iPad discussion thread

[rk-]

Apple's marketing it as the "best way to experience the web, email and photos" ...but is it really? It's not as portable as the iPhone/iPod Touch, going from pocket-size to bag-size, so if you're already going to need a bag to carry it around, why not just take your not-that-much-heavier, way-more-usage Macbook/laptop?

I'll admit, having a bigger iPod Touch is cool and all... but for $500? With probably less battery life when using energy-eating apps? I'll admit, in the iPad-vs-iPod Touch comparison, the iPad is a better eBook and email/internet device - but in the iPad-to-Macbook/laptop comparison, doesn't it lose out on almost every front? So what the hell kinda market is the iPad for? Gah! I'm just confused.

EDIT: Damn Peter for posting my point before me! :P

2ND EDIT: I guess Wesley's point is the only thing that makes me understand this a little more... but I feel like that's too elitist a niche for Apple to aim for, isn't it? Until, of course, they come out with the iPad Nano - AN IPAD THAT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND! AMAZING!

[WiseGuy]

EDIT: Damn Peter for posting my point before me! :P

sucka im better than u

[dissentience]

2ND EDIT: I guess Wesley's point is the only thing that makes me understand this a little more... but I feel like that's too elitist a niche for Apple to aim for, isn't it? Until, of course, they come out with the iPad Nano - AN IPAD THAT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND! AMAZING!

I lol'd

[Wesley Crusher]

Enough people buy iMacs for their kitchen PC. This just makes it more accessible.

Plus it makes it super easy for the not technically inclined users.
"Hey Dad! Check out these pictures, but don't click on any of the pop-ups!"

I understand where they're going. Like I said to a co-worker, non-technical/non-power users will buy it and love it, but the picky nerds and 40 year old Mom's basement dwellers will whine and complain that it doesn't play 1080P movies, or make you sandwiches and rub your corns.

[Gorbachev22]

Is there a better option for a colour ebook reader that will be out in the next few months? It's the ideal companion for someone attending seminars and research meetings.

[Wesley Crusher]

For seminars/meetings, or even students I thought, with the news of the latest Apple patent for a proximity touch screen (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...g-touchscreen/) and partnership with McGraw-Hill, I thought maybe they'd enable hovering with a "whatever you have in your hands" stylus so you could mark-up text books/lecture notes/etc. Then Boom, click to send your scribbles to a fellow iPad user to share and collaborate. THAT would be neat. Perhaps that's the Newton v2.

[dissentience]

http://www.asustablet.com/

[TheSniper]

They really fucked this up. An adapter for a USB port (that can only be used for cameras), VGA port (no HDMI or DisplayPort of course), and an adapter for SD cards (which you can't use as exterior storage)? REALLY? This is really, really simple stuff guys. Why the FUCK would you make a tablet that doesn't have at LEAST a microSD card slot? 4:3 screen? Really? My goddamn all-in-one remote control has a 16:10 screen ffs. The only thing they really seem to have gotten right is battery life (soldered in battery was another massive fuckup though), and the ability to use a bluetooth keyboard (though that's kind of a supremely basic feature anyways). The damn thing isn't even SHAPED right. A curved back on something you want to be able to touch type on a screen with? WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING?

No multitasking.
NO multitasking.
Like holy shit, how are they wanting to compete with netbooks and make this thing useful with NO MULTITASKING?

When it's been jailbroken, then I'd consider hopping in, not before.

[SniperGimp]

insert MaxiPad jokes here for eternity.
Did not wow me at all, I had some higher hopes, all they did was release what is already out there or announced by other companies.

[TheSniper]

Oh, I'd buy one if it supported the formats used in uni etexbooks on torrent sites.