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Technologically it's a very impressive device. However it seems completely useless for people who already have a laptop.

I find the screen resolution a bit low and since there is no way to install your own softwares I have no idea why I would buy such a thing. I much prefer to read real books than hurt my eyes on a screen. Reading news online? How fun. Youtube/Facebook? Hurg is it really worth it? It's also too expensive, all versions should be 3G, whatever that is.

The only thing I would use it for would be to watch movies or listen to iTunes in my kitchen while I cook. But then, for that price you can get a HDtv and a iPod.

Strangely, I think what it has the most potential for is portable gaming, but that is a market of 15 years old kids.

It is a good technological showcase from Apple, but meh I would never buy that sort of stuff even if it was around 150-200$

If it could record audio professionally, be used as an external screen and support full Os X and upgrades, perhaps.

You maybe right if your a solo MBP user, but your partner who doesn't might like it, or next time you upgrade you may get an iMac and an iPad. New options...

Thinking into the future, as an audio guy, can you imagine how great it's going to be as a control surface for Logic? Running your mixer on it whilst your iMac or MBP runs the timeline?
 
TYPICAL! So it doesn't support blu-ray either :rolleyes:

;););)

I like the device, however seeing as though I have an iPhone, a MacPro desktop & a MacBook Pro, do I really need the iPad ? Want & Need are two different things I know.....
 
Yea, STILL no way to ATTACH say a Resume to an outgoing email. How is it that there is no ATTACH button in Mail in both iPad and iPhone?!
 
Agree, the keybord should function without a dock, more BTish so you can use it on landscape

Agreed that docking should be BT for landscape or portrait modes.

Disagreed that the device should have been 16:9. I think it's a major benefit to use the iPad as QWERTY keyboard. On a 4:3 display, there's a decent amt of room to view text and graphics while the keyboad is active. On a 16:9 display, that window is severely cramped. I actually would have preferred a 3:2 display, which gets a little closer to 16:9, not as boxy as 4:3, but still would allow a decent amt of room when using QWERTY. Plus, 3:2 would match the aspect ratio of the current iPhone/touch, making an exact fit when pixel doubling.

Sorry - somehow missed the original quote re 16:9.
 
Dude the NYtimes is even in the featured websites in the conferences, they are in on the market shares of Apple; big time partners.

There is no way they would say it's not worth it.

Exactly my point...and what about all the affiliates that NYT owns?...such as Boston Globe. Hmmmmm.
 
Haven't seen it covered yet but will I be able to use my iPhone tethering capability to provide the iPad a wireless signal?
 
Oh Flash. I forgot to mention Flash.

Apple are in a unique position.

They alone, I believe, have the power to displace Flash from its inappropriate position in the world of web "standards". It is not a web standard, in the official, open sense. It has become a de-facto standard for web-delivered video by dint of it being the only realistic possibility in earlier days. Now we have a truly open standards alternative in HTML 5, but the status quo has too much momentum.
If Apple gave in now and allowed Flash video on iPhones and iPads we'll probably be stuck with Flash for many years to come. As it is we may well be anyway, but right now we have a chance to turn this tide. Youtube and others are already making their content available in HTML 5 and I doubt they would be putting so much into that effort if it weren't for the vocal crowd of iPhone and iPod touch users, soon to be joined by iPad users.
As that tide turns, and HTML 5 becomes ubiqitous we can be free of the buggy, CPU-hogging, behemoth that is Flash video (and much of the rest of Flash) and move towards a web built entirely on decent open standards.

These are not just my thoughts, but the opinions of many respected and knowledgeable commentators, such as Gruber, who has written much on the matter.
 
It is perfect for my 68 year old mother who isn't very computer friendly. The Touch would be too small, and this allows here to read e-mails, look at photos, and occasionally surf the web. I sure wish it had some way to connect a camera to it. If I have high speed, why can't I have iChat on it too?

But no question, the iPhone and Touch are not about creating content (minus the camera and video). It's about watching it, or having it sent to you.

So it's not a "computer" as much as it's something to look at.

1) Apple is now pimping Jonathan Ives. Cool accent and all, but him saying "Magical" doesn't make me believe it. Infact, if you have to use the word "magical" to describe your product, you're probably blowing smoke up my ...

2) I don't like that Scott doesn't blink. Freaks me out a little. A little deranged in fact.

3) I like "The Cure" an all, but turn down the volume of the music. I'm not watching a music video and pump my fists. I'm trying to understand how your product works.

4) In the end, I'm still stuck with Apple telling me which applications I can use on it or not. I have to still go buy an application so I can print on my local wireless printer? You couldn't have "included" that in the iPad?
 
Probably the same place as the market for an iPod touch was when it was first released.

i disagree

the ipt was a reaction to those who wanted an iphone but no contract but wanted a touch interface

the ipad is nowhere near as portable as an ipod. almost have to treat it like a laptop in terms of transportig it around
 
Actually, now thinking about it,
why didn't apple made it also adaptable as a professional external device to a computer for:

1) Drawing pad for photoshop or other graphic software.
2) Application aware external screen (for example Logic and Final cut plugins)
Or for example, would load Skipe directly on it.
3) Programmable additional shortcuts through a nice interface, also application aware.
4) Additional audio in/out interface

??? Why didn't they make it more than a just big screen ipodtouch???


2) I don't like that Scott doesn't blink. Freaks me out a little. A little deranged in fact.
yeah, that's a straight in your face hypnosis technique.
 
You maybe right if your a solo MBP user, but your partner who doesn't might like it, or next time you upgrade you may get an iMac and an iPad. New options...

Thinking into the future, as an audio guy, can you imagine how great it's going to be as a control surface for Logic? Running your mixer on it whilst your iMac or MBP runs the timeline?

Spectrasonics has an iphone remote app coming out. Can you imagine the possibilities for one of these as a remote control app for mainstage or other audio apps?

netflix app plz

Biggest drawback of the apple TV, and the same goes for the rest of apple's video lineup. This will do well, but it would do that much better if it could do all the video playback a pc or mac can do - without that, I don't really consider it full web access.
 
These are the only good things to come out of today:

1) Might be more useful once it gets into the hands of some jailbreakers.
2) Metal case bodes well for next iPhone.
3) Apple set out to make this, got sidetracked, and instead we got the iPhone 2.5 years ago. Just be glad we didn't have to sit through 30 months of iPad before Apple decided to miniaturize it.
 
With a screen that wasnt surrounded by a bezel the size of a small child. :p

With something like this, I want a big enough bezel where I can very firmly hold it. iPhone's are small enough to hold onto both edges with one hand without dropping it. This, you can only hold it by one side while walking with it, potentially. But, with the bigger bezel, you can actually grasp on to it without worrying about dropping it or accidently trigging something on the screen because your thumb is having to hold it.

My biggest draw back is the lack of a camera. It's noble that they wanted to start with a lower price (as they mention in their video) but I can't really come to spending $500 to $830 knowing that they'll eventually add a camera. It's really frustrating. I'm a music teacher that uses a lot of Mac tech in my classroom. This kind of concept really helps to simplify my personal procedures which is great because I teach middle school. However, I don't want to spend that much money (as low as it may be for this new thing) while knowing that pretty soon, they'll add the camera at which time I (aka my wife) will want to buy the newer one, but won't because it'd be another $500 or more. I hate having had to wait so long just to find out that I'm going to have wait even longer for one pesky little thing, but I just can't get past it. Oh well....
 
Spectrasonics has an iphone remote app coming out. Can you imagine the possibilities for one of these as a remote control app for mainstage or other audio apps?



Biggest drawback of the apple TV, and the same goes for the rest of apple's video lineup. This will do well, but it would do that much better if it could do all the video playback a pc or mac can do - without that, I don't really consider it full web access.

awesome...I can't wait!

It'll be interesting to see what it's really capable of - it's not really clear right now - I expect a lot of people will buy one on the money back 14 day return and end up keeping them though!
 
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