Bah! What happened to the good old days when kids were left in front of the TV as a substitute parent?
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EDIT> BS Confirmed. In true Apple advertising style, some steps were omitted, namely: "My daughter likes playing with my iPhone, but this was her very first encounter with an iPad"
EDIT2> Note the title: "A 2.5 Year-Old Has A First Encounter with An iPad". It's his daughter. He described her as an anomyous 2.5 year old. But he tells us the new toy is an iPad. He's more proud of his iPad than his daughter. Disturbing.
BTW they didn't show the part where she tried the ALPS keyboard.
She started crying uncontrollably at that point.
Hmmm...
My 3 year old can connect RGB cables, power on a hacked Xbox, navigate menus to launch XBMC, navigate our network to load My Little Pony or any of hundreds of movie titles.
Hmmm...
Mac has done some clever marketing here.
It's a niche product and I think mainly for surfing the web and sharing photos and stuff. It's very user friendly and I'm sure that Apple will get richer simply from the tons of Apps that can be downloaded for the device. It's fast for most users and it's easy to pass around. Not so with a laptop.....
With 3G, it will be the ultimate brief case accessory. Internet anywhere for only $14.99/mo.
I rationalize this by saying its a niche product (which I think it is; in my view not a substitute for a laptop).I think Steve Jobs himself has even said so much... that it's not supposed to replace a laptop.
I think Steve Jobs himself has even said so much... that it's not supposed to replace a laptop.
Here's something to remember. It's easy to look at the iPad or anything that Apple makes as tech for dummies. They sure like to promote that image (though in more glamorous terms), but a lot of stuff run on Apple hardware is anything but simple.
It's all about the apps. The number of buttons on your computer may be one, a thousand, or none, but the second you're running a complex program on it, how much you love or hate the OS is irrelevant.
I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of us here had kids or were related to kids who really knew their way around a desktop. Most of us here are gear heads and our genes are no doubt partly responsible for that. That doesn't mean every kid will be like that nor should it mean that every kid should be like that. Your brain is a finite resource. A lot of people are going to be far better off focusing all their energies on making music, developing world champion athletic skills, or shaping iron rather than keeping their PC maintenance skills up to date.
It takes all types.
For better or worse. I agree that simplicity isnt all bad even for geeks, but what I worry about is the fate of geeky tinkerers like me. I hope there will always be someone out there making open hw and sw for people to mod at will.
well maybe i'm looking too far ahead. But for instance, the new win7 phone doesnt have user-replaceable batteries. Something that MS clearly took from the apple model.
That was a prototype. The WinMo7 specs don't specify one way or the other how manufacturers can implement battery installations. Sure the proto used did not have a user-replaceable battery, but when HTC, Motorola, etc. begin releasing phones, they may or may not have a user-replaceable battery; it's up to the manufacturers' discretion.
I'm looking for big things from WinMo7. I really like WebOS on my Palm, but the hardware is underpowered, and I don't think they will be around when I get my new phone later this year. I am not very impressed with the iPhone OS. That, and the iPhone is not an option on Sprint. Android will be nice, too, but we'll have to see what hardware Sprint offers later this year.
i dont think as an adult i should be forced to pay $100 at the genius bar for some 16 year old kid to do it for me
I'm no tree hugger, but even I can see there's a huge problem looming with the 'appliance' model of pumping out gadgets that become obsolete within months
Young people don't need to worry about the world we leave behind for them. They are going to do an infinitely better job of ruining the planet than we ever could.
You guys are real downers.
You guys are real downers.
Of course this is all concept junk. By the time it ships Apple will be onto Rev 3 of their product.