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WhoRyder

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So the Ipad was released today... was just wondering who was planning on getting one.... i just got my tax return and can afford one. but i am on the fence...

No Flash? Awe c'mon....

I really just wanted to get it for the quick internet browsing and the Photo AP, i can use it as a photo album to show future clients my photography work....

thoughts? (i was planning on getting the 499.99 version)
 
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its just a giant iphone that can't make phone calls. I already have a desktop, netbook, and iphone, I can't imagine there is anything the ipad would do that one of those other devices can't. Except for impressing people I don't know in starbucks, but I don't ever go to starbucks.
 
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Call me old fashioned, but I like turning an actual paper page down to save my place.

I will not be getting an iPad anytime soon. There will have to be a lot of changes before it is even remotely attractive.

And for the record, it is just a giant iPhone that cannot make calls.
 
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iandude94 said:
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The iBook store will eventually kill the book stores like iTunes killed the music stores. It also has tons of other cool features.
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YEAH, just like Apple TV did in the TV market:weee:

The content deals Apple has made for the Ipad make it seem more primed than Apple TV was but these newer eBook devices are less capable than netbooks, not more. Nobody can seriously claim otherwise.

Netbook have superior input method (a keyboard) that doubles as a screen protector when you aren't using it and they cost less. Battery life on newer generation netbooks like the Asus 1005PE are comparable to the iPad.

Also the first gen iPad has a huge flaw of a traditional active matrix LCD. If it was truly primarily an eBook device, they should have looked into the ergonomics and reading on LCD screens and they would have used something like a Pixel Qi display that has an e-paper mode.

Reading the iPad in bright light/outdoors...think again.



Keyboard dock lets the iPad do double duty as a mirror - check out Endadget's office on the screen:thumb:

 
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mattmatt86 said:
its just a giant iphone that can't make phone calls. I already have a desktop, netbook, and iphone, I can't imagine there is anything the ipad would do that one of those other devices can't. Except for impressing people I don't know in starbucks, but I don't ever go to starbucks.
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By that definition, your netbook is a giant iphone that can't make phone calls.
 
IH8Rice

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Hyundai is giving them to owner's of their new luxury car to use as the owner's manual of the car.
and Seton Hall is giving them away to every student this fall on top of the free Macbook they get as incoming students and the new replacement Macbook they get after two years.
 
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woodsguy said:
There are several competitors coming out with models that run Windows 7.
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That's fine for netbooks, but Windows 7 wasn't designed primarily with touchscreen/tablets in mind.

Notion has one of the most well thought out tablets. Its been in R&D for 3-4 years now. Unfortunately nVidia is having hardware/software issues with the Tegra 2 so its delayed along with any other products based on it (Home Theater appliances, etc):

http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/
 
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i got the Ipad...

Is it a big ipod/iphone? Somewhat....

Would it replace my Windows 7 laptop? 90% yes.....
(since i'm a network engineer i still need windows to do the bulk of my work)

What do you use it for? Email (Gmail/Exchange), Facebook, Movies, some games, Internet Browsing, E-reader, photo album, Netflix viewer (Steaming videos) etc....

this device does not support Flash, but it does support HTML5 (which youtube & Vimeo have already converted & porn sites will soon follow, Hulu will follow suit)

Overall I'm pretty excited. about the device. will post a few photos later... nothing special, but the device rocks....
 
syadasti

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woodsguy said:
They use a touch interface optimized Windows 7.
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Again, it wasn't a primary design consideration for Windows 7, its an add-on/afterthought though a keyboard/touchpad(or mouse) in a netbook is superior for significant input tasks which is why Apple still uses them in their laptops and desktops.
 
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iandude94 said:
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The iBook store will eventually kill the book stores like iTunes killed the music stores. It also has tons of other cool features.
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It will be a long time (if ever) before digital books get rid of real books. The overwhelming majority of people who read books, want an actual book to read. ebooks don't appeal to hardore readers.
 
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Transcend said:
By that definition, your netbook is a giant iphone that can't make phone calls.
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Except that it likely has the ability to run any frigging application he wants it to and can thus function as an actual productivity machine, instead of a glorified smartphone.

All of the people I know who picked it up yesterday seem moderately disappointed for a number of reasons. Photographer buddy bought it for showing off his port, except (I think this was pointed out earlier), it's useless in broad daylight (besides, nothing makes a client jizz their pants like a real book and polished site). Apparently typing is hard, to say the least. I'll be playing with one a buddy picked up yesterday tomorrow.

I have an iPhone 3G and a laptop. The iPad seems like it would make a nice coffee table piece, but not much more, especially at the asking price.
 
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Where do people live that AT&T has such ****ty coverage?

I travel a lot for work and have an iPhone for personal and a Verizon phone for work. Overall I've had better coverage with AT&T than Verizon. I'm seeing 3G coverage expanding too. Asheville, NC area for instance.

I have no complaints with AT&T service. I <3 my iPhone!!!
 
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Dartman said:
Where do people live that AT&T has such ****ty coverage?

I travel a lot for work and have an iPhone for personal and a Verizon phone for work. Overall I've had better coverage with AT&T than Verizon. I'm seeing 3G coverage expanding too. Asheville, NC area for instance.

I have no complaints with AT&T service. I <3 my iPhone!!!
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In the SF Bay reception on my phone was beyond awful. I'd be in the middle of SF and drop calls/not receive them at all.

In Salt Lake it's great.
 
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sites that would be DOPE for the ipad if the convert to html5...

Sicklines.TV
Freecaster.Tv

Any other videos websites... oh and yeah PORN SITES... lol :rofl:
 
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interesting read:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html

Wal-Martization of the software channel
And let's look at the iStore. For a company whose CEO professes a hatred of DRM, Apple sure has made DRM its alpha and omega. Having gotten into business with the two industries that most believe that you shouldn't be able to modify your hardware, load your own software on it, write software for it, override instructions given to it by the mothership (the entertainment industry and the phone companies), Apple has defined its business around these principles. It uses DRM to control what can run on your devices, which means that Apple's customers can't take their "iContent" with them to competing devices, and Apple developers can't sell on their own terms.

The iStore lock-in doesn't make life better for Apple's customers or Apple's developers. As an adult, I want to be able to choose whose stuff I buy and whom I trust to evaluate that stuff. I don't want my universe of apps constrained to the stuff that the Cupertino Politburo decides to allow for its platform. And as a copyright holder and creator, I don't want a single, Wal-Mart-like channel that controls access to my audience and dictates what is and is not acceptable material for me to create. The last time I posted about this, we got a string of apologies for Apple's abusive contractual terms for developers, but the best one was, "Did you think that access to a platform where you can make a fortune would come without strings attached?" I read it in Don Corleone's voice and it sounded just right. Of course I believe in a market where competition can take place without bending my knee to a company that has erected a drawbridge between me and my customers!
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Journalism is looking for a daddy figure
I think that the press has been all over the iPad because Apple puts on a good show, and because everyone in journalism-land is looking for a daddy figure who'll promise them that their audience will go back to paying for their stuff. The reason people have stopped paying for a lot of "content" isn't just that they can get it for free, though: it's that they can get lots of competing stuff for free, too. The open platform has allowed for an explosion of new material, some of it rough-hewn, some of it slick as the pros, most of it targetted more narrowly than the old media ever managed. Rupert Murdoch can rattle his saber all he likes about taking his content out of Google, but I say do it, Rupert. We'll miss your fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the Web so little that we'll hardly notice it, and we'll have no trouble finding material to fill the void.
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IH8Rice said:
they sold 300k the first day...thats like 10% of the overall market sold in the first day
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And you actually believed them:rofl:

Apple counted deliveries to channel partners as sales. Best Buy and other distributors having the item in stock is not an end-user sale:

Engadget said:
though this does include...deliveries to channel partners (such as Best Buy)...We should point out, though, that just because Best Buy purchased a bundle of 'em doesn't mean that end users have
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That's even worse than Apple over counting single applications that are recycled just for differing content (like guides to states/countries/sports teams).
 
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I Like my ipad...

i had to admit though, when i got it at Tekserve there we no lines or crowds and they seemed to have plenty....
 
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syadasti said:
And you actually believed them:rofl:

Apple counted deliveries to channel partners as sales. Best Buy and other distributors having the item in stock is not an end-user sale:
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im sure corporate sales was a nice sized chunk too. plus the ipads to the Seton Hall students and faculty and Hyundai
 
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IH8Rice said:
im sure corporate sales was a nice sized chunk too. plus the ipads to the Seton Hall students and faculty and Hyundai
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This isn't a business centric device. Seton Hall's plans are for the fall, first year students so maybe around 2.5K units there. Hyundai's top of the luxury car is very low volume too. So no those groups don't help much. Most of the numbers are from channel partner's stock, not end-users.
 
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IH8Rice said:
im sure corporate sales was a nice sized chunk too. plus the ipads to the Seton Hall students and faculty and Hyundai
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both items that haven't been delivered yet.

Seton hall needs them in the fall.

The Hyundai they are being included with doesn't come out till septemeber.
 
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I've been using it as a photo album to show my best/Fav images to future clients.... and wow.... i already got 2 new clients with a shoot tomorrow and one this weekend.... after the shoot tomorrow the Ipad will have paid for itself PLUS.....

Here it is on "Photo Album Mode" on my desk in the office:

 
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berkshire_rider said:
It will be a long time (if ever) before digital books get rid of real books. The overwhelming majority of people who read books, want an actual book to read. ebooks don't appeal to hardore readers.
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what do you base this on?

my wife reads quite a bit, and she loves her kindle. being able to lug around a 600 pg book in a small, compact electronic device is pretty nice.
 
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if they can make a 160 gig ipod....why not a 160 gig ipad?
 
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stevew said:
if they can make a 160 gig ipod....why not a 160 gig ipad?
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As mentioned cost. Thought they could have done things that improve user experience and capability at minimal cost like add a micro USB port and SDXC slot. I mean, who the hell would want to look at the photos they just took on their iPad's larger screen and show their friends, add some storage, or hook up their portable HDD :confused:
 
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