It's interesting in that it's not so much a social network as "your order history online, for everyone in the world to see."
It's off-putting that bands can create content but regular users? Not so much.
It's odd that I can tell people I'm going to a Cold Play concert (somehow) but I can't post pictures from that event afterwards.
But then .. I don't expect Ping to remain in this same place for very long.
Apple has a habit of releasing simple, feature complete products at 1.0 and then only adding additional stuff later when they can guarantee a first-rate user experience (eg, the App Store, cut and paste on the iPhone, printing on the iPad, etc).
So their one-point-ohs have the pundits and tech journalists writing big "Huh? But it doesn't have ____!" articles, but then in six months or a year later ... it's a wholly different kind of experience.
One prediction nobody is talking about much: Since this is based, presumably, on Lala, I expect it to have some kind of streaming service soon.
Apple has a habit of releasing simple, feature complete products at 1.0 and then only adding additional stuff later when they can guarantee a first-rate user experience (eg, the App Store, cut and paste on the iPhone, printing on the iPad, etc).
This also has the side benefit of introducing users to these things in gradual baby steps.
It's off-putting that bands can create content but regular users? Not so much.
It's odd that I can tell people I'm going to a Cold Play concert (somehow) but I can't post pictures from that event afterwards.
But then .. I don't expect Ping to remain in this same place for very long.
Apple has a habit of releasing simple, feature complete products at 1.0 and then only adding additional stuff later when they can guarantee a first-rate user experience (eg, the App Store, cut and paste on the iPhone, printing on the iPad, etc).
So their one-point-ohs have the pundits and tech journalists writing big "Huh? But it doesn't have ____!" articles, but then in six months or a year later ... it's a wholly different kind of experience.
One prediction nobody is talking about much: Since this is based, presumably, on Lala, I expect it to have some kind of streaming service soon.