Steve Jobs -2011

--- On Mon, 10/10/11, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote: my comment had nothing to do w/software. "Palm pilot" used as generic handheld computer. Fell way way out of popularity (after everyone owning one up until about 5 years ago). It wasn't he -phone portion that made the iphone so popular (especially since AT & T was the carrier!), but rather the applications. The Palm whatevers died out big time, but they came back w/a vengeance. Despite the immense popularity, where's the innovation? My Tracphone has a Locosto processor and my HP 50g has a StrongArm, and w/that I'm done! And look at these tablets. You have to spend at least 400$ for a 10" tablet, but you can buy a netbook for a little over 200$. Both will wind you up in the insane asylum, so it's hard for me to dote on netbooks as opponents of the tablets. They're both nice in their own way, but won't replace a laptop. Nuh uh, not happening. The Toshiba I bought my mum (she has yet to turn it on 3 months later) is significantly nicer then my old Linus based Asus, but the A* was nice too. Very well made, rugged even (no h/d). But these things don't stand to "replace" anything. Sure there are instances where a netbook or tablet is ideal, for instance the guys working in the 7-11s around here routinely inventory w/their Fujitsu tablet in hand (probably run at least 1500$ per), which are beautiful. But there's no substitute 90% of the time for a desktop or full size laptop. The 15.6" Toshibas and whatnot (I do like T*s) are drop dead gorgeous and cost little over 300$. It's a joke how cheap this stuff is. So what has Apple offered recently? Why should I go out and buy a Snuggy instead of donning a bathrobe backwards? And I don't own or need one of those either! I got plenty of old fashioned towels that work just fine!