Everyone is excited, the iPad has arrived on these here British shores at last, but lets think about it, what if…
Apple made Lightbulbs:
If Apple made a lightbulb it would look great, it would be eco-friendly and it would burn bright, sadly it would last a week and cost 5 times as much as a bog standard energy saving bulb which lasts months, also its components wouldn’t be eco-friendly and you’d also need to update all the sockets in your house to fit it.
Apple built Cars:
Yet again, Eco-Friendly is the word Du Jour here for Apple, it will have great fuel economy and a great interface but sadly it would only work on certain roads and would be out dated in 6 months and it would cost you 5 times the price of the same car which could run on any road. Every time it broke down you would have to take it to a specialist for the Apple iCar (at a premium rate) as taking it to someone else could void the warranty. You would also only be able to go to pre-approved garages of the iCar network to refuel because the fuel pumps would need to be adapted to fit the new fuel hose. But the nice thing about it is the awesome interface it has, sadly you can only do one thing at a time. A sad fact is a million fanboys and girls would buy it thinking it was innovative only to discover that the car they brought didn’t contain anything but an engine and some wheels and things likes seats, stereo and other features normaly associated with cars came as optional extras (also at a premium). But hey you didn’t buy it to drive, you brought it for the wealth of Apps and games!
Apple built the world:
I really don’t want to open up this can of worms… Lets just say Men and Women wouldn’t interact with out the optional update although tethering was possible it would come at a huge price! It would also only ever be used by a small percentage of users!
Progress with fanboy/girl rage all you want and prove my point, don’t get me wrong I loved Apple, but it has slowly gone from an innovative designer friendly company to a faceless corporate nightmare willing to suck every last penny out of its consumers with glitzy pieces of tat. Your standard Mac fan will spend stupid amounts of cash on the latest Apple gadget because it’s new, not because it doesn’t do anything special! Open your eyes and smell innovation!
Of course Apple have already got IP rights on all the above objects (I guess) and will be suing anyone who comes up with something vaguely similar to the concept they doodled on a napkin in the bar last night!
