Please iPad, Don't Hurt 'Em

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Devin Coldewey:

It’s not entirely fair, of course, to compare a fragmented and developing ecosystem like Android tablets to the world leader, the iPad.

This kind of stuff drives me nuts. Android gets a free pass for sucking because, well it's hard to compete with the establishment. Like iPhone did? iPhone came out in 2007, it wasn't available globally until 2008 and it was an instant hit and crushed the mighty, market leading Blackberry, and Nokia. Just like the iPod at $399 in 2001 was the defacto mp3 player within 3 years. Not successful, but the standard. No one gets a free pass.

(Via Daring Fireball)

Apple, Foxconn, and Working Conditions

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BSR, the company that the NYT used as a source for their shocking exposé on Apple said today:

There are several areas where the text you provided us is inaccurate and therefore presents an inaccurate account of events you aim to describe. It is untrue that Apple has consistently disregarded advice that BSR has provided about problems related to working conditions in its supply chain.

Also, Foxconn manufactures products for companies:

  • Acer Inc. (Taiwan)
  • Amazon.com (United States)
  • Apple Inc. (United States)
  • ASRock (Taiwan)
  • Asus (Taiwan)
  • Barnes & Noble (United States)
  • Cisco (United States)
  • Dell (United States)
  • EVGA Corporation (United States)
  • Hewlett-Packard (United States)
  • Intel (United States)
  • IBM (United States)
  • Lenovo (China)
  • Logitech (Switzerland)
  • Microsoft (United States)
  • MSI (Taiwan)
  • Motorola (United States)
  • Netgear (United States)
  • Nintendo (Japan)
  • Nokia (Finland)
  • Panasonic (Japan)
  • Philips (Netherlands)
  • Samsung (South Korea)
  • Sharp (Japan)
  • Sony Ericsson (Japan/Sweden)
  • Toshiba (Japan)
  • Vizio (United States)

(via Wikipedia & Macworld)