RiK wrote:Some form of multi-tasking is far more likely than Flash I reckon though it will be interesting to see how much mainstream media attention the lack of Flash gets once it's out there.
Any time there's a feature missing the critics will jump on it and the fans will say it doesn't matter. Look at all the fluff around the Nexus not having multi touch. A lot of people said "shame, but there's a lot to love about the phone" whereas iPhonistas were fixated on the multitouch as if the lack of it made it obsolete. And 1 month later the feature was added (assuming it didn't pass QC when the phone was released).
RiK wrote:According to The Steve "Dropping Flash is no different than the decision to drop the floppy drive from the iMac"
A bit harsh. There are a lot of talented people out there working with Flash and to tell them "your skills are obsolete, adapt" is a bit of a stretch. Steve is a control freak and Flash gives people too much liberty on a device he wants to have control over for him to be comfortable with (and of course you'd get access to a bunch of games/apps without going through the App Store). Most people won't care so long as they can get their YouTube and other streaming video/audio and ultimately it's a bit degrading to Flash just to call it a vehicle for delivering video and audio.
With regards to a good Android tablet, if this is as good as it looks and under $500 it's getting my dollars. That screen should be perfect for reading.
To be fair I was betting on a reversal of the whole flash thing (seeing as flash acceleration has been announced for the video chips), but after the massive amount of spouting that ol' Jesus has done there it's probably going to be a bloody hard climbdown, so that could rule it out...
WiteWulf wrote:Nah, Apple's waiting 'til it has enough money to buy Microsoft and just shut them down overnight
MS like Apple are one of the few reliable money making machines in this industry, so I doubt Apple could ever buy them. MS could maybe buy Apple but they'd not get it past the competition authorities anywhere.
As for Apple buying Adobe, why? It would not be for their excellent Mac engineering. E.g. it would take them years to get CS4 so it worked as well on the Mac as Windows, by which time Windows users would have found other solutions expecting Apple to drop the Windows version. Better to buy one of Adobe's competitors, or start investing in OpenOffice (have a couple of engineers optimise it and make it look like a Mac app).
So an analyst who advises hedge funds to buy shares is advising the iPad is delayed - cant possibly have an ulterior motive surely ?
Approach the news with skepticism. Misek previously told his clients that Apple would announce the iPhone 4G for Verizon Wireless at its January iPad event, and that didn't happen. For what it's worth, Misek has backtracked on his claim, saying he now believes the iPhone won't launch on Verizon Wireless until Apple's first financial quarter of 2011 (which is actually the last quarter of 2010).
I'm more inclined to believe the first part of Misek's note -- that the iPad will be in short supply at launch -- than his claim that Apple will delay the launch to let production catch up. Misek's sources are on the manufacturing side, not within Apple. Delaying the iPad would be Apple's call, not a decision by overseas manufacturers. So to say that Apple will delay the iPad's launch due to production problems is not a rumor from manufacturer sources, but pure speculation.
