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On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:53 PM, mike wrote:
Name someone in the US that is using them. Anyone? I'll give you a hint,
it's the maker of a GPS tracker for kids. That's it. I never said anything
regarding the length of time this has been out...12 years and it's
Try some facts? Got any?
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 8:15 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:53 PM, mike wrote:
Name someone in the US that is using them. Anyone? I'll give you a hint,
it's the maker of a GPS tracker for kids. That's it. I never said
anything
On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:00 AM, COMPUTERGUYS-L automatic digest system
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Subject: Re: You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?
Link? Second time I've asked you to back up an assertion...you
ignored the
first time, got a link this time? How about we agree that even if
this did
happen, at
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:47 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:30 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I was not reacting to anything that Apple did or did not do. I was
querying you about why you were telling someone that wanting to have a
USB port is a symptom of
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:21 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 5:30 PM, David K Watson wrote:
While price was probably an issue, I don't myself think that it was
the main one in Apple's decision to keep the physical interfaces
to a minimum. Apple likes to promote itself
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 9:40 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:46 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
However, and while this does not
negate the previous sentence, most computer buyers still prefer to
use, by a wide margin, computers that run under Windows as opposed to
To me, for someone to choose implies that they are reasonably informed
about the options. I believe that great masses of Windows users are not
sufficiently aware of the Mac and OS X as a serious option.
Do I even want to respond to this?
Your response is incorrect. Prefer means tend to
Thanks for the link. I usually assume Tom is just making stuff up because
he never provides links when he's in all out carpet bombing mode as he has
been.
Perhaps morons was too strong a word, but my point remains. Apple usually
takes a path that takes choices away from consumers to better
On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:57 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
What is a real free choice in this instance? Consumers may be
brainwashed, but they still have a free choice. Perhaps you are
saying that their being brainwashed may have resulted in not having a
REAL free choice...
There is some of
On Jan 31, 2010, at 10:11 AM, mike wrote:
But then those so called intellectuals...
Well that proves the previous point about ...channelling this popular
anger against intellectual snobs.
The most effective way to keep the serfs in line is to convince them
that freedom would mean their
I believe that the great masses of mac users believe cost is not a
consideration.
You may also be right, people stick to what they are used to. They stick to
what their friends have. They use things that their friends can help them
fix if something goes wrong. The thing is, mac users do the
On Jan 31, 2010, at 10:40 AM, mike wrote:
Thanks for the link. I usually assume Tom is just making stuff up
Just because you constantly make things up does not mean that I do. I
don't have to make things up because I am not defending an
indefensible position. I don't always provide links
On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:20 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
You were saying, in strictly
general terms related to current technology, that wanting to have
currently popular and widely used interface ports is indicative of
clinging to the past. Again I ask, how so? You could have said,
using
I know freedom scares liberals like you, things like self reliance are
frightening.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:49 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2010, at 10:40 AM, mike wrote:
In my opinion this can cost the consumer freedoms.
If the iPhone ran multiple apps, users could choose to
You do make things up..I *still* await your link, as I have many times. You
make crazy assertions, you should back them up.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 9:40 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2010, at 10:40 AM, mike wrote:
Thanks for the link. I usually assume Tom is just making stuff up
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:11 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
The only ones I've ever heard say they are 'forced to use windows' are mac
users. I've heard plenty of complaints from windows users, but never 'I
went into the store and the salesman forced me to buy windows'. It reminds
me of
All of this mac vs pc reminds me of what henry ford evidently said
at some time.
You can have any car I make, any color you wish, as long as it is black
Someone else also said.
Mine is biggern yours
YMMV
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On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
To me, for someone to choose implies that they are reasonably informed about
the options. I believe that great masses of Windows users are not
sufficiently aware of the Mac and OS X as a serious option.
Agreed. However, an
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:52 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:20 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Please do not be so damn silly. This is a meaningless non-response
to my query and shows me that you view me as being an idiot. Having a
USB port does not mean that one has
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:59 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Someone else even pointed out that you can now buy an SD card that gives the
camera a wireless link. Isn't that a far better way to link your camera to
an iPad?
Perhaps so, but at what cost? $60 for a couple of gigs? Transfer
phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
To me, for someone to choose implies that they are reasonably informed about
the options. I believe that great masses of Windows users are not
sufficiently aware of the Mac and OS X as a serious
Tom imagines a lot...now he is imagining a world where everyone is
controlled. Typically, people like this are really the ones being
controlled...as Apple does to it's users.
Hey Mike--Tom, too -
Cut out the hyperbole.
We use Macs and iPods/iPhones because they're good products, in spite of
I know freedom scares liberals like you, things like self reliance are
frightening.
Sorry, Mike, but this is unnecessary, incorrect, and insulting. You know I'm
liberal. Do you seriously believe that I am frightened by self-reliance even
though I've been self-employed for nearly
thirty years?
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Subject: Re: You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?
David, sorry, but I have plenty of experience with multitouch devices. Of the
two I have now, the SMALL one is 12 (and they're both 16:9, by the way, not
4:3 like iPad). The iPad's touchscreen is
To be honest political discourse is ruing political discourse these days.
All people ever hear or listen to is sound bites.
If I actually believed what is said when I listen to sound bites I
would be in big trouble.
Politicians speak in sound biteese.
Have you ever seen how some of those
Apologies, I let myself get away from myself. I usually hit Tom's crazy
talk with hyperbole of my own. I suppose the difference is, I know it's
hyperbole. So to present company, no insult intended.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
I know freedom
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Jordan jor17...@gmail.com wrote:
Can an ignorant person actually be making a choice?
Or does ignorance preclude the possibility that a choice is being made?
Wow, that's a tough one. Just how ignorant are we taking about here?
Steve
Not sure what point you're trying to make with the Air, but the primary
concern with it was pretty obviously keeping down the weight without
sacrificing performance, not saving money. With USB on Macs, yes,
nearly everything you expect to work with it does work with it, flash
drives, printers
On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:44 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
nonstandard SIM slot
It is not non-standard. In is the next generation SIM.
Once again, some prefer to be clinging to the past.
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This is interesting because a lot of people blame windows under this same
scenario.
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 1:03 PM, David K Watson
davidkirkwat...@gmail.comwrote:
When some devise
doesn't fully work, it usually can be blamed on the manufacturer's
software, and you blame them, not Apple.
On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:56 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, isn't that thingy the mess of wires dragging around that you
were saying Apple eschews in their visions of the future, which by the
way, is like in the next five minutes or less. Personally, I am never
in the future anyway, only in
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 3:19 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Once again, some prefer to be clinging to the past.
Clinging to the past or just guilty of using existing technology?
Steve
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Apologies, I let myself get away from myself. I usually hit Tom's crazy
talk with hyperbole of my own. I suppose the difference is, I know it's
hyperbole. So to present company, no insult intended.
Apology happily accepted.
On Jan 31, 2010, at 3:32 PM, mike wrote:
Yes in fact it is non-standard, take the glasses off and read a
little more
about it. Apple used this sim for the one purpose of not allowing the
standard sims to be placed in the device. The micro sim is not a
'thing of
the future' it is just a
Name someone in the US that is using them. Anyone? I'll give you a hint,
it's the maker of a GPS tracker for kids. That's it. I never said anything
regarding the length of time this has been out...12 years and it's still not
standard. You are changing the point of what I said just enough to
On Jan 31, 2010, at 6:53 PM, mike wrote:
Name someone in the US that is using them. Anyone? I'll give you a
hint,
it's the maker of a GPS tracker for kids. That's it. I never said
anything
regarding the length of time this has been out...12 years and it's
still not
standard. You are
for ipad...how long till they fix it? Re:
[CGUYS] You Saw the Demo? Are you impressed?
On Jan 29, 2010, at 6:46 PM, mike wrote:
As reported on Engadget and other blogs, Apple is currently running
a promo
on their website for the ipad showing it running flash from
Adobe..which
On Jan 30, 2010, at 1:32 AM, David K Watson wrote:
Why is everyone making a big fuss about this?
Why did the wing nuts come up with death panels and Obamacare?
Some people are uncontrollably attracted to doing evil. It infuriates
them to see Apple hit yet another home run.
He has just gotten up to bat it remains to be seen whether or not he
has hit a home run.
Wait till it goes on sale and then you can carp or eat crow.
Stewart
At 09:14 AM 1/30/2010, you wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 1:32 AM, David K Watson wrote:
Why is everyone making a big fuss about this?
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:14 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Apple doesn't lead. They take mostly existing technology and make it
better--sometimes. I worked for Apple. My cousin is an Apple
engineer. Their PR is amazing, so is Steve Jobs' reality distortion
field.
I think you are blinded by ideology.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Should I ditch my iMac right now because something is coming or is
already here that can supplant it? Am I clinging to the past because
my iMac is only 2.4 GHz and actually has a CD/DVD drive as well as USB
and an already obsolete
Here is an interesting BBC News story about politics that I think has
a close connection to how some are reacting to the iPad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8474611.stm
Why do people often vote against their own interests?
Political scientist Dr David Runciman looks at why is there
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 10:50 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:28 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Should I ditch my iMac right now because something is coming or is
already here that can supplant it? Am I clinging to the past because
my iMac is only 2.4 GHz and actually
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:15 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
In other words, Apple's constant success and innovation inspires deep hatred
merely because Apple is so successful.
Microsoft Corporation has been far more successful than has Apple if
you measure success by the number of product
Again you are pining for the parallel port. Very few people want to take their
computers apart. Service is easy to get and priced reasonably. Apple
routinely waves
fees and offers huge trade-in discounts. By giving up on making some of their
products
easy to open Apple reduced costs, made
It's those evil dang neomicrosofticons! The black helo's are coming to get
you Tom!
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:14 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 1:32 AM, David K Watson wrote:
Why is everyone making a big fuss about this?
Why did the wing nuts come up with death panels
What innovation? It's a big ipod touch...literally. That's all it is. The
iPhone...now that you could say was innovative. This is just making the
exact same thing larger. That's hardly innovation.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:50 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Who said you should? I'm just
In other words, Apple's constant success and innovation inspires deep
hatred merely because Apple is so successful.
You're projecting again. You hate MS, therefore we must hate Apple. Wrong.
I have no hatred of Apple. I don't even dislike Apple. I think Mac, iPhone,
and iPod are all
Is it possible for you to make ANY sense? This BBC article which I read
previously is one big sh*tpile, the author has no grasp on things like the
constitution and the people who believe in it. Now anyone who doesn't like
something Apple does has a deep seated hatred for them...
You have become
Very likely. I agree with your point. The lack of interfaces on the
iPod probably saves a lot of money.
When they make a useful device, I'll save up my nickels and buy it.
Since the main use I have for a small, light-weight portable computer
is to write very large (novel-length) text
Actually I think Gary Trudeau was modeling his latest comic strip after Tom.
Stewart
At 11:26 AM 1/30/2010, you wrote:
Is it possible for you to make ANY sense? This BBC article which I read
previously is one big sh*tpile, the author has no grasp on things like the
constitution and the
On Jan 30, 2010, at 12:13 PM, mike wrote:
It's those evil dang neomicrosofticons!
Necromicrosofticons.
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Chris, you're wrong or misleading on many of your criticisms of the
iPad. First, it's not a midsize touchscreen, it's a large size
multitouch screen, one of the largest to be readily available. You
have to have some experience with multitouch devices, particularly
Apple's, to really have the
On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:28 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, just last evening you told someone here on the list that to
want to have a computing device with a USB port is clinging to the
past and represents a means of transferring data or interfacing with a
computer that is on its way out.
On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:59 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft Corporation has been far more successful than has Apple if
you measure success by the number of product users and dollars
generated through sales. Microsoft also inspires this same so-called
hatred. Such is often the fate of
No, neo...that way it includes all those scary imaginary people you are
always carping about.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 2:30 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 12:13 PM, mike wrote:
It's those evil dang neomicrosofticons!
Necromicrosofticons.
While price was probably an issue, I don't myself think that it was
the main one in Apple's decision to keep the physical interfaces
to a minimum. Apple likes to promote itself as the company whose
devices just work, and if they had USB ports on the iPad then there
would immediately be
Chris, you're wrong or misleading on many of your criticisms of the
iPad. First, it's not a midsize touchscreen, it's a large size
multitouch screen, one of the largest to be readily available. You
have to have some experience with multitouch devices, particularly
Apple's, to really have
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:43 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
All that is true, but where did I say you should rush out and get one?
You didn't, thus that is not what I was responding to or talking about.
I think you don't remember the angst Apple caused when the Mac had an
AppleTalk port
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 11:59 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Microsoft Corporation has been far more successful than has Apple if
you measure success by the number of product users and dollars
generated through sales. Microsoft also
Lets agree on one things. Apple is a hardware company. MS is a
software company.
MS will never design nor build computers and devices as slick as
Apple as I do not believe that they invest the amount of money in
them that Apple does. MS makes some good peripherals, like mice,
keyboards
On Jan 30, 2010, at 4:26 PM, David K Watson wrote:
As for Apple's hoible
app restrictions, I have to say that if they have allowed 140,000+
applications ranging from useless and/or disturbing apps like iFart
and Fishbate (you don't really want to know) to things like Google
Voice, then those
On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:46 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
However, and while this does not
negate the previous sentence, most computer buyers still prefer to
use, by a wide margin, computers that run under Windows as opposed to
the Mac OS.
False. People who have a real free choice very rarely
On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:30 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I was not reacting to anything that Apple did or did not do. I was
querying you about why you were telling someone that wanting to have a
USB port is a symptom of clinging to the past, seemingly some kind
of disorder in your view, and
Who feeds you this nonsense?
I carry my netbook around in a small pouch (similar in size to an Ipad)
I can plug my camera card in, no problem.
Plug my memory stick in no problem.
Want to do a PPT presentation, hook it up to the video projector all
without carrying an extra cord, dongle, plug
Tom imagines a lot...now he is imagining a world where everyone is
controlled. Typically, people like this are really the ones being
controlled...as Apple does to it's users.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:40 PM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 30, 2010, at 6:46 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Link? Second time I've asked you to back up an assertion...you ignored the
first time, got a link this time? How about we agree that even if this did
happen, at least that phone vendor doesn't assume all it's customers are
stupid as Apple assumes all it's customers are morons not able to make
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I have SEEN Obama compared to a lot of things, but never a Mac.
I was experiencing a silly moment. The equation I was trying to
make was one of how expectations are often not met.
Steve
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:27 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm trying to think of when, Jobs has brought out a device to show the mac
faithful, that when it was released a few months later it was different...
The iPad was not brought out solely for the Mac faithful. That
group is but one
A new improved model could be called a Maxipad.
:-)
Perhaps because of its ability to absorb so much umdata.
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phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It's simple: try this i (change), etc. The idea of Obama always
was government for the rest of us. Too simple, and isn't working.
Steve
It's not working because he's not doing it.
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Chris Dunford seed...@gmail.com wrote:
Too bad so far it is only a really big iPod Touch which is OK but it
ain't a
game changer. The bookreader is a color Kindle with higher prices
BTW I meant Higher book prices. I think as soon as the Kindle app
On Jan 29, 2010, at 7:57 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
I was experiencing a silly moment. The equation I was trying to
make was one of how expectations are often not met.
M$ is already referring to it as a DeathPanel.
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Dock isn't portable. Needs to be plugged in. What if I want to use a
flash drive or SD card? Sleek and stylish? Not with a dock and a
bunch of cables.
Mine is a skinny little cable about 2 feet long. How is that not
portable? And if both the
On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It is possible that this new device just unveiled may fail to meet
Apple's own expectations as well as those of their prospective
customers. A lot of folks are saying, After all the hype, this is
it? Time will tell.
The M$ minions are
Gotta link?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:27 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 28, 2010, at 10:15 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It is possible that this new device just unveiled may fail to meet
Apple's own expectations as well as those of their prospective
customers. A lot of folks are
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
I want to handle one with the form
factor of two facing pages in a book like shape. I've only seen a
kindle up
close once and had a quick look at the NookEBook at a Barnes and
Noble. The
nook looked too small.
The reason most books
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
Don't be silly. All the items you cite are paired with something
other than a single letter.
So you object to the single letter? Now who is being silly?
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The fact this doesn't have any ports is just further proof this is really
just a giant ipod touch.
Another thing that I'm not sure has been addressed in general...if I have a
kindle, and I buy an ipad..do I have to re-buy all those kindle books
again? What if I buy a Nook and then a kindle? Are
On Jan 28, 2010, at 8:33 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
On the last part we will have to disagree. As I type this on my
netbook, with a video out, 3 USB ports, and a SD card reader built
in. (6 hours battery with wifi.)
Netbooks will be seen the 8-track tape players of the early 21st
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:25 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 12:29 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Dock isn't portable. Needs to be plugged in. What if I want to use a flash
drive or SD card? Sleek and stylish? Not with a dock and a bunch of cables.
Mine is a skinny little cable
There were four or five formats called Octavio, I suppose keeping it the
size of a 'book', Apple was bound to hit close to one of them.
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:47 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:01 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
I want to handle one with the form
factor
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/life/chess.jpg
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I am not interested in 3G I pay enough for hookups as it is right now
(Phone, cable, Cell plan) that I will not pay for another plan.
As nice as it would be no way.
I just had to cancel what I hoped would be a good DSL connection
because they can only top out at 4mps. The infrastructure will
Or does it look like an HP tablet?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:21 AM, David D Odell waffenf...@atlanticbb.netwrote:
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
http://cecelia.physics.indiana.edu/life/chess.jpg
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:48 AM, mike wrote:
The fact this doesn't have any ports is just further proof this is
really
just a giant ipod touch.
Which is absolutely wonderful. The iPhone/iTouch have revolutionized
how people use computers.
Prediction: Business suits will start to have cargo pants pockets.
Thomas Pink already sells ties with a Nano pouch.
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I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:37 AM, Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I am not interested in 3G I pay enough for hookups as it is right now
(Phone, cable, Cell plan) that I will
The problem I see is that we are being asked to pay dearly for
connectivity and everyone wants a piece of the action.
Buy a device pay for a connection plan.
I do not want to do all that.
I would like to consolidate some of my connection plans so I am not
paying so much.
Stewart
At 09:45
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:45 AM, mike wrote:
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
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Anyone who is not intrigued by the iPad is just showing a lack of
imagination.
OK, why don't you tell us what's so intriguing about a midsize touchscreen that
has no HD, no widescreen, no camera, no USB, no memory card slots, and no GPS,
that can only get music and video from
iTunes, that can
No, I'm not OBJECTING to anything. I'm just pointing out that for 50
+ per cent of the population, calling something a pad without a
modifier (word, adjective, etc.) up front (e.g. lily pad, launch pad,
mattress pad) inevitably raises mental pictures of a certain kind.
If anything, the
Still waiting for you link...
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:04 AM, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:45 AM, mike wrote:
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
Amen to that.
I'm concerned that the cost of basic participation in the workforce--
and in society--is going up, with every new device we're expected to
acquire and support. For example, when I go in for my next job
interview, will I be expected to have a smartphone, a blackberry, or
Quoting David D Odell waffenf...@atlanticbb.net:
Is it just me or does the iPad (finally) look like the flatscreen tablets
predicted in Kubrick's 2001?
I'm just wondering how long it will be 'til we're all poking and
stroking our iDesks (a la LCARS http://www.lcarscom.net/). Tapping
on
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On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
Quoting phartz...@gmail.com phartz
Apple has fond a marketing niche with the i format. McDonald's has
done it with the Mc format. (I read about a lawsuit recently where
they are attempting to shut down a young ladies fund raising
organization as it uses the Mc format for their name)
It makes someone identify with them
Still waiting for you link...
I heard a tech reporter say 'who needs 3g, wifi is almost everywhere'.
Where do these people live?
Near a McDonalds.
McDonald's WiFi will be free like obesity starting January -- Engadget
On Jan 29, 2010, at 11:07 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
OK, why don't you tell us what's so intriguing about a midsize
touchscreen that has no HD, no widescreen, no camera, no USB, no
memory card slots, and no GPS, that can only get music and video
from iTunes, that can only run what the suits
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:17:14 -0600, Stewart Marshall wrote:
Apple has fond a marketing niche with the i format. McDonald's has
done it with the Mc format. (I read about a lawsuit recently where
they are attempting to shut down a young ladies fund raising
organization as it uses the Mc format
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