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>> If apple was intending to create a big "iphone/itouch" why didn't they
>> think of having things that the previous once that doesn't have? like a
>> "flash player", "Multi-tasking feature" "MS Office-like apps" etc.
>
> 1. They have positively chosen to follow a "standards" model, which means
> not kowtowing to Adobe pushing Flash. HTML5 will be doing what Flash does
> once it becomes more widely used.

No, they've chosen _their_ standards model instead of anyone else's
standards model. HTML5 does not give you interactive video like a
Flash/Actionscript program does. Unless you know something that I
don't, which is possible, I've only got a passing awareness of HTML5
details.

> 2. It does multitask, as does the iPhone

Which is to say, it multitasks as long as you want to run the iPod app
and any one other thing.

> 3. You can create documents in iWork and export them in Word format.
>
>> Hey Apple,
>> Hope that you are hearing or seeing this out before you release that in
>> March / April...
>> I tell you, you'll have a better market if you have these in iPad.
>
> Hey, Nazarene,
> Hope you considered that Apple has put a lot more thought into this
> product than you have.

Now here I'm with you. Apple (Mr. Jobs) does NOT jump the gun or make
silly mistakes or stupid moves. He does however like to run a closed
shop, no matter what anyone else thinks. Since Flash is like an app
that runs in the browser I suspect that Flash support isn't there
because multitasking support isn't there.

DLC

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