New Windows Tablet Ad Again Uses Siri's Voice to Poke Fun at iPad

[rmwebs]

Except they are constantly adding things to the iPad and sales have never declined...

I know sales havent declined What big features have they added to the iPad in the last 18 months then? Porting things like Siri dont really count either given that its only useful when you need to text someone.

(for what its worth I am an iPad and iPhone user, and have no desire to touch Windows - I just hate that we've got some....eccentric...Apple fans here who appear not to live in the real world.)

 

[chadley_chad]

Apple can remove (the much used) optical drives and convince everyone it's a benefit over other competitors ... So it's rich people dissing MS for extolling the virtues of their OS and Dells hardware!!!

 

[slffl]

Why isn't the Dell talking back? Oh that's right :/. Also Keynote has been better than PowerPoint since it was released!

Microsoft shouldn't be trying to compete with Apple as it's no contest. They should be going after Google.

 

[flux73]

I thought it was funny. I'm still not going to buy a Dell tablet though.

I guess an SD card slot would be nice, but I'm not really sure how much I would use it. I shoot RAW with a 24 MP full frame camera. 1) I'd run out of room really fast on my 32 GB iPad, 2) Can't edit RAW on an iPad, 3) Don't want to edit on an iPad - some things just aren't well suited for touch.

What I *could* find useful is some way for the iPad to communicate wirelessly with my camera so that I can preview photos (or delete them) from the iPad, without ever touching the camera.

 

[Mousse]

You think they should add the SD card slot for free?

Well, no one is demanding one for free. I'm pretty sure 80-90% of iPad owners would be willing to pay extra for an SD slot. The other 10-20% are happy with their svelte no SD slot iPads.

Where would you put it?

On the side, like those Android and Windows tablets. Very sensible slot placement, IMO.

Take apart an iPad get some SD card slots and show us how you would integrate it.

I'm pretty sure Apple engineers are clever enough to get the job done. If push comes to shove, they can always make the iPad...thicker. Yes, yes, I know. Sacrilege.

 

[1member1]

Microsoft has some point there but still it's dell or other oem that won't give any **** on you.. oh yeah and the machine running windows .. that's the main point not to move.

 

[appleisking]

That's what I said when I found out that the PS4 is not really backwards compatible with PS3 [as Sony claim] and will not play actual PS3 discs.

Neither will the xbox and the ps3 also didn't have backwards compatibility with prior generations. This is not a new move by sony

 

[AppleScruff1]

Why isn't the Dell talking back? Oh that's right

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.


This is a joke poking fun at Siri which says some pretty dumb things at times.

 

[komodrone]

Seriously? Do you think people are so stupid that a couple of extra options to iOS would freak everyone out and cause them to freeze in place after their brains lock from the confusion?

It degrades the UX. For example, you'll have this situation:
"Man, this SD card is slow. I can move the apps from the SD card to the internal flash memory, but I don't have enough space. How about I upgrade my SD card? But there's 10 GB of apps and content on here. So I have to sync my apps back to iTunes, get a new SD card, and sync back. But how do I tell iTunes to sync back the apps only to the new SD card and not the internal flash memory? Some of these apps aren't using iCloud so how do I get back my user data without doing a restore from backup? But wait, how do backups work with this new SD card feature? What if I lost my iPad, got a new iPad but I don't have any SD card in there. Would it still restore?"

 

[crossifixio]

yawn

 

[CindyRed]

Personally, I like the ad, it's cute. I also have the common sense to stay away from Dell products. I may pay too much for my iPad, but at least I know the back of it won't fall out after a week and I won't have to get the battery serviced after a few recharges.

It would have been a fairer comparison against Microsoft Surface. Now that's tablet superiority... at twice the price.

 

[spazzcat]

You can buy adaptors for microSD cards to use in a camera or device that takes full-size SD cards.

My camera still uses CF cards...

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Apple can remove (the much used) optical drives and convince everyone it's a benefit over other competitors ... So it's rich people dissing MS for extolling the virtues of their OS and Dells hardware!!!

I used an DVD drive maybe twice in the last year.

 

[Michael Goff]

Why isn't the Dell talking back? Oh that's right :/. Also Keynote has been better than PowerPoint since it was released!

Microsoft shouldn't be trying to compete with Apple as it's no contest. They should be going after Google.

Keynote is better on the iPad than full blown PowerPoint is on a Windows tablet? Interesting.

 

[komodrone]

Did Apple wait on a Sim card slot in iPhone until they found a super easy way of doing it. An SD card slot is probably less complicated to build in than a SIM card slot.

not talking about hardware, talking about how users would use it.
see: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17427263/

 

[paradox00]

Jesus, I'm an Apple fan but seriously?

- How is an SD slot not useful? It lets people buy the cheapest model and upgrade it to have 64gb (and soon 128gb) of extra storage. How the hell can you possibly say thats useless for most people?!

- iOS7 does not multitask. It has app switching. Apple call it multitasking but 'real' multitasking is having two apps running side by side allowing you to perform multiple tasks at the same time.

Humans cannot multitask, we task switch. What having two apps open on one screen allows you to do is quickly switch between two different tasks without changing the display. It has its uses, but it's not part of the definition of multitasking. From a computers perspective, multitasking simply means that the computer is running multiple processes at once. Whether or not the process is visible on screen is not part of the definition. As iOS 7 allows certain background processes, it's certainly capable of multitasking, even if we humans are not.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

It degrades the UX. For example, you'll have this situation:
"Man, this SD card is slow. I can move the apps from the SD card to the internal flash memory, but I don't have enough space. How about I upgrade my SD card? But there's 10 GB of apps and content on here. So I have to sync my apps back to iTunes, get a new SD card, and sync back. But how do I tell iTunes to sync back the apps only to the new SD card and not the internal flash memory? Some of these apps aren't using iCloud so how do I get back my user data without doing a restore from backup? But wait, how do backups work with this new SD card feature? What if I lost my iPad, got a new iPad but I don't have any SD card in there. Would it still restore?"

Really? I mean really? So Apple can make some software make a fusion drive fly so that all of that kind of stuff is transparent for the "for dummies" user but you think all that complication would have to accompany an SD card slot? They could't possibly make this a "just works" scenario?

For example, let's take replacing the card with a bigger one. Personally, I would be quite happy having to jump through several hoops to do that instead of having to throw out the current iDevice and replace it with another when I need more capacity than what is chosen by Apple. But, click an option to upgrade the card. The system could advise the "for dummies" crowd that it needs to back up the contents of the existing card first. This could be to iCloud or in iTunes. Choose one, let it do it's thing. "ready to swap cards". Swap. The system moves what used to be on the smaller capacity card to the new bigger capacity card. Now I've got (probably) double the space I used to have and everything that was there is right back in place. Easy... "just works".

Alternative: throw out the old iDevice and spend several hundred (plus a more expensive bigger memory option exclusively available from Apple) on a replacement iDevice. Yes, the latter is easier. But ouch!

Secondly, if one chooses options to keep core functionality on internal storage and only media, etc on SD cards, then they can be used very much like probably most people would use them. Bring along 2 or 3 cards and you have all kinds of media in tow.

 

[bassfingers]

It degrades the UX. For example, you'll have this situation:
"Man, this SD card is slow. I can move the apps from the SD card to the internal flash memory, but I don't have enough space. How about I upgrade my SD card? But there's 10 GB of apps and content on here. So I have to sync my apps back to iTunes, get a new SD card, and sync back. But how do I tell iTunes to sync back the apps only to the new SD card and not the internal flash memory? Some of these apps aren't using iCloud so how do I get back my user data without doing a restore from backup? But wait, how do backups work with this new SD card feature? What if I lost my iPad, got a new iPad but I don't have any SD card in there. Would it still restore?"

This. Excellent.

People want something to just work. I don't want batteries that come out of the back or removable storage. Those are cop-out solutions to problems that don't even really exist for most users

 

[donutbagel]

It degrades the UX. For example, you'll have this situation:
"Man, this SD card is slow. I can move the apps from the SD card to the internal flash memory, but I don't have enough space. How about I upgrade my SD card? But there's 10 GB of apps and content on here. So I have to sync my apps back to iTunes, get a new SD card, and sync back. But how do I tell iTunes to sync back the apps only to the new SD card and not the internal flash memory? Some of these apps aren't using iCloud so how do I get back my user data without doing a restore from backup? But wait, how do backups work with this new SD card feature? What if I lost my iPad, got a new iPad but I don't have any SD card in there. Would it still restore?"

I agree that having an SD card slot just for moving files is a terrible idea. But what if the SD card was the ONLY storage instead of the internal flash storage on iPads? Same thing except you'd be able to upgrade your storage. I think some of the Android devices have this. On a phone, it seems clunky, but it would work well on an iPad.

 

[Baklava]

This is like throwing a bird into a lake and saying "haha, it can't swim, therefore it's ****". Well, it can fly instead.

Superb comment!

 

[Tunster]

This. Excellent.

People want something to just work. I don't want batteries that come out of the back or removable storage. Those are cop-out solutions to problems that don't even really exist for most users

And it shows companies are always a step behind Apple when it comes to advertising. My guess is that Samsung/Dell/Microsoft will copy the real-life ads at some point. Apple already did the show off product without the mocking already.

Dear oh dear. Oh, and the swipes on the Win8 tablet doesn't show anything functionally useful apart from making the Metro bigger/smaller. Woah.

 

[morespce54]

Camera Connection Kit: $29

People really need to learn how to think outside the box pad.

Corrected that for you...

 

[bassfingers]

...when I need more capacity than what is chosen by Apple.

Alternative: throw out the old iDevice and spend several hundred (plus a more expensive bigger memory option exclusively available from Apple) on a replace iDevice.

FALSE. The storage space is chosen by YOU when you purchased the device. Not apple

How about you just buy what you need the first time? If you believe people are competent enough to use removable sd cards with a fragmented storage system, then certainly they are smart enough to just pick the right iPad the first time.

 

[Mousse]

It degrades the UX. For example, you'll have this situation:
"Man, this SD card is slow. I can move the apps from the SD card to the internal flash memory, but I don't have enough space. How about I upgrade my SD card? But there's 10 GB of apps and content on here. So I have to sync my apps back to iTunes, get a new SD card, and sync back. But how do I tell iTunes to sync back the apps only to the new SD card and not the internal flash memory? Some of these apps aren't using iCloud so how do I get back my user data without doing a restore from backup? But wait, how do backups work with this new SD card feature? What if I lost my iPad, got a new iPad but I don't have any SD card in there. Would it still restore?"

That's the deal breaker for why I went with android instead of iOS. Everything has to be done through iTune or iCloud (no jailbreaking here). I like the freedom android gives and will put up with risking a crash or two every few months. I keep all my apps in internal memory and data on the SD card, especially movies. I've got my entire movie library on dozens of microSD cards. Pop 'em in, pop 'em out. Faster and easier than having to synchronize through iTunes.

 

[Judas1]

Humans cannot multitask, we task switch. What having two apps open on one screen allows you to do is quickly switch between two different tasks without changing the display. It has its uses, but it's not part of the definition of multitasking. From a computers perspective, multitasking simply means that the computer is running multiple processes at once. Whether or not the process is visible on screen is not part of the definition. As iOS 7 allows certain background processes, it's certainly capable of multitasking, even if we humans are not.

That's why we have technology. They can do tasks for us that takes too long, or that we can't do. If I want to task switch between 5 apps, is iOS making my life easier? Or are they just only allowing me to perform a task on the active screen? Backward tech, if you ask me.

 

[acorntoy]

But, that's not siris voice anymore