sotonjoe Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 http://live.gizmodo.com/ Another if you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 I can see that it's a great bit of kit, I just can't see when I'd want to use one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 nothing unique so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 Yeah bit disappointed so far. Just a giant ipod touch. However you know apple I am sure they will pull something out of the bag soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponty Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 It'd be good for using instead of an iPhone and pretending that you're a gnome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 I am just waiting for the price. I am guessing £600-700 any other takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 iBooks is the first new feature - but still nothing unique Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 quote "11:02AM They've really redone this interface. We don't know about you, but using iWork wasn't one of our fantasies when we thought about what an Apple tablet would be like. This is nice... but it's iWork." I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyLove Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 Well not as expensive as I thought. But if thats it. Then that is a massive disappointment in terms of what it could of done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$$$ Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 Any mention of an essruu jizz proof screen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essruu Posted 27 January, 2010 Share Posted 27 January, 2010 Any mention of an essruu jizz proof screen? Have no fear - I will only use it with an iW@nksock on my todger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 Why would anyone buy this? It's like a smartphone but too big to carry round. nothing special, just seems to be an oversized iPhone. Also the keyboard is gonna be uncomfortable, your hands won't stretch round it so you can't really sit down with it and type loads. Where is its market? Who is going to buy this over a smartphone or laptop? Because I don't understand why anyone would buy it AS WELL as a laptop/smartphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sussexsaint Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 The cheaper one shoulde be under £400 if you convert from the dollar proce quoted. I think I'd end up using it quite a lot, I use my iPhone to log on to the web a lot more than my laptop as its so portable and instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 pointless pointless device unless you really love apple products. No multitasking, cant do widescreen video, still no flash support, uses mini sims which nobody supplies here, no usb unless you buy an ugly adapter. You may as well buy a netbook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 (edited) Think I will wait for one of the android based equivalents that will almost certainly do more functionally including, most likely, such luxuries as usb sockets and removable batteries. Also unconvinced about it being a ebook reader. I thought the hype around e-paper was that it avoided the eye strain of looking at backlit lcd over a long period? Personally, as I have a fair number of computer books in PDF format and often having to download and read other documents I think the tablet shaped thing that I am most likely to buy will be the Asus DR950 (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/asus-dr-950-9-inch-touchscreen-e-reader-brings-text-to-speech-an/) which looks like just the right size for what I need. --- Forgot to say that the one advantage of the ipad is you can probably do a great updated Dom Joly impersonation by wandering around with pressing it to your ear and shouting 'IM ON MY IPHONE'. Edited 28 January, 2010 by pedg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 Although that might be better as at least it will multitask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 It's not what this current one will do, but what it can do in the future. Look up the Microsoft Surface on Google images and on their own website to see what I mean. A table sized touch screen interface, much like you'd see on CSI or Star Trek etc. Family usage could include board games, photos, music system, video calling - endless features in fact. So while the iPad is an amazing bit of kit in it's own right and many WILL be sold make no mistake, it's just the start of a whole host of touch screen accessories, like coffee tables, affordable finger print recognition devices at home and so on ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 Its a shame that there is nothing innovative about the iPad. Apple will sell loads to people who will always buy Apples new stuff. Personally I would prefer something like the Lenovo U1 that is a laptop but the screen detaches to become a separate tablet. It will run Windows 7 so it has much more flexibility than the iPad. Apple did the same with the iPhone though - version 1 was nothing spectacular but people bought it. The problem with the iPad though is that people won't get a free upgrade after 18months - 2 years like with the iPhone. They will have to fork out for every new version and all they will get is 1 or 2 new features that Apple could have put in version 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 Interesting. "It's the best browsing experience you've ever had" Wonder if it includes Flash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdearlove Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 well flash won't be a big deal in the coming year as html5 will gradually filter through. I already use the html5 version of youtube that is in beta. Multitasking for me is the big issues. I want to be able to keep skype open while I go and check my calendar or email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Keith Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 wern't tablets all the rage about 5/6 years ago. they didn't catch on then, and that was before smartphones. apart form this having touchscreen, why should it be any different now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegrant Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/opinion/1589158/apple-goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintandy666 Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 Interesting. "It's the best browsing experience you've ever had" Wonder if it includes Flash... Exactly. What a load of ******** this is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 So, it's an iPhone but 5x the size. Why not buy a laptop/netbook? Or stick to the iPhone you have already mortgaged your granny for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 28 January, 2010 Share Posted 28 January, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 29 January, 2010 Share Posted 29 January, 2010 http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/167d70800c/the-ipad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 29 January, 2010 Share Posted 29 January, 2010 The general consensus from friends and family is: People who work in IT-esque jobs have mainly laughed Women like it more than men Trend-followers are lapping it up People with kids would worry about it being broken Older generations cant see the point Youth cant see the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedg Posted 29 January, 2010 Share Posted 29 January, 2010 (edited) You wonder of Jobs saw it as a bit of a challenge. Others, notably microsoft, have had a go a tablets and each attempt has failed. To me it does not look like that run will be broken. I am sure they will probably sell more that the microsoft tablets sold but I am not sure the market for 'something on your lap while sitting on the sofa' which it appears the ipad is aimed at is large enough an ecosystem to support its own form factor. Edited 31 January, 2010 by pedg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 i think this sums it up http://cdn.smosh.com/smosh-pit/1/ipad2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 Try again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 1 February, 2010 Share Posted 1 February, 2010 bloody hell, delete those two please mods! http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/ipad-made-me-poop-bricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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