BF2S Forums 'Cult' of Apple hangs on Wednesday announcement

nobody cared about digital-mp3's either when they all had their hot-shit CD walkmans...

technology trends move in weird directions

apple have the hype-power to shift that influence

we'll see, i dont care either way

Mekstizzle wrote:

nobody cares about tablets

Sucks for Steve eh? "his most important creation"

We will see. So much speculation.

His words not mine..

In a recent statement, Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has said ' Apple Tablet will be the most important thing I've ever done'.

Might be his last hu-rah.

Mekstizzle wrote:

Really, Apple have already created their greatest thing ever which was the iPhone. All they need to do is keep updating it, making it even more awesome. Stuff like Tablets and shit, they don't take off, not on a large basis like a smartphone would

I'd say the creation of the iPod was far more significant than the iPhone

You must know something nearly the entire tech industry doesn't know then.

Winston_Churchill wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

Really, Apple have already created their greatest thing ever which was the iPhone. All they need to do is keep updating it, making it even more awesome. Stuff like Tablets and shit, they don't take off, not on a large basis like a smartphone would

I'd say the creation of the iPod was far more significant than the iPhone

I would certainly agree with you there, though the iPhone was a significant device despite all of its flaws at launch and those it still has today. The iPod essentially made mp3s mainstream as an alternative to CDs as far as transporting your music was concerned. I really don't get why a tablet would be something so fabulous, though. The MID/UMPC market struggled and still continues to do so. It'll be a very highly priced niche product, just like UMPCs are. As far as mobile computing that you need small and to carry, the netbooks are still king there for as long as you don't need heavy processing power.

I'd like to know what kind of processing capabilities this tablet will have, though. The first-gen Macbook Air was a totally botched attempt and the second-gen hasn't seemed to show very much in the way of success... If Apple can pull this tablet off, though, I'll be very surprised. People will be writing their theses on a move like this - taking such a niche product and turning such a profit on it; but only if they pull it off.

Hey thar captain.. those multi touch apps (for android) are starting to show up over here (without rooting). The dolphin web browser for example.

Kmarion wrote:

Hey thar captain.. those multi touch apps (for android) are starting to show up over here (without rooting). The dolphin web browser for example.

Yea, the Dolphin has had the multitouch enabled for Android 2.0 phones since the Android 2.0 phones launched. I can remember getting the update notification shortly after the Droid dropped in the US.

CapnNismo wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

The iPod was just a regular mp3 player, for me the iPhone was a much bigger deal, something about smartphones in general that are just incredible. I dunno, different opinions.

The iPhone made smart phones mainstream, just like the iPod made mp3s as portable music mainstream. As far as which was more significant? I don't know - which one has turned more of a profit for the company?

I'd say smartphones were already mainstream before the iPhone.  There are great ones along with the iPhone (especially with its flaws at the beginning), when the iPod first came out it blew any other mp3 player out of the water for years (and still holds a huge majority of the market).

Winston_Churchill wrote:

I'd say smartphones were already mainstream before the iPhone.  There are great ones along with the iPhone (especially with its flaws at the beginning), when the iPod first came out it blew any other mp3 player out of the water for years (and still holds a huge majority of the market).

I would disagree with you. Shortly before the iPhone launch, smart phones were still very much for enterprise users on the whole. Certainly Palm and RIM both made phones for the masses BEFORE the iPhone, but neither reached that market penetration that Apple managed to do with the iPhone.

JahManRed wrote:

Apple. Bastards. I have a mac for studio gear. Its offers the best stability for multi tracking. So thats all good.

I wouldnt have an IPOD near me. Well I found one on the ground outside my office. Gave it a clean up and gave it to the GF. She has no PC.
I have a over 150gb of music on my server and have a creative Zen X-FI. Drag and drop. Fucking simple. Prity anal about my music libary. Cover art etc so it looks good in media portal.

So I am out splitting logs and come back in after an hour and the GF is like "I put music on my IPOD and figured out how to do it all by myself" Im like "did you download ITUNES?????" "Yep" she says proudly. I dont know what the fuck she did but my music collection is now totally fucked and re aranged and renamed.
FUCKING ITUNES PILE OF PISH!

hahahahahahaha!!!!!

Love it or hate it, they make good products. I'm certainley eager to see what it is, not that i'll be buying it ofc.