Richard Lawler

In terms of designing for different orientations, I think the iPad HIG has it wrong. (Sacrilegious! I know.) I am feeling like different UI layouts and different app capabilities for different orientations is usually a mistake. e.g. Pages lack of a toolbar in landscape.

Take, for example, iPod app's CoverFlow in landscape vs sane music player app in portrait. I would love to see some UX testing to back up that design paradigm that Apple has embraced so heavily in the iPad UI.

I thought the user only had access to the Sharing subfolder of Documents via iTunes sharing. Not Documents itself. Does Library get automatically backed up on iTunes sync?

None! I plan to save my money.

I don't plan to pick up any Blu-ray player. I've been underwhelmed by HD DVD and Blu-ray. DVD is just fine.

I suspect many other people will vote by keeping their pocketbooks in their pockets the same way. There's a recession. Blu-ray discs cost at least $10 more than DVDs. DVDs look great on my HDTVs. Netflix carries 90,000+ DVDs and 500 Blu-rays.

DVD: faster, cheaper, more choices. The choice is easy.

OK. I got scammed. Oh please. Where do I sign up to get scammed again?

Headline from next year's CES: "Major studios announce plans to downplay Blu-ray releases as sales continue to disappointed."

> cuz your mac mini doesnt have standard tv/display jacks.

Uhh. DVI and HDMI are (for the purposes of an AppleTV or Mac mini) the same thing. Just a different plug on the end of the cable. Seeing as how the Apple TV doesn't even come with a cable to connect to your TV I don't see how your argument makes any sense.

I'm surprised. From looking at the User Guide it doesn't seem like there's any provision for any streaming or accessing video or audio files from a LAN connected computer or NAS to the PS3. It seems like everything the PS3 plays needs to be on the PS3 hard drive or a connected piece of media (eg Memory Stick).

I wonder if it can play music off an iPod. I hope so. If not they haven't done their homework.

> all you need to remember to do is burn the tracks you've bought onto a CD...

In all this discussion of Apple's DRM, people conveniently limit the discussion to how iTMS handles music files. iTunes allows a fairly simple method of circumventing the DRM limits on music files by burning a Red Book Audio CD. But it is important to note that Apple's iTMS DRM already does not allow an analogous usage right for video content. Also Apple's iTMS usage rights have changed over the years. Former Apple Quicktime Evangelist Charles Wiltgen says, "Meh!".

Just don't be surprised when iTunes version X comes out on the same day as the new holographic iPod and in exchange iTunes no longer allows you to burn your music to an audio CD.