Ted Landry

Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

@Ird

yes, but if you net it all out, using computers is far more damaging to the earth than newspapers is my point.

as a society we have brainwashed our own selves into thinking computers somehow use little energy, but even on this sunday morning there are 10's of millions of them running in homes and businesses with nary a person in sight.

while there are 10's of millions of newspapers running on coffee tables and couches right now as well... but consuming zero energy.

Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

@Ird

Yes, but just think how much more coal & oil is burned to keep those computers on and displaying the same information.

Newspapers & books wipe out whole forests each and every day, but the heat from coal and oil wipes out huge sections of ice which keeps us cool, just like trees.

The only solution is conservation and nuclear power if we are to continue to lead the lifestyle we enjoy. Watch the wonderful "Story of Stuff" to get a feel of the whole picture...

www.storyofstuff.com/

Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

the iPhone data contract is the same same as any other smartphone, please check facts before you post. thanks...

Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

@Roger Knights -

Well, that's not what the future looks like. Yes, newspapers used to be the bastion of reliable reporting... but then local TV took over in the 60's... so we are just seeing the next logical jump to Twitter, Blogs and real time iPhone cameras (in the near future) to do reporting on local news.

Apple doesn't have to lift a finger, hit ratings and user ratings will determine who is honest and accurate, not someone sitting behind a desk or "network" camera.

It's all very "generational", so do worry... the demise of the newspaper has been predicted for decades and slowly but surely it is happening...

Get a Mac, learn iMovie, get an iPhone and you'll be powerful over the next few decades.

All this was mapped out by Apple in the 80's, so it's no massive surprise.

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Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

@theGadFly

The iPhone and Touch already run a slim version of OSX. A stylus will never appear on an iPhone / Touch or Tablet, Apple forever got rid of them during the 2007 keynote. Search ebay if you want one for the iPhone, etc.

Development is already open for OSX and the iPhone, google iPhone Developer for more info.

Apple Netbook Will Fill Newspaper Void

Jay, don't make everyone laugh. Apple has been working on tablets since the mid 1980's. Microsoft has done nothing innovative, they only, "years later" try and copy Apple's ideas. Apple invented the PDA space with the Newton, now you see Palm, Blackberry and of course the iPhone.

Google around for "Knowledge Navigator" and you'll see Apple was over a decade ahead of Bill Gates and his copy cat criminals.

Apple has set the direction for the computer industry since 1976, Microsoft has done nothing to contribute, so get your facts straight.

On Mar 13 08:47 AM jay fredrickson wrote:

> Bill Gates had a tablet in his office in 1996 and at that time he
> said this is where the future of newspapers is going. To say that
> Apple is an innovator is ridiculous.