Nice try with the psychology to make yourself feel better because you can't get it right now. It ain't workin'. Just about everyone that bought one is having the best experiences.
Yup. You can't escape reality.
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Yup. You can't escape reality.
I'll pass. I didn't join the Mac community for trinkets like this iPad. This is for people that do not have a Mac laptop or desktop. (People that don't have an Apple Computer).
I see no reason to buy one because I own and outstanding MBP. I do have an iPod Touch, but I got it for free. Not sure if i would have bought a touch to be honest. Its nice to use on the toilet or to check things at work.
Whoa !! The iPad will rock when i'm on the can !!! I'm sold, going to buy one this week.
I see no reason to buy one because I own and outstanding MBP. I do have an iPod Touch, but I got it for free. Not sure if i would have bought a touch to be honest. Its nice to use on the toilet or to check things at work.
Whoa !! The iPad will rock when i'm on the can !!! I'm sold, going to buy one this week.
Really sorry to hear that you don't like the fact that Apple products aren't *just* computers. But thanks for your reason for not buying one (yet you bought a 20-inch ACD and a U2 Edition iPod.) I've already written it down so I can look at it every night. Should I laminate it?
Solution: Have only the number of children such that you can afford one for you and one for each of them! No more (children that is).
My First Impressions: 15 minute of exploring at the Apple Store
These are my few takeaways
a) Apple Store in Montgomery county still had available iPAD in stocks. So it is not a sold out situation.
b) One of the most interesting things i observed is the clever usage of the stand on which iPAD is resting.
c) iPAD feels heavy. My 15 minutes of use and I could feel the heftiness of this. It is not bad but its not light for sure.
d) The iPhone applications at 2X the size don't cut it. You need to design new applications since the scalability falls flat for me
e) Typing is going to take a lot of used to. I am sure trying to type in portrait using thumb was ok at best and landscape was awkward.
f) iPAD is here to stay though, it is a good version 1 of bringing a lot of individual gadgets (portable DVD player, browsing device, book reader)
I am going to definitely buy it but 3G version.
These are my few takeaways
a) Apple Store in Montgomery county still had available iPAD in stocks. So it is not a sold out situation.
b) One of the most interesting things i observed is the clever usage of the stand on which iPAD is resting.
c) iPAD feels heavy. My 15 minutes of use and I could feel the heftiness of this. It is not bad but its not light for sure.
d) The iPhone applications at 2X the size don't cut it. You need to design new applications since the scalability falls flat for me
e) Typing is going to take a lot of used to. I am sure trying to type in portrait using thumb was ok at best and landscape was awkward.
f) iPAD is here to stay though, it is a good version 1 of bringing a lot of individual gadgets (portable DVD player, browsing device, book reader)
I am going to definitely buy it but 3G version.
It would be better if you didn't comment unless you had some idea what you're talking about. It is OS X (obviously not the desktop version); Apple themselves said so. Whatever it's called now doesn't change what it's based on.
And it does, of course, multitask (see above link)--at the very least, it has a number of processes running simultaneously in order for the OS to function. Just because the user doesn't see them doesn't mean they aren't there...try opening up Activity Monitor sometime when you have "nothing" running and look at the processes.
Even "real" apps multitask fine if Apple lets them. So far Apple has only allowed certain of their own apps to do this, like the music player. Or are you going to try telling me that you can't have music playing and some other app running at the same time? Or that you can't download something from the App Store while running something else?
--Eric
Stress Test!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/193388/apple_ipad_stress_tests.html [VIDEO]
Using:
* a nail
* keys
* other bizarre tests
I won't spoil it w/ what else they THROW at it.
As anti-fanboy as I am (and I'm very!), this video is senseless and makes me wanna cry!
http://www.pcworld.com/article/193388/apple_ipad_stress_tests.html [VIDEO]
Using:
* a nail
* keys
* other bizarre tests
I won't spoil it w/ what else they THROW at it.
As anti-fanboy as I am (and I'm very!), this video is senseless and makes me wanna cry!
Looks like this is not the huge sales monster Apple was looking for after all.
Apple Inc. began selling the iPad Saturday to swarms of dedicated fans, but there were few early indications that the much-anticipated device would sell out in its first weekend.
The weekend introduction is the first real test of demand for the iPad, which Apple pitches as a new category of device making it easier to surf the Web and do other basic computing tasks. Since it was unveiled by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs in January, debate has swirled about how much the $499-and-up tablet computer will appeal beyond the company's stronghold of technology enthusiasts.
WSJ's Shira Ovide experiences first hand the excitement from the hundreds who are waiting for the new iPad at New York City's 5th Ave. Apple store.
Apple's flagship retail outlet in New York City was thronged by hundreds of fans who wanted to join in the camaraderie and land bragging rights from being among the first people to hold and own an iPad. "I like the games and the music," said nine-year-old Monaco resident Roman Rose, who waited with his family for his turn to buy an iPad, with his own savings, he said.
Lines snaked around a block-wide plaza at the store adjacent to New York's Central Park. People--some in line for days--waited out front in a concrete plaza where the crowd was closely watched by a heavy dose of security, members of the media, and even someone in an Easter Bunny costume. At 9 a.m., people were allowed to slowly file into the store, 10 or 15 at a time from two lines -- one for people who had pre-ordered an iPad online, and one for those hoping to buy iPads off the shelf.
In San Francisco, tech blogger Jason Kincaid had been in line for one and a half hours and was about to be clapped into the store by the blue-shirted staff. He already had two iPhones, an iMac and the MacBook Pro laptop, but "had to have an iPad," he said. "It's changing the paradigm of how we will use computers I'll need to test all its apps as well as the way the touch-screen works," he said.
At another San Francisco store, 32-year-old Cuyler Binion said "I'd buy a toilet if they made it." An avid photographer, Mr. Binion said he envisioned using the device to organize and share photos. "Their design is light years ahead of everyone else's," he said.
However, outside of the typical tech urban strongholds, the hubbub died down pretty quickly.
Traffic was thin by about 10:30 a.m. at the Apple desk of a suburban Charlotte, N.C., outlet of Best Buy Inc., the other major retailer stocking the device. Store manager Andrew Rochelle said three people were waiting in line when he got to the store at 7 a.m., and by opening time at 10 a.m., the store had handed out about half of its 60 right-to-buy tickets.
Jose Sanchez of Huntersville, N.C., and his 13-year-old son, Carlos, picked up a 32GB iPad without having to wait in line. "I know everything about it," said Mr. Sanchez, 45, who works in distribution for US Airways Group Inc. Sanchez plans to use the iPad on work breaks and at lunch, as well as to download movies from Netflix Inc. in hotel rooms when the family travels.
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Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal
Farid Lahlou, left, and Ali Ouled, check out the new iPad inside of the Fifth Avenue Apple store.
The scene was similarly muted at the Apple store at Dallas's popular Northpark Mall. While some who showed up early had to wait several hours to get into the store, by 10:15 there was no one standing in line and workers were putting away the metal poles that had kept earlier crowds in order.
The first iPad customers weren't all typical early adopters. Jeff Doi, 37, and his wife Rochelle Europa, 38, both pharmacists, came to Detroit from Toronto for a shopping weekend. Friday they bought their first Apple device -- an iPod touch, but were intrigued by the hype of the iPad. They came back to the mall on Saturday and found themselves in line to buy a 32 GB iPad.
"Yesterday would have been our first Apple purchase. We were going to use the Touch as a test run," said Ms. Europa, "but never mind the test run."
"We heard about all the hype" and decided to buy the iPad too, said Mr. Doi. "I have to say they did a good job hyping it."
View Full Image
Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal
Anabel Kindersley walks with her children, Max and Lily, out of the Fifth Avenue Apple store after purchasing two iPads
The weekend crowds could be tempered by the fact that consumers have been able to order the device online for home delivery since March 12. And only later this month will Apple begin to sell iPads with cellular Internet connections in addition to Wi-Fi wireless Internet. Those devices with 3G cellular Internet connectivity start at $629, with Internet-access plans sold separately.
Sales estimates from analysts have ranged widely, and Apple hasn't said how many devices it has sold online, nor how many it expects to sell in stores.
Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, said Apple could sell 200,000 to 300,000 iPads over the weekend and 2.8 million over the course of 2010. Research firm iSuppli Corp. predicted that 7.1 million iPads will sell world-wide this year, with sales nearly tripling to 20.1 million by 2012.
Apple Inc. began selling the iPad Saturday to swarms of dedicated fans, but there were few early indications that the much-anticipated device would sell out in its first weekend.
The weekend introduction is the first real test of demand for the iPad, which Apple pitches as a new category of device making it easier to surf the Web and do other basic computing tasks. Since it was unveiled by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs in January, debate has swirled about how much the $499-and-up tablet computer will appeal beyond the company's stronghold of technology enthusiasts.
WSJ's Shira Ovide experiences first hand the excitement from the hundreds who are waiting for the new iPad at New York City's 5th Ave. Apple store.
Apple's flagship retail outlet in New York City was thronged by hundreds of fans who wanted to join in the camaraderie and land bragging rights from being among the first people to hold and own an iPad. "I like the games and the music," said nine-year-old Monaco resident Roman Rose, who waited with his family for his turn to buy an iPad, with his own savings, he said.
Lines snaked around a block-wide plaza at the store adjacent to New York's Central Park. People--some in line for days--waited out front in a concrete plaza where the crowd was closely watched by a heavy dose of security, members of the media, and even someone in an Easter Bunny costume. At 9 a.m., people were allowed to slowly file into the store, 10 or 15 at a time from two lines -- one for people who had pre-ordered an iPad online, and one for those hoping to buy iPads off the shelf.
In San Francisco, tech blogger Jason Kincaid had been in line for one and a half hours and was about to be clapped into the store by the blue-shirted staff. He already had two iPhones, an iMac and the MacBook Pro laptop, but "had to have an iPad," he said. "It's changing the paradigm of how we will use computers I'll need to test all its apps as well as the way the touch-screen works," he said.
At another San Francisco store, 32-year-old Cuyler Binion said "I'd buy a toilet if they made it." An avid photographer, Mr. Binion said he envisioned using the device to organize and share photos. "Their design is light years ahead of everyone else's," he said.
However, outside of the typical tech urban strongholds, the hubbub died down pretty quickly.
Traffic was thin by about 10:30 a.m. at the Apple desk of a suburban Charlotte, N.C., outlet of Best Buy Inc., the other major retailer stocking the device. Store manager Andrew Rochelle said three people were waiting in line when he got to the store at 7 a.m., and by opening time at 10 a.m., the store had handed out about half of its 60 right-to-buy tickets.
Jose Sanchez of Huntersville, N.C., and his 13-year-old son, Carlos, picked up a 32GB iPad without having to wait in line. "I know everything about it," said Mr. Sanchez, 45, who works in distribution for US Airways Group Inc. Sanchez plans to use the iPad on work breaks and at lunch, as well as to download movies from Netflix Inc. in hotel rooms when the family travels.
View Full Image
Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal
Farid Lahlou, left, and Ali Ouled, check out the new iPad inside of the Fifth Avenue Apple store.
The scene was similarly muted at the Apple store at Dallas's popular Northpark Mall. While some who showed up early had to wait several hours to get into the store, by 10:15 there was no one standing in line and workers were putting away the metal poles that had kept earlier crowds in order.
The first iPad customers weren't all typical early adopters. Jeff Doi, 37, and his wife Rochelle Europa, 38, both pharmacists, came to Detroit from Toronto for a shopping weekend. Friday they bought their first Apple device -- an iPod touch, but were intrigued by the hype of the iPad. They came back to the mall on Saturday and found themselves in line to buy a 32 GB iPad.
"Yesterday would have been our first Apple purchase. We were going to use the Touch as a test run," said Ms. Europa, "but never mind the test run."
"We heard about all the hype" and decided to buy the iPad too, said Mr. Doi. "I have to say they did a good job hyping it."
View Full Image
Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal
Anabel Kindersley walks with her children, Max and Lily, out of the Fifth Avenue Apple store after purchasing two iPads
The weekend crowds could be tempered by the fact that consumers have been able to order the device online for home delivery since March 12. And only later this month will Apple begin to sell iPads with cellular Internet connections in addition to Wi-Fi wireless Internet. Those devices with 3G cellular Internet connectivity start at $629, with Internet-access plans sold separately.
Sales estimates from analysts have ranged widely, and Apple hasn't said how many devices it has sold online, nor how many it expects to sell in stores.
Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray, said Apple could sell 200,000 to 300,000 iPads over the weekend and 2.8 million over the course of 2010. Research firm iSuppli Corp. predicted that 7.1 million iPads will sell world-wide this year, with sales nearly tripling to 20.1 million by 2012.
lol, as are many others, I'm sure. Amazon, however, will not be telling us. That said, I think the whole Kindle-iPad dynamic is of less concern to Amazon than many suppose. Amazon is principally concerned with selling content, and I don't think they'll be too unhappy if the iPad sells well, as long as its users are buying through the Kindle app.
I have, of course, no knowledge of the actual numbers, but I suspect Amazon has never made money from Kindle sales.
Nobody knows how much RAM does the iPad has? It's very important to multitasking work
For ALL who were asking about this ... 512MB RAM the iPad Has...
Source: http://www.appleinsider.com/article...nds_huge_dual_battery_512mb_of_ram_in_a4.html
512 MB RAM
Source:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-Teardown/2183/2
or
256 MB RAM
Code:
Kind Bytes Megabytes
Physical (HW_PHYSMEM) 258,998,272 247 MB
User (HW_USERMEM) 210,284,544 200.5 MBhttps://forums.macrumors.com/threads/888925/
Does the iPad has 512 MB Ram but iPhoneOS 3.2 is using just 256 MB Ram?
Return policy
UPS delivered my iPad this morning and after using it for about 9 hours so far I am very very impressed. Given all the hype, it has exceeded all my expectations.
However I want to return my 32GB iPad and get the 3G version. What is the latest date by which I would have to return my iPad? Apple's return policy says that I have to _initiate_ my return within 15 days. Does this mean that I can get a return authorization number within 15 days and mail my iPad a week after that?
UPS delivered my iPad this morning and after using it for about 9 hours so far I am very very impressed. Given all the hype, it has exceeded all my expectations.
However I want to return my 32GB iPad and get the 3G version. What is the latest date by which I would have to return my iPad? Apple's return policy says that I have to _initiate_ my return within 15 days. Does this mean that I can get a return authorization number within 15 days and mail my iPad a week after that?
I sold my DX before Christmas knowing that the iPad would offer much more for probably the same price or close to it. Thankfully resale values were still high then, I don't even want to know what they will be like in a few weeks.
And your Acura is just a car( if you actually own one), thanks for your opinion. I just got the last 64G at a local reseller, I felt like the shark in Finding Nemo after reading the posts here.
I suggest you stay in Apple related forums/blogs then.
Does it really matter how much RAM the thing has? Its able to run games like Real Racing HD without any problems.
And what do you think about this:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/888925/
Or take a look at this video (-> 11:26): http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-ipad-review/ ( http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/1300/72.266 )
And what about future Software-Updates?
