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shmokes:

--- Quote from: RayB on January 29, 2010, 05:44:05 pm ---
It's all these third-party apps where the developer was too lazy to implement save states that the app will start up from the beginning again.


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And here I was blaming Apple.  How silly of me.  I owe Apple an apology.

Blanka:

--- Quote from: Level42 on January 30, 2010, 05:27:56 am ---The "geek" factor alone is huge.

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I doubt the iPad will have one. Macs before iPod had it. The first iPods had it. But today when bankers, lawyers, contractors, weed-dealers and even your MOTHER buys an iPhone because its so easy, and the iPad is perfect for computer-noobs, this wil not have a geek factor. Sorry geeks. Go buy a real NES.

Level42:
Maybe I used the wrong word (Geek)....

Since there is no similar product yet, it certainly _will_ draw people's attention.

And yes my dad forward the Apple e-mail to me and said he liked it very much. And he's a PC user :D
I don't see anything wrong with it.

What I wonder: Will it's iTunes play music through an Airport Express ? I mean, I'm not going to seriously listen to music through the built-in speakers or head-phones....it would be a great selling point for me. Now I have to keep the Mini running to play my iTunes music. Would be great if the iPad could do it and it would be an unforgivable omission if it can't.

darcyp:
i just don't know what i would want with an ipod touch that can't fit in my pocket.
On the other hand, i have friends who are graphic designers, and this would be perfect for them to bring into a meeting to show clients their work.
there is a market for it, i just know that i'm not in it.

shmokes:
I'd love to have one sitting around my house for casual internet browsing, reading the news, checking the weather, checking stocks (if I actually owned any), checking movie times, reading blogs, checking google maps for stuff.  You know . . . casual internet stuff where I really don't need a full-on computer.  It's way more portable and comfortable than a laptop when you're not actually sitting at a table.  And so on.

With that said, I have no intention of getting one of these any time soon.  For one, some of its missing features are deal breakers for me, unfortunately.  For two, I'm too poor.  But I hope both of those situations will be remedied within the next year or two.  Cos I can definitely see a place in my life for a device like this.

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