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LibertyTerran
Profile Joined July 2004
Vietnam711 Posts
January 28 2010 00:24 GMT
#61
lolz, put it in Steve's words: "It's magical."

I was watching the video from apple site and those engineers make me wanna lick the iPad in a heart beat (just like the uni-body frame of the macbook). Never trust a sale man.
if it aint broke, dont fix it
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-28 00:49:03
January 28 2010 00:48 GMT
#62
LOL I laughed for ten minutes when I saw this thing. Seriously.

Apple development guy: I know how we can make a shit load of money and skip all development expenses. Oh and before I forget, someone take that oversized paper ipod we used as commercial out of the trashcan think of a name and hand it over to Jobs im going home
Patriot.dlk
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
Sweden5462 Posts
January 28 2010 00:51 GMT
#63
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
January 28 2010 00:51 GMT
#64
Honestly, I would have liked it SO much more if it were the size of... let's say a small textbook (much thinner, of course). Because you aren't going to carry this in your pocket at its current size, and it's way too small to type efficiently on.
The way I see it is:
It is like an electronic book, goes in your backpack (I guess they would have to make it a bit more robust). You can take your notes on it, write papers, basically like a really sleek netbook, that maybe is a lot less powerful, but definitely quicker and easier to use. Basically, a student's best friend, keeping his/her backpack lighter, having a tool that has extensive possibilities. Quick, down-to-earth (not in price) laptop.

In its current state, it would be something that you would probably leave at home, to browse the net (or TL), while sitting on a couch watching TV, or next to your bed. Generally it is not much more useful than that, especially outside of your house. What are you doing on-the-go that requires a bigger screen than an iPhone?
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-28 02:05:20
January 28 2010 00:56 GMT
#65
No background processing... = fail

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BIAS MUCH?

On January 28 2010 09:15 Kentor wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2010 05:02 Southlight wrote:
Tablet PCs are of significant functional importance to medical professions and artists, particularly graphics designers. To date, most tablet PCs have horrible processors and are very weak; to that end the Apple product is a big step forward.


the fuck?
you're saying HP tablets and Thinkpad tablets have relatively horrible processors, and this is a big step forward?


Yeah, seriously -_-

1ghz vs 3ghz dual core... hmmmmmmmmm
:)
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-28 01:17:30
January 28 2010 01:17 GMT
#66
omg
"slow, low quality displays, PC Software"
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
January 28 2010 01:17 GMT
#67
[image loading]


OMG, PC Software. That just killed me.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
torm3ntin
Profile Joined October 2009
Brazil2534 Posts
January 28 2010 01:25 GMT
#68
it's not worth at all... and u still gotta pay for the apple slogan anyway. I would never buy it!
Grubby and Ret fan, but a TERRAN player :D
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
January 28 2010 01:28 GMT
#69
that onion video is so fucking relevant right now.. rofl
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-28 01:32:28
January 28 2010 01:31 GMT
#70
I was expecting it to be pushed more as the future of textbooks and an awesome ebook reader. I have had a few e-textbooks and much preferred them to paper as the ability to search for specific words is amazing.

I see the tablet leaving much to be desired, but it honestly wouldn't take much to make it amazing.

Also the name Ipad is terrible. iTablet sounds soooooo much better.
#1 Kwanro Fan
Asianic
Profile Joined January 2009
Singapore99 Posts
January 28 2010 01:32 GMT
#71
a rationale man would not even want to consider
da_head
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada3350 Posts
January 28 2010 01:37 GMT
#72
i was under the impression that this was gonna be a mac tablet pc, not sum fuckin oversized i touch. though all the apple douches are still gonna hoarde to get one.

sigh
When they see MC Probe, all the ladies disrobe.
topspinserve
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States147 Posts
January 28 2010 01:57 GMT
#73
What people seem most to be concerned with is:
the lack of multitask, camera, Flash, USB port/SD card slot.

I think everyone's really forgetting what you might use a device like this for.

This is an incredibly sleek device for viewing/consuming media (including e-books), browsing the web (albeit without flash, means no livestream! T.T), gaming, and maybe minor office suite activities. In this scenario, multitask in honestly not all that useful; having a document and the web open at the same time is nice, yes, but i can't imagine using a tablet device with no dedicated keyboard for anything more than a quick edit. Camera would be nice for something like video chat, but it's not something that's really necessary. The lack of both a USB port and Flash is just kind of silly; Apple's stubbornness is definitely at play there.

I think, though, that the iPhone OS is the premier interface for an input method based on touch, much more so than Windows 7 or Mac OSX at the moment.
theconartist
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
62 Posts
January 28 2010 01:58 GMT
#74
way to steal directly from slashdot comments IntoTheWow
<Patch> You never even hit A, tca <Patch> QQ, sounds like you just suck.
T.O.P. *
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Hong Kong4685 Posts
January 28 2010 02:10 GMT
#75
On January 28 2010 10:57 topspinserve wrote:
What people seem most to be concerned with is:
the lack of multitask, camera, Flash, USB port/SD card slot.

I think everyone's really forgetting what you might use a device like this for.

This is an incredibly sleek device for viewing/consuming media (including e-books), browsing the web (albeit without flash, means no livestream! T.T), gaming, and maybe minor office suite activities. In this scenario, multitask in honestly not all that useful; having a document and the web open at the same time is nice, yes, but i can't imagine using a tablet device with no dedicated keyboard for anything more than a quick edit. Camera would be nice for something like video chat, but it's not something that's really necessary. The lack of both a USB port and Flash is just kind of silly; Apple's stubbornness is definitely at play there.

I think, though, that the iPhone OS is the premier interface for an input method based on touch, much more so than Windows 7 or Mac OSX at the moment.

Get a smartphone? You have all that + portability.
Oracle comes in, Scvs go down, never a miscommunication.
Bosu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3247 Posts
January 28 2010 02:21 GMT
#76
Who the fuck wants to read a book on a phone.
#1 Kwanro Fan
Cloud
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sexico5880 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-28 02:22:32
January 28 2010 02:21 GMT
#77
Steve Jobs is a genius. Haters gonna hate.

On January 28 2010 11:21 Bosu wrote:
Who the fuck wants to read a book on a phone.


Caveman.
BlueLaguna on West, msg for game.
Bockit
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sydney2287 Posts
January 28 2010 02:37 GMT
#78
On January 28 2010 08:55 iG.Aura wrote:
you guys are missing one huge detail: its an Apple product. Apple fans are going to go crazy for this thing, buy it and convince everyone around that its the best thing since sliced bread.

I bet this thing will be successful, just because its Apple.. even though it looks like a huge (flat) pile of shit


As an apple 'fan' (I like to think I can still be objective about their stuff), I am very underwhelmed by the iPad. I think bluewolf summed up my thoughts quite nicely:

On January 28 2010 04:56 [-Bluewolf-] wrote:
The question is: for $500+ dollars, what can this do that a laptop cannot? Sure, it may be thinner, but both of them require one to lug them around (ie. they don't fit in your pocket).
Their are four errors in this sentance.
StorrZerg
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States13919 Posts
January 28 2010 02:38 GMT
#79
On January 28 2010 09:48 Patriot.dlk wrote:
LOL I laughed for ten minutes when I saw this thing. Seriously.

Apple development guy: I know how we can make a shit load of money and skip all development expenses. Oh and before I forget, someone take that oversized paper ipod we used as commercial out of the trashcan think of a name and hand it over to Jobs im going home


i can see it now...
lol
Hwaseung Oz fan for life. Swing out, always swing out.
topspinserve
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States147 Posts
January 28 2010 02:39 GMT
#80
On January 28 2010 11:10 T.O.P. wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 28 2010 10:57 topspinserve wrote:
What people seem most to be concerned with is:
the lack of multitask, camera, Flash, USB port/SD card slot.

I think everyone's really forgetting what you might use a device like this for.

This is an incredibly sleek device for viewing/consuming media (including e-books), browsing the web (albeit without flash, means no livestream! T.T), gaming, and maybe minor office suite activities. In this scenario, multitask in honestly not all that useful; having a document and the web open at the same time is nice, yes, but i can't imagine using a tablet device with no dedicated keyboard for anything more than a quick edit. Camera would be nice for something like video chat, but it's not something that's really necessary. The lack of both a USB port and Flash is just kind of silly; Apple's stubbornness is definitely at play there.

I think, though, that the iPhone OS is the premier interface for an input method based on touch, much more so than Windows 7 or Mac OSX at the moment.

Get a smartphone? You have all that + portability.


Hm, yea, that's a good point. I still think the extra screen size is really nice for web/documents/media though.
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