Comments on: Apple Jumps the Shark http://notstoppingbelieving.com/2010/01/apple-jumps-the-shark/ everything cool you've ever seen, all in one place for your face Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Not Stopping Believing » No, I’m not pre-ordering an iPad http://notstoppingbelieving.com/2010/01/apple-jumps-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Not Stopping Believing » No, I’m not pre-ordering an iPad Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:22:13 +0000 http://notstoppingbelieving.com/?p=365#comment-37 [...] might have been obvious from my earlier posts, but I won’t be jumping on the iPad bandwagon just [...] [...] might have been obvious from my earlier posts, but I won’t be jumping on the iPad bandwagon just [...]

]]> By: Max http://notstoppingbelieving.com/2010/01/apple-jumps-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Max Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:15:22 +0000 http://notstoppingbelieving.com/?p=365#comment-35 I could easily see it as a control center for your house. Historically, Apple seems to use their quasi-open source development playground as a way to crowdsource features for the next piece of hardware they create. It'll be cool to see what developers come up with. Giant light saber apps! :) That's interesting about the <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358489,00.asp" rel="nofollow">new SIM card</a>. I wonder if the next iPhone will head to that card as well. I could easily see it as a control center for your house. Historically, Apple seems to use their quasi-open source development playground as a way to crowdsource features for the next piece of hardware they create. It’ll be cool to see what developers come up with. Giant light saber apps! :)

That’s interesting about the new SIM card. I wonder if the next iPhone will head to that card as well.

]]> By: Logan Greenlee http://notstoppingbelieving.com/2010/01/apple-jumps-the-shark/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Logan Greenlee Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:56:40 +0000 http://notstoppingbelieving.com/?p=365#comment-34 As they say... Wait for it... Nicely put. I'm not impressed either with the current incarnation. A video camera would make it the first real "video phone" which would be super cool. It has the potential to be the coolest home remote ever as well. E-reading would be cooler. There is a already a kindle "app for that" which will only improve with more screen real estate. And of course if you'd like to pay more for your books you can shop Apple. I think these reasons are ultimately why it will succeed - the iPad has the capacity to consolidate a bunch of things we might like to have (eBook reader), things we never knew we needed (huge remote), or things we have been waiting years for (video phone). Of course there are the games and things. It'll be great for photographers if someone writes a decent image review app that fits into existing workflows. And the list goes on. The thing that rubs me the wrong way is the adoption of the micro SIM form factor. This is a total "f-u" to existing customers who have an iPhone and might feel inclined to swap Sim cards to extract a little more utility from their already absurd telco fees. As they say… Wait for it…

Nicely put. I’m not impressed either with the current incarnation. A video camera would make it the first real “video phone” which would be super cool. It has the potential to be the coolest home remote ever as well. E-reading would be cooler. There is a already a kindle “app for that” which will only improve with more screen real estate. And of course if you’d like to pay more for your books you can shop Apple.

I think these reasons are ultimately why it will succeed – the iPad has the capacity to consolidate a bunch of things we might like to have (eBook reader), things we never knew we needed (huge remote), or things we have been waiting years for (video phone). Of course there are the games and things. It’ll be great for photographers if someone writes a decent image review app that fits into existing workflows. And the list goes on.

The thing that rubs me the wrong way is the adoption of the micro SIM form factor. This is a total “f-u” to existing customers who have an iPhone and might feel inclined to swap Sim cards to extract a little more utility from their already absurd telco fees.

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