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shiggie · 11-06-2007, 08:29 AM

I'd love to think that Apple would deliver a product as described in this thread... but it simply doesn't fit with Apple's current agenda.

If Apple were to release such a device, it would probably employ a stricter DRM than that of a Sony device; furthermore, it would probably have functionality limited in such as way as to bind the user to some subscription-based service.

Apple have always listened carefully to what the public wants, and ignored everything... going instead to produce the product they think the public wants and then telling them why they want it.

I've been waiting for the do-it-all Apple PDA for so many years... 10 years on and I don't think it's coming. Even if it does, I'd have to be persuaded to buy one as I got burned when they dropped the Newton, and again when they abandoned the PowerPC chipset.

11-06-2007, 08:29 AM	#38
shiggie Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2006	I'd love to think that Apple would deliver a product as described in this thread... but it simply doesn't fit with Apple's current agenda. If Apple were to release such a device, it would probably employ a stricter DRM than that of a Sony device; furthermore, it would probably have functionality limited in such as way as to bind the user to some subscription-based service. Apple have always listened carefully to what the public wants, and ignored everything... going instead to produce the product they think the public wants and then telling them why they want it. I've been waiting for the do-it-all Apple PDA for so many years... 10 years on and I don't think it's coming. Even if it does, I'd have to be persuaded to buy one as I got burned when they dropped the Newton, and again when they abandoned the PowerPC chipset.