Charlie Rose

astarrh  05/17/2010 02:33 PM Report

Looks like an interesting video... To bad I can't watch on my iPad. :(

dvr  02/07/2010 03:27 PM Report

Although the gent from Techcrunch seemed to be speaking mostly from his personal point of view, generally the panelist did a good job responding to Charlie's questions. It seems they all "get it".

I am glad Walt clarified the Flash bugaboo that the Techcrunch guy left hanging. The more you educate yourself on the Flash situation, the more you want to stick with open standards, sans plugins.

For a perspective of the Apple iPad from a project management standpoint: bit.ly/ofipads

Cheers!

DVR

mikejames  02/06/2010 12:58 AM Report

mongo,

Don't worry about the irrational comments; they're just trolls looking for a reaction. Love the CR technology programs, but the recent political discussions have been terrific as well.

aber  02/05/2010 11:00 PM Report

For another option to watch the interview check out the Moss Blog:

http://mossblog.allthingsd.com/20100205/mossberg-ipad-on-charlie-rose-show/

REMant  02/05/2010 05:46 PM Report

It is said that it is neither fish nor fowl, but that undoubtedly is precisely why Apple created it, and they are counting on being the first to market and that miniaturization, power saving and speed will only improve over time. I think that strategy is sound, and also the price, in this case. I wouldn't tie it up with anything proprietary, tho. I expect a lot of the buyers will be kids (or rather their parents), and possibly the elderly and others, who have not been able to handle computers. Re SWF, it does require a lot of CPU, and I think it, along with the scripts, are getting to be a real web headache. I agree Apple is an engineering-driven company, even if it does seem to be the very model of consumerism.

mongo  02/05/2010 11:49 AM Report

Full disclosure: I'll buy one.

I would just note that the Apple stories always seem to produce irrational venting by people that seem to be offended by Apple's continued existence. It's just weird.

The posts almost always follow the format of the first poster here. Usually, they contain factual inaccuracies -- as the first post here does. The phenomena seems worthy of a show segment.

PBS-Fan  02/05/2010 04:46 AM Report

It is interesting that, myself, as a just-over-1-year User of the iPod Touch, (w/ WiFi, at home--and by itself--Offline, elsewhere), have wished for a larger-display iPT, even BEFORE I'd heard of the upcoming "iPad," which I'd been unaware of, until 1-2 weeks ago.

For a Person, like myself, with what I call "Invisible Disabilities"--most notably "Attention Deficit Disorder," and "Post-Concussive Syndrome," the Announcement of the iPad this past week, came, as a “Dream-Come-True.”

Since buying my iPT, (Dec. '08), I've found myself gravitating *away* from my Macs, and progressively more *Towards using the “iPT”, than I had, with any of my three currently functioning Macs, one of which is a 13” MacBook, (“MB”).

I've long desired for something akin to an “iPad,” long before learning about it. My eagerness to get one, arose within me simply because, as one of Rose's Guests rightly opined, it IS--at least for A.D.D.'ers, like me--*Far Easier to Focus* on just a Single Activity--from start to finish--rather than Multi-Tasking ourselves to death; or typing so fast, on the Computer Keyboard, that what takes me 3 hours of "1-finger-typing" with my iPT, to complete, would take me between 3-7 days--if ever--to complete, on my MB. Case in point, I've given up a Night's Sleep, in order to Type this Post, (it is nearly 5 AM.).

Lastly, to the previous Comment! In one Word: “Hogwash!”

Since I Already depend a great deal on my iPod Touch--for Everything, from Appointments to Contact Manager, to YouTube, to believe it or not, even Paying my Bills online, with a Full-Featured Browser (iCab Mobile)--having an iPad will be nothing less than Revolutionary!

No iCamera? Who Cares? I keep mine covered up, anyway.

No Ports? Incorrect!

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I'm reminded of a Poem I read on a Book about Jobs a couple of years ago: I'm Paraphrasing it, (esp., since I no longer have the Book I remember neither its Name, nor its Author. Nonetheless, the Poem stuck!):

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Each day, I spend hours, fastidiously creating the most Wonderfully-delectable Meals and Desserts, and carefully Display them on my Restaurant's Window.

Yet, of all the passers-by 97-percent of them, go across the Street, and by pass my Restaurant, altogether.

Though the other Restaurant's fare is but overcooked, ill-prepared, and gaudily-presented foods, only 3 percent of those passers-by will even bother to stop by my Restaurant, let alone stay, and enjoy my Delicacies.

The other 97 percent, it appears, prefer whatever those other “Cookie Cutter” restaurants offer, day in, day out!

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jjspazuk  02/05/2010 12:39 AM Report

Sorry guys but your gushing was sickening. The iPad runs on 3G which means you would need to add the phone app for 130 bucks. No USB port. Does anyone know what memory hard drive etc is in this piece of junk. Jobs or someone said that you could read books on it but it isn;t a book reader, true color screens on computers stink compared to my Sony EREADER. Cloud computing don;t think so. Size so easy to have it stolen right out of your hands. Battery life they always lie, when the battery dies do we throw them away like iPods? Your coverage was way to one sided, Charlie I find most of your tech shows filled with gushing one sided backers. When you did the Kindle a great sow would mhave been a face off between Amazon ans Sony, I picked Sony for the better build, USB (pirating) if you want port, build quality, internal lighting, touch screen, and most of all Amazon and their if you aren't American, we don't need you atitude turned me off.

Just my thoughts on what just happened on your show. Sorry to vent but Apple makes things that were basically there and markets them to morons with money, not technolgy people. I bought an iPod 60 gig in beginning of 2006 because Futureshop salesman sold me on gigs which I thought would be important rater than the 30 gig other manufacturer that had a larger screen, better interface and better resolution, that was the last time I bought Apple, Itunes sucks as an interface to a mp3 player.