daringfireball.net - 1/22/2009
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Brian X. Chen, in a piece for Wired regarding Apple’s quarterly conference titled “Apple Still Oblivious to Netbook Opportunity”: During its quarterly earnings call Wednesday, Apple reinforced its skepticism in netbooks, saying their low-powered CPUs, cramped keyboards and small displays are not ...
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During its quarterly earnings call Wednesday, Apple reinforced
its skepticism in netbooks, saying their low-powered CPUs, cramped...
keyboards and small displays are not enough to satisfy customers. "We've got some ideas, but right ...
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Apple Still Oblivious to Netbook Opportunity
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The Macalope Weekly: Can Apple survive another great quarter?
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... (tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball )! Silly pundits. Will you never learn? You know what a netbook is? It’s a laptop that’s really only good for Web browsing and e-mail. Well, guess what? The Macalope’s iPhone does that. And it’s a phone. Yes, that’s an oversimplification. The iPhone’s keyboard isn’t meant for much more than short missives and it doesn’t come with all those neat stickers from Intel and Microsoft on it (although stickers of equal quality and appeal can be purchased as an add-on for a mere quarter from those machines outside your local video arcade). But ...
The Macalope Weekly: Can Apple survive another great quarter?
Macworld —
... (tip o’ the antlers to Daring Fireball )! Silly pundits. Will you never learn? You know what a netbook is? It’s a laptop that’s really only good for Web browsing and e-mail. Well, guess what? The Macalope’s iPhone does that. And it’s a phone. Yes, that’s an oversimplification. The iPhone’s keyboard isn’t meant for much more than short missives and it doesn’t come with all those neat stickers from Intel and Microsoft on it (although stickers of equal quality and appeal can be purchased as an add-on for a mere quarter from those machines outside your local video arcade). But ...
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