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McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be "Terrific"
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Then use leenucks/bsd/whatever flavor you like. Apple has always been known to sell hardware using software. Hardcore geeks don't like OS X due to their limitations. I mean, you can't re-compile a kernel or do a zillion of other things because you don't have source code. You cannot even do a proper plugin/extension to safari. Even their word processor (Pages) does not have an API to interface with.
The tablet will be "jailbroken", don't worry. This is a gadget for the masses. Others will imitate and make similar hardware. The funny thing is, the iphone is still the most intuitive interface out there after 3 years of others trying to improve on it.
Years ago, ATI pre-announced several of Steve Jobs' MWSF keynote talking points, including new Macs with ATI Radeon cards. Two days before the keynote. Oops.
Steve removed all mention of ATI from his keynote slides and speech, cancelled an ATI executive's keynote demo, ordered all Radeons pulled from all Macs on display at the Apple booth, had Apple employees manually scratch out anything mentioning ATI from the signage in the Apple booth, and ceased talking directly to anyone at ATI.
Apple immediately began shipping Macs with Nvidia graphics cards, and the relationship between Apple and ATI never fully recovered. It probably never will. And over what? Over pre-announcing some graphics card upgrades to existing Mac models.
So now here's McGraw-Hill doing the same thing. Except that they spilled the beans over a brand-new, potentially industry-changing platform. I wonder if Steve will mention McGraw-Hill at all tomorrow, and if their deal is off because of yet another over-egotistical executive's need to grab attention.
We'll see if McGraw-Hill gets thrown down the same staircase that Steve threw ATI down. I don't care either way, but it'll be interesting.
99.9% of the people who will actually buy this thing will not care about root access and installing XBMC in any way, shape, or form.
What other "consumer Apple product" has "zero" business application?
Dude, you don't really want OS X on a tablet. Use a laptop if you want OS X. If you want handwriting on a tablet, I'm sure this thing will have that. All Apple products are used at both homes and businesses.
Maybe I'm being daft, but in watching the video it seems almost like he is quasi-speculating based off of all the 'assumed' rumors. Sort of like how all the analysts' do.It's possible Apple has told him that "sure, your ebooks will be transferrable and will run on our new device.....if we were to ever have a new device that is...."
Him saying they have been working with Apple for a long time could just mean within the existing confines of the App store, and iTunes, as opposed to coming up with some new interaction model for the assumed tablet device.
I seriously doubt this guy has even laid eyes on a final Apple Tablet prototype, much less been privy to its inner workings. Remember, Apple didn't even show the final iPhone to AT&T until two weeks before its unveiling, and that was their sole launch partner!
Him saying they have been working with Apple for a long time could just mean within the existing confines of the App store, and iTunes, as opposed to coming up with some new interaction model for the assumed tablet device.
I seriously doubt this guy has even laid eyes on a final Apple Tablet prototype, much less been privy to its inner workings. Remember, Apple didn't even show the final iPhone to AT&T until two weeks before its unveiling, and that was their sole launch partner!
The iPhone OS is designed for a cell phone; a device with a relatively small screen, and is not intended for any kind of typing-intensive activity.
So, I fundamentally disagree with you.
Now, I will rephrase what you said to make more sense:
"The FOUNDATION of iPhone OS is a perfect foundation for a touch-tablet interface."
Given that the foundation of iPhone OS is Mac OS X.. I think we can all agree to disagree and see what happens tomorrow.
Yeah... she distressed me too!
Looking forward to seeing what Apple has been up to.
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. The whole point of this device is to get everyone to buy their content from the iTunes store. We've all heard enough about flash.
I've been saying that this is what OS 11 will be. I think we will see OSX mobile 4 now, OSX desktop 10.7 later this year, OS X mobile 5 next year, with each iteration getting more and more similar to one another, and then in 2012 it will be one OS.
And yet.. there are still so many things you can't do on the web without Flash. Most notably, the vast majority of video sites.
What if the OS is just a reskin of the current iPhone OS?
I wouldn't mind an Ubuntu NBR-type interface. In fact, I'd love it. I sampled NBR in December and it was -- aside from the file browser (which I hate in all Ubuntu versions) and slight driver issue (nothing unresolvable) -- the most intuitive OS I've ever used by far.
The UI is perfect for ~10'' screens with tabs not unlike Google's Chrome OS (for the record, NBR came way before Chrome), it's preloaded with useful apps, and it just works all the time (unless you installed on an SD card, which turned out to be really unstable).
But there's one thing wrong with all iPhone OS 3.x versions: there's no flash. And I don't know about you, but if I had this tablet, I'd probably watch quite a bit of flash video on it. Not to mention the videos that could be placed in text books (my social studies teacher would love that) would likely be flash.
I wouldn't mind an Ubuntu NBR-type interface. In fact, I'd love it. I sampled NBR in December and it was -- aside from the file browser (which I hate in all Ubuntu versions) and slight driver issue (nothing unresolvable) -- the most intuitive OS I've ever used by far.
The UI is perfect for ~10'' screens with tabs not unlike Google's Chrome OS (for the record, NBR came way before Chrome), it's preloaded with useful apps, and it just works all the time (unless you installed on an SD card, which turned out to be really unstable).
But there's one thing wrong with all iPhone OS 3.x versions: there's no flash. And I don't know about you, but if I had this tablet, I'd probably watch quite a bit of flash video on it. Not to mention the videos that could be placed in text books (my social studies teacher would love that) would likely be flash.
Indeed. Gruber's got a great piece on why the new tablet will most likely not have Flash, and why the iPhone doesn't and probably never will (and why that's not all that terrible a thing):
http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash
If Flash is *really* that important to you, then don't buy the tablet. Easy. Certainly hasn't been a hindrance on the iPhone's success. The tablet ain't the Hulu box - Apple's primary goal is not to enable the success of Hulu.
"Based" on iPhone OS is different from iPhone OS as far as I'm concerned. What do you know that we don't know that you've made your decision already?
I just skipped to the end so forgive me if I'm being redundant but did anyone else notice the awkward moment at the end where the anchor confessed she was glad that she's not in school anymore because she likes to smell her text books and the CEO just half chuckled?
Every attempt by Microsoft to create a full computer OS on a tablet has failed because of two reasons.
1) Windows and Mac OS were designed for a MOUSE AND KEYBOARD, not fingers and/or stylus.
2) internal moving parts like Hard Drives, CD Drives, etc KILL battery life, and make a tablet computer with a full OS only work for 2-3 hours.
Apple is making the right call here. Why make a ****** tablet computer that works for 3hrs at a time and is heavy as F*ck and costs two grand, when you can make an awesome tablet device that lasts for 7+ hours with applications that perform all your needs, syncs with your iPhone and your Mac/PC, just as well as a computer. This device is meant to be a companion to your laptop and/or desktop, not a replacement.
1) Windows and Mac OS were designed for a MOUSE AND KEYBOARD, not fingers and/or stylus.
2) internal moving parts like Hard Drives, CD Drives, etc KILL battery life, and make a tablet computer with a full OS only work for 2-3 hours.
Apple is making the right call here. Why make a ****** tablet computer that works for 3hrs at a time and is heavy as F*ck and costs two grand, when you can make an awesome tablet device that lasts for 7+ hours with applications that perform all your needs, syncs with your iPhone and your Mac/PC, just as well as a computer. This device is meant to be a companion to your laptop and/or desktop, not a replacement.