iPAD?: iMissed It By That Much Blog

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Missed It By That Much

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All Mouth's were Agape at the 

Apple "Event",  Yesterday.

You Would have thought you made a wrong turn, and ended up

at a "Window's Event".

So much Promise, So little Delivered.

This is the Wingman's Take.

( Please remember, My iPod Touch IS Jailbroken. )

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Here Are The Problems:

1. Too Pricey ( Better Not wait a Month on a Price Drop Here )

2. No Camera ( Big Ball Drop here )

3. No Real Operating System ( Just an iTouch Hand-Me-Down )

4. All That Space and No Multitasking ( Move Over Newton )

5. Where's the "Beef", the "New Interface" ? ( Brushed Aside, i Guess )

There Are Things About the iPad that are OK,

but I already Have an iTouch.

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So I expect a Lot.

But even the iPad's stupid name, makes

Window's "Zune" Almost Classy...

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Techmeme Links:  Were TOO Fricking Long,

491 Characters vs. 26?


Apple is not the only Bozo's This week.

Use the TinyURL instead: http://tinyurl.com/y9jcuh9

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Apple iPad Link:

Link: http://www.apple.com/ipad/

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Wingman: Watching the Apple FanBoy's Running for Cover.

They're Not Dumb you Know...
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MacBook Rumor Mill Cranking UP...

On Monday, Apple finance chief Peter Oppenheimer, turned the machine on with:

The rumour mill has further been fuelled by Apple finance chief Peter Oppenheimer in the company's recent quarterly conference call, on Monday.

"We are working to develop new products that contains technologies that our competition will not be able to match. I cannot discuss these new products, but we are very confident in our product pipeline," said trumpeted.

The source said the product should arrive before the end of October.

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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/24/macbook-touch-horizon

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That was followed by some pretty "Snappy Apple" Numbers on Wall Street:

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Good Apple Numbers
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During the third quarter, the company shipped 2,496,000 Macintosh computers,
11,011,000 iPods and sold 717,000 Iphone units.

According to Steve Jobs:

Apple "is busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months."

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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/22/record-results-apple
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Macbook Touch ???
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An informer for Macdailynews has come out with a variety of claims about a new device.

These include talk of a Macbook-sized screen in Iphone-like glass, with fully-featured multi-touch on Mac OS X.

Apparently, he believes this is why the company bought P.A. Semi - and the device may include Immersion's haptic technology which may allow tactile feedback, among other new touch-screen features.

Similarly to the Iphone, the device is purported to contain GPS, a DVD-RW drive and an accelerometer. It will be App-Store compatible, yet able to run standard Mac applications.

Apparently, the same informer has spoken to Macdailynews previously concerning over products tip-bits and has got the information right.

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Link:
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/24/macbook-touch-horizon
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And another "KICK" of The Rumor Mill Machine
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Apple plans mystery "product transition" before September's end

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link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/07/21/apple_plans_mystery_product_transition_before_septembers_end.html
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Wingman, watching the Mill-Bits Fall...