And what about the trash from all the Archos PMPs you carry around and tote endlessly? Nobody should develop anything...
Er I don't own an Archos. Secondly why should another company not develop a superior spec'ed product. Thirdly yes, every bit helps and not making extra gadgets to confuse shoppers is a big bonus.
How about 'does exactly what I've been looking for all this time'.
So you have an Itunes subscription in SA and can view their videos or do you plan on being satisfied with Apple Trailers only? Because Apple does not support DVD or Bluray ripping.
Ok how about: fastest mobile cpu on the planet, 10 hour battery life on full use, heavily multitouch-oriented and fully developed mobile-centric operating system with 140,000 already existing apps - all in a 1st gen device? I'd say that's a pretty impressive list. You're complaining about what was left out but they have time to fix it iteratively - as Apple has always done.
First of all it's not the fastest mobile CPU on the market, it is a ARM processor at 1GHz. The fastest CPUs would be ULV Core2Duos and the upcoming Nehalem based CPUs - i3 or i5. Those would be the fastest mainstream mobile CPUs. Or do you mean mobile as in 'mobile phone'? You know they could have put in a Core i3 into that thing to do some serious business.
And who died and made you a god to say that I shouldn't complain.
$500 - why do you have to quote the highest model? At $500 it's barely higher than a kindle dx with 10x the functionality.
Yeah with 3G and with decent storage. You know those iTunes 720p movies and music take up space unless you only plan to have a little bit with you. My 3rd Gen iPod from 2003 has 40GB of space and this piece of junk sells with 16GB and 32GB? Come on.
64GB is definately too little.
How about for serving people with content they have hitherto been unable to get easy access to? You can make the same argument about any entertainment-focused device. It's such a trivial and generic argument. So what if it's frivolous? What if a law or medical student uses it as an all-inclusive study aid? What if serious journals are able to monetise it to provide injections of needed revenue? An iPod is far more trivial but somehow more justifiable by you.
What content might that be? Will they open up the iTunes store for South Africans to buy movies, videos and songs? Remember Apple only allows you to rip CDs legitimately.
My argument is that had this been a more open device - you could still do all your iTunes stuff and do more. I want more and $829 is a lot of moolah to spend on a tablet you can't even legitimately buy MOVIES and MUSIC for. You can't legitimately RIP DVDs as iTunes does not allow that. You can only rip CDS and for that an iPad is pointless.
An iPod is a music playing device, tiny and light and fits in your pocket. This is a big thing which doesn't fit anywhere - unless you're wearing a trench-coat and runs tiny iPhone apps in little windows - one at a time. For so much money and the fact that it is an outlet device much like an XBOX360 or Amazon Kindle - they could have subsidized it more or put in a better screen with more functionality. Those who don't want the functionality can get the LITE model or can just NOT USE IT until they find a need to.
You know I wouldn't be harping on this so much except Steve Jobs went on how this thing is better than a netbook - even a notebook.
Who uses their netbooks for the same purposes that the iPad will serve, honestly? As an ebook reader it's awkward, as a content viewer it's unsexy. You want to force someone - a non-techie - to wrestle with osx on a 9.7" touchscreen? It sounds like a complete nightmare to me.
A netbook can view any video. For one, I don't have to convert my video to QuickTime MOV H.264 Basic Profile L3 in some low bitrate. I can play any video -WMV, RMVB, RM, MP2, MP4, MKV, MOV, AVI etc. I can run the full version of an Office Suite. I can run the same browsers I enjoy on my desktop. I can run many things at the same time. I can install proprietary software. I have full control. And what do you mean UNSEXY? Jessica Alba is sexy. Aya Ueto is sexy. A piece of metal is not sexy.
You see unlike many Apple pundits, I didn't buy a Mac Pro because it looks 'sexy'. I did not buy an Apple Cinema Display because it was inferior to the 30 inch I bought instead. I didn't sit and wait and put a Intel SSD into my MP. I got the machine and softs because it works and it allows me to customise it the same way that I can customise a Windows box. I used to own an iPod but when the Video iPod came out the 320 by 400 display was not good enough. I purchased a player which had 800 by 400 - 2 years ago, in brilliant full colour which can play more advanced H.264 video than the iPhone/iPod plus DivX, xVid, MP2, MP4, MJPEG and supports AVI to MKV containers. I buy what's most functional and best and IMO Apple has some good stuff but also some lame stuff with substandard specs - and part of that is the CONFLICT OF INTEREST Apple (and SONY) has (have) in delivering hardware tailor made to play (preferentially)
their CONTENT.
I don't fall for the hype. I didn't buy a Magic Mouse because it is a gimmick. I didn't buy a Time Capsule because I think the same thing. Apple is not perfect and among their good products - their PCs and OS as well as productivity software - they have many gimmicky products which still sell well - the way that sites like Twitter/Facebook sell to millions of users. But at the end, they could have been so much better- sadly they're not.
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