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Perhaps you need to step away from your publishing job for a while
.. because you have clearly fallen into the tired mass media trap of trying to generate controversy as a means to drive traffic.

"Whatever happened to being nimble and innovative? Has Apple lost its fire?"

God forbid taking some time to design a thoughtful product so that it doesn't come out looking like a lazy rehash of some reference design. Anyone else sick of these Atom MSI reference-design clones?

Or worse, like cheap toy aka the eeePC 700 series.

As a tech writer, I think you should know by now there are two ways to make money. One, to get ahead of the curve and sell a million of something before people realise the product is less useful than they thought. Or two, to design a product that *makes it's own curve* and creates or redefines a market.

At one time or another, Palm, Dell, Sony, IBM were all in the latter category, but not as often as they were in the former. I think most people would agree Apple fits the latter most of the time, and never worries about some glorified gadget guy trying to make a buck selling critiques of it's R&D direction and product strategy.

Posted by: croberts   Posted on: 05/21/09  (Edited: 05/21/2009 @ 12:02) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Perhaps you need to step away from your publishing job for a while  croberts | 05/21/09
Cheap Toy?  ~Obelix~ | 05/21/09
It does satisfy a consumer want/need  oncall | 05/21/09
The MBA satifies a consumer want? Are you high?  Scrat | 05/21/09
Actually  oncall | 05/21/09
Aren't you sweet!  sackbut | 05/22/09
AirBook is perfect for me  davebarnes | 05/22/09
Battery life?  Jkirk3279 | 05/22/09
Battery Life?  davebarnes | 05/23/09
If Apple only just did yet another Tablet sure...but  James Quinn | 05/21/09
Just as all the other manufacturers ...  dkawalec | 05/21/09
What is there to redefine?  Rob Oakes | 05/23/09
Redefining a market  dkawalec | 05/25/09
S.J is on record as saying...  garybau | 06/01/09
Hey look a UMPC! (NT)  pmcgrath@... | 05/21/09
Except just like MP3 players and Cell Phones, Apple will do it right. [nt]  olePigeon | 05/21/09
Bah...  clindhartsen | 05/21/09
Ahem... I heard similar pre release claims of Vista.  James Quinn | 05/22/09
Thurrott  vikingnyc@... | 05/22/09
and the truth shall set you free!!  CrashPad | 05/23/09
Brighter Perhaps, But Not As Shiny  Rob Oakes | 05/23/09
SSShhhh...  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
Huh??  jrobcet | 05/21/09
Not Always  Jkirk3279 | 05/22/09
@jkirk3279  Axsimulate | 05/23/09
Wireless networking too...  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
Firewire. n/t  msalzberg | 05/24/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  jscherber | 05/21/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  Tigertank | 05/21/09
Jason O'Grady - What happened to you?  john@... | 05/21/09
Re: Jason O'Grady - What happened to you?  vince7@... | 05/21/09
Are you serious?  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/22/09
re. Are you serious?  Steve4Fluff | 05/26/09
Yeah, I laughed as soon as I read it in my RSS reader  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 05/22/09
You arranged the words wrong there.  CrashPad | 05/23/09
Whatever  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
Too little, too late is what they said about the iPod.  jameskatt | 05/21/09
History  macadam | 05/22/09
innovative, but not market leader  davidleecpowell@... | 05/21/09
I find it interesting...  PollyProteus | 05/22/09
Careful...  Badgered | 05/22/09
The difference...  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
You're absolutely right...  typedefron | 05/21/09
Too expensive  eMJayy | 05/22/09
Depends.....  James Quinn | 05/22/09
Well said PJ  oncall | 05/22/09
You are correct, of course  Badgered | 05/22/09
Which of course means  frgough | 05/22/09
It means what???  Badgered | 05/22/09
Name one "Apple" foe that is no longer..  CrashPad | 05/23/09
Gateway Computers...  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
Nimble and innovative? Or one trick pony?  T1Oracle | 05/22/09
Not even a question..its nimble and innovative.  James Quinn | 05/22/09
You can say the same about...  T1Oracle | 05/22/09
People don't think. That's why the modern media can be so vapid,  HypnoToad72 | 05/22/09
Interesting perspective here  Economister | 05/22/09
Good Grief!!!  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  steve_hayes_maine@... | 05/22/09
The problem  Userama | 05/22/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  CoServe | 05/22/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  cookeecut | 05/23/09
More like creative flim flammery  CrashPad | 05/23/09
A new device for a new generation of computer users...  Graham99 | 05/23/09
Fine for Consuming Media  Rob Oakes | 05/23/09
Count on one thing. It will be over priced.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/24/09
Typical Fanboy...  SimonUK2 | 05/24/09
Typical Fanboy... (take 2)  shryko | 05/25/09
Typical Fanboy... (take 3)  CowLauncher | 05/25/09
This is what apple does.  shadfurman | 05/25/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  ron.connal@... | 05/25/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  Steve4Fluff | 05/26/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  charanischiu | 05/27/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  ZDNeX | 06/01/09
RE: Apple tablet: too little, too late?  kaiubg | 11/12/09

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