changing the rules of the game

stephen fry gives the most optimistic view of the ipad. i hope he’s right. the planet is certainly a better place with apple on it! what i like is the idea of things that change the rules of the game which certainly the iphone did. equally iplayer has changed the rules of the game for watching television and listening to radio (along with tvcatchup). or the new digital cameras such as the 5dmkii has changed the rules of the game in movie making . what will change the rules of the game in christianity i wonder?

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  2. Malcolm Guite January 29, 2010

    Hi Jonny (remember me?)Thats an interesting question to ask. my answer would be that there are no rules to change but that christianity is (as Steve Jobs might say of the iPad) a truly immersive and intuitive experience. Ps I did my own take on the ipad thing and religious language in a short poem called iPitaph on an iPad here:http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2010/01/27/ipitaph-on-an-ipad/

  3. Richard Baker January 30, 2010

    But Apple does not always get it right, Apple TV for example has been a complete flop. You find very few examples of apple devices collaborating. How when you “share music” in a home network you actually copy the music to your own machine. How the email program does not cache attachments that you download, so it has to download an attachment each time you read it, it assumes you have a network connection and that it can waste network resources (that are now frequently in short supply). Technologically Apple is an closed island. Apple does not support Java or Flash simply because it would allow people to write software for their devices they could not control.
    So Apple may be changing some elements of the game in terms of aesthetic design,and market models but I would say that the underlying implications of the ethos and values should NOT be admired.
    But I do own an iPod…..

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