Comments on: Steve Jobs Doesn’t Often Get It Wrong, But… http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105 Sound, Image, Faith and Culture Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Fernando Gros http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105&cpage=1#comment-131817 Fernando Gros Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:33:35 +0000 http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105#comment-131817 Toni - thought provoking example, thanks. Toni — thought provoking example, thanks.

]]> By: Toni http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105&cpage=1#comment-131733 Toni Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:06:50 +0000 http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105#comment-131733 I've just found a Kindle user: http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/01/14/two-months/ I’ve just found a Kindle user:

http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/01/14/two-months/

]]> By: Fernando Gros http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105&cpage=1#comment-131682 Fernando Gros Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:39:02 +0000 http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105#comment-131682 I agree that there is a big tendency to conflate tasks which require reading with reading tasks. Electronic music display units are a prime example. Sure it might be nice to carry a full fake book in a unit that is a little thinner than a fake book. But, what about battery failure? What about flicking from one page to another? I suspect the quote might make Jobs look worse than needs be in regards to the US=The World. He was quoting a US statistic as normative, which is clearly jejune. However, the MacBookAir is a pretty clear example that he understands markets outside the US. I agree that there is a big tendency to conflate tasks which require reading with reading tasks.

Electronic music display units are a prime example. Sure it might be nice to carry a full fake book in a unit that is a little thinner than a fake book. But, what about battery failure? What about flicking from one page to another?

I suspect the quote might make Jobs look worse than needs be in regards to the US=The World. He was quoting a US statistic as normative, which is clearly jejune. However, the MacBookAir is a pretty clear example that he understands markets outside the US.

]]> By: Toni http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105&cpage=1#comment-131512 Toni Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:05:30 +0000 http://fernandogros.com/?p=1105#comment-131512 Reading is an area that computer pundits seem to have missed - the sole advantage to a digital 'book' is the ability to transport many books in a convenient package. I appreciate that 'audio books' in that format would also be advantageous to those without usable vision, but that's more or less it. Now an electronic book that handled like a printed book (VERY high resolution flexible LCD panels built into a 'book' format might be a viable option. The first part of the quote bothers me substantially too. It says that Steve Jobs believes America is the world, and someone like that really should know better. Reading is an area that computer pundits seem to have missed — the sole advantage to a digital ‘book’ is the ability to transport many books in a convenient package. I appreciate that ‘audio books’ in that format would also be advantageous to those without usable vision, but that’s more or less it.

Now an electronic book that handled like a printed book (VERY high resolution flexible LCD panels built into a ‘book’ format might be a viable option.

The first part of the quote bothers me substantially too. It says that Steve Jobs believes America is the world, and someone like that really should know better.

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