The iPad is the fire that sucked all the oxygen out of the room. Apple zigged and you guys are still trying to figure out what a zag is.
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Stop trying to make iPads. Make markets.
Boom.
Source: minimalmac.com
… I love my Apple TV—I love that I can unplug it in 1.5 seconds from my hunk of shit and bring it to my grandma’s house and plug it into her hunk of shit and we can watch movies.
Source: apple.com
While Apple’s competitors are building phones, functional but cold, Apple is building something alive.
Source: tightwind.net
Non-Apple’s Mistake
A very interesting perspective on what the rest of the computing market has failed to do, and how in (not) doing so, it has handed Apple its current market position.
Source: loper-os.org
Niche apps and the iPad
Applications like forScore are what interest me most about the developing iPad ecosystem. Sure, mainstream iPhone applications will be enhanced to take advantage of the expanded screen real estate and additional features, but apps that simply weren’t possible before — this, to me, is where the device will truly shine.
Source: forscoreapp.com
Penguin and the iPad
Strong, no-nonsense language from Penguin’s CEO John Makinson:
The iPad represents the first real opportunity to create a paid distribution model that will be attractive to consumers.We will be embedding audio, video and streaming in to everything we do.The definition of the book itself is up for grabs.Asked how he felt about Apple’s 30-percent cut:
This is better than the equivalent print agency model, in which publishers let retailers keep 50 percent.
Source: mrgan
How much of the goodwill Apple once had with programmers have they lost over the App Store? A third? Half? And that’s just so far. The App Store is an ongoing karma leak.
Paul Graham, “Apple’s Mistake”
Another credible voice joins the chorus decrying the deeply broken approval process for the App Store. Squandering this kind of intangible asset — the hearts and minds of loyal developers — is a mistake it seems Apple would be far too smart to make. And so I have no doubt that they’re aware of the damage being done, but when leveled against disrupting the now $1.2B+ revenue stream that is the App Store, decision paralysis seems to have set in.
Source: paulgraham.com
Mind Share vs. Market Share
John Gruber on the splintering alliance between Apple and Google.
Source: daringfireball.net
