighted. It's not all doom and gloom, they can fix it. I hope they will. It's one of the reasons I'm beating on this drum. Get the word out. > If you're concerned about hacking > your iPad - you're not part of the target market. Please drive > through. Oh, I was never going to buy one, that's not what this is about. Tinkerers aren't born as tinkers. They turn into one. If all you own is an iPad and an iPhone, that's going to be a lot harder. Which is a shame, because this touch platform and the idea of UX-over-everything could do great things instead. Which was the entire point of my OP. Unfortunately from here, you start spreading some false facts which I'm forced to correct: > Apple has a quality control process in place > (which has improved in speed and transparency) that protects consumers > from crappy apps that compromise the user experience. This is a BIG > deal, and is only bitched about by developers, not by consumers. What?!??? No! Go to the store. Pick a random app. It's shite. Apple doesn't turn down apps for: "Good god man, this is ugly and teh stupid. We're not going to foist your turd on our customer base". That's not it at all. They review apps for abuse and bugs (good), and for possibly undermining apple's competitive edge (bad). Other than not suffering from the most obvious of bugs, quality of the app has nothing to do with it whatsoever. > Those consumers can go ahead and hack their iPhones and do > whatever they want. Cop-out. Hacking an iPhone 3G you buy in a store today is very very difficult. I wouldn't be surprised if someday soon it won't be possible. I'd be a lot happier if Apple offered an official "unjail your iPhone, though kiss all warranty on the software bits goodbye" deal. > (3) None of us have used an iPad yet. When you get a chance to use > one, the paradigm shift will make sense. WTF? Seriously, Joe, I don't get it at all. Everyone who is worried about the iPad thinks the iPad is the dog's bollocks (for the non- brits in the audience, that's a good thing). Those who say: Stop whining - generally field the argument that the iPad is just one device in a sea of others, nothing to get worried about. I _dont_ think the iPad is 'just another device', I think it IS the harbinger of a new era, and it will set the tone, just as the iPhone did in many ways for android, palm pre, and even Bada and Win7Mobile. > > (4) Open source is not a model unto itself It's not about open source. That has absolutely nothing to do with it. NB: I also never claimed that the iPad CANNOT sync photos to an iPad, so now I'm a bit insulted. -- 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.
