I don't work for Apple. But I don't work for my favorite football team either. Most of us think of ourselves as part of the Apple team. And most of us are proud to be on the winning team. It's our cash that leads Apple to invest in revolutionary and magical new technologies that benefit the whole world. I buy products I don't even need just to support Apple and reward them for creating amazing technologies. I'm a team player, are you?
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I don't work for Apple. But I don't work for my favorite football team either. Most of us think of ourselves as part of the Apple team. And most of us are proud to be on the winning team. It's our cash that leads Apple to invest in revolutionary and magical new technologies that benefit the whole world. I buy products I don't even need just to support Apple and reward them for creating amazing technologies. I'm a team player, are you?
Just because your in house lawyers say its ok, does not make it so.
http://allthingsd.com/20110329/amazons-cloud-service-is-a-legal-b-illegal-c-probably-here-to-stay/
They are subcontracting out with an image hosting company that is using Azure. I am sure that when their data center is online, they will bring it in house.
Love my Kindle...simple and so much easier to read E-ink type screen. Battery lasts Weeks with WiFi turned off. Maybe You should try one
The main reason why I am not buying an iPad is that its display sucks to say the least. I have the kindle and just love it mainly because of the display. Its so crisp and clear. I hope the amazon tablet has a similar display even if it does not have the multi gestures features that ipad provides. Tablets are mainly for reading, browsing the web and without a great screen, it loses purpose.
How does your kool-aid taste as you drink it by the gallons every morning? "Our team" won? You're nuts man.
I thought you guys had RIM up there?? Besides you can't use touch panels below 0°C while wearing sealskin gloves trimmed in wolverine.
No, I'm not. I like Apple products and I buy them if I want them more than the cash they're asking for.
Not at all. At one point it was at the very least the most popular and it eventually blew away Netscape. But after years of no competition it became a joke.
To imply that the iPad needs no competition is just ignorance.
Does anyone in this thread need any more proof that this guy is just a troll that's here to stir people up?
1. "Give me a reason why people like the iPad, I can't understand. I don't get it"
2. Several people give various reasons.
3. "I still don't understand why people like it. I don't get it."
4. More people give reasons why, but are getting tired of his schtick.
5. "Such hostile responses. I still don't understand why people like the iPad"
6. People STILL give reasons.
7. "I still don't get it"
8.
I mean seriously, this guy will keep on doing this is we keep responding to him. He's either a troll that just is giggling there watching people respond, or seriously has a learning disability.
The guy I was addressing. Not me. I said he was making assumptions on everyone and then went on to express MY experience stating that it's totally opposite of his. Where did I say that EVERYONE'S experience is like mine?
Yes, it's a myth to assume that eye-strain effects everyone looking at an LCD/LED/CRT etc etc. It clearly doesn't effect everyone. If he went back and edited that these are all his experiences and how it effects him personally, then I would certainly not have a problem with it.
Anything else?
So, religious fanatic it is then.
I would be terrified if your assertion of "Most of us think of ourselves as part of the Apple team" would be even remotely true, luckily it isn't, most of us have a very healthy and normal relation to Apple and other players in the consumer electronics industry.
Companies compete with each other and we the customers reap the benefits of them trying to outdo each other. We buy the products that suit our needs.
The kind of obsession and unconditional loyalty to a certain brand that you seem to have can't be healthy, no offense.
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face. We all knew this was happening and its just gaining more traction. I expect this to be priced quite a bit under the Ipad as others has said and will then make there money back with content. As we know generally Amazon content is cheaper than Apples. They have the structure is there for this. If as other people and I are expecting that this is under the Ipads pricing and with Amazons reputation what do you think people will go for? It does everything that the Ipad does and the content is cheaper but the Ipad looks nicer and has a better interface. Content is King the other Andriod tablets did not have this so boys and girls the first real challenger the Ipad is Amazons tablet(s) which don't have a name yet!
face. We all knew this was happening and its just gaining more traction. I expect this to be priced quite a bit under the Ipad as others has said and will then make there money back with content. As we know generally Amazon content is cheaper than Apples. They have the structure is there for this. If as other people and I are expecting that this is under the Ipads pricing and with Amazons reputation what do you think people will go for? It does everything that the Ipad does and the content is cheaper but the Ipad looks nicer and has a better interface. Content is King the other Andriod tablets did not have this so boys and girls the first real challenger the Ipad is Amazons tablet(s) which don't have a name yet!
Their app store is android so it is pretty safe to assume it will be running android.
For me personally, the Kindle is best for reading books, I find that the iPad (1 in my case) when used as a reader causes me eye strain, is too heavy to hold in extended reading sessions, and is impossible to read outside, it is however better for everything else by a large margin.
What you state yourself should be a really big concern! They have lots of credit cards, with an OS that is hacked daily! Would you really feel safe?
Some of the local radio stations have iPad2 give aways to the first person that calls in at a specified time. I never hear them giving away a Playbook or Xoom. LOL
I have a MacbookAir as well as an iPad and prefer the ipad on these occasions:
1. I love reading books, magazines, comic books, the bible, etc. or watching videos whenever I'm on the subway or bus, especially when I can't get a seat. The phone is a bit too small for me to browse or read comfortably, the laptop a bit too clunky and I need to find a seat, which is somewhat rare in my city.
2. My two year old son can navigate his way around the iPad and play puzzles, color, sing along with his favorite sing-along books, watch his favorite videos all by himself, whereas he cannot on the Macbook. He learned how to solve his first picture matching games and zigsaws on the iPad! What a world.
3. It's super handy in a car where space is limited, according to my wife who loves to surf while I drive using 3G, or when my son wants to watch Back to the Future for the zillionth time during a road trip.
4. I love using it in the bathroom: in the tub, carefully. on the toilet, as I used to with the newspaper. (pardonne moi)
5. I use it at the gym to record my sets and to see my routine for the day. A laptop would be a bit much, as it is I may be pushing a bit with the iPad.
6. I have it with me for a substantially longer period of time thereby allowing me to have access to all my important files on dropbox, or of my favorite media more often, reducing the number of times I have to go back to my car to get my laptop or wish I had brought my laptop.
7. I use it while shopping, pushing my son's stroller and searching for alternative products or prices, or surfing away while my wife does the shopping.
8. I use it during church service, giving me access to all the hymns and bible books, as well as any info I might want to cross reference.
9. Battery life is better. It's more convenient to carry. And trust me these things are more important than you seem to think.
10. It gives me access to games I enjoy while on the move.
11. It poses as a coffee table photo album at my house when guests are over, and it's much better than having my laptop open.
12. It's got some wicked apps, unavailable in the laptop form such as "The Wasteland - T.S. Eliot" "The Civil War Today" and countless others. And it's dirt cheap! Who would've thought that decent software would be so cheap. Really, I could count off at least 20 of my own, and that's not to mention my son's favorites.
Really. I think I could probably go a bit longer but if this ain't gonna do it, well..
Some quick last thoughts: I love my iPad. The Kindle sure is tempting. And am a satisfied Amazon Prime member. Competition is always good.
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Brace yourselves...
Here Comes the KinPad.
...or not, in which case they'll have TWO different 'app stores', just to piss off Apple!
Check out the Korean Sausage.
Here Comes the KinPad.
...or not, in which case they'll have TWO different 'app stores', just to piss off Apple!
Check out the Korean Sausage.
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To be fair, he mentioned IE version 6. It sucked more than we thought was available for sucking, for a whole decade, setting the internet back into the Dark Ages in the process. The damage it caused is still felt today
Show me one web designer who doesn't hate it with his soul.
The Internet Explorer that beat Netscape was version 4, if I'm not mistaken. A (slightly) different beast...