Ipad
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It just looks like a big iPhone to me - and I'm a Mac fan..
I think the deals with newspapers and publishers will be key to its success or failure.
Where/how will women carry it my wife asks? (Quick - design a suitable handbag - speed modelling challenge!)
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yep, glued here to Gizmodo and Ars technica news feeds
. Now I just need a friendly bank manager! 
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lots more details: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/the-apple-ipad/
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you've not been reading the live blog over at Gizmodo then
1ghz A4 custom chip
- Wifi - EDIT seems it does have 3G after all.
runs iphone apps in a iphone sized window in the middle of the screen or in doubled pixel mode
claimed 10 hour battery life - for the chip, no data on that plus the screen wifi
no camera.
ppl are already writing it off as nothing but an enlarged Itouch.
- Wifi - EDIT seems it does have 3G after all.
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@unknownuser said:
@khai said:
no 3G - Wifi only
not true
before that image, they were saying at Giz no 3G
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only god if you can run sketchup on it.
Otherwise I'll call it an iGimmick.
Oh and you have to buy optional keyboard stand and leather stand to make it have any sense.
And I just KNOW every smart ass in Italy is going to buy it.
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I like what I see so far.
My wife wanted a Kindle2, I suggested she wait for the Apple surprise (I was hoping for something else, like maybe moving from AT&T to Verizon)
Looks like my wife wins this round.
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@khai said:
ppl are already writing it off as nothing but an enlarged Itouch.
Khai, you obviously need to watch the lecture by Lawrence Krauss that Remus posted....
@unknownuser said:
Why is there something rather than nothing? … There has to be. In quantum mechanics, if you have nothing, you’ll always get something
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@unknownuser said:
ppl are already writing it off as nothing but an enlarged Itouch.
Ever notice how stupid people always have comments, while smart ones wait, try, ponder, before making remarks?
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@tfdesign said:
@khai said:
ppl are already writing it off as nothing but an enlarged Itouch.
Khai, you obviously need to watch the lecture by Lawrence Krauss that Remus posted....
@unknownuser said:
Why is there something rather than nothing? … There has to be. In quantum mechanics, if you have nothing, you’ll always get something
relevance please?
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I find this new Apple technology quite disappointing.
Indeed like others I was hoping for an innovative small form-factor net-tablet. On the pro and plus-side, no question it's interesting - size, keyboard-docking & Bluetooth are all good. OTOH, its has closed and limited computational capabilities, no multitasking and despite an over-sized iPhone/Touch it offers no support for 'regular' Mac OSX apps. Bottom line for me, I am definitely left wanting and hoping for iPad v. 2.
Cheers,
. Diego .
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Been looking to seeing this and I'm not disappointed so far. Superb price range and choice.
Alot of bang for your buck if you ask me.
But one major issue....
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The problem is most folk had high expectations of a new gadget to replace an old one, this is not to replace the ipod, iphone, imac, etc. This is to kill the Kindle, this is for casual internet browsers, subscription readers (watch how magazines and newspapers turn internet subscription based now), Kindle was black and white, this is color.
The Ipad is great IMO, for what it's intended for, wanna a graphics tablet? then get a Wacom Clique. -
Watch how Itunes will now offers Wired magazine, Cosmopolitan, Wall street journal, etc This will do for pulp media what it did for cd's.
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If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it ...
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@dmatho said:
I find this new Apple technology quite disappointing.
Indeed like others I was hoping for an innovative small form-factor net-tablet. On the pro and plus-side, no question it's interesting - size, keyboard-docking & Bluetooth are all good. OTOH, its has closed and limited computational capabilities, no multitasking and despite an over-sized iPhone/Touch it offers no support for 'regular' Mac OSX apps. Bottom line for me, I am definitely left wanting and hoping for iPad v. 2.
Cheers,
. Diego .
maybe you want this instead?
buy it! now
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Modbook
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@solo said:
The Ipad is great IMO, for what it's intended for, wanna a graphics tablet? then get a Wacom Clique.
see above
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Methinks Apple's gonna get rich from repairing dropped Ipads
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@unknownuser said:
If it ain't broken, don't try to fix it ...
i dunno, one of the main things this tablet is aimed at is our traditional paper_medium content delivery.. you gotta admit that the internet pretty much broke that setup
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Really, an A4 sized touch screen is good enough.
BUT WHY A HUGE IPOD?!?!?!?!
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