Comments on: Apple and the peril of innovation

Although the reasons Apple is dropping out of Macworld may be many, the pressure to send shock waves through the industry for scheduled trade shows is likely the central one.

[iPhoneUser]

i hate the fact that some of the best journalism these days is found in the comments section of many articles online.

just cause you wrote about the Flowbee Don, and how easily it re-produced your bowl-cut, doesn't qualify you to offer your opinions on anything. this isn't an opinion section, it's a tech section where reporting on the facts is required.

we don't care what you think, only what you know and can prove through Cronkite-like journalism.

[aztec92154]

"i hate the fact that some of the best journalism these days is found in the comments section of many articles online."

I'm such a fan of Don's column BECAUSE of the comments. That's new media, that's what I want. Check out DIGG, for example, most of the content is user submitted opinion. I love it!

[Penguinisto]

Actually, most of Digg's comment consists of the phrase: "boobies!"

:D

[DaBeez]

Hey CNET. . . Will one of you take the time to teach this clown how to write?

[mcooper13]

To me this confirms that Jobs is gravely ill.

Why skip the LAST keynote? Because looking like a cadaver will scare investors. The smart decision is to lay low and make as much money as possible before he dies.

I'm sure this MacWorld will have plenty of innovation. They are probably going to either introduce a killer netbook and/or update the mini. But that's not the point.

It's just not cool to have the gaunt one be the visual face of the company any more.

[ofmyony]

If Phil is going to be the man I think he needs to introduce something special at this last event. How sad would it be if Steve left Phil with a review of an updated OS that he introduced a year ago (Snow Leopard). If this event is not special Apple has peaked, finally!

By the way Phil's hair bothers me.

[ikramerica--2008]

iPhone Nano and Mac Mini + AppleTV rebuilt into AppleAV or some such thing.

One thing keeping me from buying the iPhone has been it's too big. The other is that it needs 32GB for me to replace everything and warrant the size.

But an 8GB iPhone Nano would work for me?

[donsms]

Sounds like the Job`s worship show has come to an end,so-who`s next?

[someguynamedbob]

people say tha apple came out with innovative products that revolutionized the planet but not realy...
the ipod is just a mp3 player (and a video player but that was later) now people say that without it the mp3 buissnes woudn't have started off but sombody else would have come out with a mp3 and sweaped the market like apple (apple just got there first) the only thing new about it is the heat sensitive navigation pad thing. then theres the touch screen computer (forget what its called) but you touch something on the screen and it does something.... HUMANITY HAS HAD THAT FOR YEARS!!! i saw touch screen computers at my favorite diner in town when i was 7 years old (15 at the moment) the iphone is the only real revolution in tech but the touch screen thing isn't new. my ds (released in 2004. iphone ANOUNCED in 2006) has touch screen capabilities. phones have cusomable menus. apple just glued them together.

[aztec92154]

@chumpkidnamedbobbie

?To do a common thing, uncommonly well, brings success.? - Heinz

[Brian]

I agree 100% with you on that!

I saw all of these technologies many years ago, long before Apple decided to invent a cell phone or an iPod that you can touch.

The only reason I bought the iPod Touch is because I hate the original iPod controls so much, this was the only iPod I could consider worthy of a purchase.

I could care less about the other iPods, they all have that ugly round touch wheel (resembles a vintage telephone before the buttons were invented).

As for touch screen capability, I owned the original Nintendo DS (and now the newer Nintendo DS Lite) - we've had this technology for quite a while.

Also, we have two screens -- as I've said before, anything less than 2 screens is only half the fun!

Also, the Nintendo DS has a built-in Mic, something Apple has yet to "invent" or copy.

As far as I'm concerned, there is no real competition to the Nintendo DS product line (thank goodness).

[bubblebathgirl]

Reisinger sounds angry, much like a Microsoft fanboy. Typical.

Apple creates products that we haven't thought of yet, and since Reisinger can't think of it (obviously) he is projecting is lack of vision onto the most progressive computer company of our generation.

Please Reisinger, leave your hating at home.

[Brian]

Why can't CNET come up with better news stories -or- did CNET run out of ideas???

[Iamcasacnu]

Right on the money, but I think Jobs has something to do with it too. So what's this mean, a swing back to M*sft???

[mgwatson]

@useful_worms
actually i was just in san jose for a week, you know, the Capital of Silicon Valley... it's not quite first world either. most of the city hasn't been touched since 1950. if you want to start internet service, there's a 10 day wait for them to set up your account.

[bart6425]

Yeah news of the century, Apple has run out of crap to say about their products. It's amazing they could blab about it as much as they did already. I mean how much can you lie and delude yourself and others? (well not somuch yourself as Stevie has more money invested in microsoft than apple so he secretlly knows how magical his products really are). Anyways, this article was pretty honest, and, as all honest things said about Apple, it will upset the crap out of zealot fan boys. Prepare yourself for massive trolling and car metaphors.

[lma67]

Frankly I'd rather see some "evolutionary rather than revolutionary" product updates right about now from Apple anyway. Like an iPhone with a removable battery, a microSDHC slot, stereo Bluetooth, MMS, cut-and-paste, a horizontal keyboard for texting, a flash or LED assist lights for the camera, and maybe an optional slide-out physical keyboard. That would all but eliminate any reason to buy any other phone.

[Rod Roddy]

#@%& Apple! With all its "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" crap commercials, and their "less is more" ultra-modern minimal design approach, they still havent been able to get a leg up on PC's. Only Ipods have made a significant impact--AND YOU CAN USE THOSE ON A PC!

[AllenKids]

Yes the recent iPod event and the Macbook redesign event are less stella, but the WWDC 08 keynote and the SDK keynote while plain & a little bit on the boring side, the iPhone 2.0 has been proven to be a very big thing.

Who would thought the app store could be such a goldmine back 9 months ago?

If this fail your "ground breaking" bar, then let's not forget the iPhone itself is merely 2 years old - don't you think you put too much expectation on Apple? After all, the chance of seeing such a product as iPhone been introduced in one person's lifetime, according to Steve Jobs himself, is very rare.

I just don't get your journalist's resentment towards a company which have done so much in the last 10 years.

[davinp]

Apple already unfairly dominates the digital media player market, with about 90% control and so other players like the Creative Zen, doesn't get the recognition it deserves. Apple stole the interface from Creative. The ZEN is a better player than the iPod, not locked down and cheaper

Now, it seems they want to control the computer market, with those commercials saying the MAC is better than a Windows PC. The Windows PC is cheaper

[ScaryMonkey69]

Still not sure about "innovation". Sure, the iPod and Air were great! But didnt Steve Jobs once say they would never use Intel??? And then there's the whole "We can do what Windows can do" but they turn around and allow people to use Windows on a Mac? Giving in is not innovation. Its conceding. Apple realized they were getting their ***** handed to 'em so they had to give in but called it "innovation".

[AZNpeoples]

lol its good when fanboys are critics

it helps apple get better! :)

(im talking bout an earlier post)