Apple Tablet Media Event Today: 'Come See Our Latest Creation'

Detektiv-Pinky

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #426

Eminemdrdre00 said:

Anyone else not impressed so far? Its literally just a 9.7" iPod Touch. Running iPhone apps in full-screen is not going to be a good experience. Plus no mention of multitasking yet!

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Yes me, I just try to figure out: Who needs this device?

I can't even custom develop some software for it because it has to go through the App-Store :-(

 

Simplicated

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Sep 20, 2008

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #427

Currently not interested unless "One more thing" comes.

 

kirk26

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #428

dba7dba said:

Looks like no cell feature? Maybe because no carrier wanted the risk of having to carry the load of a device with 10 inch lcd?

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Yea, imagine hold that up to your ear and talking!

 

Beric

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #429

NT1440 said:

I take it you have some sort of better idea?

Its nice to tear things down, but from my experience so far the ipod touch is the best touchscreen experience you can get. So what exactly were you picturing?

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Since it's just an bigger iPod touch, which not get an iPod touch for cheaper, and have better portability as well?

 

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billysea

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Feb 25, 2008

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #430

Name: bad
Form Factor: ugly
Inside: disappointing
Memory: little
Apps Compatibility: nice
Apps Utilization: sucks
Battery Life: long
Price: ?

 

Robert M.

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Jan 4, 2010

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #431

The people on U-stream are saying they won't pay a grand for this!! haha! Glad I'm not alone on that!

Still it's pretty cool!

 

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CherryJello

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May 30, 2009

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #432

rorschach said:

There's gotta be something more to this. If there isn't, I'm gonna have to agree with the "just a big iPod touch" posters.

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Yeah, no inspiration for the homescreen, lockscreen. The lockscreen looks especially bad. Seems like Apple just phoned it in on this one, and I do mean that as a pun

 

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lilo777

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Nov 25, 2009

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #433

cmaier said:

That's a ridiculous statement. "ARM architecture" defines merely the instruction set. All of the RTL, logic gates, circuits, physical design was done by Apple. That's like saying AMD's Opteron wasn't "completely original" because "it's just one implementation of the x86 architecture."

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That's not true. ARM designs a lot more than the command set. It produces everything up to in-silicon design. Read here: http://www.arm.com/news/25922.html

 

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briand05

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Jan 23, 2005

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #434

This thing is so disappointing, I mean it's literally a giant iPod touch. I thought they would have done more here, but I don't see anything exciting.

 

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LaDirection

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Jul 14, 2006

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #435

Mighty disappointing so far. A 9.7" iPhone with no phone. No multi tasking, no flash. I don't even understand what I'm supposed to do with it. I'm a guy, I don't have a purse, how would I carry it around? Too big for pockets, too small for laptop-like bags. Just a weird product.

 

HLdan

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #436

turbineseaplane said:

How "not attractive" to me.

How about updating the MacBook Pros?

You know. Doing something that we all WANT.

I already have an iPad...it's called the iPhone.

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LOL, without MR we wouldn't have an unnecessary bitching.

 

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dfy

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Apr 27, 2009

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #437

That is one fugly thing!
And have you seen that interface? I can't believe they just copied the complete iPhone interface, nothing special.
Please pretty please, One More Thing: and Steve gets the REAL iPad out

 

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iMacmatician

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Jul 20, 2008

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #438

- Can run existing apps in a small box in center of screen or can pixel double to run full screen. Demoing. Showing off Facebook and ESPN snowcross game.
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- App Store available on iPad and will feature both iPad-only and iPhone apps. Gameloft now on stage with a demo.

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Exactly as I thought.

The OS/GUI seems to be closer to the iPhone OS than Mac OS X, also as I expected.

 

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azsprty

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Jun 15, 2009

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #439

so we have 15 minutes left and nothing but tablet...I just knew this would be the case

 

SFStateStudent

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #440

Text with video imbedded is OLD news. I can do that with MS Word & PP...

 

NT1440

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #441

Beric said:

Since it's just an bigger iPod touch, which not get an iPod touch for cheaper, and have better portability as well?

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Form factor.

I can't wait to have this have all my books and sitting on my lap/desk for note taking in class.

 

rgarjr

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Apr 2, 2009

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #442

briand05 said:

This thing is so disappointing, I mean it's literally a giant iPod touch. I thought they would have done more here, but I don't see anything exciting.

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a fat touch

 

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ethical

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #443

mac1984user said:

So no new MacBook Pros. And this iPad looks exactly as some (and myself) predicted. A giant iPod touch! Excellent!....not.

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We havnt got to the end of the presentation...they've only gone through one product and you're already assuming there will be no MBPs?!? Think about it...

 

4God

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Apr 5, 2005

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #444

I'm real curious to know what player they're using to play the videos inside the New York Times App.

 

VenusianSky

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Aug 28, 2008

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #445

So far, quite the disappointment. The price is going to be the determining factor for many.

 

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NeuralControl

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #446

Come on Apple. Get to the price.

 

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phatspider

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #447

iPad not new :

http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/ipad.html

 

SpaceKitty

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Nov 9, 2008

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #448

HLdan said:

LOL, without MR we wouldn't have an unnecessary bitching.

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And when they update the MacBook Pros, these same people will be bitching saying how disappointing they are. It's the same old thing every event.

 

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Saturnine

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Oct 23, 2005

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #449

Apple's shares are down 3% since the beginning of the event...

 

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dgdosen

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Dec 13, 2003

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• Jan 27, 2010

• #450

Another way of looking at it - a glorified big iPhone with low resolution. I think if the screen size was the size of a four iphones (or doubled each size) - then this would have been cool.

Too bad Apple is introducing a device with low pixel density, and a form factor that will have ergonomic experts up in arms.