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It's cute but disappointing. I was hoping for a more open system and maybe a larger viewable screen - over that same form factor.
It doesn't fit in your pocket. It has a junk keyboard. It has a nice screen but no info about the resolution. Can't run ordinary apps. Wonder what sort of H264 HD decoding performance will it have? Can you load your own videos, and if yes which codec does it use? It is better than iPod/iPhone and able to play H264 High Profile? MKV format? etc.
I doubt it.
It doesn't fit in your pocket. It has a junk keyboard. It has a nice screen but no info about the resolution. Can't run ordinary apps. Wonder what sort of H264 HD decoding performance will it have? Can you load your own videos, and if yes which codec does it use? It is better than iPod/iPhone and able to play H264 High Profile? MKV format? etc.
I doubt it.
I'm also curious as to what the resolution is. I'm pretty sure it will run H264 HD just fine... I dont think it will play mkv, probably only mp4 like the iphone.
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I'm not that impressed either. It looks cool, but that's about it.
The only benefit it has on E-ink display eBook readers is color, and at this stage I can live without that. It also remains to be seen how well it works for reading and if their content will be made available internationally. If the store isn't there to back it up then it seems pointless. Also it's unclear if you will be able to put your own ePubs etc. on the device.
E-ink eBook reader killer? I don't think so.
The only benefit it has on E-ink display eBook readers is color, and at this stage I can live without that. It also remains to be seen how well it works for reading and if their content will be made available internationally. If the store isn't there to back it up then it seems pointless. Also it's unclear if you will be able to put your own ePubs etc. on the device.
E-ink eBook reader killer? I don't think so.
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Lol....
Looks like I wasn't the only one;
http://tv.gawker.com/5458322/cnbc-anchor-says-the-ipad-reminds-me-of-feminine-products
I really don't care about the ebook side of things, but students and commuters will.
The killer app for me is iWork... if it works, I won't be updating my MBP, I'll get one of these instead and use it as my main computer.
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Well that's what I care about, and the iPad was touted as the Kindle Killer (at least in the media hype).
Their price point is pretty sweet. $499 for a 9.7" device. This will force the large E-ink device makers to seriously reconsider their pricing.
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This is so much more than the kindle... colour makes a huge difference for textbooks etc. And this menstrual cloth has the potential to be your primary computer... it's almost better than Star Trek devices.
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Textbooks maybe. It doesn't do anything much for fiction.
The major thing lacking seems to be an annotation function. If they really want to aim it at students then the ability to make notes will be a major selling point.
Guess this will fill the needs for some people, but not for me. For the time being I'm more than happy with my E-ink reader. I'll wait for the 2nd gen iPad...
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The iPad really has unlimited possibilities with 3rd party Apps
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Well import it yourself - probably get it for less than R5k
This might put the brakes on it in SA:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipads-micro-sim-explained/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipads-micro-sim-explained/
Excellent reason why geeks will hate it and consumers will love it, Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/pacman3000/4309759389/
1) Apple will release a beautiful tablet with a UI that no other company would have ever thought of implementing, but they will leave out a vital feature that most geeks (but not regular folk) find invaluable, like the ability to play music with a bitrate of infinity squared.
2) As a result of this missing feature, the geeks will angrily dismiss anyone who likes the so-called Tablet, including the editors of Engadget. In fact, the geeks will even question whether the Apple Tablet is actually a Tablet, due to this missing feature, which will be ironic because no such definition for what constitutes a "true" Tablet will currently exist. A new definition containing said missing feature will quickly be created by the offended geeks, for the sole purpose of bashing the Tablet henceforth.
3) Months later the Tablet will be released to glowing reviews and lines outside Apple Stores, enraging the offended geeks further. As a result, any Tablet related posts made by sites like Engadget will swell with angry geeks, dismissing the Tablet out of hand. Taunts of "Well, the iTablet is nice, unless you want to listen to music in a bitrate of infinity squared," will be repeated ad nauseum until it becomes an annoying cliche.
4) As a result of the popularity of said Tablet posts, sites like Engadget make even more Tablet related posts, which in turn, cause the angry geeks to accuse sites like Engadget of being "biased" for Apple. The click rates on the hated Tablet posts go even higher until invariably, it wins gadget of the year in magazines like Time.
5) Shortly after the iTablet makes a big splash and great sales, several companies will promise to come out with Tablets that contain the missing feature that the angry geeks have been wailing about, but the imitation Tablets can't quite "touch" the new revolutionary interface that Apple has designed expressly for their Tablet. As a result, the so-called "iTablet Killers" don't make quite as big as an impact.
6) The few people who are actually brave enough to praise Apple for the iTablet, will mock the new "iTablet Killers" by pointing out just how much the other companies rip off Apple's new revolutionary UI. The angry geeks will respond in turn by pointing out that Apple didn't invent Tablets, and will even dig out an obscure company in Romania that did Apple's revolutionary UI first.
7) The controversy about the iTablet finally dies down when rumors surface that Apple is working on a new gaming console. Angry geeks everywhere start tearing their hair out.
So far the controversy is exactly as I envisioned it. First of all, the geeks seem to hate it, but what really amuses me is the fact that they HATE it for exactly the same reasons they said they hated the iPhone/iPod Touch. The lists are already appearing on Digg. One reads like this:
1) Apple will release a beautiful tablet with a UI that no other company would have ever thought of implementing, but they will leave out a vital feature that most geeks (but not regular folk) find invaluable, like the ability to play music with a bitrate of infinity squared.
2) As a result of this missing feature, the geeks will angrily dismiss anyone who likes the so-called Tablet, including the editors of Engadget. In fact, the geeks will even question whether the Apple Tablet is actually a Tablet, due to this missing feature, which will be ironic because no such definition for what constitutes a "true" Tablet will currently exist. A new definition containing said missing feature will quickly be created by the offended geeks, for the sole purpose of bashing the Tablet henceforth.
3) Months later the Tablet will be released to glowing reviews and lines outside Apple Stores, enraging the offended geeks further. As a result, any Tablet related posts made by sites like Engadget will swell with angry geeks, dismissing the Tablet out of hand. Taunts of "Well, the iTablet is nice, unless you want to listen to music in a bitrate of infinity squared," will be repeated ad nauseum until it becomes an annoying cliche.
4) As a result of the popularity of said Tablet posts, sites like Engadget make even more Tablet related posts, which in turn, cause the angry geeks to accuse sites like Engadget of being "biased" for Apple. The click rates on the hated Tablet posts go even higher until invariably, it wins gadget of the year in magazines like Time.
5) Shortly after the iTablet makes a big splash and great sales, several companies will promise to come out with Tablets that contain the missing feature that the angry geeks have been wailing about, but the imitation Tablets can't quite "touch" the new revolutionary interface that Apple has designed expressly for their Tablet. As a result, the so-called "iTablet Killers" don't make quite as big as an impact.
6) The few people who are actually brave enough to praise Apple for the iTablet, will mock the new "iTablet Killers" by pointing out just how much the other companies rip off Apple's new revolutionary UI. The angry geeks will respond in turn by pointing out that Apple didn't invent Tablets, and will even dig out an obscure company in Romania that did Apple's revolutionary UI first.
7) The controversy about the iTablet finally dies down when rumors surface that Apple is working on a new gaming console. Angry geeks everywhere start tearing their hair out.
So far the controversy is exactly as I envisioned it. First of all, the geeks seem to hate it, but what really amuses me is the fact that they HATE it for exactly the same reasons they said they hated the iPhone/iPod Touch. The lists are already appearing on Digg. One reads like this:
This product is probably the best one ever from Apple in terms of matching user expectations - maybe with the exception of the lack of iSight - and Chairman Gruber called that one early.
Reads office format files in mail
Manage shared files on your mac during sync
Unlocked (ok new fangled mini-SIM smells of displayport) (screw you Core I'm gonna import)
3G as an option
WIFI n
Blueteeth that supports wireless keyboards (?and mouse and headset?)
iWork means you can be productive and share files with office users
Camera connection kit that gives USB and SD card slots
64GB is enough space for my music, photos, podcasts and some movies/tv shows, but 128GB would be better
VOIP over 3G
10hrs battery & 1 month standby - hope its true
Biggest downers so far?
missing exchange support
can you read on your side without accelerometers flipping page orientation
video chat (can I use camera connection usb to add webcam?)
Reads office format files in mail
Manage shared files on your mac during sync
Unlocked (ok new fangled mini-SIM smells of displayport) (screw you Core I'm gonna import)
3G as an option
WIFI n
Blueteeth that supports wireless keyboards (?and mouse and headset?)
iWork means you can be productive and share files with office users
Camera connection kit that gives USB and SD card slots
64GB is enough space for my music, photos, podcasts and some movies/tv shows, but 128GB would be better
VOIP over 3G
10hrs battery & 1 month standby - hope its true
Biggest downers so far?
missing exchange support
can you read on your side without accelerometers flipping page orientation
video chat (can I use camera connection usb to add webcam?)
NameOfBeast
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The dealbreaker for me was the lack of support for the djvu format (I want an iPad primarily as an ebook reader). Just checked though, and there are three djvu apps for the iPhone, so I guess this will not be a problem.
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