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From: John Navas on 6 Mar 2010 11:12 <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/06/microsoft_courier_details_report/> Could be an iPad killer -- Microsoft may have finally got one right. -- Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://wireless.navas.us> John FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi> Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo> Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.navas.us/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>
From: Jeff Liebermann on 6 Mar 2010 12:14 On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:12:08 -0800, John Navas <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: ><http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/06/microsoft_courier_details_report/> > >Could be an iPad killer -- Microsoft may have finally got one right. It was also leaked about 6 months ago. Nothing happened: <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/23/microsoft_courier/> It sure looks nice. However, since it's Zune based (WinCE 6), my guess(tm) is that there will be copious legal limitations and entanglements limiting user installed software, music, user created apps, etc. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Microsoft Surface: <http://www.microsoft.com/surface/> and Palladium -> Trustworthy Computing (TwC) -> MSE -> etc: <http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/twc/> Yawn. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: Jeff Liebermann on 7 Mar 2010 01:04 On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:23:26 -0800, SMS <scharf.steven(a)geemail.com> wrote: >Jeff Liebermann wrote: >> On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:12:08 -0800, John Navas >> <spamfilter1(a)navasgroup.com> wrote: >> >>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/06/microsoft_courier_details_report/> >>> >>> Could be an iPad killer -- Microsoft may have finally got one right. >> >> It was also leaked about 6 months ago. Nothing happened: >> <http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/09/23/microsoft_courier/> >> It sure looks nice. However, since it's Zune based (WinCE 6), my >> guess(tm) is that there will be copious legal limitations and >> entanglements limiting user installed software, music, user created > >It doesn't matter how great the hardware is, where are the apps? It's based on the Zune, so whatever was running on the Zune before it died will probably work. Yech. Possibly, it will be sold as an "internet appliance" where you rent your web based applications from Microsoft: <http://home.live.com> Of course, developers will be lining up to for Visual Studio Basic Ultra-Lite Express Developers Edition, which requires signing the 200 page MS EULA, Release of Liability, and Loyalty Oath. >The iPad is going to be the 2010 "educational" toy and entertainment >device sitter that parents buy their kids. Those kids with a Nintendo >DSi in the car will be so 2009. The Microsoft product, if it's real, is >going to be more of a product used for actual work. It's very rare when a new product niche is actually used in the manner the manufacturer intended. The iPod Touch and iPhone were suppose to be Blackberry and HP iPaq killers. Instead, it's turned into a nifty game machine, porno viewer, YouTube viewer, and hackers delight (after jailbreaking). <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdQmmbO2T4> I don't know what one does with an iPad, but I do have a guess. One of the hacks in my office building had a cardboard full size mockup of the iPad and was trying to see how it would fit on the dashboard of his vehicle. One person in this newsgroups was considering using it as a portable order entry and cash register for his bicycle store. Personally, I think it's just a bigger iPod Touch for those of us that can't see the tiny screen and have the fat finger keyboard problem. >> apps, etc. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting for Microsoft Surface: > >Microsoft Surface has been in commercial use for several years already. Sorta. There are a few high profile customers, slick devices, and cool applications, but nothing that I can afford today. <http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/microsofts-new-pc-surfaces/story-e6frganf-1111113649360> Microsoft said it would manufacture the machine itself and initially sell it to corporate customers, deploying the first units in November in Sheraton hotels, Harrah's casinos, T-Mobile stores, and restaurants. The company is selling the Surface for between $US5000 ($6078) and $10,000 each, but aims to bring prices down to consumer levels in three to five years and introduce various shapes and forms. Well, that was 2007. Here we are 3 years later and nothing affordable. Ever read "Show-Stopper" by G.P. Zachary? It's the story of how David Cutler managed to deliver Windoze NT. The delays, disasters, and high pressure brute force necessary to get anything out the door at MS are detailed in the book. My guess(tm) is that any product that MS does itself, instead of buying the company, requires such an effort. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: Jeff Liebermann on 7 Mar 2010 04:14 On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:59:42 -0800, JC Dill <jcdill.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Jeff Liebermann wrote: > >> It's very rare when a new product niche is actually used in the manner >> the manufacturer intended. > >A photographer friend thinks the iPad will be used as a portable >portfolio display device for photographers. We won't need to make >portfolio books anymore, just load photos into a slideshow application >on the iPad and click play. It will be easy (perhaps too easy) to carry >multiple portfolios, each with a different type of image (e.g. >landscapes, weddings, sports). Good idea. Too bad Apple didn't include an SD card slot or USB jack to install one externally. (Drivel: This kinda reminds me of the NeXT Cube, which in 1989 didn't have a floppy disk drive.) I'm not sure what is the politically correct method of loading photos on the iPad, but if it's like the iPod Touch, your friend is going to have to do it with iTunes or one of an assortment of utilities. I use Pod To PC: <http://www.podtopc.com> ($20) <http://www.podtomac.com> (???) An SD card slot would have been soooooo much easier. However, you can store an awfully large number of photos in 16, 32, or 64GBytes of flash RAM in the iPad. The iPad is scheduled for release April 3. Let's see if Apple pulls off another iPhone style release and gouges the early adopters. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: Char Jackson on 7 Mar 2010 12:22
On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:27:04 GMT, sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >JC Dill <jcdill.lists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>A photographer friend thinks the iPad will be used as a portable >>portfolio display device for photographers. We won't need to make >>portfolio books anymore, just load photos into a slideshow application >>on the iPad and click play. > >Who needs an expensive iPad when a cheap picture frame display will accomplish >the same thing? Sony's got a nice one with automatic slide show for $100. Cheap is a relative term. I'm waiting for those picture frames to break the $14.95 mark, then I'm jumping in. |