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RAMd®d wrote:
I have no idea what The Next Big Thing from Apple will be.
THIS is where you and I differ. I already know that the next BIG thing from Apple will be, well... BIG!
And when it comes to packaging it, it will be BIG, but big with an emphasis on "minimal." I didn't take a
genius to figure this stuff out - or some fake journalism credentials. Just some common sense! While the
next HOT thing from Apple could be any size, the next BIG thing from Apple, will, obviously, be large!
It says it all right there! I'm guessing it will be a Tower. We certainly don't need a BIG iPod. That is what
the Mac SE was - 40MB drive, SuperDrive floppy - and the capacity to hold 10 songs! (5 songs if yours had a 20MB drive).
That was BIG!
Even though.... it was small, it was BIG! And some versions of it were HOT! too! so in that case, Apple's
product was Big & Hot, and sold well! And it proved that 1984 wasn't going to be like 1984!
That had to wait until after 9/11/01 to become 1984!
The real question is... will Apple's next product be........................ inside-out? Now THAT would be unique!
So please... don't push your ignorance of "big products" onto the rest of us. Some of us can read both
between the lines as well as the line itself! Big is the new big! But it's also the old big!
What is the big fricking deal here?!?
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cbelt3 wrote:
*cough* I don't see why TV is a killer app at all. TV is delivered via wires in most locales (at least most stations, sure you can get a few channels over the air..)
That's why I added "other media functions."
[Also, they *could* conceivably add a satellite tuner, but that would be a very long shot, and there's also SlingBox (UmHm).]
FWIW, I haven't subscribed to cable for nearly fifteen years.
I know I am not the only one.
There's still good stuff on OTA TV -- notably sports -- that quite a few people would love to have access to in a flashy portable device that only Apple is capable of making.
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RAMd®d wrote:
STAT!!
Thiz is reely a big thing.. Its' there but in mmmy heeaad too. I'm s leepy now. i haave lids on my eyes.
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Paul F. wrote:
Brought to you by the same (type) of folks who said;
"and iPod? It's kinda like a CD Player? It'll never catch on! Stupid idea."
"An Apple Phone? Why on earth would anyone buy an Apple Phone? Stupid idea."
Paul, you're half right.
The iPod was met with stunned silence. No one (including Apple, if we're honest about it) imagined it would be a spectacularly successful game-changing cultural phenomenon. Initial reviews were mediocre, or negative. It looked like an overpriced dud.
But the iPhone? Where is an example of anyone credible saying "Stupid idea"---quite the opposite was true. There was so much positive anticipation for an Apple brand phone. Remember? Years and years of speculation, salivating investors, consumers, journalists and analysts. It was a successful product before anyone even saw one. An Apple phone, stupid idea? Anyone who said that was ignored, or laughed at. Pretty much everyone knew if Apple produced a phone, hundreds of millions of people would want to buy one.
The mythical iPad, or media tablet, different story, the level of speculation and irresponsible journalistic fantasy is sad and crazy. I've never seen so many write so much about a topic that nobody (outside a handful of people in Apple labs) knows hardly anything about.
The MacWorld "Train Wreck" item was aimed at revealing that kind of reckless, shameless journalism, exposing it, and mocking it. I thought it was a great article!
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GeneL wrote:
I have a friend back east who is defined by his drawing skill. He's drawing all the time and he's never used a computer even though his kids gave him a PC.
Unless portability is an absolute necessity, sounds like a Wacom tablet, a copy of Painter (The Wacom tablet includes a copy of Corel Painter Sketchpad to get him started) and a refurb mini might work for him. That would run about half the cost of a converted Macbook.
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guitarist wrote:
But the iPhone? Where is an example of anyone credible saying "Stupid idea"---quite the opposite was true.
OK. You may have me on the credible tag but there was this gem from Monkey Boy:
Ballmer: iPhone has 'no chance'
"The iPhone has no hope of gaining a true foothold in the cellphone marketplace, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer."
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Blankity Blank wrote:
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I have a friend back east who is defined by his drawing skill. He's drawing all the time and he's never used a computer even though his kids gave him a PC.
Unless portability is an absolute necessity, sounds like a Wacom tablet, a copy of Painter (The Wacom tablet includes a copy of Corel Painter Sketchpad to get him started) and a refurb mini might work for him. That would run about half the cost of a converted Macbook.
I think having drawing skill and being interested in computers don't need to connect directly. (like a tablet, the technology is still far too primitive to be a formidable match to actual drawing) getting him interested in using a scanner, however, to scan his images, and add color, or resize them, or email them to friends, that's a different matter. He might find that fun!
Drawing on paper, then bringing the drawn image into an image editing program--that makes more sense than trying to introduce him to a "tablet" drawing substitute or drawing mimicking tool. Forget the tablet. I'd be more concerned about his disinterest in technology in general.
Unless he's over 60, it kinda makes no sense that he's disinterested in computers completely. Regardless of being able to draw--or not draw--as a form of self-definition, jesus, everyone uses computers these days. We use it for surfing, email, etc. Is this person phobic about technology? Even if he had no interest in connecting drawing to computing, you'd think he'd find computers convenient for the same reasons the rest of us do. How old is this person? Just curious.
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My friend is 70 and very much involved in making a living by freelancing on the fly with businesses that he finds along the way. From what I can tell, he presents a few ideas and does some “promotional ideas in sketches and goes on from there with designs for both inside and outside the stores or restaurants.
My feeling is that he could do some exciting things on the spot with a tablet i.e. do a rough sketch and add color and text that would look far more finished than he can do with just a pad.
He had trouble getting into using a PC, but as many of us have learned, it's a lot easier to learn the basics on a Mac.
A tablet could be a really great tool for his method of drumming up business, so I hope that Apple does bring one to the marketplace.
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GeneL wrote:
My friend is 70 and very much involved in making a living by freelancing on the fly with businesses that he finds along the way. From what I can tell, he presents a few ideas and does some “promotional ideas in sketches and goes on from there with designs for both inside and outside the stores or restaurants.
My feeling is that he could do some exciting things on the spot with a tablet i.e. do a rough sketch and add color and text that would look far more finished than he can do with just a pad...
A tablet could be a really great tool for his method of drumming up business, so I hope that Apple does bring one to the marketplace.
Gene, a tablet will be fun, but illustrators won't use it in the way you envision. We're quite happy with pencils and pens and brushes. When Apple gives us a pad, we'll play games on it, and watch videos.
As an editorial illustrator, surrounded by tech-loving, mac-loving illustrators, cartoonists, art directors, I can say that we have embraced computers, the internet, and work in all kinds of publishing, presenting ideas to clients, sketching, preparing samples, and none of us use a tablet for anything. We use a mouse!
I know one very successful illustrator (for the Nieman Marcus, and the New Yorker, book and CD covers) who used a Wacom tablet for a while, about a year or two, liked it okay. But that was a long time ago. Like the rest of us, he's happy with a mouse. I'm sure there are some quirky illustrator types, or colorists, or fashion designers, or heck, somebody out there that regularly uses a Wacom tablet for something, but they're rare compared to us mouse users.
Even when Apple gives us a media pad, we'll use it primarily to entertain ourselves, games, movies, etc.. And continue drawing using traditional media, and our studio computers, for our illustration work.
I think your friend can do the most exciting ideas with pencil and paper, a traditional drawing pad, and markers! The tools he's using for sketching and presentations have not been improved, they're perfect already!
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