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surfinbird1
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany999 Posts
December 27 2011 10:20 GMT
#21
Read books, watch tv series/movies, listen to music and watch BW! What more could you possibly need?
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Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-27 10:25:46
December 27 2011 10:22 GMT
#22
browse the web
play ipad games (some of these are genuinely very good)

it's just overall more convenient than a laptop and more practical than a smartphone when you want to have the web on the go or in bed

i love looking up random things in the morning (e.g. e-mail, news, weather, etc.) on an ipad without getting up
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Manifesto7
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Osaka27174 Posts
December 27 2011 10:30 GMT
#23
I use it as my online aggregator. It is my facebook / tl / twitter / mail / newspapers / rss feeds / books / youtube / nhl / sc2 streams / music and on and on... which I can carry with me at all times. It doesn't require any mouse / touchpad or bootup like a laptop, and it is much more viewer and typing friendly than a smart phone.

To be honest I ditched my cell phone because I don't like walking and talking, got a skype number so I can call through my ipad, and haven't looked back. It is amazing.
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
December 27 2011 11:24 GMT
#24
On December 27 2011 19:19 endy wrote:
Show nested quote +
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 ?


No, you can convert them from other formats and they turn out fine.
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cvt
Profile Joined November 2011
United States192 Posts
December 27 2011 11:38 GMT
#25
Get a ton of cool apps for it...


I think
Bojas
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands2397 Posts
December 27 2011 14:11 GMT
#26
My dad practically stopped using a computer for anything beside torrenting working/writing emails. It's like a super easy going mobile laptop.

Things it can do in a very practical manner:
Reading
Browsing web
Movies
Games
Streams

Like anything you used to do on your laptop besides starcraft or other big games, or writing an essay.
rawb
Profile Joined September 2010
United States252 Posts
December 27 2011 14:19 GMT
#27
Top apps on mine:

Email
Twitter
Facebook
TwitchTV

I also use it at work. Wyse PocketCloud lets me remotely access any computer I install the desktop companion on, so I can do things from the office desktop while i'm helping a client with their computer, super useful. Can also access home computer from any wifi network.

If you have any friends that use an iPhone you can text them from it. This and taking notes is surprisingly easy if you get one of the cases that props it up.
Loser777
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
1931 Posts
December 27 2011 15:18 GMT
#28
I find this thread to nicely contrast the hordes of people bashing "Christmas" because they didn't get the iOS device they oh so wanted.
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Melchior
Profile Joined January 2011
United States112 Posts
December 27 2011 15:57 GMT
#29
On December 28 2011 00:18 Loser777 wrote:
I find this thread to nicely contrast the hordes of people bashing "Christmas" because they didn't get the iOS device they oh so wanted.


Oh God reading those comments made me die a little inside.

On topic, though, I'd use a tablet for:

-taking notes via handwriting
-reading books while commuting via bus
-e-mail/social networks
-quick on-the-fly sketches/compositions
-entertainment on long plane rides

Basically, it's about having some portable functionality. I don't want to carry around my textbooks, notebooks, laptop, etc. all the time, so I'd have a tablet for on-the-go, laptop for LAN parties and hotels, and desktop when I get back home.

That being said, I haven't found any tablet that fulfills all of these requirements well enough for me to consider getting. Waiting on a Mirasol/touch/pen-enabled tablet :-P
Malgrif
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada1095 Posts
December 27 2011 19:42 GMT
#30
tablets are best for people who don't know how to use computers already. my mom uses her tablet to browse the internet and do stuff she couldn't normally on a computer, because the UI of a computer is something you have to get use to. my mom is quite busy and isn't at the age where she'll be able to retain much new stuff she's trying to learn on a standard computer. tablets are just more intuitive(touch icons and they'll open, words are big, screen is nice and keyboard is easy to use) and gives her a chance to experience computers and internet for the first time in her life.

a tablet is just for ease of use, don't expect it to bring some type of extra convenience in your life or anything. it's just a toy.
for there to be pro there has to be noob.
xXFireandIceXx
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada4296 Posts
December 27 2011 20:37 GMT
#31
I'm getting a Lenovo x220 tablet. So it has a touchscreen + keyboard. Pretty handy for notes and general mobile use. I think it offers me more than an iPad. iPads are flashy, but I don't think a lot of people have "dedicated" use for it. Then again, it really is up to the individual. You can play a lot of time-killing games on there xD
InDaHouse
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden956 Posts
January 18 2012 20:17 GMT
#32
I just installed the [the facebook app for iPad on my iPad2. When I post on fb with my iPad it says posted with facebook mobile. Why does it not say posted with iPad?
Stork protoss legend
Newbistic
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
China2912 Posts
January 18 2012 20:33 GMT
#33
On January 19 2012 05:17 InDaHouse wrote:
I just installed the [the facebook app for iPad on my iPad2. When I post on fb with my iPad it says posted with facebook mobile. Why does it not say posted with iPad?


Ahahah, such a first world problem.

Other than that I can't help you, sorry
Logic is Overrated
Milkis
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
5003 Posts
January 18 2012 20:37 GMT
#34
i'm considering buying an ipad/galaxy tab just so i can read papers on it. oh, and manga.
InDaHouse
Profile Joined May 2008
Sweden956 Posts
January 18 2012 20:53 GMT
#35
On January 19 2012 05:33 Newbistic wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 19 2012 05:17 InDaHouse wrote:
I just installed the [the facebook app for iPad on my iPad2. When I post on fb with my iPad it says posted with facebook mobile. Why does it not say posted with iPad?


Ahahah, such a first world problem.

Other than that I can't help you, sorry

Really I know it is a silly question but I have always wondered and cannot find anything with google.
Stork protoss legend
Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
January 19 2012 02:32 GMT
#36
1) Walk around school/town with a couple of textbooks/art books and iPad tucked under one arm and impress girls with it.
2) Sip a hot latte with a buddy in a Starbucks while talking about Occupy Wall Street and social injustices with the iPad just casually lying on the table with its cover mysteriously half-open and impress girls with your sophisticated image
3) Take notes from lectures on it and impress girls with it
4) Go to Mok Dong Studios and use the text scrolling app and impress girls/Tastosis with it

I only have an old iPhone and since switched to Android because I like to experience different things with what limited upgrade opportunities I get. But surf the App Store (with a loaded credit/debit card) and I'm sure you'll find many good uses for it.

BTW Stanza is/was (before Amazon acquired and it and semi-abandoned it) my favourite app, read so many Public Domain classics on it.
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derpinator
Profile Joined December 2011
74 Posts
January 20 2012 00:24 GMT
#37
But what if the girl you want to impress also has an ipad? Ive heard that women are adapting and are now also able to use technology. I guess you just have to make sure that your ipad is bigger than hers.
kNightLite
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States408 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-20 01:11:33
January 20 2012 01:06 GMT
#38
I mostly use it for watching video. Netflix, Twitch.tv, own3d.tv, youtube. Its also great for downloading podcasts straight to your device, so you don't need to resynch all the time to get new content. (Day9 dailies and video versions of stuff like SotG and Onemoregame.tv shows are listed in the iTunes podcast section too, btw)

I also use it for a lot of reading. The size of the ipad screen is PERFECT for comic books. It's not bad for pdfs either. They recently released iBooks2, which is good for textbooks. There's a ton of solid free ebooks out there.

I also use it for stuff like finding directions (it has a great maps feature), browsing the web (get Terra, Safari blows), and stupid timewasting games like chess, reversi, etc.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 20 2012 01:47 GMT
#39
On December 27 2011 19:19 endy wrote:
Show nested quote +
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 ?


Jailbreak it and get VLC.
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RoboBob
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States798 Posts
January 20 2012 18:21 GMT
#40
On January 20 2012 10:47 Sufficiency wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 27 2011 19:19 endy wrote:
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 ?


Jailbreak it and get VLC.

Jailbreak+VLC is such a waste of time and disk space, because most movies start in HD.

You're better off just getting a free file converter that compresses video files into ipad format.
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