I think perhaps it's just that I see the ipod touch/iphone as the start of the revolution and you may see the ipad as the start. Either way, Apple is leading the charge on this again as they did on mp3, I just hope the content wars over ipads/kindles/tablets don't cause more casualties on the customer side, gaining 'innovation' at the cost of control. The publisher who pulled out of amazon for (probably) the ipad worries me more than I'm hopeful in what the ipad might bring.
On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > If you look for obvious revolutionary new, you will not see the impact. > Jobs gave us a clue: standing on their shoulders. His intent, I believe > is to change how consumers, maybe businesses as well, view the hand > held, wireless and portable device market by putting it together to add > more value. Don't know how it will play out, but I will be watching to > see what Apple does and how they do it. > > I am not dismissing it, as you seem to be Mike, because I think watching > will be fun and I will learn from it. > > Thank you, > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > Well it's hardly a paradigm change, Jobs is doing what other devices > have > already done before him..and some would argue better. The kindle comes > with > free wireless, you can download books anywhere for free. Apple is > simply > doing what they have done for years, take existing products and trying > to > make them better. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) > <mark.sny...@ngc.com > > wrote: > > > Yes, with the iPad Jobs is attempting a wireless, portable device > > paradigm change. Well worth watching to see how Apple goes about it. > > > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > > -----Original Message----- > > I don't agree. The iPhone gives us some great clues and all the > > revolutionary changes it brought will still hold. Add to this the Time > > Inc., YouTube video of what SI would look like on an iPad. Also add > > what we have seen with the Kindle. And the current problems of the > > news and media industry. I don't think it requires much of a stretch > > of the imagination to see that the iPad is going to be a very > > interesting device. > > > > > <snip> > > > > I have not watched it yet, but I wonder if you are missing the major > > qualitative changes that even a small change in technology can > > achieve. Cell phones give ubiquitous connectivity. The ability to > > reach out to people at any time from any place changes how we organize > > our daily lives. Add to this mix Apple's apps innovation and you not > > have the same ubiquitous ability to reach data. Add to this GPS and > > you can become aware of your environment in a way that is wholly > > different. This is a big deal. > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * > > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > > > ************************************************************************ > * > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy > ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ > ** > ************************************************************************ > * > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
