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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On April 08 2010 02:29 VManOfMana wrote: Proof? At my workplace there is an iPad to play around with during breaks. Trust me, there is no access point within 10ft from where we sit. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/06/dost-thine-ipad-trouble-thee/ | ||
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Durak
Canada3685 Posts
On April 07 2010 22:46 Jibba wrote: It's actually the little things like using AIM while surfing or checking email that highlight the lack of multitasking the most. Or things like missing access to file structure. People put up with it on an iPhone because it's a phone, but when you use it as a a tablet/laptop hybrid, the problem isn't so easily dismissable. Credit Apple for actually making iWorks pretty good on the iPad, but it falls apart on that one piece of oversimplification. I think it's just as pretentious to say what the general public is or isn't thinking. It's been on the market for less than a week. The only people who have had serious time with it are stuffy newspaper editors, the rest of the world is still figuring out what they're going to do with it. I agree that not having multitasking seems significant. However, as you said, we don't know what the public is going to use the iPad for yet, so multitasking might not matter. On April 07 2010 22:57 On_Slaught wrote: Funny thing but the back of the ipad isn't even flat, so when you try to type while it's on a table or something you'll end up pushing it along the top. I laugh at people I see with this money-sucking tool. That sounds like a legitimate concern to me. However, as I said in response to Jibba, it might not matter. We have to wait and see what use people are going to find for the iPad. The real beauty in all of this is that Apple doesn't need to advertise a real use for the iPad. Apple simply markets it as a hybrid laptop+tablet, lots of people buy it up because it looks innovative, and then they find their own use for it. "The iPad is shiny and probably revolutionary. Buy it!" | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
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VManOfMana
United States764 Posts
OK, so it is a problem reported by some users. It is not a general case as the statement I am answering to implies. What about "for some people, being more than 10ft..."? | ||
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uglymoose89
United States671 Posts
On April 08 2010 02:45 illu wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko seriously? it you went back just one or two pages you would have seen the video has already been posted. Just read a few pages of the thread before posting ok? Anyways i saw a guy using the ipad yesterday and it seemed pretty useless. He was doing everything on his macbook and just looked at the ipad once in awhile. | ||
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Sere
158 Posts
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Durak
Canada3685 Posts
On April 08 2010 02:50 Sere wrote: I asked twenty random women at a local college if they've used an iPad before. Seven of them thought I was talking about tampons. Care to expand a bit if this is truthful? What did they 13 say about it? How did the 7 respond? Cool story bro. | ||
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Sere
158 Posts
On April 08 2010 02:53 Durak wrote: Care to expand a bit if this is truthful? What did they 13 say about it? How did the 7 respond? Cool story bro. Whoosh. | ||
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Durak
Canada3685 Posts
Whoosh. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
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meathook
1289 Posts
Ah... made my day. | ||
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intrudor
Canada446 Posts
i think its gonna be a really nice product after all....even at $500... i wont go as far as actually buying it...cuz i got far more important spending sprees to do before that... but still....nice product, i might buy it eventually. | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On April 07 2010 22:52 Jibba wrote: Watch the next 3 months for Android. The app store is gaining by 5000+ per month (I think it was 9k in March) and they're making the biggest jumps in the smart phone market. Actually most smart phones in general are catching up to iPhones in the application department. It's only a matter of time before the improved functionality of Droids/Palm's is the more popular choice because they are simply better products. I've already seen a significant reduction in the saturation of iPhones compared to other smart phones because while other phones were in general better they lacked the number of apps the Iphone had. This is no longer the case. I think that Android will probably be the next big phone...and there is more than one kind of that one. | ||
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Rev0lution
United States1805 Posts
Do people buy useless shit because they have $500 to spare? | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
Unless like Soulja Boy uses it in a music video | ||
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blahman3344
United States2015 Posts
but on the con side: you can get a pretty decent laptop and carry case today for under $500, and the laptop has many more features (plus you can install starcraft on it =D) | ||
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Jayme
United States5866 Posts
On April 12 2010 22:50 blahman3344 wrote: on the plus side: The large touchscreen allows for easy reading of online newspapers and whatnot but on the con side: you can get a pretty decent laptop and carry case today for under $500, and the laptop has many more features (plus you can install starcraft on it =D) I can read online newspapers on my Palm Pre easily as it is... and it has a screen a little smaller than an Iphone. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17850 Posts
- multitasking - 1080p HD - longer battery life (this and above are thanks to nVidia Tegra 2) - flash support (it's going to run on Android and it's getting flash support) Not all that much information has been revealed so far. Apart from the above: - WiFi and 3G connectivity - supposedly very slim - 10'' display - coming out in 2nd half of 2010 Will have to wait for full specs, but right now it looks damn promising. | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
On April 12 2010 23:13 Manit0u wrote: Well, I see absolutely no reason for buying iPad when you can just wait few more months and go for the MSI Harmony which is going to have some definitive advantages over iPad while sporting the same price tag as the basic one: - multitasking - 1080p HD - longer battery life (this and above are thanks to nVidia Tegra 2) - flash support (it's going to run on Android and it's getting flash support) Not all that much information has been revealed so far. Apart from the above: - WiFi and 3G connectivity - supposedly very slim - 10'' display - coming out in 2nd half of 2010 Will have to wait for full specs, but right now it looks damn promising. Does it have USB ports? | ||
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