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yes they do fail.......but they just can't stop themselves having a go to it......
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yes they do fail.......but they just can't stop themselves having a go to it......
And I find it funny (well, funny) that fanboys leave no stone unturned to mention 'Apple haters' in random threads. That is soooooo 1999 dude
What's even funnier is that more than 90% of the worlds computers are Microsofties yet they are still not satisfied enough to simply get on with there life and have to stagnate the world with trying to dominate it all...
Try to say that Apple is a tall poppy in a sea of windows is quite a bit rich... but very entertaining to see the red bull faces angry at Apple being successful with that 10% of world computing.
I'm not sure there were that many people thinking that but certainly plenty thought it would be a replacement for a netbook. Those of us that worked out it wasn't were left with a feeling of 'meh'.
If it does less than my phone does even, never mind a netbook, why would I want one?
The only thing I came up with was to sell apps to people who didn't think it was superfluous. That felt dirty and dishonest.
I'm sure I'll get tarred with being an 'Apple hater' now, to which I respond with 'meh'
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I went into currys in Gateshead and got mine at 10am. The store was empty, they said I was one of the first to come in and that he though people didn't know it was available at currys. He also said the apple store in Newcastle was sold out.
I went into currys in Gateshead and got mine at 10am. The store was empty, they said I was one of the first to come in and that he though people didn't know it was available at currys. He also said the apple store in Newcastle was sold out.
Absolute madness...this just gives unlimited ammunition to people who talk about apple cults/fanboys and so on.
I like Apple products, having owned ibooks/macbooks/mac pro/iphone/ipods etc..but really, this is the most pointless product that apple have come out with (the newton which this is so often compared to was *much* better as a product) and yet people still flock to it just because it's apple.
Heck I understand why.. I kind of want one even though I have *no idea* what on earth I could use the darn thing for.
Utter madness..but hey it will make apple very very rich and maybe by V2 or 3 someone will have figured out a decent use for it!
I like Apple products, having owned ibooks/macbooks/mac pro/iphone/ipods etc..but really, this is the most pointless product that apple have come out with (the newton which this is so often compared to was *much* better as a product) and yet people still flock to it just because it's apple.
Heck I understand why.. I kind of want one even though I have *no idea* what on earth I could use the darn thing for.
Utter madness..but hey it will make apple very very rich and maybe by V2 or 3 someone will have figured out a decent use for it!
Uh, maybe I'm wrong, but the guy is saying the iPad is not useful (a yawn) for him. So what difference does it make if 1 million people disagree? Would that magically make the iPad useful for him?
Did you buy an iPad because 1 million other people did? That would be kinda sad, I think.
My 3G iPad
Had to go to Best Buy to get my 3G 64GB iPad state-side. I can only imagine how painful it'll be to get the non-Wifi-only version in other countries. I wonder why Apple is having such supply-side issues. Self-imposed a bit, perhaps? I suspect we'll never know for sure...
Had to go to Best Buy to get my 3G 64GB iPad state-side. I can only imagine how painful it'll be to get the non-Wifi-only version in other countries. I wonder why Apple is having such supply-side issues. Self-imposed a bit, perhaps? I suspect we'll never know for sure...
I was at the Shibuya store yesterday, and when I left at 5pm there were only four people waiting outside in line. When I say waiting in line, I really mean sitting on cardboard, next to what looked like a telephone junction box and up against a concrete flower box.
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&s...noid=OBXM0Ale6xwpjJrpwc_vQQ&cbp=12,36.92,,0,5
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&s...noid=OBXM0Ale6xwpjJrpwc_vQQ&cbp=12,36.92,,0,5
My thoughts too. My main disappointment was really with the OS and it being the same UI as an iPod Touch. The groups/folder thing just shows how ridiculous the UI is. Full screen only apps and no web widgets/dashboard is peculiar too. Multitasking is missing and it's still tethered to iTunes. They need to fix those and the 4.0 partial multi-tasking fix sort of works for me but still seems like a needless compromise on the iPad because they have to do it for the iPhone.
Hardware is fine. 256MB is a bit weak and no USB is annoying but apart from that it's ok if maybe a little large.
That doesn't stop me still bizarrely wanting one to feed the Apple product hunger but I suspect I'd be disappointed spending so much for something I know I don't need.
So I'll wait for v5.0 I guess or more than likely end up with a much cheaper, smaller, handier, more useful Android or Meego tablet in the next year whilst waiting. Meego 1.0 was released a few days ago and Android 2.2 must be due on a tablet soon. Some of the cheap crappy Chinese Android 1.6 tablets go for £50-60 on eBay. I'm not suggesting they're at all comparable to the iPad but then they are 10 times cheaper.
I had mine delivered to me to me! Arrived smack bang on 10am. Have not been able to put it down since! LoL What ever i am gear slut
They did not thought this device would fail, otherwise they would have sit and put on the Big smile.
Instead they campaigned heavily for its failure!
I wonder how many signed to MR only to bash, hoping to influence possible buyers.
Undercover Apple haters who have nothing better to do with their time other than troll on Apple sites and get infuriated over the company's success. I call it jealousy
Jealousy? I call it pathetic -- unless they were stupid enough to short Apple stock. Then I call it stupid... and pathetic.
Looks like you got a pic of me there!
I got mine from the US last month too. Was getting an extra one for my folks and the camera kit for me.
Please don't tell me you were the guy making sure we all knew you already had an iPad?
Jealousy? I call it pathetic -- unless they were stupid enough to short Apple stock. Then I call it stupid... and pathetic.
Seeing all you stood for scrambling, what would you do?
-- Change ( change is HARD )?
-- Fight back ( IS surviving )?
Apple aesthetic is a slap in the face for many people, i cannot understand it, but it is a fact.
I still think people buy Apples as a choice.
A choice many, many people will not dare to make.
I'm guessing the negative votes were because of the creepy serial killer-like quote from Takechiyo Yamanaka.
Sounds like the retailer was utterly incompetent - not able to sell the device on launch day because it wasn't in their system?! Very good job 250 units weren't wasted on these guys. Name and shame?
Cardiff Apple Store
I was just in Cardiff's Apple Store and, although quite busy, ALL variants of the iPad were available to buy and take home right there and then. The London stores always have queues, it's never a reflection of the level of trade most of the parts of the UK do.
Also I had 5 mins to play around with one. First impressions were very good... BUT I'm not sure if I'd use one a lot, and would it mean hardly ever using my MBP? OR should I sell my MBP and buy a huge iMac? I don't know how to justify the £700 outlay really apart from it being a desirable lifestyle purchase at the moment.
Ahhh...
I was just in Cardiff's Apple Store and, although quite busy, ALL variants of the iPad were available to buy and take home right there and then. The London stores always have queues, it's never a reflection of the level of trade most of the parts of the UK do.
Also I had 5 mins to play around with one. First impressions were very good... BUT I'm not sure if I'd use one a lot, and would it mean hardly ever using my MBP? OR should I sell my MBP and buy a huge iMac? I don't know how to justify the £700 outlay really apart from it being a desirable lifestyle purchase at the moment.
Ahhh...
I was thirteenth in line today, but it wasn't unlucky. Got may 32gb 3G and I'm happy so far. No dead pixels, no yellow screen, no backlight bleeding and no rattles.
Slightly dissapoitned that the cable is an inch shorter than my iphone 3G, that's really stingy fin apple.
so many apps to play with... So little time.
...posted from my iPad of course...
Slightly dissapoitned that the cable is an inch shorter than my iphone 3G, that's really stingy fin apple.
so many apps to play with... So little time.
...posted from my iPad of course...
I was just in Cardiff's Apple Store and, although quite busy, ALL variants of the iPad were available to buy and take home right there and then. The London stores always have queues, it's never a reflection of the level of trade most of the parts of the UK do.
Also I had 5 mins to play around with one. First impressions were very good... BUT I'm not sure if I'd use one a lot, and would it mean hardly ever using my MBP? OR should I sell my MBP and buy a huge iMac? I don't know how to justify the £700 outlay really apart from it being a desirable lifestyle purchase at the moment.
Ahhh...
£700 outlay? why not spend £400 and use it as the media consumption toy that it was originally designed to be?
Just checked their website and they have a list of stores with it in stock, our town has a Currys and a PC World in the same retail park and neither are on the list as having it
Oh well, I did promise myself I'd wait until after WWDC anyway
You're lucky. Milton Keynes is only 20 minutes away -- there should be several places there you can get one, even if the Apple Store itself has run out.
I was in MK (and Bedford) on the 24 April, all ready with my wallet; alas, the launch was delayed. Now, back home, I have to consider a jaunt from NL to Germany or France, or find a friend coming from the States. Why don't I have an iPad already!
I was thirteenth in line today, but it wasn't unlucky. Got may 32gb 3G and I'm happy so far. No dead pixels, no yellow screen, no backlight bleeding and no rattles.
Slightly dissapoitned that the cable is an inch shorter than my iphone 3G, that's really stingy fin apple.
so many apps to play with... So little time.
...posted from my iPad of course...
I'm assuming that was a joke? an inch shorter - I can't believe you actually measured. If it's that desperate, just use your iPhone cable.