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Apple unvails the "Ipad"
January 27, 2010 at
10:17 AM
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I think its kind of ugly 
And the name is stupid.
Its litteraly just a really big iphone. Looks almost comical.
No word on price yet.
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And the name is stupid.
Its litteraly just a really big iphone. Looks almost comical.
No word on price yet.
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Last Edited by ajkam
January 28, 2010
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05:45 AM
There was a madtv skit about the Ipad can someone please post it?
HERE YOU GO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8
HERE YOU GO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8
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I know you guys love being hard on Jobs and Co., but they are so far ahead of the curve, its scary. I'm sure they already the next 5 versions of the Iphone, the Ipad, etc. already mapped out.
Obviously, they have a reason not to have flash and not to have multi-tasking capabilities. There is a method to their madness.
And it doesn't have an SD slot to easily view photos.
iFail
Instant on is a plus, but, like I and others have said, it would need a lot more to make me buy it.
HDMI out, SD slot, USB port, camera, open (or more open) OS, flash, and multi-tasking, for starters.
No one's saying it won't sell. You have people that will buy it simply because it has "Apple" on it.
there's a huge difference, at least for me, between my laptop (15 incher) that's kind of clunky and this ipad. again, i won't buy one, but, in a perfect world where i have money, would i rather carry around my laptop, or this ipad? i'm not some heavy-hitting professional, so i mainly use my laptop for internet, music, and videos (everything else, i can wait and use on my home computer). this ipad works for that, seemingly. it also weighs just under 2 pounds.
but, to each his own. that apple brand will automatically move some products, which is why i'm not dismissing it.
I know you guys love being hard on Jobs and Co., but they are so far ahead of the curve, its scary. I'm sure they already the next 5 versions of the Iphone, the Ipad, etc. already mapped out.
Obviously, they have a reason not to have flash and not to have multi-tasking capabilities. There is a method to their madness.
Some people think so. Enter Silicon Alley Insider's Alan Warms, who argues that the iPad and the app-as-content-entry-point may irrevocably change the dynamics of the Web itself.
"The genius of the Apple tablet is to build on the success of the iPhone by changing the fundamental paradigm of how we seek and consume content from a search-find-click to a find the right app–immerse yourself in the content creators experience," he writes. "This is a fundamentally different way to find and experience content, a one that, if successful, will shift a massive amount of marketing dollars and ultimately equity market capitalization from Google (GOOG) to Apple (AAPL)."
Drawing a parallel with the power of the iPhone's apps to attract marketing revenue, Warms concludes, "As more and more businesses move to an app-based model, the Web as we know it is going to change significantly. The genius of Apple -- rather than trying to beat Google to the punch (Yahoo back in the day), out-innovate them (Ask.com), or brute-force them (Microsoft/Bing) -- they are changing the game."
Warms' argument is oh-so-slightly buttressed by rumors that Apple and Microsoft (MSFT) have been in talks to replace Google with Bing as the iPhone's default search engine. But lo and behold, the iPad is out, and Google and Google Maps are still there -- not Bing. (Microsoft publishes MSN Money.)
What happened? Wasn't the iPhone helping to make Google irrelevant with its apps-erific model? It turns out that for all the buzz, Google is still well in the game. For example, here, courtesy of MacWorld, is a study of what people do online with the iPhone: 48.04% of the time, they're doing something other than searching for something on the Web. But 50.54% of the time, they're using Google search. How much of their time is spent searching with Bing? 0.08%.
Google's right to be alarmed at Apple's apps and emerging markets. But with numbers like these, it's not going anywhere for a long time.
What exactly does that bolded section mean? People will have to click on an app to get the info they want rather than searching for it via search engine? What if I don't have an app for what I'm searching for? Would I have to search for the app and then search for the info within it? These dorky ass tech guys sure do like to exaggerate don't they...?
Obviously, they have a reason not to have flash and not to have multi-tasking capabilities. There is a method to their madness.
This device really would have set the world on fire if you could connect it to your TV (HDMI), or view photos (SD), and multi-task, and play flash.
It really seems they rushed this, and may have opened the door to imitators.
Apple may well do well with this, or a second generation. But Apple's thing has been to impress, not underwhelm, with features on their devices.
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And it doesn't have an SD slot to easily view photos.
iFail
This is the most useless product I have seen come out from Apple. Its just a bigger Ipod Touch. It has no purpose to it. No E ink, so it is useless as a ereader. Artists have wanted a tablet mac for a long time, but this product doesnt even have stylus support to draw. Students wanted something simple to take notes on, but you cant write on it. No HDMI, SD slot, USB, or 1080p support, so for media junkies it cant be a portable htpc or anything.
If a product like this becomes popular then that would mean technology is going in a reverse direction.
They really are different. Most people agree with that.
That may make the iPad a second-best eBook reader, but not a primary reader for bookworms.
laptops will soon become obsolete, which is what i was hoping out of this ipad. not the case this time, though.
i'm certain the developers of this are aware of the limitations... which leads me to believe this is just an appetizer.
They really are different. Most people agree with that.
That may make the iPad a second-best eBook reader, but not a primary reader for bookworms.
Yes, I've used an e-ink reader. Sure it looks like I'm reading a book or whatever, but what other purpose does it serve? None. It literally does nothing else except allow me to read things. A tablet computer and even the iPad allow for so much more.
laptops will soon become obsolete, which is what i was hoping out of this ipad. not the case this time, though.
i'm certain the developers of this are aware of the limitations... which leads me to believe this is just an appetizer.
This device really would have set the world on fire if you could connect it to your TV (HDMI), or view photos (SD), and multi-task, and play flash.
It really seems they rushed this, and may have opened the door to imitators.
Apple may well do well with this, or a second generation. But Apple's thing has to impress, not underwhelm, with features on their devices.
i'd be a bit worried that those imitators will take this, slap a functional OS into it, and sell it for a little more money. granted, they'd probably still butcher it...
bleh, i'm done though. now to sit back and see how the machine does with the consumer, which, ultimately, is all that ever matters.
laptops will soon become obsolete, which is what i was hoping out of this ipad. not the case this time, though.
i'm certain the developers of this are aware of the limitations... which leads me to believe this is just an appetizer.
Do you remember the first tablet PC's? They can do whatever this iPad maxi can.
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Yes, I've used an e-ink reader. Sure it looks like I'm reading a book or whatever, but what other purpose does it serve? None. It literally does nothing else except allow me to read things. A tablet computer and even the iPad allow for so much more.
It is static, you realize?
It is not meant to do much else.
I get your point about not wanting an e-Ink book reader. Not your preference, I guess.
But there is no need to knock a technology designed to read books as being not much good for anything other than reading books.