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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 iamwil »

pohl wrote: post #106
aohtsab wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed on the lack of e-ink. When I read that Amazon and Sony would have to struggle to provide a touch-screen, full-color interface, I thought that meant Apple had come out with an e-ink tablet. It looks really cool, yes, but frankly I'm disappointed it's not e-ink. That specific feature attracted me to the Kindle in the first place, and I absolutely love that I'm not staring at light.

What is the appeal of e-ink? I breathed a sigh of relief that it was not based on e-ink - a technology that isn't up to the task of doing what this device can do.

It would also last longer than 10 hours. The display only eats power when you change the screen. That said, its refresh rate isn't great.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by petercooper »

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…

Throwing an iPad in and out of your bag to "just check" something is going to be a different kettle of fish to getting out a notebook, opening it up, waiting for HD to whir up, loading Safari/whatever, blah blah.

The iPad will be the sort of device you can leave lying around, in your bag, etc, and then just refer to at will. I can read it easily in bed without scalding my legs or hearing a fan going at a gazillion RPM, I can read it easily at a coffee shop without looking like an idiot, I can draw on it and take full sized notes wherever I go.

It's not just for replicating notebook stuff; it's for new stuff too.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by petercooper »

inboulder wrote: post #69

No No flash video No SD slot No USB (come on apple) No writing input (newton 2?) Weird itouch/iphone OS, means apps/everything controlled by apple, expensive No eink display

No eink display

Hardly a disadvantage. You might as well say it has no solar panel.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by squidbot »

petercooper wrote: post #122

Yes. Two even. One 16GB WiFi one ASAP and then a 64GB 3G+WiFi one.. with the hand me down to the wife :-) I was cold on the iPhone but this thing is a massive deal.

"Me too." I'll buy a 16 GB WiFi for my wife to replace her ailing laptop. All she does is surf the web, organize photos, play games, e-mail and word processing, and she likes to be able to move around because of our young children. I'll likely get the keyboard dock for her for when she needs to do serious writing.

I'll buy one for myself with 3G to replace my iPhone. I don't actually use the phone all that much (seriously, only about 45 minutes per month) so I'll switch to a prepaid phone. Even with the unlimited 3G, that I'll likely not need since my max internet usage so far was 181, 30 per month plus about 10 a month for prepaid cell phone will get me what I need for my 2 hours a day on the bus. I'll probably be porting applications to it as well, for work,

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by minalecs »

pohl wrote: post #106
aohtsab wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed on the lack of e-ink. When I read that Amazon and Sony would have to struggle to provide a touch-screen, full-color interface, I thought that meant Apple had come out with an e-ink tablet. It looks really cool, yes, but frankly I'm disappointed it's not e-ink. That specific feature attracted me to the Kindle in the first place, and I absolutely love that I'm not staring at light.

What is the appeal of e-ink? I breathed a sigh of relief that it was not based on e-ink - a technology that isn't up to the task of doing what this device can do.

eye fatigue... imagine when you stare at a computer screen too long, reading now... your eyes get tired from strain, you could get burning sensation, glare, dry eyes.. all this could lead to bigger health concerns. Thats why e-ink is superior. People have reported issues with led and sight. If you want an ebook reader, the kindle,nook , and ereader are all superior for a hard core ebook reader. links : http://www.computervisionreadingeyeglasses.com/eye_fatigue_s... problems with led: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1677617&#3...

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by gcheong »

kylec wrote: post #87
gcheong wrote: post #67

No camera, no "real" GPS. No.

The 3G unit has the same sort of GPS that the iPhone has. Whether or not that's "real" to you, it's good enough for me. I hope that someone produces a car dock because that would make it pretty much the best navigation unit available.

Oops, yeah I read the spec wrong thinking it was restricted to just wi-fi/cell tower location capabilities. Still a no for me though, for now.

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Post by blasdel »

ZeroGravitas wrote: post #51
jwr wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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)?

Yes. Their public product before Apple bought them was a 12" Powerbook that had its keyboard replaced with an enourmous multitouch input pad.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by blasdel »

I'll probably buy a netbook running ChromeOS, especially if they get some halfway-decent hardware made with solid keyboards + cases.

Definitely if someone releases one with a fast ARM processor, 2gb+ of RAM, and a PixelQi screen.

Re: Poll: Are you getting an iPad?

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Post by NickM »

onewland wrote: post #89
tfh wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/23/1816257&#3...

To be fair to CmdrTaco, I wouldn't have wanted a 1st-gen iPod either. Did you ever use the old ones? They really had a lot of kinks to work out and in my opinion were not the best mp3 players on the market.

Other than being physically larger, I really prefer the old iPods to the new ones. Sure, they didn't have video/photo/games/whatever, but they did one thing and did it very well.

The iPad, by contrast, seems to do lots of things, but does none of them very well. It's a device that's too big to fit in your pocket, but too small to be comfortable using for long stretches at a time. I guess it's about the right size for an eBook reader, but who wants to read books off an LCD?

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