i use mine at the gym, already people are asking what it is and were to purchase, i use it to watch movies while I workout, on the boring machines.
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iPad = hater attractant
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which competing tablet are you referring to? Lack of features against what? A full fledged laptop. OK you got me there..
Usually the only time people see my iPad is when I'm at the local minor league ball park watching a Nationals game with it using MLB at Bat or Slingplayer. Usually they ask if it's an iPad and I say yes. Then they either totally get it simply because I'm watching a ball game or they ask "Mind if I watch?" and I reply "Of course not". I doubt I'm helping to sell any but no one seems to walk away wondering why I bought one.
What's even better is when someone asks if I have the score for some other game. I'll pull out the iPhone, bring up MLB at Bat (cuz I'm usually using Slingplayer to watch the Nats), bring up that game's live video feed, prop it again the iPad and say, in my best Quagmire voice "Check it out, picture in a picture. Alllllright". That might actually sell something if you're a baseball fan.
I guess I should add that there's plenty of people out there who think they know how to spend your money better than you do. I call them "democrats" and "republicans" and I stay as far from both as possible. But no one has ever given me any grief at all about buying it and that's good because I have two working middle fingers, a strong command of the saltier part of the language and, my friends tell me, a definite talent when it comes to using it.
Oh...and I avoid Starbucks like the plague it is. I'd rather slam my d**k in a sliding glass door then get caught at Starbucks. There's that talent...
In some areas the wow factor of the iPad is already wearing off. The iPhone was a big deal back in 07 but it died down just like the iPad will.
Oh...and I avoid Starbucks like the plague it is. I'd rather slam my d**k in a sliding glass door then get caught at Starbucks. There's that talent...
I think that's the best comment of the thread.
I don't have an ipad myself, so I don't "hate it". In fact, if I had a spare $700 (i live in Australia), I'd buy one. I don't actually have that much disposable income, and so, no iPad for me.
Due to storms around NYC today delaying incoming flights, I was stuck at an airport gate for around six hours, using my iPad pretty much the entire time.
I didn't notice any hate. If anything, people were initially indifferent about it, which is fine with me. But as the hours ticked on, and the iPad kept on cruising while everyone's [smartphone, laptop, portable DVD player, etc] batteries started to die (there was no place to plug in around this gate), I started to get a lot of people asking questions, wanting to try it, etc.
The WeatherBug app was a huge hit, too. It was sunny/nice outside the airport we were in, which seemed to really irritate some passengers that our flight was 'weather delayed'. But when they saw the lines of red/purple storms that kept parking over NYC, that seemed to simmer them down some.
I didn't notice any hate. If anything, people were initially indifferent about it, which is fine with me. But as the hours ticked on, and the iPad kept on cruising while everyone's [smartphone, laptop, portable DVD player, etc] batteries started to die (there was no place to plug in around this gate), I started to get a lot of people asking questions, wanting to try it, etc.
The WeatherBug app was a huge hit, too. It was sunny/nice outside the airport we were in, which seemed to really irritate some passengers that our flight was 'weather delayed'. But when they saw the lines of red/purple storms that kept parking over NYC, that seemed to simmer them down some.
It might be for some.
Interesting.
The iPad definitely has a nice battery life.
The battery life is one of the two biggest reasons I tend to use it more than the laptop for anything they both can do. In a way, it helps give my laptop more legs than it normally would if it was my first goto device for consumption.
However, I don't care too much if it attracts the haters. I don't care that much if it attracts the lovers. But what is most important is that it doesn't attract those who want to pee on you.
However, I don't care too much if it attracts the haters. I don't care that much if it attracts the lovers. But what is most important is that it doesn't attract those who want to pee on you.
I'd really like this thing to get more popular so that I don't get looks whenever I use it in public.
Had to go to Springfield, MA the other day (I'm from NY) and people barely even knew what it was out there. I felt like I was in another world. Someone asked me if it was "one of those notebooks."
You're just lucky you didn't get jacked fo' yo' loot in that sh*thole of a city. Moved away and am never looking back!
To the guy who had someone point out that lack of flash capability made porn viewing difficult, tell 'em the whole porn industry is reconfiguring their websites to use HTML5 video. That'll impress them! (And yes, I read this is true).
To the guy who says the iPad has less RAM than a 10 year old computer, I say: It's all about the OS! Windows is bloatware to the extreme, so of course any computer that runs it needs a healthy dose of RAM. iOS, on the other hand, is highly optimized. That's why 256 MB is enough for the OS plus fancy apps or even HD movies, and why 10 hrs of battery life in a super-thin form factor is possible.
Lastly, I'll throw in that my experience with my iPad in Starbucks or Peet's Coffee (I MUCH prefer Peets when I can get it) is that people are impressed. I've gotten approached by strangers maybe a dozen times. I've never once received a criticism. Heck, I'm even honest and point out both what it does and does not do. Let each individual decide. However, if someone does scorn me over my purchase, they can suck it!
To the guy who says the iPad has less RAM than a 10 year old computer, I say: It's all about the OS! Windows is bloatware to the extreme, so of course any computer that runs it needs a healthy dose of RAM. iOS, on the other hand, is highly optimized. That's why 256 MB is enough for the OS plus fancy apps or even HD movies, and why 10 hrs of battery life in a super-thin form factor is possible.
Lastly, I'll throw in that my experience with my iPad in Starbucks or Peet's Coffee (I MUCH prefer Peets when I can get it) is that people are impressed. I've gotten approached by strangers maybe a dozen times. I've never once received a criticism. Heck, I'm even honest and point out both what it does and does not do. Let each individual decide. However, if someone does scorn me over my purchase, they can suck it!
Why Be Defensive/Offensive
When confronted by anyone who thinks they need to "educate" me about what my iPad doesn't have or do I just let them rant. When they finish I tell them, " I knew all of that before I bought it and I bought it anyway. If I don't mind, why should you?" This usally takes all the wind out of their sails.
When confronted by anyone who thinks they need to "educate" me about what my iPad doesn't have or do I just let them rant. When they finish I tell them, " I knew all of that before I bought it and I bought it anyway. If I don't mind, why should you?"
This usally takes all the wind out of their sails.When confronted by anyone who thinks they need to "educate" me about what my iPad doesn't have or do I just let them rant. When they finish I tell them, " I knew all of that before I bought it and I bought it anyway. If I don't mind, why should you?"
When you don't meet resistance with resistance it dissipates.
No haters here.
As a musician I use mine on gigs quite often and people will say "is that an iPad?" and when I explain that yes, it is, and here's what it does, they normally seem pretty impressed.
As a musician I use mine on gigs quite often and people will say "is that an iPad?" and when I explain that yes, it is, and here's what it does, they normally seem pretty impressed.
What case is he using? (lol) (Serious question though..)
As for me, I've taken it when i'm out and about and people will glance at it. The only people that have approached me interest for a closer look are older tech-savvy guys in their 30's or 40's.
I took my iPad to work one day (primarily for OmniFocus) but was playing Angry Birds..then these two "up to no good" guys walk into the store asking if they could mess around with it (I work at an Electronics store). I said no explaining to them it was my personal iPad and not the store's. The guys walked out of the store pissed off. As they walked away I yelled out, "I love this thing!" They didn't turn back, but I yelled it loud enough for them to hear. Oh well, I love it.
Don't care what anyone else thinks.
As for me right now however, I'm in the market for a case to be able to use just like how the Apple employees use theirs in their Apple iPad cases. I'm currently using this one:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/elan-passport-ipad
But am looking for something like this:
http://www.scosche.com/products/sfID1/210/sfID2/212/productID/2018
Which would allow me to hold it (when folded) in either arm and type/scroll around with my other hand...........
...............which is why I asked about what case Mayor Bloomberg was using.
Au contrair young man,
Although I hate to admit it but about ten years ago I had an very unhealthy obsession with the above mentioned, and even though it may be bad for you and quite possibly lead to your death, I have to admit that it was actually quite fantastic stuff.
I do not recommend anyone in anyway should do it by the way, but let's not lie to ourselves here people don't do drugs because they make you feel bad they do them becaus ether make you feel great.
Jealousy often manifests itself in unwarranted criticism and hate.
Anybody who simply focuses on telling you what YOUR device CANNOT do is just jealous...plain and simple.
As I've stated in another thread, my usual response to such unwarranted (and uninvited) criticism (not just for the iPad but for ANYTHING else) is, "That's what people usually say when they can't afford one."
Anybody who simply focuses on telling you what YOUR device CANNOT do is just jealous...plain and simple.
As I've stated in another thread, my usual response to such unwarranted (and uninvited) criticism (not just for the iPad but for ANYTHING else) is, "That's what people usually say when they can't afford one."
...and if you're as bitter as this post would suggest, I can only imagine what they say behind yours.
Why the hostility?