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> It’s right out of the Steve Jobs handbook: something you don’t offer is a > terrible idea, until you offer it yourself, at which point you explain why your
by braythwayt 11y ago
> It’s right out of the Steve Jobs handbook: something you don’t offer is a
> terrible idea, until you offer it yourself, at which point you explain why your
> solution is the first to get it right.
--Jon Gruber, Daring Fireball
- ssharp 11y agoWould that might it wrong, though? There have been 3rd party pens and they were terrible and unnecessary. The multiple inputs, sensors, etc. will probably make this Apple stylus pretty useful. In this case, maybe Apple is the first to get it right.
- S_A_P 11y agoApple got it right because they were the first to charge 99 bucks for it.
- braythwayt 11y agoCorrect. Until now, a pencil was $50. http://shop.fiftythree.com/?cc=CA http://shop.fiftythree.com/?cc=CA
- wlesieutre 11y agoAlso $50 for a Surface 3 pen http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-Pen/productID.314885900 http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-...
- anjc 11y agoWhich comes free with the Surface.
- wlesieutre 11y agoSurface Pro 3, yes. Surface 3, no.
- smlacy 11y agoHuh? Wacom has been selling $99 stylii for quite some time. http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-KP701E2-Intuos4-Art-Stand/dp/B003ICXCXE http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-KP701E2-Intuos4-Art-Stand/dp/B00...
- twiceaday 11y agoIf you think a feature is a terrible idea then you shouldn't offer it. And if the technology or context changes sufficiently for you to change your mind then you should start offering it. This is just good product design. But I guess if you word it that way then you cant heavily imply that Jobs was a liar.
- braythwayt 11y agoI didn't post that to suggest that Apple is right or wrong. There are all sorts of reasons not to offer a particular feature or product at time X, and then subsequently offer what appears to be that exact thing at time Y. Not to mention that the feature or product at time Y might be significantly different or better than the compromise you might have cobbled together at time X. The comment simply refers to the black-and-white way in which Steve used to frame these things. IIRC, he said many of the same things about Intel chips, keyboard shortcuts, expandable RAM, and so forth.
- ebrenes 11y agoCase in point, self-driving cars. No one's offering that right now, because they all believe it sucks (at this point). But that doesn't mean that when they do offer it that it will be a bad idea.
- twiceaday 11y ago> The comment simply refers to the black-and-white way in which Steve used to frame these things. Except the Jobs' quote you replied to succinctly explains why a stylus is a bad idea as the primary input method on a small pocket device.
- billyhoffman 11y agoA stylus is a bad idea as the primary input method on a small pocket device. A 12.9 inch iPad Pro is not a "small pocket device".
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- draw_down 11y agoGruber wrote about the stylus thing too, you could have quoted that if you wanted. Here ya go: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/01/20/if-you-see http://daringfireball.net/linked/2015/01/20/if-you-see