iPad Unboxing and Very Nice Hands On Video Review

[epo]

The voice of the the hitchikers guide book ....

You must be thinking of that awful film. The real voice was, of course, the late Peter Jones.

 

[Journojulz]

You must be thinking of that awful film. The real voice was, of course, the late Peter Jones.

Correct. I grew up on the TV show, just that bit too young for the radio.
Jones' voice was as much part of my childhood as Peter Fermin or Kate Bush

The film was indeed as pale a copy as were star wars 1-3.
But it does show the place Fry has in british culture.

 

[pondie84]

Surprisingly impressed by the review. It looks great and I can't wait for it to come out in Australia. Good thing it's not right away so I can save some more!

 

[Journojulz]

The next iProduct with a front facing camera gets my cash.

Love the idea of the iPad, but my 3g is 2 years old this summer and the 4g rumours look tempting...

 

[Skuman]

My wife is a chemist and would buy that ipad for the perodic table app alone.

Actually, she would find it handy because lack of a keyboard meant that less chance of getting reactants stuck in the keyboard / spillage damage. Plus you can just prop it up in the corner, a laptop would be more fiddly.

However, I can't believe that they didn't put a USB or SD card socket in the edge somewhere, it looks thick enough.

 

[Journojulz]

Looks like they are pushing wi-fi. Anyone tried out a wifi SD card?

 

[cycomiko]

The iTouch comparison, is getting old. It is nothing like and ITouch. I'll let others explain...

thats because there is no such thing as an iTouch.

now an ipod touch, of course its something like it... its running a slightly different version of the iPhone OS, it can run all of the same programs as the ipod touch and it has a ARM processor as its core... it just has a bigger screen

Does Phil Schiller deny that its like a large iPod touch/iPhone, or doesnt he..,

lets see the convo


"There's a negative way of saying that," says Schiller, "and a positive. 'Oh, it's just a big iPhone ... boo!' or 'Hey, it's like a big iPhone ... cool!' Luckily, millions of people have those, so there is an instant ease and familiarity when they first encounter the iPad.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1976935-1,00.html#ixzz0jw3I9xbC

 

[Journojulz]

Aye. And this is how it breaks down:

Techies: 'Oh, it's just a big iPhone ... boo!'

Rest of world: 'Hey, it's like a big iPhone ... cool!'

 

[Inconsequential]

Aye. And this is how it breaks down:

Techies: 'Oh, it's just a big iPhone ... boo!'

Rest of world: 'Hey, it's like a big iPhone ... cool!'

Im a techie and I like the fact its basically a big iPhone

I can see exactly where this would fit in for me, almost replacing my MacBook Pro.

However it needs multi-tasking (IM running all the time) before I'll even think about getting one.

 

[ct2k7]

Im a techie and I like the fact its basically a big iPhone

I can see exactly where this would fit in for me, almost replacing my MacBook Pro.

However it needs multi-tasking (IM running all the time) before I'll even think about getting one.

Now is it a need or a want? What's the opportunity cost?

Almost replacing your MBP? What do you use it for?

 

[Journojulz]

Im a techie and I like the fact its basically a big iPhone

Ditto - we should consider ourselves exceptional.

I can see exactly where this would fit in for me, almost replacing my MacBook Pro.

Ditto imac. Keep the desktop for Final cut and Logic, the rest is leisure time which i would much rather do on the sofa on a iPad form.

However it needs multi-tasking (IM running all the time) before I'll even think about getting one.

I think that is taken as read. with a big screen you can realistically have 2 apps running simultaneously.

 

[GSPice]

That's a pretty faulty comparison.

That's a pretty faulty sentence.

 

[GSPice]

The PCMag guy sounded as bored as I was.

and yet if he sounded thrilled you would have flamed him for being a fanboy.