Apple Event - Live Blogging/Streaming Coverage

[dioib]

If I could move files around, I'll be a definite buyer; otherwise..

Edit: otherwise, it depends

[AnemicOak]

Is it Adobe DRM'd ePub or is it some new version of DRM by Apple, iDRM?

[rcuadro]

Hell, the more I think about it... it would have just been better to take the MacBook, give it a rotating touch screen and be done with it

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by Alisa

If they allow it. I'm worried they'll remove it on the grounds that it duplicates functionality as they've done with other apps.

Be pretty hard for them to remove an existing app after stating ALL iPhone apps will work on it.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by stustaff

you said the battery life was meh and then referred to the battery life of a completely different device being better.

irrelevant and pointless comments really.

If your genuinely now decided that it isnt for you then fine I dont mind taht and i get that you dont think it suits you, as you dont want a tablet device anyway.

I guess you dont need to keep posting in here, apologies if I offended you I just though it was a silly post.

anyway this is going nowhere so... Im Out.

I made a comparison between what I need and what this delivers, that's what I did. In fact, no, I didn't do that, all I said was 'meh' which pretty much sums up my whole reaction to this announcment. You're the one who took it beyond that. Jesus tapdancing Christ, but you'd think I spat on someone the way people react.

[rcuadro]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Is it Adobe DRM'd ePub or is it some new version of DRM by Apple, iDRM?

If it is ePub I am sure what we will need it just to figure out the key for the DRM... like how ADE uses your email and B&N uses your name and cc info

[dmaul1114]

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Jesus, it's like I insulted someone's God or something by saying I don't like the look of this thing or that the battery life isn't good enough.

You just came across as overly harsh. Many were worried the thing would only get 4-6 hours of battery life. 10 hours for a device with a screen that size while watching video is more than anyone reasonably expected.

Anyone is going to be disappointed with devices if they have expectations that are way out of sync with current technology.

I'm no Apple fanboy. I've never owned a single Apple product in my life as I've always found them overpriced, been tied to windows for work etc.

I just don't get bashing a battery life on a device that's above what people were reasonably expecting. And find it silly to compare it to an e-ink device as it's not mean to be that kind of device. It's not aiming for the avid readers who need tons of battery life.

It's aimed at people who want something between a laptop and PC, that's more portable and has a better form function for reading, playing games, surfing the net (without much typing) etc. A netbook is heavier than this, thicker, most can't do video (especially HD) worth a damn. And most don't get 10 hours of battery life while displaying video. So netbooks are completely useless to me, given how much I watch streaming HD video.

So 10 hours seems very damn good for the type of device it is and what it can do. So I don't get the point of holding it to some unreasonable standard because you're e-ink device which only does one task lasts much longer.

[Moejoe]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

Hell, the more I think about it... it would have just been better to take the MacBook, give it a rotating touch screen and be done with it

Now that would have been very exciting (and I sort of imagined something like that before the announcement).

[Hobohodou]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

Hell, the more I think about it... it would have just been better to take the MacBook, give it a rotating touch screen and be done with it

I think this would have worked, but they would be avoiding all previous tablets which would have "failed" for having a desktop UI...

This way it appeals to a comfortable spot of people who can use the Iphone or Ipod Touch.

Would have worked better as a tablet netbook hybrid....1GHz is overkill IMO if they don't at least have multiple apps running at once...

[Daithi]

I wonder how this is going to affect Amazon? If the publishers can charge whatever they like with Apple and get 70% does this mean the publishers will stop providing digital versions of their books to Amazon, or that Amazon will need to adopt the Apple pricing structure?

I also noticed that Random House was not mentioned with the other publishers. I wonder why.

[dioib]

Edit (I meant iWork) : 9.99?! come on!

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by dioib

If I could move files around, I'll be a definite buyer; otherwise..

Edit: otherwise, it depends

I think thats the key point they are clearly aiming this in the 'not a computer' space. so I dont think there will be any of that... but maybe.

[rcuadro]

Originally Posted by Daithi

I wonder how this is going to affect Amazon? If the publishers can charge whatever they like with Apple and get 70% does this mean the publishers will stop providing digital versions of their books to Amazon, or that Amazon will need to adopt the Apple pricing structure?

That is what worries me... then again there are other places to get books and something like that may drive me to find alternate means of obtaining eBooks

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by rcuadro

If it is ePub I am sure what we will need it just to figure out the key for the DRM... like how ADE uses your email and B&N uses your name and cc info

Could be, but since ePub has no 'official' DRM they can really do anything they want to encrypt things if they don't use Adobe's Adept.

[kjk]

the hell, it does have 3G...well, some of them.