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In article <tvp6p5d44pv330li8d1tbfno5qsn6pddih@4ax.com>,
 Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:22:21 -0800, Steve Fenwick
> <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> 
> >In article <eqe6p51puipru62212l94gm2buhjuqnqn4@4ax.com>,
> > Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It's very rare when a new product niche is actually used in the manner
> >> the manufacturer intended.  The iPod Touch and iPhone were suppose to
> >> be Blackberry and HP iPaq killers.  Instead, it's turned into a nifty
> >> game machine, porno viewer, YouTube viewer, and hackers delight (after
> >> jailbreaking).
> >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GdQmmbO2T4>
> >
> >I don't recall Apple calling them Blackberry and iPaq killers. Lots in 
> >the media, yes.
> 
> Correct.  Apple did not say that.  There was no need as the customers
> and media can figure it out for themselves.  One look at iWork should
> be sufficient.
> <http://www.apple.com/iwork/>

You mentioned the iPhone and iPod touch, neither of which run iWork, nor 
interface with it in any meaningful way (e.g., you can't show a Keynote 
presentation on an iPhone). If you're saying that Apple is chasing the 
enterprise market, it doesn't seem so to me--the XServe is still sold, 
but only with quad-cores (the MacPro is up to 8 cores), but the  the 
XServe appears to have been replaced with a Promise product. I really 
don't see any substantial marketing effort towards enterprise. The whole 
iPhone vs. Blackberry is a creation of the media. If I said you were 
competing with AppleCare, that would be about as correct.


> >Killer apps might be any MMORPGs. Latency would suck over 3G, but at 
> >least one could do character maintenance, AH, etc. Use the accelerometer 
> >for control.
> 
> A what?  
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massively_multiplayer_online_role-playing_game>
> I'll plead ignorant as I don't play those.  The closest I've tried is
> some online flight simulator air combat game where I was shot down 10
> times in succession within a few minutes.  As for latency, get the
> Wi-Fi version of the iPad.

Flight sims would also be good applications, as long as there's an easy 
autopilot option to keep unintentional tilts from causing a player to 
auger in.

Both models have WiFi; the 3G version adds 3G and retains WiFi.

Steve

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