Steve Jobs: Launch of the “new creation”
January 27, 2010 by Bill Sobel
Filed under Blog, People
Just another press conference? Not when Steve Jobs is involved…love him or hate him…he knows how to put on a show. But besides the show what will we learn and what will we see?
from The Wall Street Journal
JANUARY 26, 2010
Apple Seeks to Avoid Past Tablet Flops
BY YUKARI IWATANI KANE AND DON CLARK
A keyboardless computer that is too big to fit in your pocket? Silicon Valley has seen that movie before, and it flopped each time.
As Apple Inc. prepares to unveil its own sequel Wednesday, the biggest question is whether changes since the early 1990s in the technology landscape—and consumer habits—could give this tablet story a happier ending. Early tablet forays lacked high-speed wireless networking and Internet-based content, which Apple can tap for its device.
There are still plenty of obstacles, veteran tech watchers say, including questions about cost and battery life as well as competition from laptops and smaller devices …
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