MacDailyNews Take: That’s not how it works, Jason. Yours is a common (and tiresome) misconception. TIME’s “Person of the Year” features someone, some group, or quite incongruously something, that for better or for worse has done the most to influence the events of the year. Could be Hitler (yup, in 1938) or Gandi (nope, he never got it). But, you’re right about one thing: Zuckerberg was most certainly a mistake to be named “Person of the Year” based upon TIME’s own criteria.
Perlow writes, “”But at the end of the day, ZDNet is a technology website. And if I had to name a single technology that made the greatest impact in 2010, it was without a doubt Apple’s iPad.”
“When the iPad was first introduced to the public in late January, there was immediate derision of the product by naysayers that felt that it was nothing more than an oversized iPhone or iPod Touch. The mainstream technology press questioned whether or not the product would even catch on,” Perlow writes. “They were proven wrong.”
Perlow writes, “Very. Very. Very. Wrong.”
“2010 will be remembered by many as difficult year, with numerous challenges that everyone had to face, be it economically, sociologically, politically and emotionally,” Perlow writes. “But in our industry it will be marked by the introduction of the device that changed everything — the iPad.”
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Well I’m typing this on my iPad. The only thing I was disappointed about was the lock screen. What a dark depressing picture. And the file exchange issue between apps, still a pain.
Let’s be real. What else could it have possibly been? Kinect? Android?
Next year it will likely be the Mac App store. Or maybe a real Apple Television.
Wow, even meister-MS-shill ZDNet cannot ignore the impact of the iPad!
On his first point, Zuckerberg is indeed scum.
But the WikiLeaks dude is a hero!
Tell that to the 1300 or so dead Kenyans, whose deaths are directly attributable to WikiLeaks’ operation.
And that according to Assange’s unapologetic admission.
Quote from “Mr. Reeee “But the WikiLeaks dude is a hero!”
OH PLEASE – Both of these idiots are scum.
Cant decide on how to categorize each one due to the obsessive B.Sh** committed by each one.
And thats being nice.
@Ubermac,
The screen lock? Really?? Yeah, I was used to using the physical switch, but the software version works perfectly well.
@Arnold
Was talking about the lock screen image, of the dead lake, after the nuclear war.
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Yes, I was wrong. I’ll admit it without an iCal.
–Sent from my always-in-use iPad
Assange FTW!
F you, ZDnet
When Rupert Murdoch’s “The Daily” launches Jan. 17 (per AppleInsider), I wonder if it will coincide with the introduction of iPad 2.0?
Wait till you’ve tried the latest VNC client, Screens.
What an awesome piece of software for the iPad. I have complete control of my desktop Mac using my iPad. From my couch downstairs, I launched Photoshop, opened a file and printed it to the printer downstairs.
Finally Mac screen sharing for the iPad.
The wikileaks guy is looking increasingly like a set-up to bring in the despotic internet controls that some sections of our controllers want.
iPad opened the door of tablet new word and make us a big surprise! It is granted that iPad become so popular and famous.
As Christmas is coming, if possible, don’t miss give this big gift for your family , friend or your girlfriend. Personally, I think iPad with Aneesoft iPad converter suit is the best exciting Christmas gift.
“But the WikiLeaks dude is a hero!”
You admire some pencil-necked geek who can only making a living cutting and pasting documents that he stole??????
Of course, there is also the “pasting” ,(think white semi-liquid substance) that goes along with “alleged sexual crimes”
Awwww thats ok , think of the mans” overall contribution to society.
Yeah, some society all right.
Give him an island an let him start his own society with his clown followers.
You need to look toward the US Army to blame as well. Wikileaks just printed what they were handed. The Army allowed a private access to state secrets.
@ Steve Hix, Don’t put stuff like that out without the backing of references like web link to the article in question. You could be accused of FUD & character assassination.