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Taking on the Wall Street Journal’s iPad is a curse theory
By Jim DalrympleFebruary 11, 2010, 10:36 am PT
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that said Apple’s iPad is a blessing and a curse for developers. I actually had to read the article a couple of times because I was sure I was missing something.
It would seem I wasn’t the only one. Roughly Drafted’s Daniel Eran Dilger had significant issues with the story and wrote a rebuttal as part of his “Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad” series of articles.
The Journal’s story, written by Yukari Iwtani Kane, says many developers won’t be able to take advantage of the iPad the same way they did with the iPhone. There are a number of reasons including the lack of multitasking and the fact the iPad has no camera.
Dilger replied saying, “apparently Kane has never heard of the iPod touch, which iPhone developers have successfully accommodated for more than two years now. Like the iPad, it too lacks a camera, but that has not made it a failure nor resulted in a bewitching curse upon Apple’s third party mobile developers.”
I was struck by something else when reading through Kane’s article. She compares the iPad to a laptop.
Like this:
“For example, the iPad, like the iPhone, doesn’t allow applications to run in the background so users can’t perform several activities at once—as they’re accustomed to on a laptop.”
and
“With no videocamera, services like Skype Ltd.’s Internet-calling service will be limited to voice-calling and instant messaging, at least for now. That’s the same as the iPhone, but less convenient than a laptop.”
Perhaps Kane hasn’t heard yet, but the iPad is not competing with a laptop. It’s not meant to be a laptop, not built like a laptop, and it doesn’t use apps in the same way a laptop does. And I’m glad it isn’t anything like a laptop.
It’s also interesting to note that Kane wrote the article for the Wall Street Journal claiming the iPhone would be a failure in Japan. Dilger took that one on too.
Dilger also posted a video on his site talking about the iPad and Kane’s story. Definitely worth a few minutes to watch.
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Taking on the Wall Street Journal’s iPad is a curse theory
By Jim DalrympleFebruary 11, 2010, 10:36 am PT
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that said Apple’s iPad is a blessing and a curse for developers. I actually had to read the article a couple of times because I was sure I was missing something.
It would seem I wasn’t the only one. Roughly Drafted’s Daniel Eran Dilger had significant issues with the story and wrote a rebuttal as part of his “Ten Myths of Apple’s iPad” series of articles.
The Journal’s story, written by Yukari Iwtani Kane, says many developers won’t be able to take advantage of the iPad the same way they did with the iPhone. There are a number of reasons including the lack of multitasking and the fact the iPad has no camera.
Dilger replied saying, “apparently Kane has never heard of the iPod touch, which iPhone developers have successfully accommodated for more than two years now. Like the iPad, it too lacks a camera, but that has not made it a failure nor resulted in a bewitching curse upon Apple’s third party mobile developers.”
I was struck by something else when reading through Kane’s article. She compares the iPad to a laptop.
Like this:
“For example, the iPad, like the iPhone, doesn’t allow applications to run in the background so users can’t perform several activities at once—as they’re accustomed to on a laptop.”
and
“With no videocamera, services like Skype Ltd.’s Internet-calling service will be limited to voice-calling and instant messaging, at least for now. That’s the same as the iPhone, but less convenient than a laptop.”
Perhaps Kane hasn’t heard yet, but the iPad is not competing with a laptop. It’s not meant to be a laptop, not built like a laptop, and it doesn’t use apps in the same way a laptop does. And I’m glad it isn’t anything like a laptop.
It’s also interesting to note that Kane wrote the article for the Wall Street Journal claiming the iPhone would be a failure in Japan. Dilger took that one on too.
Dilger also posted a video on his site talking about the iPad and Kane’s story. Definitely worth a few minutes to watch.
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Zod bless the nonlaptopness of the iPad!
Indeed.
Do you believe the iPad can bring in new Apple customers? For example people who have never owned or had previously owed Apple hardware. IMO, no, not in any meaningful numbers.
I absolutely believe it can.
If nothing else at this early stage BEFORE most of us have ever put our hands on this new device, its advent is sadly showing up so many people's inability to simply see the thing and evaluate it for what it IS, not for what it ISN'T.
It's not a laptop. It's not a big iPod Touch. It's an iPad. You'll get to know it soon enough.
And once people do, it will be yet another big draw for iPad owners–whether it's their first Apple product or not–into (or further into) the Apple ecosystem. That's obviously the general plan. It's been in effect for years now. And in case you hadn't noticed. . .IT'S WORKING!!! Duoh!!! LOOK AT APPLE'S STATISTICS!! Look at the fact that they're planning to open 25 more retail stores this year. Those kind of operations don't just happen without funding. And such funding, even though it's in the hundreds of millions of dollars, is but a sliver of Apple's net income.
The iPad is going to blow Apple's income up a full order of magnitude. It's going to be HUGE. Mark my words.
It's also going to impact the society like no other technology device before it. It's going to be on an order of significance similar to Gutenberg's press in its day.
Mark my words.
The non-Apple-owning, non-geeks that I know keep asking one single question regarding the iPad…"When can I order one." Mark my words, it will sell like reefer at a music festival.