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ipad anyone?
wp34:
--- Quote from: Level42 on January 28, 2010, 02:36:48 pm ---I'm just laughing my balls off. All these comments while NO-ONE has even held the product in hands and used it.
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I'm basing my comments on two years worth of iTouch usage. I'm assuming that the device will function similarly based on the information Apple has given. It is in effect a slightly larger iPhone/iTouch with added features.
Dartful Dodger:
When I heard about the iPad I thought this was life imitating art and Apple decided to built the Mac Wheel.
Watching the iPad demo video brought up the same doubts I had about a smart phone being practical. Now that I have one I realize I was wrong to think it was just a gimmick.
I remember people laughing at Apple when they stopped including floppy drives with their computers.
Maybe keyboards are a thing of the past.
ark_ader:
I saw the advertisement and I like it, but I would have liked it A LOT MORE if it behaved like those high end Wacom tablets that act like a monitor so you can do photoshop on the fly. I fell in love with tablet PCs way back in 2004, primarily to show off our software products to clients without huddling over a laptop screen. This iPad could have been a custom chipped powered iMac. I mean isn't the iphone supposed to run a derivative of OSX?
Ten hours is a long time between recharges. I would have been happy with eight. I do not need a camera or webcam, I'm better looking without them.
I didn't want it to be a phone, I wanted it to be a laptop killer.
Oh and I just read in the UK press today.
This kid is going to be £499. Not £ 309 or £299.
When did $499 equate to £499? :hissy:
RayB:
--- Quote from: Blanka on January 28, 2010, 04:06:50 pm ---The biggest fail of the iPad is that it is in fact the best computer for people that never worked with a computer, yet it does not work WITHOUT ANOTHER COMPUTER. That is SO lame!
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Again, a 99% wrong comment. You can use the device and add media, apps, whatever to it without EVER connecting it to a computer. (That's why they have built in iTunes, iBooks, and AppStore). The only thing missing, is a way to get photos on there, but they will be selling an extra camera adapter. Ill admit that's lame. I'd much prefer an SD or micro SD card slot.
I think if the rabid Mac boys who wanted a tablet running OSX wait long enough, there will be a touch based Mac Book. This iPad is probably a first step to testing the waters before launching something like that.
PS: I've tried out netbooks and kind of like them, but using a mouse pointer feels clumsy. Show me a netbook with multi-touch and I'll give it a fair consideration.
wp34:
This is good.
http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/167d70800c/the-ipad?rel=player
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