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Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by ZeroGravitas »

jwr wrote: post #23
WalterSear wrote: post #17

I'm not, but I'm very excited about this. Setting the bar at $500 means the android equivalent will be within my price range. Unlike others, I'm actually buying a netpad for the touchscreen keyboard. If you have chronic RSI, the soft touch needed more than makes up for the clunkiness of tactileless typing.

For RSI-class problems what also matters is positioning of your wrists (they shouldn't be bent). Which is why I'm using a FingerWorks TouchStream keyboard when my RSI gets bad — it has both touch typing and a bent design, which keeps my wrists straight.

Wasn't FingerWorks the company Apple bought to work on the touch interface for the iPhone (and presumably the iPad)?

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by gry »

novum wrote: post #32

No. Who is the iPad for? I don't understand the target market. People whose computing needs are basic enough that this can serve as a primary computer? It plays video, and runs apps, and syncs with iTunes, but so does my iPhone and so does my macbook. It's too big to fit in your pocket, so you need a bag for it, but why not just put my macbook in the bag? I'm a power user and I demand a lot from my computers. That's…

The iPad not analogous to a laptop. If you want to read a book, you don't use a laptop. You use a book.

Have people tried reading books on the iPod Touch or iPhone? It's awful. Add a diagram or a photo and it's even worse.

It struck me how much different the New York Times homepage felt. You have a tactile interaction with the New York Times, as if it were on newsprint.

It's a book. With photos. And video. And internet connectivity. Seems extraordinary to me.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by willwagner »

protomyth wrote: post #48
nakkal wrote: post #35

I am not buying it. May be a future versions with Camera and multitasking? Seriously this version should have had a camera.

just out of curiosity, how would one take pictures with something that big?

I think the point of a camera for me would be the potential of video conferencing. With a screen that big, you could have a virtual meeting with several participants. Additionally, it would be pretty cool if you could watch the same video remotely while video conferencing with your friends so you could chatter about the show while watching it.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by jmatt »

novum wrote: post #32

No. Who is the iPad for? I don't understand the target market. People whose computing needs are basic enough that this can serve as a primary computer? It plays video, and runs apps, and syncs with iTunes, but so does my iPhone and so does my macbook. It's too big to fit in your pocket, so you need a bag for it, but why not just put my macbook in the bag? I'm a power user and I demand a lot from my computers. That's…

Who is the iPad for?

I've been thinking about this for awhile. I think the target is people who use a laptop for web browsing and email most of the time. Rarely they'll need to use it to create a document or presentation. If you ask them what web browser they use - they probably don't know or care. If you ask them what email client they use - they look back at you with confusion. In almost all circumstances these users don't need a proper laptop. A keyboard dock and iPad works just as well.

My parents fit perfectly into this segment of users. They use their computers often and are content as long as everything works. They care about ease of use and consistency across applications. Apple, with their closed system, can provide that.

The ironic part from my observations is if a website doesn't work they blame the website. Apple won't be blamed by users for not allowing flash. We saw the same thing with Microsoft and IE6.

I think power users and developers will have another few years before they are happy with any Apple tablet offerings. For me I'd need a higher res screen and OS X. Or equivalent improvements to allow development. I think developers were hoping for such an improvement with iPad v1 - but alas we'll have to wait.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by bmcleod »

tptacek wrote: post #25
run4yourlives wrote: post #19

Where's the "I'm not stupid enough to buy the first version of anything" option?

The "No" option.

Except in this particular case the person could indeed be intending to buy an Ipad, just not from the first generation. Which is clearly not the "No" option.
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