I am very disappointed, no camera for using ichat, or skype. No Flash, I mean they could at least have flash until they have html5 or w/e. It's better to just keep my iPhone. I know you guys will say flash sucks etc, but why not have it for a lil bit i guess, and they didn't add a camera because then people wouldn't buy macbooks or iphones...
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iPad SDK 3.2 Details: External Display, File Sharing System, No Multitasking
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I currently have my macbook permanently on and beside me on the arm of my sofa. It's there so I can Skype/MSN/websurf/email. I'd hoped the iPad would remove the need to use an expensive C2D powered device for these functions. Problem is, who wants to logout of their IM client every time they browse the web (Macrumors RSS feeds et al) or read an email ?
Never mind downloading things like music and movies in the background.
Ok so its a toy. But surely it needs to be more practical than one task at a time.
If that's all that you "wanna" do, that's fine, of course, and the rest is marketing. To each his own. But that's actually not the point, if you read my post again this time with an understanding that naming issues aren't actually that important. You can *call* it something that isn't supposed to work like a laptop, but this computing device is clearly in a chain of devices that are changing the future of computing. I can't emphasize this enough. Multi-touch can be the future, and if Apple wants to go that way, it's not the "full color" features they need to be touting. You say it will "do it well." Good for you. For me, it sure as hell won't "do it well" if it does iWork but cannot print without a hassle. Does iPhoto support rudimentary editing? Can documents be duplicated?
You "wanna" sit in a sofa with a glass of wine next to an expensive and fragile device, but there's a sizable market sitting in class as well. You can target both - they are not mutually exclusive. So it's not I who has "missed the point," as you say. Not once did I so much as imply the device should have been a notebook replacement. But, it can and seems to attempt to replace a notepad, a pocketbook, a contacts list, etc. So, can it print? Can it connect to a projector? Can it backup documents somehow? You may not care about these questions, but they are only natural given the description of the iPad.
As a friendly educational aside, you don't have to overexert yourself trying to be all condescending with language like "you've missed the point." When you think something like that, you should learn to also think "hmm, what if I'm wrong and this person actually is on to something?" The longer you spend without this kind of thinking, the more you constrain your learning curve!
You could also end up looking like a fool if you think you've got the answer when the person you're trying to enlighten has already considered everything you did. /condescension
Multi-tasking will be a "feature" enabled by a software upgrade.
Apple's first chip is the A4 and is 1Ghz.
Gee, I wonder what the 4 means?
Cores/tasks. Let's assume 2 are dedicated to CPU and display/video. That leaves 2 for apps and background tasks. I wonder if Rev1 will be A8?
Rocketman
ATNN is here! I told you so! Dang that took a while.
Apple's first chip is the A4 and is 1Ghz.
Gee, I wonder what the 4 means?
Cores/tasks. Let's assume 2 are dedicated to CPU and display/video. That leaves 2 for apps and background tasks. I wonder if Rev1 will be A8?
Rocketman
ATNN is here! I told you so! Dang that took a while.
Few reasons i will not buy:
1.No camera. I find this very frustrating
2. Low capacity (16GB is way too low and for what it is the product does not worth more then 500$ and i am not willing to pay more only for the flash capacity)
3. No USB/SDcard slot. Because of this you cannot extend the capacity and this does not make it mobile at all. imagine you are in vacation and you want to see the photos from your camera on your beautiful ipad(( i guess you have to buy the stupid dock just for that (
I hope version 2 will bring up more.
1.No camera. I find this very frustrating
2. Low capacity (16GB is way too low and for what it is the product does not worth more then 500$ and i am not willing to pay more only for the flash capacity)
3. No USB/SDcard slot. Because of this you cannot extend the capacity and this does not make it mobile at all. imagine you are in vacation and you want to see the photos from your camera on your beautiful ipad
(( i guess you have to buy the stupid dock just for that (I hope version 2 will bring up more.
I don't get the obsession with multitasking?
I have an iphone and the existing apps that multitask are perfect. I have never encountered a situation where I wished an additional app was "running."
The only example people yell about is Pandora, which I don't use. Heck iphone is jailbroken and I can background, and I never use it the feature.
Can someone provide some real productivity gains for additional multitasking other than what is already that way on the iphone platform (phone, sms, ipod, etc).
I have an iphone and the existing apps that multitask are perfect. I have never encountered a situation where I wished an additional app was "running."
The only example people yell about is Pandora, which I don't use. Heck iphone is jailbroken and I can background, and I never use it the feature.
Can someone provide some real productivity gains for additional multitasking other than what is already that way on the iphone platform (phone, sms, ipod, etc).
I'll be getting one.
1) For work, I can now throw away my damn notepad that I take to meetings and now use this and also use it for project management. No stylus? Pogo stylus solves that one. I can handwrite notes now or type them.
2) Video. I convert my dvds to AppleTV h.264 files with handbreak. If I want to play them on my iPhone, I have to convert them in iTunes down to a resolution it can handle. Not anymore, this device will play them directly with no conversion. Great for trips with the kids.
3) Web surfing around the house.
4) Perfect vacation companion, I can offload my pictures to it, upload them to mobile me, still have email, web, etc.
5) Games
6) Perfect art sketchpad with Brushes app and a pogo stylus.
7) Mobile document creation.
8) eBooks. Was thinking of a Kindle, this is a no brainer.
While I would like it to have some sort of iChat AV and a camera, it's a minor letdown for me there. Multitasking I feel is something that will be addressed with iPhone OS 4.0 and to me is a minor issue.
I won't be needing the 3G version as anywhere I can envision using this thing I will have Wifi and if I need to get on somewhere there is no wifi, I have my iPhone.
Can I do a lot of the things I mentioned on my iPhone already? Sure, but the smaller screen makes the experience less than I'd like.
You can't honestly expect that Apple was going to release a device like this with a full version of OS X on it. They want this as a mass appeal no brainer device. Like they said, the iPhone and iPod Touch user base already knows how to use it. The App Store model is ideal and makes application installation and management mind numbingly simple and easy.
I suspect this thing has features and functionality that we simply do not understand or know about yet and, like the iPhone, will mature over time and with future software releases.
Sign me up for a 64 gig WiFi model in March.
1) For work, I can now throw away my damn notepad that I take to meetings and now use this and also use it for project management. No stylus? Pogo stylus solves that one. I can handwrite notes now or type them.
2) Video. I convert my dvds to AppleTV h.264 files with handbreak. If I want to play them on my iPhone, I have to convert them in iTunes down to a resolution it can handle. Not anymore, this device will play them directly with no conversion. Great for trips with the kids.
3) Web surfing around the house.
4) Perfect vacation companion, I can offload my pictures to it, upload them to mobile me, still have email, web, etc.
5) Games
6) Perfect art sketchpad with Brushes app and a pogo stylus.
7) Mobile document creation.
8) eBooks. Was thinking of a Kindle, this is a no brainer.
While I would like it to have some sort of iChat AV and a camera, it's a minor letdown for me there. Multitasking I feel is something that will be addressed with iPhone OS 4.0 and to me is a minor issue.
I won't be needing the 3G version as anywhere I can envision using this thing I will have Wifi and if I need to get on somewhere there is no wifi, I have my iPhone.
Can I do a lot of the things I mentioned on my iPhone already? Sure, but the smaller screen makes the experience less than I'd like.
You can't honestly expect that Apple was going to release a device like this with a full version of OS X on it. They want this as a mass appeal no brainer device. Like they said, the iPhone and iPod Touch user base already knows how to use it. The App Store model is ideal and makes application installation and management mind numbingly simple and easy.
I suspect this thing has features and functionality that we simply do not understand or know about yet and, like the iPhone, will mature over time and with future software releases.
Sign me up for a 64 gig WiFi model in March.
Printing? Kind of a deal breaker for me if I can't print from it. There's no reason why it shouldn't be able to find printers connected to a wireless network.
How many of those things would you do on a notebook or netbook?
People are trying to make this things do weird things.
It is not a device intended to do everything.
Ringtones make no sense on it, any more than they do on my Macbook pro.
So it'll be like iphone/touch. Any of my media (films/episodes) that I er havn't acquired through itunes wont play on it. No quicktime/vlc etc..unless I convert it to bloody mp4 or whatever. That's a complete downer for me. What a shame
I thought people would have let this go by now.
When has Apple EVER built a proprietary device that plays anything other than mp4 or h.264? Really, converting your videos to mp4 is really fast these days. Maybe its time to give it another shot.
This is what Apple has been working on for years?
What is so revolutionary about this device over the original iPhone?
I mean the iPhone has been out for 3 years. This device does about what the original iPhone did. In the last 3 years, what exactly was Apple working on? A new iWork? I was sure there would be much more innovation in the last 3 years of R&D.
This is exactly what I thought it would be.... a portal to the iTunes/App stores.
And what about the rumors about a new way of interacting with the device? No new multi-touch features at all!
What is so revolutionary about this device over the original iPhone?
I mean the iPhone has been out for 3 years. This device does about what the original iPhone did. In the last 3 years, what exactly was Apple working on? A new iWork? I was sure there would be much more innovation in the last 3 years of R&D.
This is exactly what I thought it would be.... a portal to the iTunes/App stores.
And what about the rumors about a new way of interacting with the device? No new multi-touch features at all!
I agree with you, but what you're saying should also imply that the Mac OS is simply not as simple as it could be. That is, it may also be time, with the advent of multi-touch, to re-think the Mac OS.
Windows is pretty complicated! So is Mac OS X. Using multi-touch is like second-nature. This major revolution in input method is really the most radical thing since the invention of the computer mouse. Just as that changed operating systems, you'd think this would as well, if not to a much greater degree!
That was a quote from the gizmo review of the original iPhone, saying what it was lacking.
I was making the point that the iPad will probably go the same way..people will bitch and moan about this or that not being included, then buy one a while later when apple adds what they couldn't put in initially.
The weird part with all the million negative comments is this iPad doesn't replace nothing. It's an addition to Apple product line. So, who cares. There are still iPhones, iMacs, iPods, MacPros, Macbook pros, blah blah blah. Crying for nothing. The only way that Apple will p*ss me off if no MacPro or MacBook Pro updates soon.
Cool cats will Dig It!
Musicians like me who have been looking for a cost effective music touch device like this has finally arrived.
Musicians like me who have been looking for a cost effective music touch device like this has finally arrived.
It's a software issue. That could change any day. Besides, you realize how big of a hog that Flash is? There goes your battery life, and then you'll have another reason to complain.
Change has to happen somewhere.
People are happy with this keynote are just Apple ********ers who discovered Mac two years ago.
This Keynote SUCKED ! Look how long they had to brag about the iPad during the show and in the official video...
The terrible thing is that, while I believe sheep sucker are going to be seduced...a lot of them won't buy it, it's gonna be like the Macbook Air.
And the iPad is not that bad: the price is going to be downsized over time, and the ebook, Brush, Calendar and iWork possibilities are not that bad.
But what about ****ing Iphone OS, Macbook Pros and iWork ??
This is two much, the nexus is pushing the pressure, Iphone are two casual and obsolete and nothing. I won't even talk about Macbook Pros that are way outdated and obsolete.
CONCLUSION: Apple is the new Microsoft. They make a lot of money but they prefer to focus on the mass public, they're just going to loose their public progressively as technology will evolve, and casual public is going to specialized...
This Keynote SUCKED ! Look how long they had to brag about the iPad during the show and in the official video...
The terrible thing is that, while I believe sheep sucker are going to be seduced...a lot of them won't buy it, it's gonna be like the Macbook Air.
And the iPad is not that bad: the price is going to be downsized over time, and the ebook, Brush, Calendar and iWork possibilities are not that bad.
But what about ****ing Iphone OS, Macbook Pros and iWork ??
This is two much, the nexus is pushing the pressure, Iphone are two casual and obsolete and nothing. I won't even talk about Macbook Pros that are way outdated and obsolete.
CONCLUSION: Apple is the new Microsoft. They make a lot of money but they prefer to focus on the mass public, they're just going to loose their public progressively as technology will evolve, and casual public is going to specialized...
Gizmodo reports that it is very difficult to type on iPad because iPads back is not perfectly flat! As usual, Steve wanted device to look thin
"Typing in portrait is better than anticipated but still quite a stretch for our average-sized hands, which means that letters like F G and H will take a moderate conditioning for some. What about in landscape mode, sitting flat on the table? Well this is problematic too, as the iPad sort of wobbles. The back is not perfectly flat, meaning your typing surface is never perfectly flat, so the virtual keyboard becomes that much more difficult to use."
Reading comprehension, get some.
"That much more difficult" != "Very difficult"
Also as jobs demonstrated by just using the damn thing, its supposed to sit on your lap.
Exactly. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. That's where the revolution is, but the closest they came was being able to 'pinch out' photo albums. That's not to deny the iPad is spiffy - it certainly is. But it won't change computing because they didn't bother to try anything conceptually new.