bought 2: 16GB - WiFi for my sister
32GB-3G for myself
never saw any WiFi issue - works well at home, at Barnes&Nobles, at coffee shop, in my office
what are you talking about? There are always defective units out there.
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Apple Announces Two Million iPads Sold
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32GB-3G for myself
never saw any WiFi issue - works well at home, at Barnes&Nobles, at coffee shop, in my office
what are you talking about? There are always defective units out there.
I cringe when I see all of these people running around with an iPad with no protection on them. Get a case people!
Way to go
That is awesome! I hope that the android comes out with a tablet and no one buys it! That would make my year!
That is awesome! I hope that the android comes out with a tablet and no one buys it! That would make my year!
I think you just don't understand Apple's goals. They are building these devices from the end users perspective. The problem with mobile devices has ALWAYS been the battery. Could Apple enable full blown multitasking? Easily. Would that allow any programmer that is not concerned about the end user the ability to drain the battery? It would. So Apple is forcing developers to take a step back and only multitask what has to multitask. It's not gimped multitasking, it is planned mobile efficiency.
It is really no different than Apples UI requirements in OS X. They want a consistent user experience. What people don't understand it they don't want to take your desktop computer and mobilize it. Computers weren't designed to be mobile. Instead they are designing from the ground up with mobility in mind. This is why their products are so much more polished than the competition right now.
That is awesome! I hope that the android comes out with a tablet and no one buys it! That would make my year!
Well I hope some people buy it. It's always great to see someone playing with their touch screen device and someone gets all excited and says "Oh wow, you have an iPhone/iPad?!"
And then they kinda stutter and put it in their pocket and ask what the other person was talking about.
Most of the hate toward the iPad is really hate toward Apple. There is a propaganda campaign against Apple since competitors haven't got product to compete. So the bought and paid for tech press writes up the propaganda, people read it, and then they repeat it.
Some posters here are sincere in their objections, some repeat the lies they've read, and some troll because they just hate Apple.
Finally some sense. Getting tired of all this spec-peepers. Specs-wise EVERY device out there is crippled in some way.
Still others generalize a complicated situation using cliched phrases with no basis in reality.
Yeah, but how many would they have sold if it had a camera and supported Flash (runs away and hides in a very dark place)
Well done Apple! Pity they don't also have the comparison figures for how long it took to sell the first 2 million Macs!
I wouldn't think that the amount of people who haven't bought an ipad haven't solely on the lack of camera or flash on the device.
I'm sure there are millions more who're just waiting out for the next revision. Or can't get them because of stock issues, simply don't want one, or just can't afford 'em at this time.
The rest of us are laughing uncontrollably at lame statements like the above. They lay bare the frustrations of the sour grapes crowd.
UK Sales Figures ?
..anybody have any idea of the UK sales figures for this first weekend?
Lots of folks looking, but did they buy?
..anybody have any idea of the UK sales figures for this first weekend?
Lots of folks looking, but did they buy?
HP, MS, Dell, etc................... <====== OWNED!
Shut em down and send the $'s back to the shareholders!
I'm sorry, but I totally disagree.
One of the most *basic* magic tricks is making something disappear. Flash content gone - voila! That's magic.
Had my first dosage of iPad-ness today walking past a reseller who had two on display - but there was a queue of around 4/5 people to get to it so I didn't wait around. But it was amazing how I saw two chavs (for the Americans = idiots) run into the shops looking at it in amazement.
Was initially against it completely due to the lack of multitasking but 4.0 put that right. I personally think it is just a big iPhone that doesnt really make calls/no camera etc but for the casual web surfer who wants to receive their emails, read books, check out a few games its amazing and it looks the part too. Not too sure i have any need for one but for some strange reason I want one. (stupid apple hype getting me again!).
Will wait a year for the 2nd gen which will probably sway me. Still ridiculously good sales but IMO mostly down to hype/excellent marketing.
Was initially against it completely due to the lack of multitasking but 4.0 put that right. I personally think it is just a big iPhone that doesnt really make calls/no camera etc but for the casual web surfer who wants to receive their emails, read books, check out a few games its amazing and it looks the part too. Not too sure i have any need for one but for some strange reason I want one. (stupid apple hype getting me again!).
Will wait a year for the 2nd gen which will probably sway me. Still ridiculously good sales but IMO mostly down to hype/excellent marketing.
The lack of flash is 10% curse - 90% blessing
(clever websites:unwanted ads)
And every app that replaces worthwhile flash web content just pushes that figure higher.
Its a price you have to ask is worth paying - to me it is.
And the millions of iPhone owners seem to be making the most of life without it.
(clever websites:unwanted ads)
And every app that replaces worthwhile flash web content just pushes that figure higher.
Its a price you have to ask is worth paying - to me it is.
And the millions of iPhone owners seem to be making the most of life without it.
Bravo to Apple,
but before we pat ourselves too much on the back, stop and consider this...
http://blogs.imediaconnection.com/2...the-U-S--still-doesn-t--get--mobile_1318.aspx
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/weekinreview/11giridharadas.html
but before we pat ourselves too much on the back, stop and consider this...
http://blogs.imediaconnection.com/2...the-U-S--still-doesn-t--get--mobile_1318.aspx
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/weekinreview/11giridharadas.html
That's it? I thought we covered that when we said *big* iPod Touch? May be I am starting to get it - the rest is left for people to make up - depending on my creativity to play games with my mind I can either find it revolutionary, magical, Saves-us-from-Flash, less-is-better, or find it to be just another useless shiny gadget.
If I was into some powerful stuff that alters my brain composition I would come out yelling - magical and revolutionary and can even convince myself that for more simplicity I need 4 of them - one for email, one for browser, one for iTunes and one for running an HTML5 site just to convince me Flash is not needed. Never have to think about which window to close, where to click and where the next app icon is.
Left to reality however it's just a shiny big iPod touch - nothing magical or revolutionary about it. That people buy it does not make it any more interesting than a big iPod touch. With enough clever marketing and advertising people will buy anything.
My initial experience was the same. I didn't get the hype at first, and then when I tried it in the store I thought it was pretty neat but nothing that I couldn't live without. Then I came into a little extra cash so I thought "what the hell" and this thing has had far more use than either my desktop or my laptop since I bought it. I've been using it for research and note-taking and it's proven phenomenal.
The negatives that the trolls keep on bringing up (it doesn't have a built-in toaster... wahhh!) have not bothered me one bit -- no real need for multitasking on it (I work better when I'm focused on one thing rather than 16), I can live without flash (do people still use flash for websites?), and I have no use for a camera in it. Plus, the additional things that it does well MORE than make up for these issues. The battery life, for example, is phenomenal.
Bottom line is, I wasn't sure about it at first, but now I totally see how amazing it is. For the amount of use I'll be getting from it, the price tag was very reasonable and like a previous poster mentioned, I'm blown away by it with each use.
Okay trolls, have at it!