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Yeah, from all that Ive seen and the opinions Ive read, this ship has sunk before it even set sail.
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Does anybody really want a tablet PC? Why?
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Yeah, from all that Ive seen and the opinions Ive read, this ship has sunk before it even set sail.
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Don't worry, people would buy a fresh turd if it was white and had the apple logo on it.
Name is horrible, but what where you really expecting?
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I have no use for one. Besides using as a huge PMP.
It may be good for personal presentations and the like. Maybe even for pulling up maps, designs and spec drawings. Or perhaps tech notes.
More than the device itself. I am curious what it may trickle into. I have to admit, that iPhone made a lot of things turn into touch screen. Not that the tech was unavailable. It just made everyone try and match it. Spinning the concept to their niche.
Same goes for the touch tablets. There has been touch tablet devices out for a while now. Now we get to see the.... Me too, me too!
It may be good for personal presentations and the like. Maybe even for pulling up maps, designs and spec drawings. Or perhaps tech notes.
More than the device itself. I am curious what it may trickle into. I have to admit, that iPhone made a lot of things turn into touch screen. Not that the tech was unavailable. It just made everyone try and match it. Spinning the concept to their niche.
Same goes for the touch tablets. There has been touch tablet devices out for a while now. Now we get to see the.... Me too, me too!
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I already have a tablet.
Ancient Gateway M275 I bought second hand for next to nothing.
I'm typing this from it as we speak
Ancient Gateway M275 I bought second hand for next to nothing.
I'm typing this from it as we speak
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My G1 Serves 90% of my internet/Phone communication needs. I also got a good deal (130 dollars) on a asus eee 900HD which stays in the bag in my car for stronger computing needs while underway. I tether wifi to my cell internet, so I am covered at home/work and mobile. My primary would be my G1 since I am away from home 10 hours a day. I could not live without it.
I would like to see a Netbook (which is coming) running Android Software, where the screen flips clamshell all the way around to tablet. 8X5 is more than sufficient as far as I am concerned, but only as long as the input methods work. Touch screen is best.
I would like to see a Netbook (which is coming) running Android Software, where the screen flips clamshell all the way around to tablet. 8X5 is more than sufficient as far as I am concerned, but only as long as the input methods work. Touch screen is best.
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Like it or not, it will sell like hot cakes and change the computer industry just as the iphone did to the wireless industry.
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I was somewhat looking forward to the iPad until I saw some real downers:
1. No real O/S (leopard or whatever)
2. Doesn't support Adobe flash
3. Memory and storage can't be expanded
4. No slot DVD or something
5. Not 16:9 widescreen
6. Still uses AT&T for 3G
FAIL
If it was $299 I'd probably buy one just for the novelty, but not at $499 to start.
1. No real O/S (leopard or whatever)
2. Doesn't support Adobe flash
3. Memory and storage can't be expanded
4. No slot DVD or something
5. Not 16:9 widescreen
6. Still uses AT&T for 3G
FAIL
If it was $299 I'd probably buy one just for the novelty, but not at $499 to start.
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Considering Jobs dumped all over netbooks in the presentation with a lot of marketing hyperbole APPLE is the one comparing it to portable computers.
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People will buy it and a month or so later return it (Yes fanboys buy products to show off or look trendy). If it's past the return date they will argue over it and still get it returned. It's exactly what happened with the Macbook Air and the same will follow suit.
Apple is rehashing products and calling it new. I did get a kick out of some of the comments made about laptops/netbooks. I'm very pleased with my netbook still, the only thing I could ask for is a better gpu.
Apple is rehashing products and calling it new. I did get a kick out of some of the comments made about laptops/netbooks. I'm very pleased with my netbook still, the only thing I could ask for is a better gpu.
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Doubt it about the changing the computer industry. Yeah, I notice companies are already trying to copy it, but I think that'll die down quickly. The iphone was designed as a phone and it's fairly obvious as a phone. I still have no real idea what the ipad is supposed to be. Is it a tablet or a PMP with a large screen? From what I've read, most of the features it has have been done before. Probably one of the few Apple products lately that hasn't had anything that made me go "Wow, why hasn't anyone else thought of that?"
Just to clarify, the 3G version is unlocked so you can go to TMobile as well (or any GSM provider, including prepaid grocery store wireless... assuming they do data). The AT&T plug is simply an extension of their existing relationship. It's a bit of a slap in the face if you're doing a deal with someone and you advertise their competitor.
I don't think this forum's animosity towards it is really any benchmark of how well it will sell. I think the price tag hurts it but it doesn't have a subsidy like a phone does. I think a huge driving factor will be people who work in media related jobs.
The biggest problem any tablet has is weight. People have been yelling for years that Apple should make a tablet. I've said for years that Apple won't do it until they can make it weigh the same as a sketch pad and give reasonable performance. Usually I'd give a 70% of a laptop figure to those who asked. Compared to a netbook, (OS limitations aside) this is probably about there. The weight definitely is.
I don't see tablets taking off any time soon as practical work machines because there is zero practicality to a tablet. Either it's a bent backwards laptop that you use as a laptop when doing any serious text input (I don't think anyone here or in any office environment would be bold enough to claim they can write faster than type) or you have to plug in a keyboard of some kind (like the iPad or PDAs or other touch only tablets).
Also, who in their right mind is going to walk around with a laptop in their hand? Netbooks aren't too bad but the screen is too small for serious work. Even a netbook weight tablet (or for that matter a flipped around MacBook Air) is about three pounds. That doesn't sound like much but the length of the tablet works as leverage against your hand/arm. Thats seriously annoying. On top of it, if you're using a stylus or finger to enter inputs to it, you're adding more force against your arm. That's an major sore arm in the making.
I really like my iPhone and I'd really enjoy the iPad as a media device (or any tablet like device that does similar things) but a full sized tablet for serious work is a bad idea and probably always will be until we get Avatar style pull away slates that weigh the same as a clipboard.
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I agree with everything but 5 / 6
Yes widescreen is nice for video / games but, honestly, that's about it. The internet is designed for a 4:3 display, same goes for email, itunes, and most applications, etc.
AFAIK, the ipad is unlocked and can use any carrier that supports microsim (which happens to be ATT and sprint). It's really not apples problem that verizon is using old technology -- until they get their gsm based 4g network up, don't expect much new wireless technology to work with "old cdma" tech.
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Well everything has at least been tried before at some point in time. It all comes down to the execution of the product more so then the product itself. There were touch screen smart phones and stuff before the iphone, however apple executed the iphone perfectly and blew every other phone out of the market.
The saying for Apple is expect x product to do less then what everyone thought, but for what it does, it does perfectly. I expect the ipad to be no different.
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