Asadar, incepem cu filmuletul:

In numarul / iunie din The New York Review of Books, Sue Halpern a publicat un articol destul de excitant despre iPad intitulat: How good is the iPad? The iPad revolution. Articolul ei contine referinte la Kindle, la Nook, comparatii etc. Insa, ceea ce mi-a atras in mod deosebit atentia este ultimul fragmentel:

It is true that the iPad, like the iPhone and iPod Touch, comes with a Web browser app that takes the user directly to the Internet. Arguably, this makes these devices comparable to any computer and renders the complaint about gatekeeping moot. In fact, Web browsing on the iPad is less than ideal. Keeping more than one window open at a time is not possible, and Apple’s refusal to enable Flash, a piece of proprietary software owned by Adobe Systems that underlies many websites and allows for animations and video, means that those websites are either not fully functional or not available at all. But why bother going through a browser to get to YouTube or to read the AP headlines or check the weather when there is a dedicated app for each of these? This is what is really revolutionary and game-changing about the iPad: once there is an app for everything, it’s Apple’s Web, not the wide world’s. [aici]

Eeeeee….that’s a cool observation. Acum, pentru a o intelege asa cum trebuie, sa ne intoarcem un pic inapoi, in acelasi articol:

Imagine what the Internet, and our lives, would be like if, after inventing the Mosaic Web browser back in 1993, Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina not only required users to buy it but required payment for every click or download or page view. Try to imagine how a privatized, monetized Internet might have developed, and you can’t, because its evolutionary path would have been so different. Apple’s iPad apps may be ingenious. They may be fun and entertaining. They may be useful. What they can’t be is free of Apple’s control.

Pus in cateva cuvinte, Doamnelor si Domnilor, Apple & Google scot Interentul la vanzare.  Acum, cine cumpara, ce cumpara si, mai ales, de ce cumpara? Am sa las aceste intrebari deschise, asa, deoarece raspunsul este un fel de work in progress, ceea ce inseamna ca, in viitor, marii giganti digitali isi vor da, zambitori si ingropati in urale, mainile. Google, Facebook, Apple etc. vor deveni una, iar ce va urma va fi urmatoarea generatie a Internetului. Abia atunci, in opinia’mi, va incepe Web 3.0 sa devina realitate.

Inchei spunandu-va ca, in opinia’mi, una dintre cele mai interesante aplicatii in iPhone4 este Gyroscope-ul. Aplicatiile sunt nelimitate, chestia cu joculetele fiind doar pentru a fura ochii…

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Bun, pentru azi avem Newton, avem consumerism, marketing, avem comics. Asa. Ma folosesc de ocazie, pentru ca tot am inceput cu un mail… Lanternativa a primit ieri o e-pistol(a) foarte draguta care, printre alte lucruri neimportante, acuza acest blog de plagiat sau, mai pe inteles, de faptul ca preia mot-à-mot articole de pe alte bloguri si le pune aici. Wow, mi-am spus! Nu am eu cititori prea multi, insa tare mi-as dori sa stiu de unde preiau aceste articole? Are cineva vreo idee? A fost jefuit cineva de mine? Daca da, este rugat sa o spuna aici, tare si public! Se pare ca e la moda sa ai “articole” furate… In alta ordine de idei, asa cum spuneam si cu alte ocazii, cine vrea sa preia ceva de pe Lante’, o poate face in voia cea buna. Nici macar nu este obligat sa mentioneze de unde a preluat informatia sau postul resepectiv… Wtf…