The iPad actually requires a computer, right? It's not a standalone device, at least for now. And anyone who wants to be able to take a Skype call or an incoming chat message won't be able to, right?
> Hi all, I just noticed that the "Downloads" section on Apple's website is > gone. I don't know when that happened, maybe it was replaced by the "iPad" > section or maybe I am just slow to react... In any case, the page > <http://www.apple.com/downloads/> still exists and shows up on a Google > search for "Apple", but I haven't found any link to it anymore on Apple's > website. > > I also noticed in my Google Analytics that Apple shows no longer up as a > referrer to my website, while it used to rank above both macupdate and > versiontracker. I am a bit worried that this is the beginning of a trend to > reduce Apple's commitment to the Mac platform in favour of the iPhone / iPad > / iPod platform. If this is true and we (i.e. the Mac developers in general) > are forced to rewrite our products almost from scratch for the iPhone OS just > a few years after being forced to rewrite them almost from scratch for Mac OS > X, then I start to seriously worry about Apple's ability to retain large > software developers.... Any thoughts?
