Comments on: Sorry, but Apple can't do everything right

Don Reisinger is convinced that Apple can do some things right. Just don't expect it to do everything right.

[bdennis410]

"Anthing, Anytime Anywhere." If Apple, or anybody else, keeps that goal foremost, top of the mind, and orients it's project development on fulfilling that one goal, then the product prospects for a unique, mind-blowing creativity outburst are just wonderful.
What is the end goal for a remote conrol? Forget Remote Control, except as an integrated part of your complete AAA system. That means voice recognation AI, "lstening" to you whereever you are, in the house, in the car, on the subway, in a plane.
An AI that understands when you
say "Joe? Movie please."
WHICH MOVIE?
"Mission Impossible 6."
PLAYING MOVIE
Or, "CNN News." Or, "CSI New York."
Or, "Call Monica."
Or, "Music Maroon Five."
Where is that AI when you need it?
Wherever you are.
It has to be voice Ai (we're not at the mind-control stage just yet, but soon.)
I could tell you more, but I'd have to charge you ( a lot).
So, Forrester may have devoted their thoughts to Apple, but maybe they should have concentrated on Anything, Anytime, Anywhere. If Apple delivers, great.
But, somebody will.

[abbasmirza]

Actually APPLE is doing everything right!
Apple TV is a great product for those who know how to use it...

Apple photo frame!! Can't wait till it comes out!
Please make it with wifi, touchscreen and iPhone like interface to play photos, videos, and mp3

Do not want to wait till 2nd generation to get all this...

Apple makes it right!

[Renegade Knight]

Take the Photoframe. No way is right.
Add some tech.
The photoframe connects to your mac to show the temp and weather forcast at a touch and a photo when not in use. It calls up movie times. Now it's a maybe on a par with a computer in your fridge.

[open-mind]

How is Apple TV "hardly a success" ?



Granted it's not changing the world, but it does what it's advertised to do and Apple-TV owners generally like it a lot By that definition, almost everything in the world (including cnet) is hardly a success.

[mouseclick]

These Apple fans are a bit ridiculous. They are far from perfect (I?ve had 2 iPods go bad, used a Mac for quite some time in the office and wanted to toss it out the window, etc.). But I digress? What about a game console? That has always seemed to me to be a logical product for Apple ? it wants to control the living room; it is a highly regarded consumer electronics company; it?s product design element is well suited for a console, etc. To me, I?m actually surprised they have not yet done this, especially when ? in my opinion ? it matches very well with a home network and connectivity with various software and handhelds could be a great thing (iTunes, iPod, iPhone, etc.). Plus, pushing a console could uproot some of the installed base of PCs in the home ? some folks that buy into an Apple console might also then buy into a Mac computer. If anything seems logical, it would be a console. In keeping with their ?I? theme, the could call it something as simple as: iConsole or iGame or iGamer, etc?

[solitare_pax]

Drivel. Apple doesn't do everything right - and neither does Microsoft. And I've seen cultish devotion to both Mac and PC products. The problem is, most of CNET belongs to the PC Cult. Pity. I prefer information as opposed to opinions.

[fakeman000]

Um, sorry but Apple can't do everything again...Steve Wozniak already made a universal remote called the Core or CL-9 or something that completely failed. Here's the link to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CL_9

[.michael]

"Sorry, but Apple can't do everything right".

I don't see Microsoft pulling any fast ones.

[Boomstickedition]

Lol What does Microsoft have to do with this article? Shouldn't the comment be directed towards what the article and not bringing up hatred toward something else?

[kylebuttermore]

mac = sucks! mac fanboys = shut up, nobody cares!

[jasonr123456]

What was the point of this article? What does some ridiculous research note have to do with Apple zealots? What serious Apple fan is taking any of those potential products seriously and what does bashing the ridiculous research note have to do with people who think Apple can do everything right? This is without a doubt one of the worst articles I have ever read. The author can't even pick a topic and then support it... he starts off ******** about Apple fans, and then for some reason veers into this research note... as if it has anything to do with Apple fans. Lame attempt to get people to read a lame article, and to get them to say things like "yeah, apple fans suck.. a picture frame?". Is this guy in high school?

[Boomstickedition]

Apparently he is getting a lot of comments so that means people actually read it which means he got his point across.

[jasonr123456]

I don't think people are "ripping into him" because he's an "apple hater", I think they're ripping into him because the article is poorly written and makes no sense. Most of the article is criticism of a research note, but he titled the article and began it by setting up some argument against Apple users who think Apple is perfect, then proceeded to write an article that had nothing to do with that premise. It's just a bad article.

[Kev50027]

To be politically correct, the title should be "Sorry, but Apple can't do ANYTHING right.

[Rohou]

actually, the remote thing is most likely correct. Apple recently filed a patent for a 3D remote system, similar to that of the Wii remote. It possibly could be used for Apple TV, but what they said could not be far off.

[freewarerevolution]

Okay, everyone take a step back and a deep breath and think really hard before saying anything. Now on to the article. First to the apple users that are attacking Don: Who's the professional journalist? He is, and if you think you can do better why aren't you the one writing articles on Cnet? Now that the first and most obvious point is out of the way, As much as you hate to admit/accept it Apple is not perfect. To believe so is just pure ignorance. As others have mentioned before me Apple has made some mistakes in the past (Newton, Lisa); it will continue to make mistakes at one point in time in the future. Thats the truth whether or not you want to believe it. I personally believe (this is my individual opinion mind you) that the Macbook Air is essentially an expensive paper weight, and i do not know a single person who owns one, or would like to own one (and i run in a crowd which includes both mac and microsoft faithfuls, plus linux and other freeware users =D). As for Mac users and the cult like mentality, just like everything else, not all of them act like desperate cultists. Though i do personally know quite a few of Macophiles who do have that (creepy and just wrong) mentality, and have seen many posts that are along that same line. Now for the neutral points. Am i the only one who is bothered by the fact that arguments between Apple and Microsoft unfairly lump all PCs together? Unlike apple's products (which are all developed and produced by one company), PCs are not the sole property of microsoft. It defies logic to blame PC architecture for microsofts shortcoming. Thats purely microsofts fault, not the PC's manufacturer. While i'll admit many large pc manufacturers do not match the quality of apples hardware, some do or surpass it. My PC for example is made by Velocity Micro, and i have to say its the finest computer ive ever owned (and ive owned both macs and pcs); in quality, customer support (which is entirely US based!!!), and aesthetics. Finally, the MS bashing. Vista for the longest time absolutely sucked, period. Now it doesn't suck outright, its just mediocre (i have never had any problems, tech or otherwise in a very long time), and its fairly simple and easy to navigate once you've used for awhile. On my pc i have both vista (which of course came on the system, unfortunately) and linux. I only use vista to play games (which i love to do) and programs that dont have linux support. My main OS i use however is linux (as most of you could probably guess by my name...SUPPORT FREEWARE!!!!....ehem had to do it). Anyways, i realized i kind of rambled on, so heres the synapses: Apple can make mistakes, just like microsoft, dont blame pcs for MS's shortcomings, and unless your a pro. writer (which Don is) you really dont have a basis to bash him.

[tehcheesepuff]

The Apple fanboys on cnet are coming notoriously close to the infamous digg.com user-base. You guys should take it easy. I mean, voice your opinions, but you don't have to insult his journalistic capabilities. Some of you belligerent people have gone as low as to attack him personally. It's quite sad.

[chiptyipper]

To all those ranting, chill out! I'm a fan of Apple products and am writing this on my iMac. However, I see nothing in his column that makes him a Mac hater or a Microsoft lover. It is an OPINION column, not a news article and there is nothing wrong with him expressing his opinion. While supporting his opinion with facts or examples would make his case stronger, it is not necessary, it's only an opinion. While I love Apple and its products and believe in them enough to own stock in the company, I happen to agree with the author's key points: (1) Apple is not perfect--is that so hard to accept? They have made mistakes and will make more. (2) Many fanboys think Apple is perfect (see the many posts here for proof of his opinion) and (3) Some of the products that Foresters think are coming are probably very unlikely. I believe that one of the vital strengths that Jobs has is knowing what products NOT to introduce--knowing what they can do significantly better than anyone else and in many cases, redefine or create a product category. While we may WANT Apple to introduce a photo frame, or remote or whatever, and I believe that they could do these products better than most other companies, I don't think they will do any of the products mentioned by Foresters. I think they have even better ideas up their sleeves.

[Dimitrios Matsoulis]

I completely agree with the statement that a PC is a tool no matter what the OS is. None of us gets more creative because we make a certain OS choice, it's a matter of creativity. As for the frame and alarm issues I think they are not worthwhile to discuss for their functionality, only the design aspect could possibly be of some interest.
http://electronrun.com/

[markhamalainen]

This article is being purposely provocative. Why else link to it with the words "Just in: Apple doesn't walk on water" and title it "Sorry, but Apple can't do everything right" when the topic isn't Apple at all, but the obviously lame predictions of the Forrester piece? Why not title it "Forrester makes lame predictions"?

On top of that, the article doesn't actually make any useful analysis. It should be obvious to anybody who actually took the time to think about it that either the iPod Touch or iPhone can be used as a remote control or alarm clock. Suggesting that in 5 years time Apple might produce a display that is specifically to be used as a digital picture frame shows an enormous lack of imagination... but it only takes a little bit more imagination to explain why: having *general* purpose networked displays around the house will undoubtedly become common in the not too distant future, some people do it already.

Conclusion: CNET is just trying to generate traffic by mentioning apples name in a provocative title.

[SBR249]

When taken in context, the title "Just in: Apple doesn't walk on water" or "Sorry, but Apple can't do everything right" makes quite a bit of sense. The overall purpose of the article is to criticize the "Apple-can-do-no-wrong" and the "Apple-is-perfect" school of journalistic/research thought. When viewed with this purpose in mind, the title can be construed as a sarcastic poke at those analysts. Indeed, the tone and style of the title itself suggest that it was addressed at a target other than Apple. It really has nothing to do with Apple. Just because Apple is mentioned doesn't mean that it is being targeted. Rather the company is merely a vehicle for the author to illustrate a point.

[KS09]

I used to enjoy C-Net for the tech news, but it gets difficult when on a weekly basis there are articles like this that don't even try to be un-biased with a titles like "Apple can't do everything" "Apple can't walk on water". Then there are the weekly product reviews touting the next Ipod killer, Iphone killer, alternates to the Macbook Air and the list goes on and on, just do a search on the c-net site and you'll see what I mean. And finally the constant reference to Apple's "cult-like" following, since when is product loyalty a bad thing? Yes I own a Mac,and as a result I favor other Apple products and software, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy reading un-biased tech news about other products. Obviously C-net is not the place to get that. If this a site for PC users only you should just come right out and say so.