I'm curious, why is it when an Apple product gives you something you're supposed to have, it's written or announced as a feature?
Case in point, the syncing of your own non-DRM'd ePub files from iTunes. Who would of thought this device that you paid for would let you read your own ebooks from your own computer.
@Tsing Tao Thank you, I didn't know that. The idea of buying hardware (which isn't subsidised - so phones excluded) that's locked down, from any manufacturer, just baffles me.
Look at it this way. A computer is capable of any possible computation... but you have to write code to do anything you want. So companies make software, like the OS or Microsoft Office or whatever... that isn't as powerful, but gives you an easy user interface to do many tasks. Not EVERY task.
So, user experience is enhanced by reducing user responsibility. But reduce it too much, and I would say it's not powerful enough for me. So the trick is to find that sweet spot of reducing responsibility to the point that the most users would still be very pleased.
Apple, arguably, has found that sweet spot. Just because I want multitasking, doesn't mean that 90% of potential buyers care about it.
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I'm curious, why is it when an Apple product gives you something you're supposed to have, it's written or announced as a feature?
Case in point, the syncing of your own non-DRM'd ePub files from iTunes. Who would of thought this device that you paid for would let you read your own ebooks from your own computer.
@FNi
Cos some competitors don't allow it? Simple, really
@FNi You cant do that on a kindle without hacking it.
@Tsing Tao Thank you, I didn't know that. The idea of buying hardware (which isn't subsidised - so phones excluded) that's locked down, from any manufacturer, just baffles me.
@FNi
That's why you aren't CEO of Apple.
Look at it this way. A computer is capable of any possible computation... but you have to write code to do anything you want. So companies make software, like the OS or Microsoft Office or whatever... that isn't as powerful, but gives you an easy user interface to do many tasks. Not EVERY task.
So, user experience is enhanced by reducing user responsibility. But reduce it too much, and I would say it's not powerful enough for me. So the trick is to find that sweet spot of reducing responsibility to the point that the most users would still be very pleased.
Apple, arguably, has found that sweet spot. Just because I want multitasking, doesn't mean that 90% of potential buyers care about it.