Comments on: WWDC 2010 Roundup

By: Doug Pasnak

Doug Pasnak — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:37:00 +0000

Apparently I should have gone public. My brothers and I routinely used the "Highlander" reference when talking about how the tech press, poisoned by years of Microsoft's dominance, imagine "there can be only one" and invent kill or be killed scenarios predicated on the notion that one company must "win" in technology. This in spite of the hundreds of highly competitive markets where many companies are successful and innovative, and all without the need to have one company oppressively dominate.

By: Doug Pasnak

Doug Pasnak — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:37:25 +0000

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:34:41 +0000

I think Apple knows that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKoLp_lGo14

By: Twilightmoon

Twilightmoon — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:30:48 +0000

FaceTime video chat would be excellent for service men and women to be able to talk to their families back home.

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:54:04 +0000

I can see this being the case, but I wouldn't bet on it.
It would imply the iPod Touch not being available in a 64GB version when the next update hits.

I'm going to have to agree with Mr. Lines here, saying that it is due to space constraints, and maybe even higher energy usage, resulting in shorter battery life.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:37:43 +0000

I think Apple decided on same memory sizes for 2 reasons: 1) squeeze a bit more battery into the iPhone. Those are some impressive battery numbers, 2) give the iPad a differentiator, bigger device more memory.

By: mangochutney

mangochutney — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:45:10 +0000

Great round-up, thanks.
I laughed so hard when we were shown, just how little these idiots of Jizzmodo managed to deduce about the new iPhone by breaking it; not fucking much! Little fact, looks, guesses and wilder guesses.
I'm really looking forward to the criminal trial and a civil lawsuit that Apple will probably file.

My Panasonic DMC-LX3 shoots 720p, 30fps video, but only MPEG2. I'll whip it out for this use less when I get the new iPhone, I guess.

As to your parting thoughts, they're spot-on. I consider myself to be pretty apt when it comes to tech and sometimes I like to get my hands dirty, metaphorically speaking. Most of the time, though, I want my stuff to just work. That's the single most important reason for my switch to the fucking Mac.

By: dillinger23

dillinger23 — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:41:48 +0000

100% Agreed. Also iADraconian Control!!!!!

By: Ståle

Ståle — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:53:11 +0000

Not a bad commentary.

By: F. A. Drunk

F. A. Drunk — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:52:23 +0000

Nice, succinct summary.