What you're talking about here is what I find so mysterious. Jobs famously damned tablets as a fancy way of checking your email while on the toilet, way back when. He's obviously changed his mind, because Apple just released something that does seem "crippled" (which also pops into my mind) and hardly does anything new. Maybe Jobs's about face should be attributed to just how cool it is to be able to interact with the device by touch. Yes, it's cool, and you will get a lot of enjoyment out of it. But it isn't conceptually very interesting at all.
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What you're talking about here is what I find so mysterious. Jobs famously damned tablets as a fancy way of checking your email while on the toilet, way back when. He's obviously changed his mind, because Apple just released something that does seem "crippled" (which also pops into my mind) and hardly does anything new. Maybe Jobs's about face should be attributed to just how cool it is to be able to interact with the device by touch. Yes, it's cool, and you will get a lot of enjoyment out of it. But it isn't conceptually very interesting at all.
Sure it can. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB128LL/B?fnode=MTY1NDA0OQ&mco=MTM3NTA1Njc
Not sure why everyone is getting so excited over the fact that this tablet has video out.
I think what's cool is the feature on new Intel i5 based laptops where you can connect them to TV wirelessly.
If you would have read my post you would have noticed that my netbook runs Snow Leopard. And in any event, I understand how processors work, probably not as well as I could, but enough to know that the current Atom processors in netbooks being produced as we speak have got to be better than the one Apple has in the iPad. The whole point I was trying to make is that this thing in no way replaces a netbook. Were it as functional as a netbook, I would gladly have one, but it isn't.
And what, pray tell, would you need to multitask on the iPhone or iPad? I highly doubt the target audience for this device needs to run a web server in the background.
i dont know what to think of this device. its a love hate feeling. so idk. iill wait for the 4G iphone. if that also fails then. i get an ipad and jailbreak it. if that fails then ill get a puppy. if the puppy dies then ill get a girlfriend. if no girl wants to be my girlfriend that ill buy a pink ipod and name her sally.
All i really need is a device where i can peacefully watch/masturbate to porn in HD and be able to see parts of the woman i never knew existed while checking my emails while updating my facebook status on how much my sexual endurance has improved then finish it all off by reading an ebook.
All i really need is a device where i can peacefully watch/masturbate to porn in HD and be able to see parts of the woman i never knew existed while checking my emails while updating my facebook status on how much my sexual endurance has improved then finish it all off by reading an ebook.
Not that most college students have brains, but you're right. Especially not in its present form. I actually don't take notes on a laptop unless lectures are really slow, but that doesn't change the fact that the Kindle-interest market is smaller than the college-kid market by a lot.
The inclusion of iWork seems very confusing in its present state unless they have a way for the iPad to serve as your primary computer. But the lack of USB pretty much kills that hope.
It'll be one of those devices that eventually people will get their head around.
Sure it won't please every one, especially techies on a internet forum who had silly expectations.
It'd fit into my life quite perfectly.
I love my iPhone but it's limited in what it can do and how quick I can do it. It's great for outside of the house but when I'm at home I often get conflicted between using my iPhone and waiting for it, straining ultimately at the small screen and it's overall functionality AND that of the MBP that I usually have set up plugged into an external monitor, head phones/speakers, charger plugged in under the desk etc... so to take it with me, it's quite clunky, it isn't very portable when you want to quickly use it somewhere else and using a trackpad, while the best around still isn't ideal.
This fits exactly in the middle for me and the Mrs because all I want to do at times is consume content in the most enjoyable, relaxed way I can.
BBC iPlayer, Movies, TV shows (hopefully a sky player app), music, photos, apps, games, internet, books, magazines, news papers in a much easier but still very portable package...
This is what Apple were going to do all along and perhaps because I thought as much and its what I expected it's why I'm very happy with it... I think people need to point blame at their unrealistic expectations than they do the iPad.
Sure it won't please every one, especially techies on a internet forum who had silly expectations.
It'd fit into my life quite perfectly.
I love my iPhone but it's limited in what it can do and how quick I can do it. It's great for outside of the house but when I'm at home I often get conflicted between using my iPhone and waiting for it, straining ultimately at the small screen and it's overall functionality AND that of the MBP that I usually have set up plugged into an external monitor, head phones/speakers, charger plugged in under the desk etc... so to take it with me, it's quite clunky, it isn't very portable when you want to quickly use it somewhere else and using a trackpad, while the best around still isn't ideal.
This fits exactly in the middle for me and the Mrs because all I want to do at times is consume content in the most enjoyable, relaxed way I can.
BBC iPlayer, Movies, TV shows (hopefully a sky player app), music, photos, apps, games, internet, books, magazines, news papers in a much easier but still very portable package...
This is what Apple were going to do all along and perhaps because I thought as much and its what I expected it's why I'm very happy with it... I think people need to point blame at their unrealistic expectations than they do the iPad.
Seriously, what did you expect? I'm amazed about the negative comments about this device. I guess people were expecting Apple to create a computer that would bend time and space, cure world hunger, fix Haiti, and come up with the perfect solution for the Healthcare debate.
What else could it have been? It's a freaking tablet that fills a needed gap in the lineup. It's got some issues, but I suppose some of those are related to keeping the cost down and being able begin shipping the first quarter.
During his presentation, if Steve Jobs would have levitated 3 feet off the ground - there would be a bunch of people who would've complained that he didn't go high enough.
All i really need is a device where i can peacefully watch/masturbate to porn in HD and be able to see parts of the woman i never knew existed while checking my emails while updating my facebook status on how much my sexual endurance has improved then finish it all off by reading an ebook.
LOL.
Apple must be thinking there is a big audience out there for an intimately portable personal computing device that "just works" - like the original Macintosh and iMac - for people who aren't geeks or nerds and have no idea what an Intel is. There are many, many of these people who will love this device. In face, this device can do most of what I do at home on my laptop - surf, email, and look at photos.
Most of the people who frequent these forums are not the target audience for this device, which may explain so many of the negative reactions.
You and others who share your view probably said the same thing when the iPod was introduced. Look what happened.
sorry to use this but: wtf! No multi-tasking? And too bulky for your pocket, and the name? Man, I donno, i feel a bit weary on this product, it could pan out and be a great device for reading books!? what? I mean common peoples, i just feel that it would be annoying to watch a film this way, type this way, etc.. I say supe up your mb's, mbp's, iphones, ipod, etc...
just sayin
just sayin
You can multitask with ease on the iPhone if it's jailbroken, so it's not a hardware limitation. It's all software. The OS can multitask, Apple just doesn't allow it for third party applications to keep things simple and minimize issues.
dont know if i agree with that. Ipod was a sheer innovation to gadgets and ipad just doesn't feel like that. I was really taken away when ipods came out..
The lack of FLASH support is perplexing
Owning an iPhone 3GS and a newer MBP, I personally don't have a use for this thing but could see it possibly being popular with college kids (incorporating SMS somewhere down the road would give it even more appeal with that crowd)
However, given the screen size and graphics performance that looks to be pretty stellar from all the demonstrations I've seen, lack of FLASH is perplexing. The bottom line is that the web browsing experience will be second rate due to this limitation. Like it or not, FLASH is fairly ubiquitous these days.
Owning an iPhone 3GS and a newer MBP, I personally don't have a use for this thing but could see it possibly being popular with college kids (incorporating SMS somewhere down the road would give it even more appeal with that crowd)
However, given the screen size and graphics performance that looks to be pretty stellar from all the demonstrations I've seen, lack of FLASH is perplexing. The bottom line is that the web browsing experience will be second rate due to this limitation. Like it or not, FLASH is fairly ubiquitous these days.
It's ARM. That's all you need to know. They are getting better but they are too underpowered compared to regular x86 chips (including Atom)
It doesn't really bother me. I just think the anger is misplaced.
Anyone who was honestly expecting some sort of open device was smoking something. After the huge success Apple has had with the locked iPhone/App Store ecosystem, they won't be hurrying to go in any direction other than that.
Apple won't soon be taking this tablet tech and suddenly offering a full OSX capable unit either. It makes no sense in their recent business strategy.
maybe a camera is coming. . .
interesting article from appleinsider.com
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ly_potential_camera_support_a4_processor.html
interesting article from appleinsider.com
http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ly_potential_camera_support_a4_processor.html
I'm a college student an I can think of a dozen things that this would be useful for. Using it to showcase my portfolio is the first thing that comes to mind. There are many other uses... but you probably wouldn't comprehend. So, I guess it's you that is short on brains.