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I went to the shops to have a look at the various non Apple slates. All of them were badly presented. The applications were dull, the email client wouldn't star

by teyc 15y ago

I went to the shops to have a look at the various non Apple slates. All of them were badly presented. The applications were dull, the email client wouldn't start because it needed an account, the marketplace was blocked because you have to put in a credit card. The playbook itself was stuck in a air hockey game, but I pressed every button and couldn't exit it. No wonder Apple is eating every one's lunch by just showing up.

rahoulb 15y ago
That's why Apple started the Apple Stores in the first place - all those years ago, Macs used to get the same treatment so they needed somewhere to show them off.
- teyc 15y ago
  even resellers have nice standard apple desks to present Apple products. The iPads have range of demo applications pre-installed to showcase what it is capable of. Meanwhile, Honeycomb tablets just feel like a chunk of metal.
  - serge2k 15y ago
    I was looking a xoom in futureshop. It had angry birds installed. Someone decided that it needed to have every possible space covered with an angry birds icon.
  - zmonkeyz 15y ago
    Yeah they do now. But like the other poster said before the Apple store they got the same shitty treatment.
- teyc 15y ago
  Incidentally, I went over to Myer's in Australia to have a look at the Mac line up. Someone in their wisdom has decided that every iMac, MBP and Air needs to play Justin Bieber's music video at the loudest volume. Looped. This is how Apple can be defeated. MS needs to hire someone to fly around the world and replicate this across all Apple demo units.
sharmajai 15y ago
That is because playbook requires a swipe up from the bottom bezel to bring up app list where you can close it. This is due to the ingenious functioning bezel it has, which removes the need for that lingering bottom bar as in android.
- teyc 15y ago
  The reason the button is there is for ease of discoverability. Actually I watched the MS tablet demo with the same horror that I don't think my dad will be able to operate this.

by teyc 15y ago

rahoulb 15y ago

That's why Apple started the Apple Stores in the first place - all those years ago, Macs used to get the same treatment so they needed somewhere to show them off.

teyc 15y ago
even resellers have nice standard apple desks to present Apple products. The iPads have range of demo applications pre-installed to showcase what it is capable of. Meanwhile, Honeycomb tablets just feel like a chunk of metal.
- serge2k 15y ago
  I was looking a xoom in futureshop. It had angry birds installed. Someone decided that it needed to have every possible space covered with an angry birds icon.
- zmonkeyz 15y ago
  Yeah they do now. But like the other poster said before the Apple store they got the same shitty treatment.
teyc 15y ago
Incidentally, I went over to Myer's in Australia to have a look at the Mac line up. Someone in their wisdom has decided that every iMac, MBP and Air needs to play Justin Bieber's music video at the loudest volume. Looped. This is how Apple can be defeated. MS needs to hire someone to fly around the world and replicate this across all Apple demo units.

sharmajai 15y ago

That is because playbook requires a swipe up from the bottom bezel to bring up app list where you can close it. This is due to the ingenious functioning bezel it has, which removes the need for that lingering bottom bar as in android.

teyc 15y ago
The reason the button is there is for ease of discoverability. Actually I watched the MS tablet demo with the same horror that I don't think my dad will be able to operate this.