I think the website in question was the NYTimes.com. Which was updated for the iPad release. No blue boxes.
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I think the website in question was the NYTimes.com. Which was updated for the iPad release. No blue boxes.
The problem is, those sites are made with HTML5 versions and works on iPad, as shown in Keynote.
Only some ads didn't show. You must LOVE ads?
That's true, but stood incredible was released about 1 month ago, and now delis X is coming out...
The problem is, those sites are made with HTML5 versions.
Only some ads didn't show. You must LOVE ads?
In all fairness, the HTML5 of NY Times was not ready at the presentation and launch of the iPad. The main story on the NY Times site was a blue box due to this during the keynote.
I still hate flash though...
No, in all fairness, the plugin icon was where a video link was. The NYT articles all appeared normally. Even still, the difference here is that Verizon was trying to explicitely advertise a fake spec, while Apple merely had a photo that didn't accurately represent iPad browsing.
I agree. This is going back to the old days of cellphones where makers just kept making new handsets non stop trying to churn stuff out.
Then you end up with a confused consumer who has to choose between almost identical products and ends up sacrificing specific functionality because one phone lacks what another phone has.
There is no generational improvement or step up. Every android handset is absolutely new it feels like and unrelated.
With the iPhone people know what they are getting and know that the iPhone 4 will be more capable than the previous iPhone they had. Unlike switching from droid phones where you actually risk losing functionality and capability when upgrading. It is a horrible dynamic for the consumer, and it is ultimately designed to confuse and befuddle consumers.
It is funny to see Apple set the smartphone market on its ear and then see these stupid competitors go back to their same old tricks just this time all fighting over the same commodity base of android. it is ridiculous.
Actually, no. The average *person* doesn't care about the specs. They care *only* whether it will do what they want it to do. Unfortunately, most manufacturers don't put any more thought into their marketing than "It has these specs! How amazing!", relying on specs to sell their products, rather than trying to convey its capabilities.
The average *computer geek* on the other hand, is overly hung up on the specs to the exclusion of everything else. "I don't care if it's easy to use, I want the fastest, highest-resolution, most RAM device I can buy!"
Unfortunately, most computer or consumer electronics companies are overpopulated with computer geeks. And message boards like this are populated almost *exclusively* with them. This sort of echo-chamber isn't the right place to get an idea of what the average person thinks on *any* topic.
Take someone shopping for their first computer. Do they ask how much RAM it has, or how fast the CPU is? No. They ask if it will let them do some task or another. The geek in us turns that into "are the specs high enough", but that's not actually what they asked.
So very true. These Android dorks are in a constant state of frothing at the mouth over every new Android phone coming out seemingly every 5 minutes. They won't be satisfied until they have a 2ghz snapdragon, a 6" screen, an 18mp camera with 6x optical zoom and a resulting battery life of an hour and half. But hey, it runs flash and has an OMG Snapdragon!!!! I think I just pee'd myself Woooo hoooo!
LOL, you have clearly not worked in a marketing department. Let me let you in on little secret, half the time 10 people are proofing they assume the last person looking at it already caught all the mistakes.
Ad's can sometimes move to fast near the end of the production cycle for all the mistakes to be caught. It happens more often than you think.
+1 HAHA. And they call apple people fruity but that little green robot seems well..... you know. : ) Thats cool nothing wrong it by the way.
I am still in shock that goggle has fanboys. I wonder if webcrawler has some???
EDIT: Google gaga plans to have over a billion different phones released with Android by end of 2011. True story : )
Heck, some of the people here would complain that there was no 'choice' to print singles instead.
Maybe they will counter the Retina display with Cave Display, when you hate going outside you will love our Cave Display Droid Phone.
thats exactly what he claimed, and it wasn't wild at all. as we now know, the motorola claim was a fraud or mistake, but i can't believe anyone thought it was even remotely possible in the first place. no one is surpassing the retina display for a long time.
like many Apple technologies, the retina display is overkill, and given the limitations of the human eye, there is no reason for anyone to spend the money to meet or exceed its resolution, other than bragging rights. While someone may do it for just that reason, they will wait until the technology is much more readily available and inexpensive.
not AT ALL. the average consumer that saw the original ad will probably never know it was changed later. they don't read these message boards, they don't read Wired, they are not geeks. they will talk at bars or parties or wherever and say "Oh yeah, i saw that there's a Droid phone that's got even better resolution that the iPhone...." blah blah blah. and Motorola will have effectively undermined Apple's mindshare. It's how the marketing game is played.
Same with the CNN headlines about "recent iPad security scares" referring to AT&T's website breach which had nothing to do with iPad security. average consumers will remember that "oh, i heard the iPad is vulnerable too, just like Windows machines..." Thats how it goes
Of course, you wouldn't have to worry about this if you had an "old style" phone with actual keys.
... Or voice activated dialing ("Call... Ambulance! {GASP}")
I've had 1 dropped call since getting my iPhone in January -- not trying to argue there aren't problems, but I think it depends where you are located, no?
So this is how Verizon likes to play? Where is Moto and their tech geniuses to show off their wears like Apple? Why the heck is Verizon, the cellular provider doing all the talking? Ha ha!
What, Moto ain't got the b**** to come up on stage and do it like Apple?
People, please! Verizon just showed off the Incredible and now they are going to kick the Incredible to the curb(old school slang for throwing someone or something under the bus). You may say no way. But I say way! Verizon knows the so-called tech savvy geeks(suckers needing the latest tech fix) will throw their Incredible onto ebay faster than Usain Bolt running the 2 yard dash!
And the irony is that every freaking phone that comes out is touted by the media as an iphone killer. So far the original Droid, G1,N1, Incredible, HTC EVO and now this Droid X are all suppose to destroy the iphone. Let me tell you my friends, Apple iphone 4, in pre orders alone, have sold more than(sans the Droid X) ALL the aforementioned iphone killers combined.
GTFOOH!
Iphone 4 rules them all baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What, Moto ain't got the b**** to come up on stage and do it like Apple?
People, please! Verizon just showed off the Incredible and now they are going to kick the Incredible to the curb(old school slang for throwing someone or something under the bus). You may say no way. But I say way! Verizon knows the so-called tech savvy geeks(suckers needing the latest tech fix) will throw their Incredible onto ebay faster than Usain Bolt running the 2 yard dash!
And the irony is that every freaking phone that comes out is touted by the media as an iphone killer. So far the original Droid, G1,N1, Incredible, HTC EVO and now this Droid X are all suppose to destroy the iphone. Let me tell you my friends, Apple iphone 4, in pre orders alone, have sold more than(sans the Droid X) ALL the aforementioned iphone killers combined.
GTFOOH!
Iphone 4 rules them all baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've got a myTouch 3G had it for almost a year.
1. Phone, texts, browser, camera are all fine. Maps navigation is fine. WeatherBug has had issues with GPS location.
2. AT&T? Won't ever go back to them. I'll try the iPhone when it is available somewhere besides AT&T and Verizon (i.e., T-Mobile).
I don't plan on using a phone to watch movies, so much of this discussion doesn't make sense.
Now imagine if the that Retina display tech makes its way into iPads, iMacs and Cinema displays?
lol, screen size is definitely not part of the HD definition.
lol, no s**t, buckwheat. Watching movies on a 9" screen isn't exactly what I would call an 'HD' experience, regardless of the rez.