Aircraft safety versus iOS? Seems like a pretty huge straw man to me. The average person has jumped enthusiastically into the world of "closeness" as you can see by iPhone and iPad sales. How soon is "quick smart" getting here? Where are the complaints, outside of niche techie sites? Where's the rejection of the "closeness?"

Wow, that's the most outrage I've seen in a "jpg editorial" in a long time. Only the combination of Star Trek and Apple can inspire that kind of fury over some pixel minutia.

The link to "Apple censoring posts" leads to a 30 page discussion on Apple's site. They're terrible at censorship, apparently!

Good luck competing with my newest invention, the Higher Definition Network \ Interface, or HDN\I cable!

Pretty sure that this isn't about the cost of printing DVDs. They want to encourage adoption of the Mac App Store and digital downloads. Apple draws a line in the sand when they feel it pushes development forward -- no floppy on the iMac, no Flash on iOS devices. I welcome not having to stand in line for a DVD or wait for the Fed Ex guy.

Not only this but, for $25 a year, I never have to think about my work iTunes and my home iTunes having any library differences at all? That alone is completely worth the price of a Starbucks coffee each month!

I'm curious about this too. People seem to think that this is where Apple's purchase of Lala will come in. I never used that service so I can't comment on it but apparently it was good at solving this problem.

I just had a great idea: iOS 6! If Apple ever releases anything similar, I'm rich!!

I have to admit that this part baffles me. Do people need such constant access to "Feedback," "Options," etc. that those links must be present at all times? Even to the detriment of the content that people come here to read?

How much is your home data connection? Cable modem prices aren't anything to be so smug about.

How do you recommend they field test a new cell phone? Only on the Apple campus? I'm fine with being called an apologist for people who don't want their lost or stolen items sold by whoever happens to stumble along.

Why do you think the MacBook and the iPod are so nice? Because of the exact same things you're turned off by. You wanna make an omelet, you gotta break a few eggs.

It's not that. PC developers never think "what if my user has no mouse? Better only use the keyboard." That should be a fear for Android users though. Why write for higher-end phone hardware features if that only limits your market? As a user, why buy the nice hardware if none of it's implemented in apps?

No, I disagree. He mentions several input options that are specific to phones. A phone may or may not have a keyboard but a computer will always have a keyboard and a mouse. An example is: if you're create a driving game for Android, why would you code for accelerometer steering if a big chunk of the users won't have the hardware? A desktop programmer would never think "what if they don't have a mouse?" Android developers will neglect everything above the bottom spec because otherwise they're limiting their market or wasting their own time.

Very well put.