If you respond to something I actually wrote, I'll be happy to discuss it with you.
You started by saying "I don't agree" then ended up "Apple needs to state their viewpoints" which is subtly justifying their behavior.
In my opinion, this is an open and shut case of Steve not being honest in his keynote, and he should be called out.
It's especially disappointing to hear this as a fan of Apple as I don't think this kind of reality distortion is necessary given Apple's success. It just makes them look desperate and much lower then their actual position would dictate.
I think steve jobs was dishonest in presenting that uncorrected quote from the Samsung executive. It lessens him in my eyes and it has been called out already.
Does that mean we can't attempt to understand his motivation without being called names? Must every statement about the subject begin with 'Steve Jobs is a liar'?
It's worth pointing out that nothing else he said even comes close to being a lie.
I think that's implicit and not really necessary to discuss, "sell more stuff".
However, if Jobs came out tomorrow and said, "look folks, I've been kinda sick and out of the loop recently, somebody else put those slides together and I didn't realize they weren't accurate, sorry 'bout that" that'd be a reasonable explanation.
I find it interesting to try to understand people's motivations rather than condemn them even if I dislike what they are doing.
The fact is that executives in the industry make misleading statements all the time. These statements end up in headlines and do influence people. This is fact.
Does this mean I like it? Of course not. Do I think it would be better if Jobs was a lot more careful to say things that are unimpeachably clean - very much so.
I think they make these kinds of statements to try to counteract the kinds of falsehoods that others are making.
Other than the Samsung quote, Jobs didn't lie. How is exaggerating the outrage and pretending that he did, any better than what he's accused of?
Here's the ones you must have missed then, from the article:
"First dual core tablet to ship in volume."
">90% market share".