For a bit of balance, how about http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/ (or http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jan/29/stephen-fry-apple-ipad )
Dear old Mr Fry seems to have taken to the role of "Apple's Chief Apologist" very seriously. On 31 January 2010 14:06, Sam Mbale <[email protected]> wrote: > iPad is just a wall fence for publishers. > > Sam Mbale > Mpelembe Network > http://www.mpelembe.net > > Follow me on http://twitter.com/mpelembe > > > > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Christopher Woods < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Tonge >> > Sent: 30 January 2010 22:55 >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [backstage] iPad >> > >> > >> > On 30 Jan 2010, at 22:39, Alex Mace wrote: >> > >> > > FUD. >> > >> > Nothing so grandiose, simply ignorance! :) >> > >> > Can any of those browsers be set to the device default? >> >> From the looks of the Macworld article, I don't think you would *want* to >> set any of the six browsers they review as default! >> >> For example, in the first paragraph: "I didn't get very far before I ran >> into the first limitation-none of the eight browser's would open my >> family's >> password-protected Web site. I don't know why, but it seems that sites >> that >> use the standard Apache access controls can't be accessed from a >> third-party >> browser." >> >> What's the point in using a third-party browser if (seemingly due to the >> SDK) it can't even perform as well as the original included browser? >> >> And the Google Voice app still hasn't been permitted on the App Store, >> it's >> still in a state of perpetual review (which is why Google just sidestepped >> it in the end to make their HTML5 web app at m.google.com/voice). Apple >> are >> still being nefarious. >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
