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Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by marknutter »

city41 wrote: post #50
andymoe wrote: post #12

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Joking aside, the "magic mouse" is my favorite piece of apple hardware so far. It's just awesome. Best 70 bucks I have given to apple.

Really? I absolutely hate it :( It doesn't slide well at all on any surface I've tried, so it's so uncomfortable to use. And to make matters worse, it detects right vs left clicks quite poorly. Apple makes fantastic hardware, but in my opinion they have never once made a good mouse (and I've used every single mouse they've ever released). And not an actual knock against the magic mouse as this is not its intended pur…

Download and install better touch tool (http://blog.boastr.net/) and you will quickly change your opinion about the Magic Mouse. It has made the Magic Mouse hands-down THE best mouse I have ever used. Combining multi-touch with a mouse surface is an incredible innovation, and I'm surprised more people haven't recognized this.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by tghw »

codyrobbins wrote: post #60
asnyder wrote: post #57

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For most readers that screen-size is fine, but if you really want to read you'll need the Kindle DX.

But at that point, you’re spending as much as an iPad for something that has a fiftieth the functionality, and not to mention no color screen. I still just don’t get it.

Kindle 2 costs $260 new. The cheapest iPad is $500. Want 3G, like the Kindle has? $630, plus $15/month.

It does one thing, and it does it well: reading books.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by potatolicious »

codyrobbins wrote: post #60
asnyder wrote: post #57

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For most readers that screen-size is fine, but if you really want to read you'll need the Kindle DX.

But at that point, you’re spending as much as an iPad for something that has a fiftieth the functionality, and not to mention no color screen. I still just don’t get it.

A BMW is 3x the price of a Toyota but has the same number of wheels and pedals. It doesn't go too much faster either.

When you look at a spec sheet or list of bullet-point features, and can't seem to see the attractiveness of a good-selling product, you are probably missing the forest for the trees.

[edit] Also, a futon is a bed and a couch - two use cases for the price of one! Yet it hasn't exactly taken over beds altogether. There's something to be said for devices that excel at a single primary task.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by jfornear »

macrael wrote: post #62
jacquesm wrote: post #46

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> I've found a bunch of use cases where the iPad excels What are those ? edit: why would a genuine question out of curiosity be modded down? I'm really weirded out by that. The ipad is a reasonably new form factor and new form factors bring new use cases, and I'd like to know what those are.

I've found that most of the things I do for fun and to "waste" time on the internet are easier and more fun on the iPad. Twitterrific, Instapaper, Net News Wire, checking HN, and several different games are what I have used it for the most so far. I mostly find myself turning to using my traditional computer for coding and watching hulu.

This is why I'm afraid of getting one, though I could see how separating work (MBP) from play (iPad) might increase productivity/fun.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by sliverstorm »

codyrobbins wrote: post #60
asnyder wrote: post #57

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For most readers that screen-size is fine, but if you really want to read you'll need the Kindle DX.

But at that point, you’re spending as much as an iPad for something that has a fiftieth the functionality, and not to mention no color screen. I still just don’t get it.

I typically start my argument with the 2 week battery life.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by Readmore »

tvon wrote: post #23
Readmore wrote: post #7

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A new AppleTV that uses iPhone OS and lets you buy apps from your TV screen as well. Just my thought/hope.

I don't see it using the iPhone OS (too specialized for touch input), but providing an App Store for the AppleTV seems like a logical move.

I think they will use as much of it as possible so that app developers will be able to easily move to the AppleTV platform.

I would suspect you'll see a new remote that uses Magic Mouse like touch tech and the new development tools will make it easy separate out the visual representation from the control interface.

I would also assume that you'll be able to use an iPad/iPod/iPhone as a remote, or multiple devices for multi-player gaming.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by trafficlight »

miratom wrote: post #79
illumin8 wrote: post #75

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Use case where the iPad truly excels: Multi-touch control surface for digital music creation. A Lemur multi-touch control surface from JazzMutant - http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php Cost: $1,999 Euros. For that price I can buy 4 iPads and hook them up through Wifi to control any MIDI devices or DAW.

Sure, you could do all that with iPads and Wifi, but have you actually tried it? I suspect the usability will not match up, due to a slew of technical issues and lag.

Judging from this video, the iPad seems very responsive.

He is using both an iPad and an APC40 to control Ableton Live using a custom Max/MSP app that was built inside Ableton.

http://binaryally.tumblr.com/post/557336763/apple-ipad-akai-...

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by jgerman »

jacquesm wrote: post #48
bjelkeman-again wrote: post #34

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Having read more than two thousand screens (pages?) on an iPad in iBooks so far I don't think there is a major issue. It is highly unlikely that I would replace the iPad with a Kindle. My camera is a lot better than my iPhone as a camera, but the best camera you have is the one you have with you. In the iPad I can carry enough of what I need with me without having to carry multiple devices. I have not bought any book…

> In the iPad I can carry enough of what I need with me without having to carry multiple devices. You'd still need to bring a phone though, as it can not do voice calls.

Yes it can. It's not a cell phone, but it is capable of VOIP, even on 3G.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by KirinDave »

sliverstorm wrote: post #85
codyrobbins wrote: post #60

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But at that point, you’re spending as much as an iPad for something that has a fiftieth the functionality, and not to mention no color screen. I still just don’t get it.

I typically start my argument with the 2 week battery life.

I have a DX. If you leave the radio on, it does not have a 2 week battery life.

If you meticulously remember to turn the kindle off _and_ you don't use it, you might limp to two weeks. But then you actually start reading a lot and maybe playing just a smidge of music to drone out crowd noise and you're at maybe 2 days of medium use.

Better than an iPad, but it's not some magical perpetual motion reader.

Re: Apple has sold its millionth iPad in just 28 days

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Post by PanMan »

jacquesm wrote: post #46
mos1 wrote: post #29

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I have a Kindle and an iPad. The iPad isn't a reader. iPad doesn't work worth a damn in the sun (the finger smudges show up, and the screen washes out), and even in the dark it's just not as nice as reading from paper or kindle. I've found a bunch of use cases where the iPad excels, but there's little to no overlap with the Kindle.

> I've found a bunch of use cases where the iPad excels What are those ? edit: why would a genuine question out of curiosity be modded down? I'm really weirded out by that. The ipad is a reasonably new form factor and new form factors bring new use cases, and I'd like to know what those are.

I spend part of last week at a conference (TNW), and it's the first time I really loved my iPad: It's the perfect conference device for some browsing, tweeting, quick emails, etc. Way lighter to carry than a laptop, faster to 'start', and using it for a full day only took some 30% off the battery. It's quite easy to use without a table as well. Last year I brought my laptop, which was way heavier, and lasted only for a few hours.
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