Seems like a sensationalist article to attract ad revenue.
You may have something there.
The article struck me as as wildly extreme, albeit on the other end of the spectrum, as Apple is with describing the iPad as a "magical device".
It's not the end of the world as we know it, neither armageddon nor the second coming.
I bought the device to see what it really was (I can send it back to Apple for 90% of its value - or sell it on eBay for 125% maybe).
It does some things (e-reading) reasonably well, though the glossy screen is a pain. My Kindle DX is better because the display is "flat". What is shows of the web is shown well. Email is fast and clean.
It is less encumbered than tabletPCs I've used in the past - and less functional.
There's no perfect device - and very few "evil" ones.
He has nothing. NPR is mostly listener funded, many of those listeners tuning in via the NPR apps on the App Store.
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The article struck me as as wildly extreme, albeit on the other end of the spectrum, as Apple is with describing the iPad as a "magical device".
It strikes me as odd that an article pointing out the heavy handed and extremely closed nature of the App Store is called "wildly extreme."
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There's no perfect device - and very few "evil" ones.
The device itself isn't inherently "evil," it is the ecosystem and trend that could be set that is worrisome, to quote the article no one is particularly fond of reading:
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Zittrain and Sweeting worry that if the iPad becomes popular, both entertainment and computing companies will imitate its closed system.
Sweeting says he thinks many of the major media companies would love to see computers discourage people from searching the open Internet for content.
"I think the media companies will leap at this," he says. "It offers them the opportunity to essentially re-create the old business model, wherein they are pushing content to you on their terms rather than you going out and finding content, or a search engine discovering content for you."
And that is precisely the concerns that I have with the iPad, iPhone, and Apple's attitude towards users who jailbreak.
The marketing and consumer peer-pressure blitz to feel accepted by owning that thing is amazing, I kept trying to figure out a legit reason to even owning one, yet I would buy one for my old retired mom since I can understand its instant on and straight to email/pics. But for myself?! nah, never, bleh, I would like to tinker with it probably and pass it on to the senior citizen after.
I don't see the iPad 'replacing' the internet at this point.
I do see (and agree) that the iPad (+eco system) is seen by the 'conventional' media companies as a way to deliver their (paper) content in the 'digital age' way, while still retaining their controls and potentially getting revenues off it.
But, what's the problem with this? It only happens in Apple's gated community anyway (for now). They cannot implement this on the web.
