The one thing I like about these site(s) is they provided a non biased view of non-Apple based products. With this new site you're essentially jumping the shark. I guess it's on to other pastures. I hope the new Iphone was worth alienating your readers. FOR SHAME!!
You're replying to Vincent's message, but I think you're addressing me here, right? It seems like it, so here's my response...(if I've misunderstood you, please clarify).
I don't own an iPhone, I don't own a Mac, and I don't own any Apple product now that my wife's iPod Shuffle broke (which didn't surprise me, but let's not get into that ). But I'm not going to be writing here on Apple Thoughts other than perhaps commenting in the forums like everyone else - I'm not even a member of the Apple Thoughts editorial team! I won't be writing reviews or news posts.
So from an editorial perspective, I remain completely focused on Windows Mobile, Windows Vista, the Zune, and overall Windows ecosystem. I'm still a Windows fan, and you can expect the editorial coverage on the other sites to remain the same. I'm super excited about Windows Mobile 7, Windows 7 (just got my beta invite!), and I remain firmly committed to the Windows world.
I hope that helps reassure you that the sites you enjoy are going to remain the same!
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Congrats Vincent and Jason. As a longtime Windows guy who joined the Mac movement earlier this year, I'm interested in seeing what comes of this community.
Excellent to see this! Don't know how it will fare when there are comprehensive sites MacRumors out there .... but I've been with you guys since the USENET days, and as I use Apple stuff along with everything else, I will be here as well!
The one thing I like about these site(s) is they provided a non biased view of non-Apple based products.
Because Apple products are also important in the markets I care about (media players, computing, laptops, smart phones), I think it's equally important to have non-biased views of Apple products as to have non-biased views of non-Apple products. The other Thoughts Media sites cover the latter, and now finally (I hope) this new site will cover the former. (Personally I think being blindly biased against Apple is just as silly as being blindly biased for them- although I have repeatedly been guilty of the former- having personally dismissed both iPods and the iPhone solely because of their popularity without ever having held one. Then when I finally spent time with them, I changed my opinion.)
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Congrats on the new site. I'll add the front page to my Google Reader account to keep up on what's going on. I've officially passed up the iPhone 4 times to this point (although it was a close call) but I do have a 32 GB iPod Touch that I love.
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Excellent to see this! Don't know how it will fare when there are comprehensive sites MacRumors out there...
Starting a news & reviews site in a field of established competitors isn't easy, no doubt, but both Vincent and I talked about the sites that are out there, what they offer, what they don't, and we both feel there's an opportunity for a great looking site with great content and a great community. And hey, you don't know until you try, right?
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Don't know how it will fare when there are comprehensive sites MacRumors out there .... but I've been with you guys since the USENET days, and as I use Apple stuff along with everything else, I will be here as well!
My philosophy (and Jason agrees with me on this) is that Thoughts Media is more than just news, reviews, and rumors. Thoughts Media is all about community and family. I'm not going to run this site as a big rumor site. I hate Apple rumors. Most of them are pie-in-the-sky garbage (wanna see someone who got badly burned? My buddy Duncan Riley got pretty badly burned right before the MacBook announcement and lost a lot of credibility in the interest of "being first" with a scoop.
I'm not gonna play that game. My goal is simple: Provide an honest trustworthy site with a great community behind it and let it grow as organically as possible with no linkbaiting or hit-whoring. If I can accomplish that, I'll be very happy, and I think the community will be better off for it.
I look forward to proving to you that we can hang with the big boys and still keep the feel that makes Thoughts Media the number one community site network on the planet!
Congrats on the new site! I'm a big Windows fan too (including Vista), but have a few different ipods in my family (which I sync with Windows Media Player via http://www.mgtek.com/dopisp/ and NOT iTunes!). Also, being a freelance network administrator, I too can't afford to stick my head in the sand regarding Apple. Its for these reasons that I'll be watching this site as well. Good luck!
On a side note, is there a Thoughts Media RSS feed, that would include all the sites (including this new one)? That way I'd only have to maintain one RSS subscription for all the "Thoughts" sites and (hopefully) there wouldn't be too many duplicate posts as there are now from subscribing to the mulitple individual feeds. Thanks!
Well, it's certainly good to see this site, even though it was a surprise. I've long been a fan of Thoughts Media sites, particularly PPCT which is the one I've followed the most closely over the years.
I've owned Macs for a little over 3 years, had a stint with the iPod Touch (which I wound up giving to my son), have two iPods and various other Apple gear.
But fanboi I am not! I like Apple products, but have some serious issues with the company (mainly it's fanatical control and refusal to acknowledge issues, although that is changing somewhat). But that being said, I can't see leaving OS X to go back to Windows (I do dual boot with Vista on two of my three Macs, mainly for a couple of things that the Mac really can't do).
Looking forward to seeing this site grow and prosper. Thanks guys!
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). But I'm not going to be writing here on Apple Thoughts other than perhaps commenting in the forums like everyone else - I'm not even a member of the Apple Thoughts editorial team! I won't be writing reviews or news posts.
Congratulations!!
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