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Makaveli1
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States118 Posts
December 27 2011 07:33 GMT
#1
Hey TL, for Christmas my parents got me a iPad, but I really don't know what to do with it besides watch bw.

So what do you guys use your iPad for?

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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
December 27 2011 07:51 GMT
#2
I'd like to know the answer too. I don't understand the point of an iPad. It's a basic and even more compact laptop with less uses, but lighter and thus easier to travel.

Are we paying several hundred dollars for even more convenience? Already areas, places and your current technology are capable of doing multiple things at once to reduce the need to lug heavy backpacks or use a fanny pack (though my father still sports one to show his age - similar to a trunk revealing how many rings it has).

It seems instead of innovation, we are trying to shrink the need for less things because we don't want to carry as much. As long as it is simulated, we'll accept it with its additional convenience. 400-page book doesn't fit nicely in your messenger back? Let me animate this e-book so you can pretend-turn the page.

The only convenience that conveys rational thought is pornography. Instead of going through hoops of socializing and pretend-interest in the male or female, you can simply uncover your square-like electric piece of technology, tap two words simulating, bluntly, the kind of male or female you'd like ("Big boobs, dicks" "likes pee") and voila, you can self-indulge on as much as you want.

It seems everything about an iPad is smaller. You pay for the hardware and then pay for the various applications (some free) that you'd think you might need or don't, who cares, you only spent like 3.50 for two-three apps that look like potential fun, an amusement or gratification to ensure what you bought is worthwhile. Again: convenience, a mild toy or pleasantries to satisfy your travels.

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I'm writing about everything and nothing. To be frank, assert what you'd think you need out of your ipad and then use it for that. If you don't think you need it for anything, well...
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FiWiFaKi
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada9859 Posts
December 27 2011 07:56 GMT
#3
The thing I dislike about Pads is:

They are larger than smartphones and can do only a tiny bit more than them.
They are smaller than laptops but do a lot less than them.

I suppose they fill a very tight nitch in the technology world. You can use it to take notes on the go, the portability makes it easy to set tasks, watch videos etc. Most of the apps are mediocre, but my new Blackberry playbook definitely helps me with organization.
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DarKFoRcE
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany1215 Posts
December 27 2011 08:02 GMT
#4
browse the internet in bed, play games while travelling.
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brachester
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia1786 Posts
December 27 2011 08:10 GMT
#5
if you like drawing, it has some nice app that you can play around with.
I hate all this singing
Herper
Profile Joined January 2011
501 Posts
December 27 2011 08:16 GMT
#6
Browse web and check email on the go or on your couch
acrimoneyius
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States983 Posts
December 27 2011 08:16 GMT
#7
iPads intrigue special learning kids to pay attention to rudimentary schooling where other methods completely fail. Maybe that will help you in some way? =p
pyrogenetix
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
China5098 Posts
December 27 2011 08:35 GMT
#8
Walk around holding it in one hand and a cup of starbucks in the other. Get bitches.
Yea that looks just like Kang Min... amazing game sense... and uses mind games well, but has the micro of a washed up progamer.
Ex_Combat
Profile Joined December 2011
35 Posts
December 27 2011 08:38 GMT
#9
Ok you could do what I did, but only if you and people around you have a sense of humour.

Find some friends or associates who are real prudes, simple put a couple of videos Japanese scat or puke pr0n on it, go up to one of them and ask them what their opinion is on this "controversial" Japanese short film.

But be sure to keep a poker face and act as if its a genuine question. Lulz later.
Bluepancho
Profile Joined June 2011
France27 Posts
December 27 2011 08:41 GMT
#10
blend it !
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 27 2011 09:02 GMT
#11
I used to have one for work (was designing financial reports for iPad before), and used it to Browse TL in the bed. Then I got pissed that I had to get up and put it on my lap every time I wanted to post...

It's good to read Wikipedia or newspaper, but that's it. And it's not as comfortable as a laptop, since you don't have a mouse so can't just middle click and open all the headlines at once as you would do otherwise. iPad browser is kinda bad.
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TG Manny
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
United States325 Posts
December 27 2011 09:06 GMT
#12
As a complete tech freak I cannot say I want a tablet of any sort. The market for a tablet is very nice and being able to watch SC2 on a relatively big screen with high res is very powerful indeed. However the lack of ease to type is a dealbreaker for me. Like most everyone else on this forum, we type by touch and can get over 100 accurate words per minute doing so. I use my netbook for notes, "dear diary", surfing, and streaming on occasion when I am on the go. it is the same size as an iPad but folds out and has a physical keyboard rather than a virtual pad. Yes, it functions better than the average netbook. But you can get netbook size with more powerful hardware that can more easily match and surpass browsing capability for a little more cost (if any) than new tablets.

I own an iPhone 4s and I am confident anything I want to do on an iPad is just as accessible to me on my iPhone with similar comfort levels. It would be nice to have a bigger screen to read in bed or watch videos with friends easier, yes. However I can't justify the expense for that, as I don't e-read other than newspaper articles that take all of 5 or 10 minutes of reading even on my iPhone screen.

If given one, as the techie I am, I would enjoy it in my bed and watch a ton of SC2 on it while lurking the forums while at home. However at university when in my dorm I'll be glued to my desktop rig. On the go during the day it'll be nice to check in for twenty minutes of reading with lunch or something. It provides a big screen, fast hardware, and high resolution to a market who wants more than just a tool to read with that has bland res. I can see how it will do well should prices come down significantly (and I mean average person well not business well), as a lot of people enjoy the thought of browsing from anywhere and enjoying close-to-desktop performance with a large screen in a small piece of hardware.

I agree with one of our above posters, though. It serves a niche market and little else due to pricepoint and how easy it is to replace it with other "essentials" such as decently modern smart phones or laptops.
Singularity is at hand...
Endymion
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States3701 Posts
December 27 2011 09:28 GMT
#13
well i got a kindle fire, and tbh it's pretty similar to an ipad as far as i can tell, download an ebook app if you can.
Have you considered the MMO-Champion forum? You are just as irrational and delusional with the right portion of nostalgic populism. By the way: The old Brood War was absolutely unplayable
jjhchsc2
Profile Joined December 2010
Korea (South)2393 Posts
December 27 2011 09:44 GMT
#14
ANGRY BIRDS!
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Can you watch streams as well?

the apps cost more though :/
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hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
December 27 2011 10:01 GMT
#15
well, i was on the same boat as you, until i got myself a ipad.

its a life changing device for any businessowner. i read newspapers,magazines on the ipad, play games while travelling, get my emails and reply to them instantly, manage my appointments and schedule via the calender

apps like flipboard and pulse are lifechanging.

all-in-all, between my blackberry and my ipad, i really dont have a reason to use my computer except for downloads & playing sc2/skyrim.
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Ikonn
Profile Joined October 2009
Netherlands1958 Posts
December 27 2011 10:01 GMT
#16
I use it to take notes while in class, to watch movies/TV-shows while waiting or traveling, to browse the Internet while in bed, and I love it
nekoconeco
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Australia359 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 10:07:26
December 27 2011 10:06 GMT
#17
Read comics, download an app called mangarock it has thousands of manga that you can read for free.

Other than that and app development i don't really use it.
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hyperknight
Profile Joined May 2011
294 Posts
December 27 2011 10:10 GMT
#18
oh also, i forgot - sc2casts has an app on the ipad. sc2 VODs ftw =D
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
December 27 2011 10:15 GMT
#19
Watch videos on planes.

That's about it.
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endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
December 27 2011 10:19 GMT
#20
On December 27 2011 19:15 writer22816 wrote:
Watch videos on planes.

That's about it.


Don't you need to have videos in the exact good format and resolution to be able to watch them on iPad ?
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