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by rbarooah 16y ago
I think you're overlooking the idea that tablets only have to be better at one or two things in order for people to adopt them. Once you have one, the additional functions don't have to be objectively better in order to displace single fun
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by rbarooah 16y ago
If it's so transparent, and provokes such outrage, why does it make Apple look better? I don't think it's so clear. I've noticed Jobs attacking the competition more and more - gradually increasing since the launch of the original iPhone -
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Good god, why on earth did that get downvoted? It's an intelligent opinion, and he's not the only one who thinks it. That said, I strongly disagree. iPad class tablets are a portable window into the digital world. Apple's video did a pre
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by rbarooah 16y ago
So that justifies your abusive behavior?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Nice. That should be a mechanic in the Hacker News board game. "Ridicule Competition: Your CEO is losing confidence but is unaware of it. Lose 3 steam points and miss your next turn."
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by rbarooah 16y ago
It may not move the debate forward but it does wonders for his karma.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I seem to recall the iPad being pretty roundly ridiculed as 'just a big iPod touch' no USB, no flash, etc. etc, and I hear plenty of ridicule from the Xoom crowd. What's the rule in this situation? Does the one who ridicules first lose, or
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by rbarooah 16y ago
If you read the thread, you'll see that there was no fawning. Just an attempt to understand the motivation behind Jobs negative statements. Understanding how and why someone like Jobs communicates seems pretty relevant to this community.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
They have said it was the best selling product in their history. That implies that it was at least as good as the droid or the htc incredible. That kind of volume might well be worth a couple of percentage points.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Why the downvotes? Is it unreasonable to question analysts reports now?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
You're oversimplifying. The misquote of the Samsung executive is the only thing he said that might be dishonest. Unlike the original statement by Samsung that they sold 2 million devices. The fact is that executives in the industry make m
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by rbarooah 16y ago
You are confusing explanation with justification. I think steve jobs was dishonest in presenting that uncorrected quote from the Samsung executive. It lessens him in my eyes and it has been called out already. Does that mean we can't attem
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by rbarooah 16y ago
For anyone who wants a good tablet for $500 or $600, the comparison is completely valid. All he said was that the competition wasn't offering anything at the lower price points. Nothing even slightly misleading about that.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Aside from the Samsung misquote, what did Jobs say that could be called a lie?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I guess you weren't expecting that.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
By that measure, all of the major players are losing steam.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I didn't make excuses. I said it was negative and that I didn't like it. I attempted to explain why I thought he was doing it. I find it interesting to try to understand people's motivations rather than condemn them even if I dislike what
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by rbarooah 16y ago
The Tabs weren't sold - Samsung said so. The iPads were sold and are no longer available. That's why. (source: http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/02/28/backs.quick.se... )
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by rbarooah 16y ago
You mean Weintraub? He knows for certain that Samsung didn't sell 2 million tabs, because Samsung made a statement saying that, yet he pretends that they did. This kind of journalism is part of the problem - not the solution.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
What device would have been a better comparison for someone who cares about price?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
If you respond to something I actually wrote, I'll be happy to discuss it with you.
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Except that we know why the iPad resolution hasn't changed: 1. There are 65,000 apps tuned to work with it, so a minor bump to 'compete' on specs would make the user experience worse . 2. We know they are going to double it to 'retina' lev
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I don't see how the 90% market share statement is wrong unless you include boxes sitting in warehouses or returned products as 'sold'. What's wrong with the price comparison? I agree that the smooth/small thing was underhanded, although let
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I wonder how accurate this is given that we don't know what effect the Verizon iPhone has had?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
The iPad 2 hardware was shown at CES?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Which numbers were outright wrong?
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by rbarooah 16y ago
I agree that it seems negative and I'd rather he didn't do it, but I can see why he does. There are plenty of even less accurate commentators who are prepared to make analyses of the situation that are unfavorable to Apple. Most people don'
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by rbarooah 16y ago
For those who don't know - Daredevil is a comic book character who is blind but has trained his other senses to compensate. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(Marvel_Comics) Not an amazing contribution to the thread but relevant an
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by rbarooah 16y ago
Part of it involves surgery - which might be tricky to do incrementally. It also doesn't sound as though he knows much about startup methodology or has the personality or desire to solve the bootstrapping problem. He's seems like a domain e
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by rbarooah 16y ago
That's a fair point. It might take a while before many people have a chance to work for companies like that though.

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