On Feb 3, 2010, at 3:05 PM, Jonathon Kuo wrote: > On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Stefano Mori wrote: > >> I'd speculate that multi-touch on the iPhone would suck if free-for-all >> multitasking was allowed. > > Can't imagine why. Drag and drop doesn't suck on a laptop. But why are so > many people making excuses for Apple? They must have really down-scoped the > iPad to get it out the door -- I hope. If the iPad is everything that The > Steve envisioned it to be, then he's losing it. I don't know anyone who > wasn't disappointed. Everyone's shaking their heads, saying, WTF? It's just a > bigger iPod Touch, aka cripple-ware! Snore. They really missed the boat. And > to think they had a true killer app within their grasp: Live video > teleconferencing! But it doesn't even have a camera! Not even a USB port so > people can do what they want with it. Crazy. Microsoft-think is invading > Apple. Where's the innovation?
I'd say you don't really understand what this appliance is meant for. And make no mistake it is an appliance. It is not a laptop or a computer in the classic sense. It's a computing appliance. Looking at the form factor how would video conferencing work? You'd either need to setup a stand or hold it up in front of your face. The latter would not be comfortable and the former takes it out of your hands. People want features without thinking about how they would be properly implemented. I'd like to be able to have some apps - like music and the like - running in the background but really I don't see as huge a need. If the app switching is seamless and quick then it would reduce the need. And really this is what people are talking about not actual multi-tasking but the ability to background a process. --Larry_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
