1.27: web,news.addn/Apple`iPad:
. anything calling itself a tablet or pad
must include a sunlight-readable (reflective) screen,
and it must be a normally programmable device;
the apple`ipad is none of these things .
. it has the same app'store sdk model as iphone:
you test your app only on a simulator
until paying the fee .
. furthermore, in every way
this is just a bigger version of iphone:
no multitasking (a security feature against unintended ipc),
strict limits on web programming (eg, no flash app's);
and, it still doesn't come with built-in sd card reader
although it does have a camera card/usb reader .
ebooks:
. it has an ibooks app (an itunes app for books)
to sell books formatted in Epub
which anyone can publish with an openware editor Sigil .
. of course, if all you want to do is publish,
it shines at being a secure html wifi reader .
interesting,
ReplyDeletebearing in mind i know almost nothing about this,
it still reminds me of a bit of a story i heard on npr about the splinternet, in which apps need to be written for different devices, therefore not for everyone.
sounds like the same story from the developers point of view if you need to pay to write software for this platform?
. developers have often had to pay for access,
ReplyDeletebut Apple's ability to deny access to customers
is quite a hassle and sometimes shock .