As Steve also said when they announced the MacBook Air, reaching across the keyboard to touch the screen does not work for users and that is not the route they are going.
TheGooch needs a life and some glasses, why bother to comment about something that is 10 months old!!
And for your information there was no way to contact the author directly.
I agree, try comparing two products that are supposed to be doing the same thing.
Pity that Zumocast can't actually do what REmote can, i.e. control my computer iTunes!
Apple have never sold the iPad as a replacement for a NetBook.
They simply said that a NetBook is a cheap and limited version of a Laptop, it does nothing better than a Laptop does, and that is 100% correct.
The iPad on the other hand is NOT trying to be a Laptop / NetBook replacement.
Apple have sold the iPad as the best way to Surf the Internet, do your mail, consume media, etc.
Multi-tasking is coming in the fall, free to all iPad owners.
What a load of rubbish.
ALL iPhones and iPods can run software from the Apps store as long as the device has OS 3.
Just because you can't install OS 4 does not make your device obsolete.
When people bought those devices, they had no idea they would get continual updates and masses of features every year from Apple.
They are still supported, they just don't have the latest features, just like many other devices that are updated year on year.
"If you buy a stolen car, a task force partially run by Apple does not bust down your door and seize your computers, especially AFTER you’ve returned the item. At best, that’s horrible abuse of authority."
1. They did not bust down any doors.
2. The task force is not run by Apple.
3. Regardless of if the device was returned a crime was still committed.
"Second, the finder DID contact Apple, who didn’t ask that the phone be returned. And when Gizmodo was formally asked to return the phone, they did."
1. The finder did not try to contact Apple. A friend of his offered to contact AppleCare, we have no evidence that they did. Also is contacting AppleCare really the best way to try to return the device? Why go to Apple direct in the first place? Why not try to contact the guy who lost it?
2. Giz did return the iPhone, but they had to be asked to do. they should not need to be asked, they had stolen property (they knew that), did they try to return it before being asked - NO.
"Lastly, Gizmodo and Chen are protected to some degree by shield laws that protect journalists from just type of abuse of authority.
But hey, it’s Apple. If they do it, then by definition, it must be okay."
1. They are not protected from committing crimes to obtain a story.
Of course you can do what you want with your device, just don't expect any warranty.
I can put diesel in my petrol car if I want to, it won't work very well, but I can do it.
Of course my warranty would be invalid at that point.
The main selling point of the iPhone is the OS, not the hardware.
If you want Android just buy an Android phone!
What has 'need' go to do with anything, it is a case of 'want'?
No 'needs' and iPad, but many 'want' one.
There are many things on sale in the world that people don't need.
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