It amazes me that you have nothing better to do with your life than moan and complain about a product that you don't even intend on buying.
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Apple iPad is (Almost) Here
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It amazes me that you have nothing better to do with your life than moan and complain about a product that you don't even intend on buying.
WHARRRRGARBLE!
My UPS tracking says "ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS "
its just farking raining! And its over already! They better not delay till monday or I might have an aneurysm!
My UPS tracking says "ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS "
its just farking raining! And its over already! They better not delay till monday or I might have an aneurysm!
Funny, most people feel the same way about praising apple for releasing a sub par device.
I know Steve Jobs told you that, but it doesn't make it true.
It's possible the lack of information on the international launch was made for very practical reasons. There is a finite limit on the number of units that can be produced in factories in a given period of time. So between start of production and actual product launch, there is a finite number of iPads that could be produced.
The US was chosen as the focus for the initial launch (fairly or unfairly). Without knowing how many would be needed for the US launch, it's not possible to know what percentage of the initial production run is required for the US or if there will be any "extra" units available for other countries. As it turns out, US interest alone seems to have exhausted the entire initial run. Even some US customers are going to have to wait.
Simply put, there are not enough iPads in existence at this point in time to do a world-wide launch. The only alternative would have been to delay launch everywhere until enough units were available. Which would have delayed the launch by months. This would put it too close to WWDC and the launch of the next iPhone (assuming there will be a new iPhone version this summer).
Ordinary people want to play games on facebook, but won't be able to because Jobs decides how a user can use an apple product instead of a the user deciding what they want to do with it.
hehe - and you guys are JUST little COUNTRIES!
we're a whole bloody CONTINENT with (just about?) more internetz/head than YOU!
and we have to wait
He/She is from Australia, Australia is the only country that is also a continent, I mean seriously. Not to mention that the username includes the OZ = Aussie = Australian.
There u go, sorted it out for u.
I'm not going to argue with you on the camera. I personally don't really see a need for the camera and I honestly think all the talk about a forward facing camera for video conferencing is simply way overblown, and what's more I think Apple knows it.
The USB argument though I think your dead wrong on. Who needs any cables to plug in a USB flash drive? It would be no big deal for me to plugin a 16GB flash drive to watch movies from, and this would be a great feature. Similarly, I would have loved a flush SD card slot for the same purposes. Load up a couple of SD cards with various movies for me and the kids and I'm in great shape for long trips, etc. without eating up any of the memory.
I think (definitely hope) that we are going to be seeing multitasking added here this summer with OS 4. Just have to wait and see what happens.
I think this will be a big WTF?! on most casual users part, a big negative. But overall I think the product will do very well. I am buying it as a casual use device with an eye towards using it for a home automation control pad.
Do I wish it would do more? Sure, but I also wish my car had 500 HP, and my blackberry had a better UI. Manufacturers make choices, and are in business to make a profit. Apple has sunk enough resources in this that if the shortcomings are big enough, and the consumer response to them is big enough... they will fix it, they are in business to make money.
Jep det er pisse irriterende!! If we at least knew WHEN we could expect to have it. Is it a month? To måneder? How længe????!!!!!
UPS called me yesterday to confirm that I would be home between 10am and 2 pm today to receive a package from Apple. That sure got the excitement flowing!
Heh, FedEx just delivered my Dock connector to VGA adapter, wasn't expecting to get it on launch day Of course, my case and dock weren't on the truck.
Of course, my case and dock weren't on the truck.
My heart bleeds. I think Apple needs to do something about that. Maybe they should open a store where developers can sell their games, and then people can download them and play games directly on the iPad. If they did that, I bet in a few years time you would find dozens of games on that store
Well yes and no.
Note I'm not affraid to carry around big Cameras, in fact I use to go hiking with an RZ67. The thing here of course is the big pay off that one got with a 6x7 negative. IPad with it's ten inch screen coupled to a cell phone camera would be such a joke that I might die laughing.
Coupling iPad to a 50 mega pixel sensor and the optics to illuminate it would be a different story. Especially with shift and tilts.
Exactly! This is something many don't grasp, the iPad is built with certain use cases in mind. Obviously it can't handle something it wasn't designed for. You don't go out and buy an John Deer tractor to cruise the highways of America, thus it makes no sense to complain about its speed.
That is all well good but within the domain Apple has staked out there is room for improvement. The biggest boner here was to little flash storage and no ports to effectively expand that storage. That is another function that a USB port could serve or for that matter a SD port.
It is nothing these days for an SD card to hold room for a couple movies or a seasons worth of TV shows. Being able to make use of such storage freems up a considerable amount of room in the main store for programs and app data.
Dave
This I agree with 100%. I don't think people are thinking clearly when they ask for a camera in this device. IPad might have a use for a web cam but that is a different discussion.
Note I'm not affraid to carry around big Cameras, in fact I use to go hiking with an RZ67. The thing here of course is the big pay off that one got with a 6x7 negative. IPad with it's ten inch screen coupled to a cell phone camera would be such a joke that I might die laughing.
Coupling iPad to a 50 mega pixel sensor and the optics to illuminate it would be a different story. Especially with shift and tilts.
Now you are as wrong as you where right above. A USB port (standard connector) would be extremely useful. Some times with wires and sometimes without. The thought here is a device to run around a plant to do calibrations, hook up to RS232 ports, log data and in general be a aid to keeping a plant running.
Actually I think Apple will figure this one out. There are a number of good reasons to support multitasking but obviously iPad can't be plugged up with hundreds of processes. So I see Apple forcing people to make a choice.
Exactly! This is something many don't grasp, the iPad is built with certain use cases in mind. Obviously it can't handle something it wasn't designed for. You don't go out and buy an John Deer tractor to cruise the highways of America, thus it makes no sense to complain about its speed.
That is all well good but within the domain Apple has staked out there is room for improvement. The biggest boner here was to little flash storage and no ports to effectively expand that storage. That is another function that a USB port could serve or for that matter a SD port.
It is nothing these days for an SD card to hold room for a couple movies or a seasons worth of TV shows. Being able to make use of such storage freems up a considerable amount of room in the main store for programs and app data.
Dave
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Has anyone seen the video posted on the main page of the store? Clapping? That's too much for me!
Has anyone seen the video posted on the main page of the store? Clapping? That's too much for me!
no it's not obvious.3. That's so obvious I'm not even going to answer that. I'd love to see your response when Apple brings MT to the iPhone OS
how many times many people mentioned: iPhone/iPad do have multitasking (remember it's Mac OS X we're talking about here).
it's just developers can not access that API and for good reason. I guess Apple just didn't figure out how to do that safely (yet). Besides for almost 3 years I'm using iPhone I really didn't miss MT, Pandora, yes, maybe but I can live without that. and when Apple introduce MT I'll say thanks and nothing more -
business as usual
<---- Insanely jealous.
I was planning to wait a bit, but you guys are just gonna push me over the edge!
It might be more expensive, but in your use case what would be wrong with having a dock connector to RS232 cable (and an app to support it of course)? Since they already support connecting the iPhone to certain medial instruments, etc- it would seem like what you're talking about would be very similar conceptually.
It might help, a Little.....
Over at TWiT ( http://twit.tv/ ) They are doing a Video stream reveal of the iPad Right now, and Leo LaPort later on is hoping to take delivery live on his video cast some time today so you can watch him unpack the iPad in his studio. What I am watching on the Video cast right now I am seeing everything I wished my Touch could and so much more. The iPad is not going to nuc an laptop, or even a high end netbook but the Kindle, a cheap netbook are in trouble.
Over at TWiT ( http://twit.tv/ ) They are doing a Video stream reveal of the iPad Right now, and Leo LaPort later on is hoping to take delivery live on his video cast some time today so you can watch him unpack the iPad in his studio. What I am watching on the Video cast right now I am seeing everything I wished my Touch could and so much more. The iPad is not going to nuc an laptop, or even a high end netbook but the Kindle, a cheap netbook are in trouble.
Dang, I'm jealous. My iPad just left Memphis at 8:47 am. Don't see how it is going to make it to my home in Northwest Indiana today. Ordered mine on the first day Congrats to all those who receive yours today, should have reserved one at the apple store instead
Congrats to all those who receive yours today, should have reserved one at the apple store instead Any Store Pics?
I'm excited to get my iPad. Mine is being delivered.
So who's at stores? How are the lines looking? How many does each store have?
Here is my iPad App.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icoach-soccer/id365401461?mt=8
I'm excited to get my iPad. Mine is being delivered.
So who's at stores? How are the lines looking? How many does each store have?
Here is my iPad App.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/icoach-soccer/id365401461?mt=8