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

saving107 said:
Your avatar matches your comment so well :cool:

In regards to the topic, I have always liked ads that tell me what the product does, not what the competitor can't do. During an interview, up sell yourself, don't trash talk your opponent because then I have no idea what your worth and more than likely won't hire you.
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Excellent point.
 
I dont see anything wrong with what M$ is doing with marketing. Apple did same with their Mac V/s PC advt, so why cry foul when shoe is on wrong foot ?
 
Jacquesvw said:
There's an adapter for that... :D
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petrucci666 said:
Let's be real. 99% of the world uses a smartphone (most of them iPhones) for taking photos with a photo syncing service a la 'Camera Upload' in Dropbox. With iDevices you have Photo Stream. Zero work has to be done to transfer those photos.

For the 1 time a year your average user needs to plug in an SD card into an iPad, there is the Camera Kit. Don't make it seem like it's impossible.
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rfahey said:
Camera Connection Kit: $29

People really need to learn how to think outside the box.
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Kaibelf said:
Is that supposed to be a key market? The overwhelming majority of people just use their phones.
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I'd rather be shot than use a iPad (or any tablet) for photo editing/management. I was giving a smart ass answer to the "Who uses SD cards" comment. Learn to read and think outside your brainwashed iDevice world.
 
People used to hate Windows, but they sort of needed it.

Now people don't NEED it anymore.

People used to like Microsoft.

Now people HATE Windows AND Microsoft.

That company is going downhill... slowly, but going down...
 
kahkityoong said:
And a feature in all their laptops.
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But not the macbook air, which is aimed at the majority of consumer product. Only the pros still have sd cards meant for people who use high quality digital cameras for photo editing on their laptops. Not something you need on a tablet.
 
Nothing about the ad is untrue. It's a good ad, showcasing what the windows tab can do that the iPad can't. if you're upset over it, you need some real friends instead of just Apple gadgets.
 
appleisking said:
Cloud storage takes care of all that. People seem to forget the iPad does come with internal storage so you CAN actually store things on it
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You are not wrong.

But, this is what Apple always does -- they pick the one way that they think is the future, cut everything else out, and expect us to line up and adapt.

And if you choose to live in a 100% Apple ecosystem, then hey, it works great! It makes perfect sense. If I buy all my music and movies from iTunes, then why would I need to store them anywhere? They came in off the cloud in the first place, of course I can just download them to my iPad.

And if I take all my photos with that (awesome?) iPhone camera, then I'm all set!

But for those of us who rip our own music, convert (or make!) our own movies, take photos with a real camera, or deal in an office environment where the files we want to touch are not always solely created by ourselves, we need to jump through hoops.

If I want to shoot video clips with an actual camera -- not an iPhone or iPad -- how do I import the photos and video? I can't. Oh, well, I can, with the CCK. That is apparently Apple's only concession that, yes, sometimes you DO want to be able to plug in an external device.

Part of the beauty of a device like an iPad is you can use it away from networks, away from the internet, away from the cloud. The cloud is a great thing but until it is 100% ubiquitous, world-wide, then there is no disadvantage to offering other options.
 
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I've often wished I could zoom right out of a home screen so that the icons were tiny and useless.

:D
 
donutbagel said:
Who the **** wants to zoom in the home screen? It's all gimmicks except for the SD card. That's a legitimate feature that the iPad could use, and not for cameras but for upgrading the storage.
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Indeed - which is exactly why Apple don't let you do it. They want you paying extra for internal storage, and upgrading to a new iPad when you run out.
 
Lol. Apple is just getting a taste of their own medicine.

Anyone remember the apple and pc ads? The misrepresentation really alienated techy pc users to switching to mac.

Now Apple is being attacked for being too hipster (Samsung) and being featureless (Microsoft).

Apple wanted to play with the big boys, now they are.

This is precisely why the consumer in large isn't in uproar over these type of "attacking" ads, Apple has been doing it for years until recently.
 
Schmitty11 said:
Learn to read and think outside your brainwashed iDevice world.
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Keep it classy Dell/Microsoft, Keep it classy. Focus on what YOUR product can do for YOUR customers. Price doesn't tell the story and as far as the rest of the features in your ad, joke. Zooming works on iPad where it counts and like I need to zoom my front page icons. :rolleyes: I guess when you can't beat em, you pretend like you can. ;)
 
Schmitty11 said:
I'd rather be shot than use a iPad (or any tablet) for photo editing/management. I was giving a smart ass answer to the "Who uses SD cards" comment. Learn to read and think outside your brainwashed iDevice world.
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Exactly, so why would the tablet, aimed at the average consumer, need a microSD slot? Making those slots obsolete for that particular target consumer market.
 
If apple wanted to, they could make a really good comeback ad with the new ipad (when it comes out) + iOS 7 + the new siri.

They better!!!
 
Sheza said:
"Oh. That's not cool."

Said Siri as she saw the price of the Xbox One compared to the PS4.
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"Oh. That's not cool." Said Siri when she saw that even disc based games required always on connection to Xbox servers.

"Oh. That's not cool." Said Siri to Xbox One requiring Kinect to be always on like an eye of Sauron or 1984 camera in the TV."
 
Well...

• iPad Mini is $329, iPad full is $499, not $599.
• Who needs to zoom in or out on the home screen?? It just is for a list of apps and items.
• SD cards are useless for most people, and I'd hate to pay for such a feature. You can transfer wireless or with an adaptor.
• iOS 7 will multitask.

Once again, Microsoft needs to obfuscate and misrepresent. How about what you can actually DO on the Windows Pads? Like, what helps someone be productive or entertained?
 
Nice ad and nice product. Competition is a very good thing, it makes everyone's products better and cheaper #
 
Schmitty11 said:
I'd rather be shot than use a iPad (or any tablet) for photo editing/management. I was giving a smart ass answer to the "Who uses SD cards" comment. Learn to read and think outside your brainwashed iDevice world.
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When I was on my Caribbean cruise last month, I took photos and video clips with a "real" camera. Sometimes, I wanted to share photos with my Facebook friends. So I would take a photo with my good camera, and then take the equivalent photo with my iPhone, and then I would post the iPhone photo on Facebook. Of course, the iPhone photo looked nowhere near as nice as the one I took with the real camera.

I could have taken out my CCK, and set up a transfer, but it was quicker and easier to take two photos with two cameras. Which was kind of silly, but.. oh well.
 
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