Official iPad Thread

[wallyx5]

Originally Posted by bmwman3241

I am really disappointed with the iPad. Everything from the name, features, and OS are disappointing. No USB, no camera, only 64GB, no cd/dvd drive. Looks exactly like the HP Slate, but worse.

With that said, I will probably still get one since I am an Apple fanboy.
1 64GB with 3G please. 90 days and counting...

I am with you. I tried to preorder but they haven't put the option up yet.

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by Quicksilver

This device is not on the horizon for me but apparently Microsoft has been busting their
butts trying to get this kind of device out on the market but have failed to do so.
So apparently Apple is not the only one who see's the need.

Loving or Hating Apple isn't the issue here and being a technologist
actually has no bearing on what Apple is trying to do either.

This article makes the following point which I agree with weather Apple
succeeds in it's effort remains to be seen.

The iPhone succeeds best as a media portal and Internet access point, stengths that will only be enhanced by an increase in size.

Society today is built around constantly consuming information from the Internet, and occasionally feeding information back into it. We shop, connect with friends, get directions, check the weather and laugh at dumber-than-dumb Internet memes. The Internet is the public commons, the central market and private living room for visiting with friends, all at once.

A small tablet based on the iPhone-interaction model should make it easier to visit these virtual spaces where we now live so much of our lives.

I was going to Billy Madison you, but I'm too lazy this morning.

I'm not hating on Apple, I couldn't care less what brand this is.

This is not a MS vs. Apple discussion, Microsoft doesn't make hardware.

My questions are sincere and still unanswered.

[MiCkEy]

My pet peeve is when SJ mentioned netbooks. How does this replace netbooks? It just doesn't. There is no flash capability so the web experience is "restricted". There is no camera so Skype users (and there are millions of them) are out. It is also touted to support iWork for word processing and excel which is great (kind of like netbooks) but then there is no multi-tasking.

The concept and the problem this device addresses could have been portrayed much better. The HD is also not true HD (even the 720P resolution is crippled) as the panel is not native 16:9

Will the iPad sell? Yes..is it a game changer..hell no. I will wait for version 2.0

[Thunder22]

Originally Posted by MiCkEy

My pet peeve is when SJ mentioned netbooks. How does this replace netbooks? It just doesn't. There is no flash capability so the web experience is "restricted". There is no camera so Skype users (and there are millions of them) are out. It is also touted to support iWork for word processing and excel which is great (kind of like netbooks) but then there is no multi-tasking.

The concept and the problem this device addresses could have been portrayed much better. The HD is also not true HD (even the 720P resolution is crippled) as the panel is not native 16:9

Will the iPad sell? Yes..is it a game changer..hell no. I will wait for version 2.0

Not supporting flash is huge. It's going to cripple the web browsing experience for many sites.

This device has a lot of people in the industry wondering what to use it for. IMO, Jobs has made a "build it and they will come" gamble. We'll have to wait and see if someone builds a killer app for it.

[MiCkEy]

oh and also..putting an "i" before every gadget they make is getting to the point of being annoying. iPAD? seriously? Their marketing and branding department needs to be shot.

Please don't get me wrong, I love apple. I have three iphones, few ipods and a mac mini but this iPad doesn't fit in my life kind of like the AppleTV.

[brian5]

"Women mock the iPad, calling it iTampon" LA Times

"iTampon is the #2 Trending Topic on Twitter" Gizmodo

Apparently, women hate the iPad name. Sounds like Apple didn't do the market research it should have.

I told my wife about the iPad this morning (and I described it as a large iPod Touch). She, who doesn't know much gadgets and hadn't even heard of the iPad (or iTampon), immediately scrunched up her nose and said that's a stupid name...

[Meiac09]

Originally Posted by MiCkEy

oh and also..putting an "i" before every gadget they make is getting to the point of being annoying. iPAD? seriously? Their marketing and branding department needs to be shot.

Please don't get me wrong, I love apple. I have three iphones, few ipods and a mac mini but this iPad doesn't fit in my life kind of like the AppleTV.

It sounds like a masshole saying "iPod"...

[brian5]

Sorry, can't resist this.

The iTampon is the upgraded version of the iPad (according to a tweet)...

[sethro]

Originally Posted by brian5

"Women mock the iPad, calling it iTampon" LA Times

[Chris F.]

Originally Posted by bmwman3241

I bought my first mac purely for the design and style of it. I hate PC now, and would never switch back. I do use PC for the few software out there that are PC only.

Actually I have used Snow Leopard quite a bit, I have a hackintosh

It's a fine OS, but I still like Windows better. To each their own. You can't beat the number of "apps" for Windows...and just wait, if Apple grows in popularity, you'll find hackers will start creating all sorts of problems for Apple and their OS, it's just as flawed as Windows. Let's not forget the debacle with Snow Leopard and it deleting users data a few months back.

Chris