12-18-2007, 05:39 PM
I finally broke down and bought a Sony Reader yesterday. As far as the Reader itself goes, I love it for what it is, flaws and all. It does what I need it to do. But the s/w required to buy books from the Sony eBook store is hardly iTunes or iTMS, even though you can tell Sony tried to copy it best they could. For example, best I can tell there is no way to select specific books to sync to the Reader, while leaving others on the computer. It seems to be an all or nothing proposition unless you put each book in a separate folder (more work).
I REALLY appreciate Apple after using this Sony/PC crapware and it got me thinking about why Apple Haters hate Apple. This Sony Reader s/w isn't a one-off bad egg. Most PC required gadgets ship with similar ill-conceived user unfriendly s/w. Apple is about the only company that realizes the s/w is as important as the h/w, and yet there are people out there that want see Apple blow up b/c other consumers appreciate Apple's ease of use platforms. Sure Apple owns the digital music (and video?) market, maybe even a big chunk of the Smartphone market soon, but only b/c they make a product that people actually understand and want...its not just slick marketing.
Then there are the media companies that fear Apple is getting to "powerful." I'm all for robust competition, but I don't see any. I just see a bunch of whining companies that make half-assed attempts to make something better than Apple, then fail and just whine louder, usually to their Congressman.
From my perspective it looks like no tech product can take off with out an offering from Apple b/c only Apple really understands the consumer. Why don't the Haters get that and start competing for real instead of just conspiring against Apple? What am I missing here?
I REALLY appreciate Apple after using this Sony/PC crapware and it got me thinking about why Apple Haters hate Apple. This Sony Reader s/w isn't a one-off bad egg. Most PC required gadgets ship with similar ill-conceived user unfriendly s/w. Apple is about the only company that realizes the s/w is as important as the h/w, and yet there are people out there that want see Apple blow up b/c other consumers appreciate Apple's ease of use platforms. Sure Apple owns the digital music (and video?) market, maybe even a big chunk of the Smartphone market soon, but only b/c they make a product that people actually understand and want...its not just slick marketing.
Then there are the media companies that fear Apple is getting to "powerful." I'm all for robust competition, but I don't see any. I just see a bunch of whining companies that make half-assed attempts to make something better than Apple, then fail and just whine louder, usually to their Congressman.
From my perspective it looks like no tech product can take off with out an offering from Apple b/c only Apple really understands the consumer. Why don't the Haters get that and start competing for real instead of just conspiring against Apple? What am I missing here?