Alan Kay – Tablet-size iPhone Will “Rule the World”
9to5mac points us to a GigaOm interview with computer and GUI pioneer Alan Kay that says:
“When the Mac first came out, Newsweek asked me what I [thought] of it. I said: Well, it’s the first personal computer worth criticizing. So at the end of the presentation, Steve came up to me and said: Is the iPhone worth criticizing? And I said: Make the screen five inches by eight inches, and you’ll rule the world.”
Just under 2 hours and they’ll take their shot!
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10am…:D
Well, 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific. Do we get live, gavel-to-gavel HD-streaming coverage from the one and only Tipb?
I’m still on the bubble over the tablet. It all comes down to price, since I just don’t see how the price will be $599 considering a 64 GB iPod touch is like $399
That ugly thing will not rule no damn world give me a break
GMT?
People already taking credit for the tablet..
@iPhone 3G (tulliver) – GMT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenwichMeanTime
To possess one of these you have to pay $700-800 up front plus have a $50/month data plan. That’s a three year cost of $2600 per device. And you won’t be making phone calls on it, and you can’t carry it in your pocket. So now you need a laptop, a tablet and an iPhone. I’ve been wrong before, but unless this replaces a laptop, I don’t see it.
Looks pretty cool as a mobile picture frame, speudo-web browser or portable movie player. Otherwise it’s pretty lame as an iPhone/Laptop replacement. I’m not really seeing it. If people can’t play WoW or LOTRO on it, I don’t think it’ll be much of a success outside of maybe the business world. I don’t see myself investing in one of these at all. Oh, and if it’s as slippery as the iPhones have been, I imaging a LOT more broken screens than the iPhones.