Archive | January 29th, 2010
Alan Kay on the iPhone and the iPad, sorta
Alan Kay, the famed computer scientist who was an instrumental figure at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and who would later work at Apple’s now defunct Advanced Technology Group, has an interesting quote about the iPhone that’s especially revealing in light of the recently unveiled Apple iPad. In an interview last year, Kay stated: When the Mac […]
Continue reading...Adobe takes Apple to task for lack of flash on iPad
29. January 2010
In a post titled “Broken link?”, Adrian Ludwig of Adobe calls Apple out for not including flash on the newly announced iPad, and argues that Apple is ultimately ruining the end-user experience. As I drove by Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco this morning, I couldn’t help but be impressed. Apple certainly has the ability […]
Continue reading...Joe Hewitt, developer of iPhone Facebook app, sees promise in the iPad
29. January 2010
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Joe Hewitt is the all-star developer behind the immensely popular Facebook app for the iPhone, and over the past few months, he’s had his fair share of gripes about the way Apple runs the iTunes App Store – which ultimately led him to abandon all iPhone development. Still, Hewitt opines on the recently announced iPad and […]
Continue reading...iPad promo materials show Safari running flash
29. January 2010
Sometimes aesthetic considerations supercede reality when it comes to advertising. To wit, check out some promotional shots of the iPad below – the New York Times pages it displays all have flash elements to them, yet if you recall Steve Jobs’ demo, a missing plugin icon appeared on the iPad when Jobs was browsing the […]
Continue reading...Jobs: iPad has 140 hours of music playback, e-books will cost the same as on Amazon
29. January 2010
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At Apple’s iPad event this past Wednesday, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher of the WSJ caught up with Steve Jobs and asked him a few questions about the iPad, its battery life, and the pricing of e-books. Below is a video of Mossberg talking with Jobs along with a transcript of their chat (as best […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple holds internal “town hall” style iPad meeting
29. January 2010
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MacNN reports that Apple yesterday held a “town hall” meeting for company employees regarding the recently announced iPad, and notes that a similar meeting was held shortly after the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. At that event, CEO Steve Jobs is said to have told workers that the iPhone would change the cellphone industry… During […]
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29. January 2010
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