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.
Agree, the keybord should function without a dock, more BTish so you can use it on landscape
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.
Real-world-use benchmark numbers please.
The thing seemed pretty dang zippy to me in the demo.
where is the market for a tablet?
1GHZ running Mac OX vs Window 7 or XP.......no comparison.
Probably the same place as the market for an iPod touch was when it was first released.
Probably the same place as the market for an iPod touch was when it was first released.
yeah, that's a straight in your face hypnosis technique.2) I don't like that Scott doesn't blink. Freaks me out a little. A little deranged in fact.
I suspect next up is some complaint about how slow Atom is. Well there's always ULV Core 2 based hardware. The Dell Vostro V13 fits into this territory.I'm assuming you were running Photoshop on both the Mac and the PC and the iPa... oh, wait...
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?
netflix app plz
Agreed that docking should be BT for landscape or portrait modes.
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?
With a screen that wasnt surrounded by a bezel the size of a small child.![]()
1GHZ running Mac OX vs Window 7 or XP.......no comparison.
*insert not sure if serious jpg*
BT keyboards are supported
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.