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Would somebody please shoot that video in the head and put it out of its misery?
Its soundtrack is 98.6% distortion because some clueless neophyte recorded the music off his $10 speakers using his $5 microphone. But even if you mute the horribly recorded music all that's left is someone flipping through a few pages of non-interactive content. What the hell is this crap -- some kindergarten class project?
Its soundtrack is 98.6% distortion because some clueless neophyte recorded the music off his $10 speakers using his $5 microphone. But even if you mute the horribly recorded music all that's left is someone flipping through a few pages of non-interactive content. What the hell is this crap -- some kindergarten class project?
I feel sorry for you, breaking into that business is going to be tough.
Even after the arrival of this tech the survival of the news paper industry is still in question. The problem is content is a big part of the equation. Like it or not the big newspaper organizations have taken a beyound liberal approach to the news. To the point they create news to support their leftist agenda. For newspapers to be successful they need to become more credible. Ufortunately that will only happen if many of them die off completely.
On the otherhand this sort of tech actually might drive demand for quality and timely photography. Let's face it, modern newspapers aren't exactly the best places to publish highquality photography and video is out 100%.
By the way which school?
Dave
The music from the video, never.
I'm excited about these kinds of devices because they are the only salvation for the Newspaper industry, and I'm trying to find a job as a staff photographer at one after I graduate in three weeks!
Even after the arrival of this tech the survival of the news paper industry is still in question. The problem is content is a big part of the equation. Like it or not the big newspaper organizations have taken a beyound liberal approach to the news. To the point they create news to support their leftist agenda. For newspapers to be successful they need to become more credible. Ufortunately that will only happen if many of them die off completely.
On the otherhand this sort of tech actually might drive demand for quality and timely photography. Let's face it, modern newspapers aren't exactly the best places to publish highquality photography and video is out 100%.
By the way which school?
Dave
Im not excited about the tablet, I dont think apple will get it right, although they often do.
What I would like to see is a 15 inch touch screen (wide screen), thin and low powered. it has a small, flip out latch type thing on the back so that it can sit on a desk and be only very slightly slanted so your not looking directly down at it. This way and your at home/office, you can have a mouse and keyboard on your desk to attach to it. and when on the go, you just pick it up, click in the latch, and take it with you.
I'm having trouble describing it, but that would be something to really look forward to.
http://images.google.com/images?gbv...result&cd=1&q=flip+calculator&spell=1&start=0
bottom row, fifth column, thats how it sits on a desk, except landscape orientation like a widescreen monitor, the little latch that supports it tucks back so you can take it with you.
What I would like to see is a 15 inch touch screen (wide screen), thin and low powered. it has a small, flip out latch type thing on the back so that it can sit on a desk and be only very slightly slanted so your not looking directly down at it. This way and your at home/office, you can have a mouse and keyboard on your desk to attach to it. and when on the go, you just pick it up, click in the latch, and take it with you.
I'm having trouble describing it, but that would be something to really look forward to.
http://images.google.com/images?gbv...result&cd=1&q=flip+calculator&spell=1&start=0
bottom row, fifth column, thats how it sits on a desk, except landscape orientation like a widescreen monitor, the little latch that supports it tucks back so you can take it with you.
Niether is my matte screen MBP, matte or gloss has little to do with outdoor use.
Even the iPhone isn't that great outdoors but the point is it's hardware stacks up very well against the competition and is considered glossy by many.
Dave
Kindle is an entirely different technology and can even manage to do what a Touch can do.
You won't know until you see the screen! The usability of an LCD outdoors has more to do with the backlight than anything else. The fact is iPhone, with it's glass screen and realtively low resolution is far more usable outside than other phones. This has a lot to do with a strong backlight and the big pixels.
Even the iPhone isn't that great outdoors but the point is it's hardware stacks up very well against the competition and is considered glossy by many.
Dave
Even you can't deny Apple has had failures. Seriously.
The fact is, the tablet market is weak right now. There isn't a lot of demands for these devices, and they aren't catching on. And no, they are not all Windows based, so it has nothing to do with any kind of deficiency with Microsoft's stuff.
After the initial buzz dies down, I don't expect this to catch on in a significant way. Ergonomy is all wrong, iPhone and other smartphones pretty much do everything "on the go" in a much more portable way and nothing beats a laptop for long sessions of working away from home (or at home).
This will go the way of the Apple TV and Macbook Air. Some kind of niche within a niche, low sales, infrequent updates.
That depends.
The desire here is to have an electronically searchable library of magazines. This would be great for tech and trade rags. These are always the magazines that I throw out and then five months later wish I had for what ever reason.
That is why I see the tablets success being tied to multi purpose functionality
Dave
That depends upon the magazine! There are many I'd like to get (at a vastly reduced cost) electronically. To be honest though that would be every publication I read.
The desire here is to have an electronically searchable library of magazines. This would be great for tech and trade rags. These are always the magazines that I throw out and then five months later wish I had for what ever reason.
That is why I see the tablets success being tied to multi purpose functionality
Dave
They´re sending me away
I went to the doctor today
He can´t take the pain away
I´m a iTablet addict
i hide in the attic
read rumours till my eyes are dim grey
They´re sending me now
to a center for addicts
they´re taking the pain away
through millions of grumpy
group therapeutic
lessons, I´ll soon be ok.
(Their sending me to UK)
I went to the doctor today
He can´t take the pain away
I´m a iTablet addict
i hide in the attic
read rumours till my eyes are dim grey
They´re sending me now
to a center for addicts
they´re taking the pain away
through millions of grumpy
group therapeutic
lessons, I´ll soon be ok.
(Their sending me to UK)
why would you even compare this to a kindle? this is supposed to end up being some kind of tablet computer with some kind of fully functional operating system. if it were to be compared to the kindle then one could say the kindle is a $300 book reader while the mac tablet is a $1000 magazine reader.
and some of us are actually print AND web designers, we do exist. The hard part today is not teaching old dogs the web, the problem is teaching today's kids about actual design, when their head is lost in code!
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Just about blew my poor speaker when the video started. I'm still on the fence about it. For me, it doesn't have the instant gotta have it feeling of some of the past products.
Just about blew my poor speaker when the video started. I'm still on the fence about it. For me, it doesn't have the instant gotta have it feeling of some of the past products.
Because, at best, it's just one facet of the product. More likely it's not even a facet of the product.
Okay but it didn't take the brain trust at wired to tell me that an Apple tablet would be able to display PDF files... or display the time or date or access the net... display all KINDS of pretty colors... yea I'd pretty much take that all as a given...
Okay but it didn't take the brain trust at wired to tell me that an Apple tablet would be able to display PDF files... or display the time or date or access the net... display all KINDS of pretty colors... yea I'd pretty much take that all as a given...
Exactly. Which is why the article is pretty pointless.
There's no point in inventing a new way to present interactive content on a screen. We have the Web already. I sure hope there aren't a lot on newspaper executives out there looking forward to tablet PCs because they think they will use some new "online newspaper" format. That would just be sad.
I think they're salivating more at the distribution model. They'd love to be able to sell subscriptions on itunes. To do that they'll have to provide a product worth paying for, which means something you can't get on their websites for free.
Wow, exactly my thoughts.
I have the 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo matte MBP that recently had a LCD + Motherboard changed, so literally a new MBP in the old silver shell (I love the silver keys!!!). Even though it's good, it's getting old compared to new computers and tablet + iMac i7 would be perfect for my needs.
It isn't even politics any more, its about honesty and credibility.
You call in politics but frankly I don't believe it has anything to do with politics as most people define politics. It has everything to do with reporting the news in an honest and forthright manner.
Look at it this way, in the past people had trust and respect for newspapers. They also respected the opinion pages and other editorial content. For the most part I don't think that is the case any more, as there is an over riding effort to tweak the "news" in such a way that it becomes dishonest.
It is one thing to express an opinion, after all everybody has one. It is another thing to pass off twisted news as fact. In any event this plays into the whole feasibility of getting news print via electronic means. You might not like my point but I suspect it is supported by a dispassionate examination of why people avoid newspapers these day. It won't manner if the media changes if people are rejecting the content.
So will it matter that Apple has this new platform to publish to for the failing industry known as the news? I don't think it will help the old line publishers one bit, in fact it might speed up their bankrupt filings.
Dave
You call in politics but frankly I don't believe it has anything to do with politics as most people define politics. It has everything to do with reporting the news in an honest and forthright manner.
Look at it this way, in the past people had trust and respect for newspapers. They also respected the opinion pages and other editorial content. For the most part I don't think that is the case any more, as there is an over riding effort to tweak the "news" in such a way that it becomes dishonest.
It is one thing to express an opinion, after all everybody has one. It is another thing to pass off twisted news as fact. In any event this plays into the whole feasibility of getting news print via electronic means. You might not like my point but I suspect it is supported by a dispassionate examination of why people avoid newspapers these day. It won't manner if the media changes if people are rejecting the content.
So will it matter that Apple has this new platform to publish to for the failing industry known as the news? I don't think it will help the old line publishers one bit, in fact it might speed up their bankrupt filings.
Dave
You're spouting politics, and at least half the country completely disagrees with you, and, in fact, would accuse your favored news sources of exactly the same thing you are asserting. There's no point in babbling on about it, you aren't going to convince anyone who doesn't already agree with you, and there's no point preaching to the tiny minority that does.
More importantly, whether you are right or wrong about bias, I'm pretty sure that the reason people have abandoned newspapers is that there are now a plethora of news sources available for free, including from these very newspapers, and these news sources provide up-to-the-minute coverage that a newspaper, printed once a day, cannot provide.
Now go back to watching Glen Beck and leave the discussion to those who can understand that there isn't a vast leftwing conspiracy to keep you from the truth.
If it happens no more laptop
For me its good bye laptop, For all of us who use desktop and then want something more for visual and quick reference but not for typing the next book report this would be really something to behold. I am sold on I need one.
I can see Steve Moses holding the tablets and proclaiming the Nerd Gods have spoken to me, now that would be something to behold.
For those that say no way, well the iphone was no way, and it came out, then it was the iphone sucks because bla bla bla no keybord, and it keeps reaming the uninvited masses who don't have one. Now we are in 3GS world and other companies with 100 of phones in their portfolio are pissed how Apple with 1 phone is rimming them.
I see this coming out, but not till its ready, and I see it taking off, like wild fire, and as long as its in line with say a macbook price it will sell and sell and sell.
Lone live the King, hail the King.
For me its good bye laptop, For all of us who use desktop and then want something more for visual and quick reference but not for typing the next book report this would be really something to behold. I am sold on I need one.
I can see Steve Moses holding the tablets and proclaiming the Nerd Gods have spoken to me, now that would be something to behold.
For those that say no way, well the iphone was no way, and it came out, then it was the iphone sucks because bla bla bla no keybord, and it keeps reaming the uninvited masses who don't have one. Now we are in 3GS world and other companies with 100 of phones in their portfolio are pissed how Apple with 1 phone is rimming them.
I see this coming out, but not till its ready, and I see it taking off, like wild fire, and as long as its in line with say a macbook price it will sell and sell and sell.
Lone live the King, hail the King.