I am usually conflicted with Apple, Inc. The Apple "Style" sucks you in, repeatedly. But for me, it doesnt take long to realize that Apple is not as great as their image expresses. None of their products are overwhelmingly better. NONE. I am not talking about a "Feature". I am talking about the over product.
I think the iPhone is revolutionary in that it raises the bar and speeds up the industry to start making better products that are hybrid media and communication devices. So the revolutionary aspect that i see is how it changes things, not what it and it itself actually is and can do today. The iPhone name sucks, btw. they suck at naming things. iTunes iPod etc. horrible names that do a poor job of representing what the product is. Apple also doesnt reach out to grass roots media makers. They look down, not up. The are quite unrevolutionary when it comes to Open Standards. I wont be buying one. Not until they open up more and provide at least a 20gb version. I still rather have a free crap phone and an archos 604wifi. sull On 1/11/07, Michael Elsdoerfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > I would like to comment that instead of concidering > > Apple as "arrogant" may looking at how Apple is > > revolutionising the industry, might be a better > > interpretation. > > Talking about arrogance, I found it interesting when the Google CEO came > on > stage and said something along the lines of "...Google being, *we hope*, a > leading representative..." - notice the two words between the commas. > Maybe > it's just me, but at that point, I found a little bit of modesty quite > refreshing. > > I don't hate Apple, I own a MacBook, I think the iPhone looks fabulous, > and > yes, I know this is a marketing event, but after hearing for about an hour > how everything Apple has ever touched is either the greatest, the best > (optionally also: in the world), coolest, the most powerful, most popular, > most innovative, fastest, most beautiful, have I mentioned the best? Etc. > - > I just have this urge to go and buy Windows Vista. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>[mailto:[email protected]<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > ] > > On Behalf Of Gromik Tohoku > > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:50 AM > > To: [email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone > > > > without quoting timshey out of proportion, > > > > >On 1/9/07, T Shey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > > > To me, it just shows how arrogant Apple has become. > > > > I would like to comment that instead of concidering > > Apple as "arrogant" may looking at how Apple is > > revolutionising the industry, might be a better > > interpretation. > > > > After all, IMHO, microsoft and all its affiliations is > > not doing a whole lot to revolutionise my use of PC. > > Until Apple came up with the iPod, Microsoft was > > sitting still counting dollar bills. > > > > I am glad that Apple is giving the computer industry a > > well deserved ass kick up the donkey! > > > > Nicolas > > > > -------------------- > > Gromik Nicolas > > Tohoku University > > Sendai, Japan > > fax=81-22-7647 > > ==================== > > http://www.filmedworld.com/page.php?3 > > <http://www.filmedworld.com/page.php?3> > > http://nag-productions.blip.tv/? < http://nag-productions.blip.tv/?> > > http://sendai-city-tourism-tohoku-university.blip.tv/ <http://sendai-city- > > tourism-tohoku-university.blip.tv/> > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > > <http://au.messenger.yahoo.com> > > > > > > > > > -- Sull http://vlogdir.com (a project) http://SpreadTheMedia.org (my blog) http://interdigitate.com (otherly) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
