Which is exactly why e-ink was created. How the iPad is Steve's most important thing ever is only important in one area from what I can tell... and that's making money.
Nothing wrong with that at all, either.
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Which is exactly why e-ink was created. How the iPad is Steve's most important thing ever is only important in one area from what I can tell... and that's making money.
Nothing wrong with that at all, either.
What, you can't believe it because it doesn't agree with the title "iSlate" that all the so-called "pundits" predicted?. iLol. I actually sat down and had a think two hours ago, about what it might be called... and my very first logical name was "iPad" - it just jumped into my mind... and it makes iSense.
It looks like a great device, but given its functionality, I'm puzzled about how it fits into the lineup. I've got an iPhone already.
If this thing had a Core 2 Duo and the equivalent of a 256-512mb videocard, I'd probably chuck my Macbook Pro tomorrow. But as it stands . . . it seems like a great tablet device, no doubt, but I can make calls on my iPhone. Perhaps down the line the iPad will pack enough of a punch to replace my MBP, and if that's true, that functionality should have been included *today* and demoed today.
Agreed, it's a measure of how far we have come with tech though - something this amazing is greeted with a meh.
I wasn't interested until the art app which intrigued me a little but not enough because I'm a terrible drawer lol. The ebooks functionality though has got me slightly interested. I'd never by something that just did ebooks but this...
Well as always it depends on the price.
Well as always it depends on the price.
Somewhat underwhelming. It will probably sell well enough (people who have lots of cash to burn and want to look cool will eat this up) but I feel like I can do almost everything on my iPhone, and I'm willing to deal with the smaller screen size for the added portability. The cool thing about the iPhone/iPod touch is that you can bust it out anywhere... I don't really see that with the iPad.
iPad is a horrible name btw. Did they not run this name by any women??
iPad is a horrible name btw. Did they not run this name by any women??
The iPad was a waste of my last hour.I'm glad I didn't go after all,it was too big of a disapointment.I mean,iPhone OS?Come on I would only get it if it had modified Sow Leopard.And the storage isn't impressive,same as a iPod Touch,10 hours of battery is the only cool thing on it.
I could not agree with you more. What a total disappointment. It's just a big iPod touch.
Then you have Steve say stuff like.
"What this device does is extraordinary. You can browse the web with it. It's the best web experience you've ever had."
80% of the web has some form of Flash. How could this be "the best web experience you've ever had."
iPad = iFail
At least it uses ePub. May be a nice alternative to a nook if priced cheaply enough. I have some ePubs that hopefully will work
Steve Jobs called it "truly magical and revolutionary".
Unfortunately one of George Washington's turds in a wizard hat falls under the same category.
Unfortunately one of George Washington's turds in a wizard hat falls under the same category.
I take it you were joking. My guess is you can type twice as fast on a iPhone. Trying to use both your hands to type on a touch screen is impossible. Because of the size, using your thumbs or a few fingers will be hard as well.
ugly device is ugly. what's with the inch thing border around the screen. jesus, and it looks like the first iphone.
what ever happened to apple being original in its designs?
what ever happened to apple being original in its designs?
Ehhh, nothing special.
Not very portable and if you drop it, that screen is going to be very expensive to replace.
No built in phone, either.
I wouldn't mind having one on my desk at work if my company paid for it or subsidized some of the cost, but I don't see people lining up for it like they did the iPhone.
I think we'll see some guys wearing "iPurses" in the future to carry their iPad.
I'll keep my iPhone and if I want/need a bigger screen that's portable, I'll go with a $300 Netbook.
Not very portable and if you drop it, that screen is going to be very expensive to replace.
No built in phone, either.
I wouldn't mind having one on my desk at work if my company paid for it or subsidized some of the cost, but I don't see people lining up for it like they did the iPhone.
I think we'll see some guys wearing "iPurses" in the future to carry their iPad.
I'll keep my iPhone and if I want/need a bigger screen that's portable, I'll go with a $300 Netbook.
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