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iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by jrockway »

rinich wrote: post #59
jrockway wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your article is pretty good, but it just gets annoying when every article on HN is about how the iPad is going to solve world hunger with its super-shiny screen. It wasn't you personally that I was reacting to, but rather the onslaught of similarly-themed articles whenever Apple releases a new product. (The jizz reference reflects well on your writing ability, but not so much on Apple. The fact that your article exis…

Yep! We've gotten into a lot of these discussions before. (I hope you took my comment lightheartedly, and not as a personal insult — it's more my way of saying we'll agree to disagree here.) Usually I'm not a fan of the slew of Apple articles. This time I thought it warranted some, but even so it's very over-the-top. For whatever reason we've all decided to hate the shiny thing with the terrible name. I thought it mi…

(I hope you took my comment lightheartedly, and not as a personal insult — it's more my way of saying we'll agree to disagree here.)

Indeed I did :)

Does Apple sell music with DRM anymore?

As far as I know, many songs are non-DRM'd, but not all of them. But really, DRM didn't work out for the music industry, and it is gradually going away. It's videos/software/books that I am worried about now. For example, I would love to be able to buy TV episodes instead of pirating them. But they won't play on any computers I own, so I can't. DRM goes away, the content industry gets my cash. (But it's not good for Apple if I can watch the videos on non-Apple hardware, so I can't.)

Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by xcombinator »

I agree with the article, but I understand the reaction here. HN is a group of very smart people, and logical genius, that despise the power of emotions.

Human beings are not machines, and one of the most important things is how they feel. Apple knows that,that is what marketing is all about and this means for me that Ipad is going to be a success because:

1)When you rotate the screen, it feels responsible instantly.

2) When you touch, it feels responsible again because of the hardware accelerated touch screen.

3) People could use it to write without making sounds(silence).

4) No cables, no strings, it just "feels right" like a physical notebook.

5) No ugly keyboard.

6) No limits in the orientation.

7) First serious computer you can rotate to read a book right, when you use a laptop and rotate for changing the aspect ratio ugly keyboard gets on your way.

I'm happy for the ipad, it means computer competitors that don't get it will just copy it, like the iphone.

Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by baxident »

adw wrote: post #53
rinich wrote: post #45

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And you can't make a resume in iWork? I think that part of Apple's announcement was more significant to a certain crowd than we're giving it credit for.

If you can hook up a printer, this does everything my sister (she's a social worker) needs to do with a computer, cheaper and more reliably.

I can print wirelessly on my MacBook, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't be able to on an iPad.

Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by zhyder »

I'm underwhelmed not because the geek in me finds the technical specs lacking, but because I don't see anything innovative. The hardware and software are absolutely predictable (except for lacking a few features like a webcam and a USB port): no brilliant UI solution to the problem of typing while holding the tablet, no special screen tech to work well in reflective mode, no new business model for news or books, nothing. It's the lowest common denominator of all the rumors and anybody's guess at what a "big ipod touch" would look like. It shouldn't have taken any CE/computing company, much less Apple, years to design this.

Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by telemachos »

zhyder wrote: post #68

I'm underwhelmed not because the geek in me finds the technical specs lacking, but because I don't see anything innovative . The hardware and software are absolutely predictable (except for lacking a few features like a webcam and a USB port): no brilliant UI solution to the problem of typing while holding the tablet, no special screen tech to work well in reflective mode, no new business model for news or books, not…

I'm sorry, but did you actually read the post you're commenting on?

You may not agree with all his arguments, but the post addresses the "no innovation" claim head on (scan for Sgt. Pepper’s, if you can't find it).

Re: iPad: Or, why you have to look at the advertising

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Post by telemachos »

rinich wrote: post #56
adw wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can hook up a printer, this does everything my sister (she's a social worker) needs to do with a computer, cheaper and more reliably.

(That actually gets me thinking — do we know anything about the iPad's printer compatibility? Did I miss some announcement about that?)

I work at a school considering a laptop program. This was our first question, and we couldn't find anything in specs that explicitly talked about this.

I have to assume that you will be able to print wirelessly, but there's that tiny fear that somehow you can't as a protective feature for the ebooks. Silly question, but can you print from a Kindle or a Nook?

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