Natal was the highlight for me. All we need is pricing and for them to stick to their delivery date promise. Everything else was like being at a mid-level management meeting, without donuts.
After some technical difficulties resulted in delays kicking things off...
Microsoft prematurely posted a press release...
Sounds like there was a lot not to be impressed with as they kicked off CES.Is it just me or was that terribly embarrassing? The whole style of the keynote was awful. I've never watched a keynote but that was just awful.
It was like watching geeks trying to be cool on a school stage...
I am stunned that a corporation like Microsoft would present themselves in such a poor way.
Natal was the highlight for me. All we need is pricing and for them to stick to their delivery date promise. Everything else was like being at a mid-level management meeting, without donuts.
Natal was the highlight for me. All we need is pricing and for them to stick to their delivery date promise. Everything else was like being at a mid-level management meeting, without donuts.
Yep, that's a reasonable deduction. Jobs will be bringing publishers with him later this month to talk about the ways the iSlate will save journalism or whatever. Just like the games companies come to iPod events now.
Not much to go on from that short video.
I hate the fact that HP used the 'slate' name... perhaps Apple will change it now? :S
plus, I'm glad for the sudden surge in tablet releases, more competition is good!
Is it just me, or does everything HP make look like an Apple rip-off?
http://www.bestelectronics.us/_cache/LCD Monitors/img/amazon_B001UHOX2I.jpg
http://www.dclstore.co.uk/images/pr...idescreen-brightview-tft-monitor-w1907v-l.jpg
http://www.neural-net.ca/store/images/MB382.jpg
That's just one example. Another could be their HP Slate, which looks like a lot like the rumoured Apple Slate from the IKEA video.
They can say it, but I don't think it will. You buy a $3.99 magazine off the rack and it's loaded with millions of dollars worth of ads. Publishers can't turn their backs on that. $3.99 for a digital copy, ad-free? Right![]()
If he did that, then this keynote MIGHT get interesting![]()
Slate versus iSlate?
This is getting tedious and the products haven't even hit the market yet.
It could be the other way around. Or the result of millions in market research to see what people like. Or....
They can say it, but I don't think it will. You buy a $3.99 magazine off the rack and it's loaded with millions of dollars worth of ads. Publishers can't turn their backs on that. $3.99 for a digital copy, ad-free? Right![]()
Oh it'll absolutely still have ads on the tablet (I say absolutely, but who really knows). I imagine it'll be cheaper (close to 50% cheaper compared to buying it from the shelves) but still have ad content - both inline on the columns, etc and even full pages that you have to swipe through as you swipe through magazine/paper.
I don't think the expectation of paying for tv shows and getting commercial free versions is the same when it comes to print being bought on a portable devices.
Oh it'll absolutely still have ads on the tablet (I say absolutely, but who really knows). I imagine it'll be cheaper (close to 50% cheaper compared to buying it from the shelves) but still have ad content - both inline on the columns, etc and even full pages that you have to swipe through as you swipe through magazine/paper.
I don't think the expectation of paying for tv shows and getting commercial free versions is the same when it comes to print being bought on a portable devices.
That monstrosity doesn't look like my iMac. Maybe the base, a little bit. But not the screen, enclosure, or peripherals. Don't bring Apple down.Doubt it. Even their new All in one PC looks like an iMac...
Vaporware.I am quite surprised he would spend so little demoing the HP Slate. It is as if they product was an afterthought; something put together within a limited amount of time just to say, "Hey look, we have a tablet, too." I was looking forward to seeing what Microsoft would offer in their version of a tablet device.
It felt the same. You're bored to death in the beginning and then they show something off they you've never used before.Wow. Watching that crap really makes you appreciate the production quality and effort that Apple puts into their keynotes.
Ballmer sounded like an idiot. Their demos and explanations were confusing. As others have said, everyone is just waiting for Apple on the 27th so they can see how far behind they are.
The hurdle is ---> does a digital ad = a print ad. As of now, no. Could change though. I'm just ready for it to come out. For as skeptical as I am that the thing will be a huge success, part of me is leaning toward getting one if it's close to an iPod touch bc I hardly ever use that anymore and could FleaBay it, but I still want to be able to run App Store apps.
I still have a paper subscription to the Wall Street Journal and read it every day when I eat my grilled cheese sandwich for lunch. Not that I'm stuck in my ways or anything.