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I'm not quite sure some people are seeing the forest through the trees here.
The iPad will make a great mobile device but unlike a iPod Touch/iPhone, it also makes a flexible home computer as well. A simple and small mount on the wall makes it Picture Frame or in the kitchen the perfect cooking/recipe accessory. The extra size and resolution are really going to open up the platform for more uses like Home Automation or distribution (note it supports 802.11n for fast networking) Plus Apple seems to be setting the trend for Apps. Whereas today an iPhone app is spendy at $4.99 the iPad apps will likely avg around 7 or $8 a pop. Developers should be licking their chops at the abiltiy to start moving their clientele upstream. omgwtfbbq |
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Start with this, and imagine that the book is regular sized...
Now look at this, and imagine that Steve is holding an iPhone... ZOMG. "Here at Apple, we wanted to create that third category without giving up functionality. We couldn't shrink the device... so we shrunk the people!" "How could you falter / when you're the Rock of Gibralter? / I had to get off the boat so I could walk on water. / This ain't no tall order. / This is nothing to me. / Difficult takes a day. / Impossible takes a week." |
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I think it definitely remains to be seen if they "nailed it".
Even my Aunt, who's totally computer un-savvy, has been using iChat video to see grandkids on the MacBook we got her and she loves to use iPhoto with her iTunes running. All of that, apparently, is beyond what the iPad can do (for now). That's what I'm confused about with this device. Also, I really really don't like how it needs a bunch of connectors for things like an AC adapter, SD card, USB, etc... That seems very "un-Apple like" to me. |
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BTW any takers on how quickly Apple will go into "back order" status once they send out the email announcements? They do have quite a bit of time to stock-pile these puppies but then again only so many parts to go around....
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Well. I am one of the few(bite me) people who actually predicted that the iPod would be as big of a success as it is. When I saw it I knew that everyone would want it regardless of the price. It was exactly the type of thing that MP3 players needed to be. The iPhone was easier to bank on being a success since by then Apple had already gone mainstream. But, still, the reasons for why the iPhone succeeded are still very similar to why the iPod succeeded. Both platforms took existing concepts and made them "better".
iPad, is kind of a new thing, and for that reason, I have a harder time grasping how it can be successful. We all knew mp3 players were eventually going to take over from CD players, so when the iPod came along as the best mp3 player, it just made a lot of sense. Likewise, we all have cell phones, and we all knew that they are only getting more and more advanced and capable, so when iPhone came along being almost like a full-functioning computer in phone form but without 'teh suck' it made a lot of sense. There isn't really anything analogous to this with iPad. In fact, if anything the exact opposite has existed. Where tablet pcs have tried to exist for decades, always failing due to... well, just being kind of pointless/redundant/weird. It's not a market that has been waiting for a champion, it's a market that doesn't even really need to be there in the first place. All that said, the $499 entry point is hot, and that will definitely grab more sales than it will scare people away. Heck, even the $699 price point isn't repulsive. I don't think this product will revolutionize much or be much of a game changer for any particular market or industry. But, it is really neat for what it is. |
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I'm confused by this. What is "old world" about wanting to put some digital photos on the device? How else, besides connecting USB or a Memory Card, does "grandma" or "Dad" get pictures onto the pad? I'd hardly call that a "legacy" usage of the device, right?
I just keep hearing how this is a great "simple media device", yet some strange decisions seem to have been made if that's the case. (in my opinion anyways) The case is not small. Surely a MagSafe, USB port and SD card slot could have been integrated, no? |
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Plus you can just hook it up to your PC or Mac through USB, bluetooth, Wi-Fi, etc. You got problems if you can't figure out how to get something onto this. How do people get pics onto their iPhones, besides the camera? |
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To me, if it just ran a simplified form of OSX it would have been perfect.
It would address: 1. Multitasking 2. Flash 3. Silverlight Spend the rest of your time figuring out a clean/fast way to run iPhone apps in OSX, port said product to the full OSX. Double win on that count. You can still run all iPhone apps. on the iPad, and now you could sell iPhone apps. to regular OSX users who might want to buy a game or two here and there. You have a computer that runs a phoneOS, instead of a computer OS. I am disappoint. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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Many of them would like to just plug in an SD card or USB cable and zip their photos into iPhoto with no adapters and no fuss, you know? Like I said, it just seems unlike Apple to not include some of those basic ports that would cater well to this device. Also, one of the things I find really UNexciting about this is that iTunes and your computer are once again the gatekeeper. That's fine of the iPhone/Touch, but I was expecting a bit more out of a tablet. |
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I think the iPad is pretty close to where I'd need it to be to consider getting one. iWork is nice, but iLife would have been nice too - iWeb especially. USB ports without needing an adapter would be good. That said, at least the dock > USB adapter gives us the option to plug in a USB card reader, and I like that. And have you seen how awesome iPhoto is on the iPad? It's freakin' SWEET. And an FTP app or a dropbox app would be awesome too - I wouldn't need a Finder for this, the ability to send photos from iPhoto's library would be just dandy. A pen-type input device and some image manipulation apps would bring a whole new dimension of usability to the iPad. We'll have to see if that happens. Multitasking would seem like an obvious need too, as a device like this seems like it's well suited to chat apps which are only really useful if they stay running while you do other things, not to mention things like Pandora. Maybe this will come with 4.0. I'm not prepared to dismiss the idea that the iPad can become vastly more usable, I just hope that Apple is working towards that. As it stands right now I would love to have one but have no idea what I would do with it. My needs are basically met right now between my iPhone and my Mac Pro, with the exception of the ability to do any real mobile computing. With some of these things above implemented, I could see using the iPad as opposed to a MBP for what I'd need to do while on the road. |
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