Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played With It.

Re:Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played... by rhygar on Friday September 02, 2011 @08:38PM (#2956116)

There's a button Safari toolbar that allows you to save a bookmark as an app icon on the home screen. Your argument that Apple hates the web makes no sense.

That is a pre-tablet mindset. It wasn't long ago that GUIs were chided for being "just a fad".

"GUIs are just a fad,when their novelty wears off, users will soon return to true command-line interfaces like DOS", Jon Gladden 1986.

http://www.gladdengraphics.com/academics/GradCourses/Compute...

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Re:Amazon’s Kindle Tablet Is Very Real. I’ve Seen It, Played... by joebadmo on Friday September 02, 2011 @08:57PM (#2956153)

You've misunderstood me. I don't believe tablets are a fad, if anything I'm lamenting they're inevitable success.

I also don't claim that Apple hates the web. I just think it's in their interest to privilege 1. Consumption over production; and 2. Consumption through their centrally mediated channels of distribution.

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