I think you must have forgotten to mention the big advantage, instead leaving "It can run Flash" in there. Did you send the email too early, or was it a joke?
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Eric <[email protected]> wrote: > The TV news this morning sounds related to your topic. > > 1. iPhone 4 goes on sale today for Verizon, which can also be > purchased at Best Buy and WalMart. > > 2. HP is selling a device like an iPad, same size, with one big > advantage. It can run Flash. > > > > On Feb 10, 7:49 am, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: >> "7 inch tablet ideal reading devices" (Dick) >> In my mind, not true if you read PDFs (books, articles, paper) - you >> need 10 inch tablet for this. >> >> "iPad 2 not powerful enough for retina display" (Joe) >> Rumors suggest that iPad 2 will have twice the CPU power and 2-4 times >> the graphic power of iPad 1. So while this is probably not enough to >> drive a retina screen, I think availability of screens is a much >> bigger hurdle. Apple will sell north of 20 millions iPad 2 this year, >> and nobody can produce that many high resolution screens (2048x1528 on >> 9.7 inch) at acceptable yields and therefore with acceptable costs. >> Look at Samsung's comparatively small AMOLED screens - HTC used them >> for a while and then had to switch to LCD last summer because Samsung >> couldn't make enough of them. Now even Samsung switches back (Nexus S >> will supposedly launch with LCD in Germany). Apple announced recently >> that they'll spend $3.9 billion over the next years to buy production >> capacity in advance (like they did with Flash in 2005), and most >> analysts think this is for displays. >> >> "Honeycomb is as simple as (current) iPad UI" (Tor) >> Honeycomb has widgets and live wall papers and 3-4 soft buttons (and a >> system bar, but that may be the soft buttons). iPad has just a list >> of apps and one "get me out of here" button, so to me, that is a lot >> simpler. I guess that folders and "home button double click" are >> power user features that most of the iPad users don't use. Now I think >> we'll see widgets and improved notifications in iOS 5, but I bet that >> Apple still tries to keep it as simple and as similar to iPhone as >> possible. As Steve Jobs once remarked, Apple trained millions of users >> on how to use the iPad - the "boring wall of icons" is well- >> understood. I find it fascinating to watch which approach (Android or >> Apple) will be more successful. >> >> JavaFX discussion (Tor) >> Even leaving aside the unmitigated disaster that is "JavaFX Mobile", I >> think Sun followed the wrong strategy for JavaFX by chasing the >> consumer ("all the screens of your live") and Flash. Sun just didn't >> get the consumer (if you ever read the "What is Java" description in >> the JRE installer, you know what I mean), and Flash was ubiquitous on >> the desktop, which even Microsoft couldn't touch. I didn't get the >> priorities either - there was a chart library, but no data grid or >> tree control, and the graphic stack was re-written, but the tool >> support was insufficient and "not production quality" until late. That >> Apple and Android both put mobile apps and HTML 5 on the developer's >> agenda, didn't help either. Now it seems Oracle does what Sun should >> have done from the beginning - making it easier to write more >> attractive, more connected Swing applications. After all, corporate >> applications are Swing's stronghold. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
