Well, I am still unsure of the market the iPad is after, but I don't think it's the usual tablet pc environement since it does not run a full version of OSX bet rather a "enhanced" iphone os version. There fore it's not per say a "tablet pc" I see it more like a competitor to the ebook readers like the Kindle.
As for iPod OS upgrade, I gave a G1 iPod running os 3.1.2 and never had to buy any os upgrade... --- Andre Courchesne - Consultant http://www.net-forces.com MSN: [email protected] Skype: VoipForces L'information contenue dans le présent document est la propriété de Andre Courchesne. Et est divulguée en toute confidentialité. Cette information ne doit pas être utilisée, divulguée à d'autres personnes ou reproduite sans le consentement écrit explicite de Andre Courchesne. The information contained in this document is confidential and property of Andre Courchesne. It shall not be used, disclosed to others or reproduced without the express written consent of Andre Courchesne. On 2010-01-28, at 9:06 AM, patricia campbell wrote: > Exactly, do we want Jobs (or Gates) or anyone to extend the grasping > claws of control further or do we want to push them back & make them > somewhat accountable. > Is everyone comfortable with the itunes/app store concept, smacks of > Big Brother to me. Ipod touch owners have to pay for OS upgrades, > people' s thinking goes along the lines of .. it's only $x & are > lulled by the low cost but there is a huge control factor there. > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Stefan Monnier > <[email protected]> wrote: >>> How does that changes in the way Apple controls iPhone and iPod app >>> right now? >> >> It doesn't, AFAIK, except in the sense that it applies this concept to >> what people perceive as a computer. People are sadly used to the idea >> that a phone is something over which they have no control, which is why >> the iPhone *appeared* to most users as more open than the rest (via its >> application store). For a tablet, that's the exact opposite, since >> until now tablets were typically Windows machines where you were free to >> install anything else on it and where Microsoft made no attempt to >> restrict the set of applications you could install. >> >> >> Stefan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > > > > -- > ___..____._..___._..___. > ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| > ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| > > "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mohandas > Karamchand Gandhi > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
