iPad

U.S. Copyright allows for jailbreaking and unlocking

A just published update to Section 1201(a)(1) of the copyright law now allows 6 previously prohibited uses under copyright.

Among these there are 2 that related to iOS devices.

(2) Computer programs that enable wireless telephone handsets to execute software applications, where circumvention is accomplished for the sole purpose of enabling interoperability of such applications, when they have been lawfully obtained, with computer programs on the telephone handset. (3) Computer programs, in the form of firmware or software, that enable used wireless telephone handsets to connect to a wireless telecommunications network, when circumvention is initiated by the owner of the copy of the computer program solely in order to connect to a wireless telecommunications network and access to the network is authorized by the operator of the network.

What this boils down to is you can now legally jailbreak and/or unlock an iOS device to install unauthorized applications and to SIM unlock for use on a different carrier network.

I eagerly await a reaction from Apple if they feel this warrants one.

Read more of the Statement of the Librarian of Congress

The real Rx for iPhone - Let Apple Be Apple

Another piece that has me wondering how these authors and analysts are able to meek out a living from writing baseless opinions on how Apple could better it's products. If Apple were in a downward spiral or even just plateauing I could see a market for these articles.

The thesis of the latest piece from Rick Merritt or EE Times asserts the following pearl of wisdom

The Apple iPhone should embrace Adobe Flash, microSD cards, multitasking and near-field communications.

The article is based on an opinion piece sent out by J. Gerry Purdy of MobileTrax LLC. Since MobileTrax and Mr. Purdy are already household names, we should be listening intently.

Mr Purdy is quoted as saying:

"It befuddles my imagination to figure out why Apple refuses to do things that would further please customers"

That iPad, would clearly further please customers if it came packaged with a free iMac. Said iMac would further please if it included a free iPhone. Lastly that iPhone should have a Palm Pre and a Moto Droid duct taped to it.

B. James MacDonald of FunctionSwitch.net wrote in this piece:

"it appears Apple is doing just fine, with the stock over $200.00 and over 100,000 pre-orders for the iPad they are stuck in a rut. The rut just happens to be a successful rut."

We won't even get to the part where they say the iPhone needs Verizon or Sprint.

The iPad is a failure!!

The iPad pre-orders started last week, reports have placed them at over 100,000 so far. After the start of the frenzy the PC anti-Apple trolls started spewing their hate. One of my favorite pieces so far was this from PCWorld's Galen Gruman in his article iPad Pre-Orders: For Idiots Only

After all, the first-generation iPad is particularly likely to have disappointments, as it's the version that will tell us what, after the hoopla dies down, Apple should have done.

You know what, shut up! THis is the same crap that preceded the iMac and the iPhone both of which have been spectacular successes. I reserved on myself, I admit want one even if I don't know what to expect. Will it fail, I doubt it, but if you look at the numbers from Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt the jig is up.

After the initial burst of excitement on Friday that saw iPad pre-orders coming in at the rate of 25,000 per hour, there was a dramatic fall-off over the weekend.

Any idiot could have predicted a drop off, why is that news? If they completely stopped selling, that would be news.

I predict that iPad, iPhone and Apple bashing will take a dramatic drop-off after hell freezes over.

The Flash Battle

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Since Apple unveiled the iPad last Wednesday a large focus has been centered on the lack of Flash support.

Sides were quickly formed; Pro-Flash or Anti-Flash.

The Pro-Flash side calling it absolutely unacceptable for a modern and powerful media device to not allow Flash content.

The Anti-Flash side points out the public lack of support on the iPhone along with major reasons to despise the technology.

The Pro-Flash camp pointed out sites like Hulu and YouTube for video, and the numerous games available only through a Flash interface. Adobe even chimed in with a blog post presenting their argument for Flash.

And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.

They have a valid (somewhat) point that the flash platform allows flexibility and a maturity that does not exist in other technologies such as HTML5.

The Flash Blog (An independent site evangelizing the Flash platform) was quick to point out how widespread the content is including pointing out very obviously the porn side of the web. They used a very effective tagline in the post that had twitter ablaze with arguments.

Millions of websites use Flash. Get used to the blue legos.

On the other side of the fence was the Anti-Flash camp, pointing out statements that Flash is the leading cause of crashes on Mac's. The fact that it is a huge CPU hog and that is just a bad format. I would generally count myself in this camp, my MacBook runs Flash content horribly. HTML5 is going to be great, especially when paired with the advances in AJAX.

Newsflash: it doesn't have a floppy drive either.

Some nice insights from Jeff LaMarche regarding a post from Gizmodo about the issues with the iPad

Gizmodo was very quick to put up a page denigrating the iPad. Generally, for a consumer device, I would view disapproval from Gizmodo as a good omen for future success1, but wanted to address their statements anyway.

My favorite bit

Newsflash: it doesn't have a floppy drive either. Read More

GizModo Knows About Sucking, Apparently via iPhone Development

Why Apple’s new CPU Is So Important

Take a minute to read this insight from Dan Benjamin over at Hivelogic.

Why Apple’s new CPU Is So Important

Apple’s subtle mention that the iPad features a CPU of their own making, the A4, was actually the most exciting part of the whole announcement. It’s pretty important.

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