iPod Hotel – iPod, iPhone and Mac Deals

Ok, so much to know, so little time on a Monday. Here are the essentials.

• Steve Jobs voiced his opinion to a small group, but his remarks spread to the internet. The include:
  • Google’s “don’t be evil” is ” a load of crap” according to Jobs.
  • Adobe Flash will not be supported because it is “buggy”. It does not matter because the world, according to Jobs, is moving toward HTML5.
  • Jobs believes Google wants to kill the iPhone
• The iPad has spurred a lot of controversy around the world and here in the US.
  • Although there are some great iPad apps out there, you can’t pre-order an iPad because it has yet to get clearance from the FCC.
  • A Chinese company wants to sue Apple over the iPad saying it copied them. It is essentially a pre-release conterfit from “shanzhai” (a part of China infamous for counterfeit electronics).
  • Fujitsu is claiming ownership to the name iPad, though many others will likely follow suit.

Also, tons of competition exists, and will emerge, for the Apple iPad (who else misses “iSlate”?). The ExoPC is a prime example; it’s an iPad clone. The Amazon Kindle had a huge controversy over Macmillan Publishers regarding it pricing structure. Basically, Amazon said you can only charge $10, Apple said charge whatever you want, Amazon says sorry and agrees to MP’s pricing structure.

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Also, your iPad is only marginally better than a rock….

iPad vs Rock

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Amazon Kindle

Reported on 9to5Mac:

You can’t underestimate the love lavished on Amazon’s Kindle among UK first adopters – the giant retailer’s sold a fair few of its eBook reading devices to Mac user’s here in the UK – and now it seems the company plans to release a Kindle reader for the Mac.

However, despite the warning against underestimating the love for the Kindle, a commenter on 9to5Mac may have perfectly summarized the general consensus about this development with “Yawn! Bring on the iTablet!”.

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