Comments on: Is Apple anti-book? Moriah Jovan—censored—wonders http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Moriah Jovan http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-1007417 Moriah Jovan Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:32:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/16/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/#comment-1007417 So I was alerted to this little application to <a href="http://apcmag.com/iphone_sniper_software_the_ultimate_killer_app.htm" rel="nofollow">enable a real-life sniper to do his job</a>. <blockquote>This app is not a game -- it's a fully functional app that a real sniper could attach to their piece and have all the maths done for them -- complex ballistics variables such as the type of ammunition in their M110 semi-automatic, the distance to the soon-to-be-perforated plus prevailing wind direction and speed, temperature, humidity and current air pressure. Put simply, there So I was alerted to this little application to enable a real-life sniper to do his job.

This app is not a game — it’s a fully functional app that a real sniper could attach to their piece and have all the maths done for them — complex ballistics variables such as the type of ammunition in their M110 semi-automatic, the distance to the soon-to-be-perforated plus prevailing wind direction and speed, temperature, humidity and current air pressure.

Put simply, there

]]> By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-1004139 Daniel Udsen Fri, 16 Jan 2009 23:06:35 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/16/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/#comment-1004139 the ipod is a bit different, it's not actually designed at apple and is the brainchild of a apple executive thats since left apple, and the music deals they made was negotiated on the music publishers terms and they probably dictates that apple cant just pull music off the itunes shelf. there was some trouble early on with podcast, the original head of the ipod division stepped in and made the calls to keept it relatively censorship free. The ipod shares some common traits with the LC series of low end desktops, the LC machines being developed in outright defience of Jobs orders, and the iphone development halfway outsourced. Apple have always chased a certain niche of the market and this is wry they are sensitive about not getting associated with the wrong kind of content. With the iphone they got caught up in a whirlwind and just have to follow it and make versions they might not even wanted to make because theres too much money in it. like with the scaled down LC series it's something apple does to stay in business. The purified iphone is closer to the grand vision. the ipod is a bit different, it’s not actually designed at apple and is the brainchild of a apple executive thats since left apple, and the music deals they made was negotiated on the music publishers terms and they probably dictates that apple cant just pull music off the itunes shelf. there was some trouble early on with podcast, the original head of the ipod division stepped in and made the calls to keept it relatively censorship free.

The ipod shares some common traits with the LC series of low end desktops, the LC machines being developed in outright defience of Jobs orders, and the iphone development halfway outsourced.

Apple have always chased a certain niche of the market and this is wry they are sensitive about not getting associated with the wrong kind of content.

With the iphone they got caught up in a whirlwind and just have to follow it and make versions they might not even wanted to make because theres too much money in it. like with the scaled down LC series it’s something apple does to stay in business. The purified iphone is closer to the grand vision.

]]> By: Dave Robinson http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/comment-page-1/#comment-1004044 Dave Robinson Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:21:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2009/01/16/is-apple-anti-book-moriah-jovan-censored-wonders/#comment-1004044 Yes, Apple is anti-book. Books aren't sexy or sleek enough and there's no real way to make an "Apple Book" that's totally closed and costs twice as much as everyone else's books. Yes, Apple is anti-book. Books aren’t sexy or sleek enough and there’s no real way to make an “Apple Book” that’s totally closed and costs twice as much as everyone else’s books.

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