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It sounds like it will revolutionize my menstrual cycles

i think its completely ridiculous, 600 bones for an over sized iphone?

pffft.

I see this device being used most at home and maybe special places like subways and planes. The use I'm envisioning for it would be sitting at home in front of the TV while surfing the web, reading a book, and perhaps replacing the universal remote. It is great for cooking and looking up recipes and when it's not in use, it can be used as a picture frame. Ipad will not replace the laptop or the mobile phone.

Those looking for a camera on this device is forgetting that's not the intended use of it. It's not a giant iPhone.

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Originally posted by Scottaculous I see this device being used most at home and maybe special places like subways and planes. The use I'm envisioning for it would be sitting at home in front of the TV while surfing the web, reading a book, and perhaps replacing the universal remote. It is great for cooking and looking up recipes and when it's not in use, it can be used as a picture frame. Ipad will not replace the laptop or the mobile phone. Those looking for a camera on this device is forgetting that's not the intended use of it. It's not a giant iPhone.

rehash thought

dock it with ethernet, slap on a camera on the face of it
integrate skype and video conferencing

revolutionize @ home telephone? buy in from vonage and other large companies?

bring in email, voicemail, google maps, menupages, and a look up app?

touchscreen and stationary, bluetooth for house portability voice only

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Big, Ugly Bezel Have you seen the bezel on this thing?! It's huge! I know you don't want to accidentally input a command when your thumb is holding it, but come on. No Multitasking This is a backbreaker. If this is supposed to be a replacement for netbooks, how can it possibly not have multitasking? Are you saying I can't listen to Pandora while writing a document? I can't have my Twitter app open at the same time as my browser? I can't have AIM open at the same time as my email? Are you kidding me? This alone guarantees that I will not buy this product. No Cameras No front facing camera is one thing. But no back facing camera either? Why the hell not? I can't imagine what the downside was for including at least one camera. Could this thing not handle video iChat? Touch Keyboard So much for Apple revolutionizing tablet inputs; this is the same big, ugly touchscreen keyboard we've seen on other tablets, and unless you're lying on the couch with your knees propping it up, it'll be awkward to use. No HDMI/HD Video Out Want to watch those nice HD videos you downloaded from iTunes on your TV? Too damned bad! If you were truly loyal, you'd just buy an AppleTV already. The Name iPad Get ready for Maxi pad jokes, and lots of 'em! No Flash No Flash is annoying but not a dealbreaker on the iPhone and iPod Touch. On something that's supposed to be closer to a netbook or laptop? It will leave huge, gaping holes in websites. I hope you don't care about streaming video! God knows not many casual internet users do. Oh wait, nevermind, they all do. Adapters, Adapters, Adapters So much for those smooth lines. If you want to plug anything into this, such as a digital camera, you need all sorts of ugly adapters. You need an adapter for USB for god's sake.

Wait, it's actually called iPad? LOL

iPod after given growth hormones

I've created an iPad simulator, by cutting a piece of paper to the correct size, placing a weighty stapler atop a CD case with the paper in between. This closely approximates the device. You can see it here running the Tic Tac Toe app (which supports both portrait and landscape modes).

I don't want to read through the thread, but did we already talk about how much this thing is a giant pile?

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Originally posted by Scottaculous I see this device being used most at home and maybe special places like subways and planes. The use I'm envisioning for it would be sitting at home in front of the TV while surfing the web, reading a book, and perhaps replacing the universal remote. It is great for cooking and looking up recipes and when it's not in use, it can be used as a picture frame. Ipad will not replace the laptop or the mobile phone.

A laptop can do all of that while you're sitting on the couch/subway/plane too.

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Originally posted by get nyce definitely wrong on that one. i'm not saying this because I feel like its a criticism in my career field nor do I feel like the print world is coming to an end. I certainly am not promoting high-priced technological gadget, but the increase in kindle's on the trains in NY have been almost 2-3 per day on my daily commute.

the e-book market is still not sorted out though. very few publishers have a working strategy on this. I've got a project now for one group of publishers (I work on ERP systems for most of them in Aus/Singapore/South Africa) and nothing has filtered down to the distribution/ordering systems yet.
pretty sure that nyce's company is one of the first to get to that point

Looks retarded as shit.

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Originally posted by get nyce definitely wrong on that one. i'm not saying this because I feel like its a criticism in my career field nor do I feel like the print world is coming to an end. I certainly am not promoting high-priced technological gadget, but the increase in kindle's on the trains in NY have been almost 2-3 per day on my daily commute. I bought my mother a kindle about 2 years ago, the very first edition that came out and she still uses it. It's green, it's space saving, it's easier for her to carry, it's easier for her to read from, it makes total sense to a lot of today's limitations of print.

It must be my train line and the fact I'm only on for a few stops, but I still hardly ever see a Kindle on the train.

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Originally posted by osterzone You can't use it to do any sort of work since it can't multitask. So the optional keyboard thing (which will probably cost a ripoff price since it's Apple) is pointless.

If you want to attach an optional keyboard, you might as well by a laptop.

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Originally posted by osterzone Also on the eBook readers- since when has carrying around a book ever been a problem? They market the Kindle, the Nook, and now the iPad as the solution to carrying around all these books. Who reads more than one book at a time? Why do I need a device to hold 1,000 books especially after I read them and won't touch them again? Not to mention when you do a price comparison, buying books the old-fashioned way wins every time. You could buy 17 books at $15 each...more than a year of reading, for the same price as buying a Kindle with jack shit on it. The eBook reader market will always be a niche market until they can figure out how to price the books and devices cheaper.

You read books?

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Originally posted by bas I don't want to read through the thread, but did we already talk about how much this thing is a giant pile?

At least it has huge potential to be a dirt cheap JazzMutant Lemur

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/...00128-mz84.html

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Dressed in his trademark jeans and black skivvy, Jobs described the iPad as "magical and revolutionary" and containing Apple's �most advanced technology�.

No dickhead, it's a larger version of an already mediocre device which you released three years ago. Fucking Apple.

well at least it wasn't unveiled by an ooompa loompa as the crunch pad was

I dont see it replacing my laptop any time soon, they'll probably sell a squillion of them to hipsters anyway.

- no multitasking
- no usb ports
- no camera
- $30 a month for unlimited data (on at&t, the shittiest network ever)
- no widescreen display (4:9 wtf?)
- no sd card slot
- $9.99 for a book I can already buy for cheaper without going blind from staring at a computer screen?
- $629 is the cheapest sensible option?

its a shame, they really had a chance to revolutionize the publishing industry. if they would've included a camera and unlimited data included they could've finally made video conferencing commonplace, but I guess that would cut into their cell phone market. and if they undercut amazon buy a couple bucks less than $9.99 could've had a seriously popular ebook market.

anyone know if the iPad has a vibrate function?

Instead of selling it in increments of gigs of storage, they're going with light, medium, and heavy flow days.

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