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Originally Posted by vailpass
Apple fan boy is funny to watch.
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This is less Apple fanboyism than it is someone being dense and my SWOTI syndrome kicking in.
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Originally Posted by AustinChief
WHAT??? YouTube, CNN, NYT all use HTML5 to serve video to an ipad
If you even halfway understood the underlying architecture, you wouldn't be making these basic mistakes....
Let's move one... try going to Hulu.com, TV.com, ABC.com, Fox.com, Comedycentral.com, mlb.com, kcchiefs.com, kcroyals.com...
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He didn't say ALL video. For every site that has no substitute, there's one that does.
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How is the video? MORE IMPORTANTLY, how are the NFL, NHL, UEFA, NCAA gamecasts?
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MLB's app is superb. ESPN's app is superb. ESPN's web game cast is superb on the Touch.
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What? Oh you can buy an app for each of those... and soon an app for Hulu, and an app for...
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Buy as in free, most of the time.
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Have fun helping Apple rid the world of quality FREE content.
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Even if those apps(MOST of which don't exist yet) were free... what a complete pain in the ass.
(and direct links? get real, we are talking professional websites...)
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Oh, so now it's just a pain in the ass to download an app? And, I guess, if first you don't succeed, bitch about trivial things like that.
You continue to miss the point. Direct link or not, the video is playable on the touch/iPhone/iPad. It would be even if I put it in a simple HTML4 page or a wordpress blog. If CNN put it on their website, it would play. That's been my whole point which is contrary to your inane point about the iPad being irrelevant until HTML5 comes out. Obviously, it isn't.
Also, an app for each site system does have it's drawbacks but it also has a very big upside: UI advantages, offline processing and storage, consistency, design, etc etc.
So, basically, you're points are moot. Jobs hasn't lied about anything in his write up. The iPad isn't outdated yet. The iPad isn't dependent on HTML5. The iPad IS useful without HTML5.