Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/ Spank That Orc, He Likes It Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41959 Adamski Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:48:25 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41959 Hi, i see your point there, but i don't care if it's a step backward in computing - it's a huge step forward in promoting "removal of restrictions of input devices" as @lowkey said. This will be a huge eye-opener for many people who use the computer only for internet/mail/multimedia anyway, but they feel that a computer must be something huge, with a screen, keyboard, touchpad or mouse. iPad is the first widely available device with a proper multi-touch glass screen. Tablets were around for a long time but they are the cheese of the cheese - most have to be operated with styluses or are terribly slow to react to any gestures and very rarely do they offer simple multi-finger gestures. This is the step forward. And that's why it is also a step forward in computing in the sense that developers will now have to redefine what they do and push it onto a new and exciting platform. The iPad will be so easy to operate that many people who have never used a computer will be able to use it. Hi, i see your point there, but i don’t care if it’s a step backward in computing – it’s a huge step forward in promoting “removal of restrictions of input devices” as @lowkey said. This will be a huge eye-opener for many people who use the computer only for internet/mail/multimedia anyway, but they feel that a computer must be something huge, with a screen, keyboard, touchpad or mouse. iPad is the first widely available device with a proper multi-touch glass screen. Tablets were around for a long time but they are the cheese of the cheese – most have to be operated with styluses or are terribly slow to react to any gestures and very rarely do they offer simple multi-finger gestures. This is the step forward. And that’s why it is also a step forward in computing in the sense that developers will now have to redefine what they do and push it onto a new and exciting platform. The iPad will be so easy to operate that many people who have never used a computer will be able to use it.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41958 Stropp Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:13:07 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41958 @lowkey -- I think you're right that the iPad will become a market winner at least initially for these sort of devices. Apple have a really strong brand and a terribly enthusiastic fan base and that is a huge market advantage. Still, as a personal computing device, it's still a step backwards. My fear is that this will reignite the trend to close up computing devices and deny consumers the freedom to use these devices in the way that they want. @lowkey — I think you’re right that the iPad will become a market winner at least initially for these sort of devices. Apple have a really strong brand and a terribly enthusiastic fan base and that is a huge market advantage.

Still, as a personal computing device, it’s still a step backwards. My fear is that this will reignite the trend to close up computing devices and deny consumers the freedom to use these devices in the way that they want.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41957 lowkey Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:22:06 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41957 i should add, it may not be the eventual winner but it will be the initial winner. its brand its too strong. i should add, it may not be the eventual winner but it will be the initial winner. its brand its too strong.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41956 lowkey Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:11:25 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41956 @stropp - hi. i'm not saying the ipad is the answer, the google tablet might be, but just like the ipod broke the dam in the mp3 player market and the iphone broke the dam in the smartphone market, the ipad will break the dam in the tablet market and, like you say, there will be plenty of tablets around in a year. jobs is very good at spotting emerging technologies and launching them to the general public. so, like i said, the ipad will usher in the next age. @stropp – hi. i’m not saying the ipad is the answer, the google tablet might be, but just like the ipod broke the dam in the mp3 player market and the iphone broke the dam in the smartphone market, the ipad will break the dam in the tablet market and, like you say, there will be plenty of tablets around in a year. jobs is very good at spotting emerging technologies and launching them to the general public. so, like i said, the ipad will usher in the next age.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41955 Stropp Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:48:40 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41955 @lowkey -- if it's simply the removal of restrictions of input devices, then why iPad? There are plenty of other tablet devices in the works, some of them well before Apple's offering. What are Apple doing that noone else is? @lowkey — if it’s simply the removal of restrictions of input devices, then why iPad? There are plenty of other tablet devices in the works, some of them well before Apple’s offering. What are Apple doing that noone else is?

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41954 lowkey Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:40:27 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41954 the ipad will usher in the next age of the web. the 1st was one way communication, the 2nd was two way communication, the 3rd will be the removal of the restrictions of input devices allowing the user to directly interact with the data. the ipad will usher in the next age of the web. the 1st was one way communication, the 2nd was two way communication, the 3rd will be the removal of the restrictions of input devices allowing the user to directly interact with the data.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41953 Longasc Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:22:27 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41953 I do not like Apple. They sell the same - often even older and more outdated crap - with a shiny white surface and tell us it is great. OK, they did good stuff with their Mac computers, and the iPhone was of course a great idea. But when it comes to Flash or other music players, the iPod was not really special. The iPad is even for Apple a step backwards. Not only because of the no flash stuff. It is a device desperately looking for a reason to exist, and it is not going to appeal to elderly people who did not dare to touch a computer up to now. Buy a laptop or a console, these devices have uses. Or a Kindle. The iPad is good for watching... movies? On a mini screen? yup, I watch movies and soccer on my phone all the time... cough. It is really pathetic of Apple to think of possible scenarios where this touch thingy might be useful. It is not the time for touch devices - yet. Right now they are restricted to rather clumsy inputs and primitive applications and are not really useful. I do not like Apple.

They sell the same – often even older and more outdated crap – with a shiny white surface and tell us it is great.

OK, they did good stuff with their Mac computers, and the iPhone was of course a great idea. But when it comes to Flash or other music players, the iPod was not really special.

The iPad is even for Apple a step backwards. Not only because of the no flash stuff. It is a device desperately looking for a reason to exist, and it is not going to appeal to elderly people who did not dare to touch a computer up to now.

Buy a laptop or a console, these devices have uses. Or a Kindle. The iPad is good for watching… movies? On a mini screen? yup, I watch movies and soccer on my phone all the time… cough.

It is really pathetic of Apple to think of possible scenarios where this touch thingy might be useful. It is not the time for touch devices – yet. Right now they are restricted to rather clumsy inputs and primitive applications and are not really useful.

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41952 The Future of Tabletop Games | Stropp's World Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:16:51 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41952 [...] Jon Shute: You're right on all accounts, but Apple don't see it as a step back. Probably because the iPad isn't for read more... [...] [...] Jon Shute: You're right on all accounts, but Apple don't see it as a step back. Probably because the iPad isn't for read more… [...]

]]> Buy Celexa Without Prescription http://stroppsworld.com/2010/02/16/the-ipad-is-a-step-backwards-in-computing/#comment-41950 Jon Shute Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:50:51 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=1033#comment-41950 You're right on all accounts, but Apple don't see it as a step back. Probably because the iPad isn't for us. Well, except for those who want a larger iPhone. Instead the iPad is for those who don't understand computers. Those who use friends and relatives for tech support. The iPad doesn't get malware, following dodgy links in email is fine. Lots of the things that can go wrong with a normal PC just can't happen either, and with a minimum quality bar on the apps you avoid random bits of downloaded software as well. The iPad is for those people. OK, it's for us as well. It means we don't have to support those people as much any more. You’re right on all accounts, but Apple don’t see it as a step back. Probably because the iPad isn’t for us. Well, except for those who want a larger iPhone.

Instead the iPad is for those who don’t understand computers. Those who use friends and relatives for tech support. The iPad doesn’t get malware, following dodgy links in email is fine. Lots of the things that can go wrong with a normal PC just can’t happen either, and with a minimum quality bar on the apps you avoid random bits of downloaded software as well. The iPad is for those people.

OK, it’s for us as well. It means we don’t have to support those people as much any more.

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