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“EVEN SCOBLE IS GETTING TIRED OF SHARING.”

It’s more likely that the general public is tired of Scoble sharing.

Movie to be renamed “Dude, where’s my iPhone?” co-starring Jason Chen

I’d reserve judgement till it’s released. Besides Office Suite would be a bear to completely rewrite this quickly. Could’ve been worse like BlackBerry Playbook with no email client.

Unfortunately, a locked down device, an appliance, is for the masses. If legacy apps or performance are more important to someone then x86.

Malware, power sucking startup processes, memory hogging craplets etc.
Then people would complain, it’s not as safe as my iPad !

Goofy? As opposed to not being free or not being touch-optimized for a tablet?

Windows RT is for consumers. Allowing third parties free reign on Windows ARM Desktop would be a disaster in the making. Someone will eventually jailbreak it if it’s that big a deal to you.

Windows RT will include touch-optimized desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote for free.

Ya got too much time on your hands.

We have curated apps.
We have curated developers.
The user is next.
All Hail Cupertino!

I bet even Steve Jobs secretly liked the Windows Phone UI. Jobs would have publicly ripped the OS if he hated it. He wouldn’t pass a good opportunity to kick Microsoft.

Can’t argue with you. But it’s possible that if Rubinstein was CEO (like Cook is now) that we wouldn’t have seen the iPhone in 2007.

Of course, Apple has touchscreen MacBook Airs in their labs already. But Cook won’t get the benefit of the doubt from the press that Jobs got. Apple having to respond to a Microsoft success would definitely be a sign of weakness.

Typical touchy Apple fan. Didn’t notice the wink I guess. Besides, Steve Jobs wouldn’t make compromises for a “pittance”. Let alone have Bill Gates speak at MacWorld keynote. It was damn important to him.

Tim Cook clearly stated yesterday that laptops and tablets should be separate markets…never to be converged as with Windows 8. If Cook is wrong, people will slowly start to lose confidence in him.

There is a similarity. Microsoft gave both companies money when they were nearing bankruptcy ;)
Nokia will survive.

If Tim Cook is wrong about this, he could be in for a downward spiral. Following a legend ain’t easy.

1. This is about predicting trends. Rubinstein didn’t think combining iPod, phone & camera was a good idea. Wrong in hindsight. Cook could be wrong too.
2. 15 years? Impossible? Rolls eyes at Apple fan hubris. All good things come to an end.
3. With Xbox and Windows 8 using Metro design, people will grow accustomed to this UI in all their devices including phones and tablets. The fact that Windows Phones are highest rated phones on Amazon is not a coincidence. The UI simply works.