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Yes, how dare a company run by an Indian CEO put out such a remarkable device...they should be giggling their heads off. EDIT: Based on the immediate downvotes

by fiaz 17y ago

Yes, how dare a company run by an Indian CEO put out such a remarkable device...they should be giggling their heads off. EDIT: Based on the immediate downvotes I've received I would like to know: why should Apple engineers be giggling? Honest question.

mdemare 17y ago
Because Apple's rumored to launch a tablet themselves in the next 6 months, and with all the scandals surrounding this one, they'll have even less competition.
- hrishi 17y ago
  In case you haven't noticed, that rumour has been flying around for years now. Someone has already made a device which they are going to start selling from next week. And you think that makes less competition for an imaginary device? I couldn't think of a better definition of fanboyism.
  - mdemare 17y ago
    I'm merely trying to explain the line of thought of many people to the downmodded parent poster. No need to become rude.
    - hrishi 17y ago
      I'm sorry I don't mean to be rude. But it would certainly be a better conversation if you stated your own opinion rather than trying to explain others'. How does one know you don't implicitly agree?
      - mdemare 17y ago
        When someone is being downmodded, and doesn't know why, I try to be a good netizen and offer an explanation. Otherwise, I stick to my own opinion :)
  - zimbabwe 17y ago
    Chill out, bro. You're reading way into this. As for this tablet thing. Every person whose sources I trust have said the Apple tablet will be announced in early 2010. They've been saying early 2010 since late 2008, so I think I'm assuming that's correct. And I'm not saying it will be better than this glorified web browser, but Apple has a pretty superb track record when it comes to making new and innovative products. So there's hope that it might be really cool, as opposed to this, which is really lame.
    - hrishi 17y ago
      What in your opinion makes this lame?
      - zimbabwe 17y ago
        It's unnecessary. I personally think that between an iPod touch and a Macbook, there's no issue with the currently-existing portable market. I use an iPod to read and write and browse the Internet without any complaints. For $500 especially this is nothing interesting without the controversy. Now, that's one of the reasons I'm interested now in the Apple Tablet. I'd bet that if Apple is releasing one, it's because they've figured out something clever that I'm not seeing myself, and their product will stand out from its competitors in terms of core functionality, and I'd like to see what that is.
andrew1 17y ago
I guess the implication was that something that Apple had designed would have been better in some way. I don't think it was intended as a slur against Fusion Garage in particular. I imagine someone would have made a similar comment regardless of who had produced this.
sounddust 17y ago
You got downvoted because you baselessly accused the parent poster of being racist in his comment. If you had left out that comment and just asked the question, you would have likely been upvoted instead. Apple engineers might be laughing because their prototype tablet - which they have likely been working on for a year - is probably far beyond the the JooJoo pad in innovation. The JooJoo pad is not bad, but it's also not particularly innovative (an iPod Touch resized to 10" would already be a better product, just to give an example). Also, in order for the JooJoo pad to succeed, it needs strong marketing. Apple is the master of marketing, and the team behind the JooJoo pad abandoned someone who would have been an effective marketer and buzz-generator (and who gave it a great name - the CrunchPad). No matter what happened between Fusion Garage and Arrington, FG should have hired a competent marketing team to come up with a name and strategy for promoting the device.
- fiaz 17y ago
  The parent comment in itself was vague enough to be interpreted as such. I'd rather have an open discussion about such issues instead of covering them up as though they are not there. I should also point out that the key word in your comment is might. I can just as easily say that somebody might be justified in being offended by the parent comment.
  - mahmud 17y ago
    Do you know how many Apple engineers and product managers are Indians? Silicon valley is not the place you wanna play the race card. Desi-coders are a fact of life.
    - fiaz 17y ago
      Which is why I doubt somebody at Apple would be giggling, regardless of what they have up their sleeve. Hence my initial comment and follow up question. To be clear: the parent comment is vague enough to be interpreted as offensive.
      - 17y ago
zaatar 17y ago
Chandra, the CEO of Fusion Garage, is Singaporean, not Indian. He is of Indian origin (i.e. his parents were Indian) but he was born & raised in Singapore.

by fiaz 17y ago

mdemare 17y ago

Because Apple's rumored to launch a tablet themselves in the next 6 months, and with all the scandals surrounding this one, they'll have even less competition.

hrishi 17y ago
In case you haven't noticed, that rumour has been flying around for years now. Someone has already made a device which they are going to start selling from next week. And you think that makes less competition for an imaginary device? I couldn't think of a better definition of fanboyism.
- mdemare 17y ago
  I'm merely trying to explain the line of thought of many people to the downmodded parent poster. No need to become rude.
  - hrishi 17y ago
    I'm sorry I don't mean to be rude. But it would certainly be a better conversation if you stated your own opinion rather than trying to explain others'. How does one know you don't implicitly agree?
    - mdemare 17y ago
      When someone is being downmodded, and doesn't know why, I try to be a good netizen and offer an explanation. Otherwise, I stick to my own opinion :)
- zimbabwe 17y ago
  Chill out, bro. You're reading way into this. As for this tablet thing. Every person whose sources I trust have said the Apple tablet will be announced in early 2010. They've been saying early 2010 since late 2008, so I think I'm assuming that's correct. And I'm not saying it will be better than this glorified web browser, but Apple has a pretty superb track record when it comes to making new and innovative products. So there's hope that it might be really cool, as opposed to this, which is really lame.
  - hrishi 17y ago
    What in your opinion makes this lame?
    - zimbabwe 17y ago
      It's unnecessary. I personally think that between an iPod touch and a Macbook, there's no issue with the currently-existing portable market. I use an iPod to read and write and browse the Internet without any complaints. For $500 especially this is nothing interesting without the controversy. Now, that's one of the reasons I'm interested now in the Apple Tablet. I'd bet that if Apple is releasing one, it's because they've figured out something clever that I'm not seeing myself, and their product will stand out from its competitors in terms of core functionality, and I'd like to see what that is.

andrew1 17y ago

I guess the implication was that something that Apple had designed would have been better in some way. I don't think it was intended as a slur against Fusion Garage in particular. I imagine someone would have made a similar comment regardless of who had produced this.

sounddust 17y ago

You got downvoted because you baselessly accused the parent poster of being racist in his comment. If you had left out that comment and just asked the question, you would have likely been upvoted instead. Apple engineers might be laughing because their prototype tablet - which they have likely been working on for a year - is probably far beyond the the JooJoo pad in innovation. The JooJoo pad is not bad, but it's also not particularly innovative (an iPod Touch resized to 10" would already be a better product, just to give an example). Also, in order for the JooJoo pad to succeed, it needs strong marketing. Apple is the master of marketing, and the team behind the JooJoo pad abandoned someone who would have been an effective marketer and buzz-generator (and who gave it a great name - the CrunchPad). No matter what happened between Fusion Garage and Arrington, FG should have hired a competent marketing team to come up with a name and strategy for promoting the device.

fiaz 17y ago
The parent comment in itself was vague enough to be interpreted as such. I'd rather have an open discussion about such issues instead of covering them up as though they are not there. I should also point out that the key word in your comment is might. I can just as easily say that somebody might be justified in being offended by the parent comment.
- mahmud 17y ago
  Do you know how many Apple engineers and product managers are Indians? Silicon valley is not the place you wanna play the race card. Desi-coders are a fact of life.
  - fiaz 17y ago
    Which is why I doubt somebody at Apple would be giggling, regardless of what they have up their sleeve. Hence my initial comment and follow up question. To be clear: the parent comment is vague enough to be interpreted as offensive.
    - 17y ago

zaatar 17y ago

Chandra, the CEO of Fusion Garage, is Singaporean, not Indian. He is of Indian origin (i.e. his parents were Indian) but he was born & raised in Singapore.