When Apple executives attack their rivals, it's negative PR which reflects more on Apple than on the company they're trying to put down. It's disrespectful. Microsoft never attacks its rivals in this way. Apple is showing its true colours as a very different corporation to the one many of us once loved.

Steve Jobs famously said the same thing, arguing that a 7-inch tablet is inferior.

But who would buy one? iPad Mini is a knee-jerk reaction to what Apple's rivals are already doing much better — it's lame.

Apple has always been a follower.

"The iPad Mini is just a shrunken down iPad 2 in a lot of ways"

"There's almost no question that the iPad Mini is a terrific device; it's got too much pedigree and money behind it to be anything else."

This is surely a classic example of Apple worship. However, objective tech commentating is beginning to come back into fashion, and it's no coincidence that it's doing so just as Apple has lost its shine.

Java developers for the browser should try Silverlight. They'll love it. And they can code in C# which is very similar to Java and has the same syntax etc.

FYI the only people who made a fuss about it were Google and their loyal allies Mozilla (wholly-owned glove-puppet) and Apple (a corporation sharing board members with Google) — and thanks to their prolific lobbying eventually they had an impact on the EU (the most bloated and corrupt institution in the history of…

"People shouted and screamed and stomped their feet over the fact that Microsoft bundled a browser with an OS. "

[Stifled yawn...]

The iPad mini is fundamentally an iPhone without the telephony hardware, and a slightly different shape.

The root of this story sounds suspiciously like the customary attempt to spin a classic Apple failure into a success story about how great the product is.

Another epic fail by Apple.

Another epic fail by Apple.

Another attempt by Google to over-complicate the Internet in the name of simplicity?

Aha, I think now I see what Adam Sacks receives in exchange for distributing marketing from Apple — he mysteriously also receives exclusive "leaks" from the corporation:

This looks a lot like an example of Apple's viral corporate propaganda in the lead-up to the next iPhone launch. Is it genuine content, or has somebody involved benefited from a relationship with Apple? :)

The disgruntled OEMs story was clearly over-hyped — not least by Apple/Google fanboys.

It's common-knowledge that very little in iPhone was new, although you might think otherwise if you pay to much attention to Apple. Things like slide to unlock are a running joke around here.