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McGraw-Hill CEO Confirms Apple Tablet, iPhone OS Based, Going to Be "Terrific"
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Adobe and it's Flash platform are fighting a loosing battle against:
Apple: HTML 5 video support with H.264 quicktime;
Sun: Java
Microsoft: Silverlight
Google: Chrome OS and Browser with HTML 5 video support
The open source community: various flash alternatives
Lee....they wanna believe what they wanna believe. Don't try to confuse them with facts.
thank you. at least some people are paying attention.
apple: one os, one programming language*, one api*, many devices, many interfaces. most apps going one way or the other are restricted by conceptual differences in interaction and apple imposed walls, not technical.
microsoft: many os', many devices, many programming languages, many apis, many interfaces. going from one device to another in the windows eco-system ranges from difficult to literally impossible without a ground-up rewrite.
as students and casual computer users start to replace desktops and laptops with third generation platforms, apple is going to have massive head start on microsoft. 10 years from now 30-40% of the computer using population will have replaced their desktop/laptops with tablets, phones and 10 foot interfaces (appleTV, xbox, playstation, et. al.). the biggest problem for apple right now is they're behind the curve on cloud computing, but the rumors about lala and new iwork may be their entry in to the market. timing of the iwork rumors, lala and the sproutcore 1.0 release are not insignificant in this regard.
* cheating i know, carbon still exists, but clearly at this point if you're developing a new app in carbon you're product is doomed.
no he makes perfect sense.
i did figure since he said "based" that it didnt mean, EXACTLY...
They have a good number of professional/specialized textbooks. I can certainly speak of the Lange series, Current Dx and Tx, Harrison's, etc. These are professional medical texts.
I just don't understand how some people can make their decisions now when its not even announced yet. We no NOTHING about it.
Why are you implying there have been security horror stories on other, more open platforms? There haven't. Certainly no more than the worm that was going from open-port-22-default-password iPhone to iPhone a couple months ago.
Oh. You're implying that because you're fanboy-shilling for Apple's control freakery. Okay.
No kidding! I mean, look how the lack of Flash is killing iPhone sales!
It's not like iPhone sales have doubled over the past year or they're making $5 billion on them or something. And it's not like Apple sells three or four times as many Flash-less iPod OS based devices as they do Macs or something.
Oh, wait, all of those things are true.
But, imagine how many iPhones they'd sell if they did have Flash!
Very excited...
What's all the fuss about? The guy didn't say anything new. Are the complainers so childish that they "wanted to hear Steve say it first" because this ruins the surprise? What surprise? The magic will still be there tomorrow when we finally see the device in action. It will still be amazing on many levels. I trust Apple for that.
Be glad that McGraw-Hill is on board. Probably one of many publishers. This device will revolutionize and popularize e-magazine reading, e-book reading... especially internationally. E-readers are single-purpose devices. This can do more. I'm crossing my fingers that I will finally be able to read the US Daily Variety anywhere on earth in its original layout every day, but now with streaming clips etc. Just like the Harry Potter movies. I'm hoping that all the rights issues pan out... Another market that will be swept off its feet. And rightly so. Hauling paper all over the world to kiosks is silly. Bits are so much quicker. And Apple's store, its DRM technology and its payment platform will finally allow publishers to do user-friendly subscriptions without having to invest in all that crap themselves. They can concentrate on what they do best.
I think the iPhone has confirmed Apple's suspicions that the public is ready for a truly mobile internet device. Remember that pre-2007, mobile internet use was only for hardened geeks. Browsers on phones were generally terrible. The iPhone changed all that - in the US the AT&T network almost collapsed but in Europe the telcos cheered! Finally something that used all those expensive 3G networks that were put in place without a real killer app or device. Other phones followed suit. (Even though I still think the browser on my Nokia is terrible.)
And then again, the iPhone is actually not all that comfortable to work with for media consumption. The screen and keyboard are still too small. Dedicated apps that provide and present cloud info in a usable way are much better suited for the iPhone. Many apps do just that. The tablet will be the first really popular 'MID' that Intel spoke about earlier but couldn't realize - you need a capable OS and UI and Windows doesn't cut it. No one had a clue until iPhone's UI came along. Apple will now finally realize that vision and go much further.
For general browsing, the tablet will rule. Many people will not need anything else during their workday or on the couch. Check e-mail, browse, consume media. Run all those dedicated iPhone apps out there. And probably control media as well - can you imagine the Apple Remote app on the tablet? Wow. If you want 3D gaming or heavy office work, fire up your iMac or MBP or whatever. But more or less passive consumption is now such a large part of the way people use their computers - why have a full-fledge machine for that?
I'm just hoping they will also announce that movies and TV-shows will finally be more generally available outside of the US. The store in my country only has apps, music, audiobooks and iTunes-U. Little wonder that the Apple TV is not selling all that well. Where's the content? Let's hope the publishing business is not that stupid.
What's all the fuss about? The guy didn't say anything new. Are the complainers so childish that they "wanted to hear Steve say it first" because this ruins the surprise? What surprise? The magic will still be there tomorrow when we finally see the device in action. It will still be amazing on many levels. I trust Apple for that.
Be glad that McGraw-Hill is on board. Probably one of many publishers. This device will revolutionize and popularize e-magazine reading, e-book reading... especially internationally. E-readers are single-purpose devices. This can do more. I'm crossing my fingers that I will finally be able to read the US Daily Variety anywhere on earth in its original layout every day, but now with streaming clips etc. Just like the Harry Potter movies. I'm hoping that all the rights issues pan out... Another market that will be swept off its feet. And rightly so. Hauling paper all over the world to kiosks is silly. Bits are so much quicker. And Apple's store, its DRM technology and its payment platform will finally allow publishers to do user-friendly subscriptions without having to invest in all that crap themselves. They can concentrate on what they do best.
I think the iPhone has confirmed Apple's suspicions that the public is ready for a truly mobile internet device. Remember that pre-2007, mobile internet use was only for hardened geeks. Browsers on phones were generally terrible. The iPhone changed all that - in the US the AT&T network almost collapsed but in Europe the telcos cheered! Finally something that used all those expensive 3G networks that were put in place without a real killer app or device. Other phones followed suit. (Even though I still think the browser on my Nokia is terrible.)
And then again, the iPhone is actually not all that comfortable to work with for media consumption. The screen and keyboard are still too small. Dedicated apps that provide and present cloud info in a usable way are much better suited for the iPhone. Many apps do just that. The tablet will be the first really popular 'MID' that Intel spoke about earlier but couldn't realize - you need a capable OS and UI and Windows doesn't cut it. No one had a clue until iPhone's UI came along. Apple will now finally realize that vision and go much further.
For general browsing, the tablet will rule. Many people will not need anything else during their workday or on the couch. Check e-mail, browse, consume media. Run all those dedicated iPhone apps out there. And probably control media as well - can you imagine the Apple Remote app on the tablet? Wow. If you want 3D gaming or heavy office work, fire up your iMac or MBP or whatever. But more or less passive consumption is now such a large part of the way people use their computers - why have a full-fledge machine for that?
I'm just hoping they will also announce that movies and TV-shows will finally be more generally available outside of the US. The store in my country only has apps, music, audiobooks and iTunes-U. Little wonder that the Apple TV is not selling all that well. Where's the content? Let's hope the publishing business is not that stupid.
I was only joking about a $799 ARM based Super iPod Touch. You didn't have to take it seriously. 
Surely this is just making sure everyone knows about what's going on tomorrow. Us followers know about it, the tech media know about it and now through several well planned announcements, the business community and the every day joe bloggs knows that tomorrow apple plan on releasing a tablet PC. When people look tomorrow night to see what it is, it'll be there. It will have the coverage it needs to make it big. It will have the non techies talking about it around the water cooler on Thursday.
I really am supprissed at the number of mainstream news agencies that have written/published a news story about a product that is still a rumour. Its all part of a giant PR plan.
I really am supprissed at the number of mainstream news agencies that have written/published a news story about a product that is still a rumour. Its all part of a giant PR plan.
this tablet has taken AM radio by stormmmm. my mom keeps the radio on downstairs like 24/7 @ 740 KCBC i think it is, and this is allllll they keep talking about.
I wouldn't go as far as calling Flash Adobe's product though. Yes they own it, but it came along with a number of technologies when they acquired Macromedia. I wouldn't be surprised if Adobe kills it, just like they seem to be killing ColdFusion with their lack of support. Adobe is most likely in touch with reality on such technologies. For example, many developers are dumping Java-based ColdFusion in favor of ASP.NET.
Yeah man! It's gonna be a 4g Toaster Oven capable of using boot camp to run Windows 7 Home Appliance-Under-4lbs-in-Weight Version
You're making it sound so personal. Steve Jobs can't touch Terry McGraw. What the hell are you talking about?