Daniel Lyons of Newsweek really lets it rip with his review entitled, “Macworld, Macboring.” He found the hour-and-a-half keynote “awful” and “almost unbearable.” And that, he said, was putting it as politely as possible. Jeepers!

You might be able to watch the Macworld keynote address on Apple’s site, but at least for me, the page started to display, and then seemed to forward to another page that returned a 404 error. Huh? Guess I’ll try again later.

Meanwhile, back to the Newsweek article, the question to ponder is whether this lackluster keynote address by Apple’s marketing chief, Phill Schiller, might signal that Apple’s “run as the hottest company in consumer electronics may be drawing to a close?” Or, I am wondering, is it just that Steve Jobs an incredibly hard act to follow?

Steve excused himself from Macworld due to serious but not dire health concerns. Wishing you all the best, Steve!