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2012 in review: The year in Apple news
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 07:33 AM
I think Tim has made nothing but mistakes in my own opinion... he hasn't innovated anything, customer satisfaction is down.. OS X is as buggy as Windows now... adding retina displays is not innovating. He kind of reminds me of someone repainting a used car over and over again.
I did finally ditch iOS (still have Mac though), and have moved everything to the reliable much more efficient Google Drive...
I think the glory days of Apple are over... and the early 90s will repeat itself...
At least some fun can come out of his leadership.. (at least for android users):
http://play.google.c...ive.timcooksays
I did finally ditch iOS (still have Mac though), and have moved everything to the reliable much more efficient Google Drive...
I think the glory days of Apple are over... and the early 90s will repeat itself...
At least some fun can come out of his leadership.. (at least for android users):
http://play.google.c...ive.timcooksays
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 08:32 AM
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I think Tim has made nothing but mistakes in my own opinion... he hasn't innovated anything, customer satisfaction is down.. OS X is as buggy as Windows now... adding retina displays is not innovating. He kind of reminds me of someone repainting a used car over and over again. I did finally ditch iOS (still have Mac though), and have moved everything to the reliable much more efficient Google Drive... I think the glory days of Apple are over... and the early 90s will repeat itself... At least some fun can come out of his leadership.. (at least for android users): http://play.google.c...ive.timcooksays
I get it. Parroting inane ideas is the thing to do. You have parroted them well. But tell me, are you really happy in that cage bereft of original ideas and actual opinions? (I mark as specious any argument that doesn't understand that innovation is a long game.)
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 08:52 AM
"Much more efficient Google Drive"? Are you kidding me? I was trying to email a Google document to others on Google's very own Gmail, and I found that it couldn't be done by just clicking an "Insert Google Doc" button because there is none. Wonder why Google hides its Doc from its own Gmail? Bad integration or Google is having second thoughts on Google Docs? I wouldn't bet my essential docs on it. I'd rather hope MS Skydrive to mature earlier.
Having said that, I agree with the author's disappointment on the lack of sharing options in iCloud. I guess maybe it's because Apple is worried about the system load. I'm sure more sharing options are on the way, but PhotoStream sharing is so badly implemented that I for one will not be using it. Once that has become is habit it's hard for Apple to draw these customers back. So Apple better act on the near future.
Having said that, I agree with the author's disappointment on the lack of sharing options in iCloud. I guess maybe it's because Apple is worried about the system load. I'm sure more sharing options are on the way, but PhotoStream sharing is so badly implemented that I for one will not be using it. Once that has become is habit it's hard for Apple to draw these customers back. So Apple better act on the near future.
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 11:39 AM
Regardless of what Tim Cook did or didn't do this year, I would have assumed that following the passing of Steve Jobs, nothing Tim did would have been right since Steve is an impossible act to follow. That being said, I am expressing my hope that Apple's next step in innovation addresses the world of television. I look forward to the day when I watch what I want when I want. I think we'll see the iTunes equivalent on our TV screens. I think the whole area is rife for innovation. Why should I pay for programming that I don't have any interest in watching? That's the business model of cable television and it does not benefit the consumer.
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 01:44 PM
You know, Tim hasn't done that bad, really. He didn't program Maps to be the epic fail it was. Not by himself. He should have had it tested thoroughly before releasing it, though.
As far as innovating anything new goes--I don't really see how he was supposed to come up with groundbreaking changes in design/function of any product, or how he would have invented an entire new product in just a year. And I don't expect HIM to be the one innovating at all.
iCloud for the most part runs pretty smooth.
There is always room for improvement. I'm not going to start bashing Mr. Cook until a few years from now. Its too early to tell whether or not Apple is going to really hurt from Steve Jobs passing.
As far as innovating anything new goes--I don't really see how he was supposed to come up with groundbreaking changes in design/function of any product, or how he would have invented an entire new product in just a year. And I don't expect HIM to be the one innovating at all.
iCloud for the most part runs pretty smooth.
There is always room for improvement. I'm not going to start bashing Mr. Cook until a few years from now. Its too early to tell whether or not Apple is going to really hurt from Steve Jobs passing.
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 02:01 PM
Well, the job of a CEO is to make the company money, and it seems Tim Cook is doing a pretty good job at it. Have apple products been amazing? Not as great as they should have been, but not bad either. The imac should've had superdrive, but it's still a great all in one, macbooks are still good, ipad is still amazing. As for innovating, it's pretty much guaranteed we're getting an apple tv set, I don't know how great it will be, but I want to see it.
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 09:24 PM
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I think Tim has made nothing but mistakes in my own opinion... he hasn't innovated anything, customer satisfaction is down.. OS X is as buggy as Windows now... adding retina displays is not innovating. He kind of reminds me of someone repainting a used car over and over again. I did finally ditch iOS (still have Mac though), and have moved everything to the reliable much more efficient Google Drive... I think the glory days of Apple are over... and the early 90s will repeat itself... At least some fun can come out of his leadership.. (at least for android users): http://play.google.c...ive.timcooksays
Holy smokes. Great parody of a fan droid troll who hasn't a clue! Bravo!
Eric
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Posted 28 December 2012 - 09:25 PM
More inspiring than the iPad Mini? Trotting out that Internet meme that Apple has to reinvent some industry every other month or so is getting old.
Can't we even get away from this nonsense at Macworld?
The author of the article also got Jobs' proportion of Disney stock wrong (at least at the time he sold Pixar) which was 16 percent.
IDG never did cover Apple accurately.
Can't we even get away from this nonsense at Macworld?
The author of the article also got Jobs' proportion of Disney stock wrong (at least at the time he sold Pixar) which was 16 percent.
IDG never did cover Apple accurately.
This post has been edited by leicaman: 28 December 2012 - 09:29 PM
Eric
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Posted 31 December 2012 - 05:59 AM
I am not sure anyone could have taken the mantle from Steve Jobs and improved on it or even come close. Tim Cook has taken on his role as CEO of apple well, he has seen the development of new mac laptops and desktops, iOS6 yes with a few bugs but in a few months with some upgrades all will be fixed.
I am sure people will remember the early years of Steve and the number of mistakes he made so I would say give the guy a few years and see what happens. I am sure there will be a lot more innovation in the apple pot or spaceship that is to come.
Who on the planet today has the innovation and creativity of steve jobs - given time someone will emerge that was on the fears of Bill Gates the next new youngster with a great idea. Steve was a person with many great ideas and unique thought processes. Tim and the apple team will do well - give them time, miracles take a little longer than the microwave generation would like!
I am sure people will remember the early years of Steve and the number of mistakes he made so I would say give the guy a few years and see what happens. I am sure there will be a lot more innovation in the apple pot or spaceship that is to come.
Who on the planet today has the innovation and creativity of steve jobs - given time someone will emerge that was on the fears of Bill Gates the next new youngster with a great idea. Steve was a person with many great ideas and unique thought processes. Tim and the apple team will do well - give them time, miracles take a little longer than the microwave generation would like!
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