Re: [NTLK] Apple Tablet Probably Imminent

It's getting more press than ever. Lots of activity. I, like you, don't know for certain if it will be released, but there are many indications that it is likely.

What is also interesting is the standard fare of negative comments that are surrounding it, even on this list. This happens almost every time Apple is about to or releases something. Then, after all the dust is settled, people fall in love with the devices, and Apple's profits reach new heights. It's like Apple's new products/new designs go through Schopenhauer's 3 stages of truth:

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."

People criticize Apple's ideas. Then they release the product, it gets more criticism. People cry foul... Built in battery? Metal casing? Glossy screen? Intel processors? Buttonless trackpad? Handwriting recognition? SD card slot? No optical drive? No floppy drive? No physical keyboard?

Then, after some time, they realize that there was much thought behind the design decisions, and come to the conclusion that they could not live without the product and would not really want anything to change on it.

Ryan

----- Original Message ----
From: "Goodwin, Greg P." <GoodwinG@aafes.com>
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 5:22:57 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Tablet Probably Imminent

" Probably Imminent"

See also...

"North South"
"East West"
"Bad Good"
"Feast Famine" ....

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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce@newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Tony Kan
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 1:09 AM
To: newtontalk@newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Tablet Probably Imminent

Jon

If you go by Steve Capps comments, no they aren't:
http://media.libsyn.com/media/retromaccast/RetroMacCast_115__Steve_Capps
_Part_1.
m4a

According to him, if there is any resemblance Apple does now to what has
been
done before, it is only really obvious or coincidence.

Warm regards

Tony Kan

Christchurch
New Zealand

[SNIP]

Thanks to the Newton, Apple has a very high standard to live up to. I
don't know if they are even attempting it.

By now, we should be experienced with Apple enough to know that
whatever is announced (if anything _is_ announced) that it won't be
anything like what we are expecting. And by anything, I mean it. It
will probably be a living room appliance, designed to work with the
AppleTV, and not go out of the house, or something else nobody is
expecting. Don't get your hopes up for a tablet like we think of, or a
new Newton. It just ain't gonna happen.

BTW, if a netbook is too big for what you want, a tablet probably is
too. That's what iPhones and Pres are for. ;-)

--
-Jon Glass
Krakow, Poland
<jonglass@usa.net>
"I don't believe in philosophies. I believe in fundamentals." --Jack
Nicklaus
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