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My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by umjames »

KC8ZKF wrote: post #12
Osiris wrote: post #7

I really like the last paragraph: "I promised a verdict, so here it is. With the caveat that it's after one day and I reserve the right to change it at any time: Today's iPad, the one that I just bought, is just a demo of something that could be very nice and useful at some point in the future. Today it's something to play with, not something to use. That's the kind way to say it. The direct way: It's a toy. " That s…

The "Enterprise" developer program includes in-house deployment capabilities.

I really wish Apple didn't require a 500-employee headcount and a D&B number to be an enterprise customer. They should relax the constraints so that small businesses can start making internal apps.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by lotharbot »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #17
webwright wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Everyone realizes it. I think the contention is (right or wrong) that a pure-consumption device isn't what people want or need (given the other things that they have in their lives). It's redundant. It doesn't replace anything. I think if they had multi-tasking it'd go a long way to shutting up this criticism.

Hey Tony - Pity that seemingly everyone in Seattle is staying in tonight. Crappy weather... Two things: 1. You've probably forgotten more about this sort of data than I'll ever know, but I look around at folks on laptops in cafes and see nothing but Facebook or Gmail on Netbooks. I think we, as a class of users, are the exception: most people on computers spend the bulk of their time consuming information instead of…

Facebook and Gmail both have production and consumption. A device that excels at consumption and is inadequate for production will not serve as a replacement for many people. It sounds like the iPad is adequate for at least some limited typing, but it remains to be seen whether it's adequate for what most users do.

The bigger critique, though, is multi-tasking. I like to be able to consume music and webpages at the same time. A consumption device that won't let me multi-task is inherently unsuited for my normal day-to-day use.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by bmalicoat »

ojbyrne wrote: post #9
Osiris wrote: post #7

I really like the last paragraph: "I promised a verdict, so here it is. With the caveat that it's after one day and I reserve the right to change it at any time: Today's iPad, the one that I just bought, is just a demo of something that could be very nice and useful at some point in the future. Today it's something to play with, not something to use. That's the kind way to say it. The direct way: It's a toy. " That s…

Most notable omission is a camera. Skype video is the killer app for this machine.

Andy Ihnatko mentioned something about this the other day. Since the device is orientation-less (for the most part), Apple could make an iSight that plugged into the dock connector and you just held it upside-down. They probably won't, but it is possible.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by bmalicoat »

techiferous wrote: post #37
gloob wrote: post #33

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I feel that it's important, from time to time, to remember that plenty of things that aren't the next big thing are also variously laughed at, ignored, dismissed, and so on. I'm not making any predictions about how the iPad will do (sitting and waiting will get me better information than pulling a guess out of the air), to make sure that's clear. Just reminding myself that it possible that perhaps Apple will produce…

"a product that won't change the world." Like MobileMe? :)

I really enjoy the 'just works' aspect of MobileMe, only problem is the cost of course.

In the same vein though Apple TV isn't a game changer, but it could become more relevant as time goes by.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by aristus »

umjames wrote: post #41
KC8ZKF wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "Enterprise" developer program includes in-house deployment capabilities.

I really wish Apple didn't require a 500-employee headcount and a D&B number to be an enterprise customer. They should relax the constraints so that small businesses can start making internal apps.

That would become a backdoor app economy. If any little company could install apps on their employee's phones, I'd start making apps to sell them without the 30% cut to Apple.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by techiferous »

bmalicoat wrote: post #44
techiferous wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"a product that won't change the world." Like MobileMe? :)

I really enjoy the 'just works' aspect of MobileMe, only problem is the cost of course. In the same vein though Apple TV isn't a game changer, but it could become more relevant as time goes by.

"I really enjoy the 'just works' aspect of MobileMe."

I was an early adopter and got burned. It never worked for me. After fighting for hours with configuration and bad Apple support (which is uncharacteristic), I realized that the time it would potentially save me was being burned up in setting it up, so I abandoned it. In the end I ended up losing $99 and gaining nothing. I'm guessing from what you said that they've worked the kinks out now, though.

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by randrews »

jsz0 wrote: post #24

I'm not quite sure why all these iPad articles are framed with the assumption you're going to use the iPad instead of something else. I've been working on a project in Logic most of the night on my Mac with the iPad sitting on my desk for browsing, music, and video. It's a fantastic setup. Nice break from keyboard & mousing. The display is stunning and multi-touch web browsing on this size screen is such a natural ex…

They're framed with that assumption because of the other articles that call it "the future of computing". If something's the future of computing, it's supposed to supplant the present of computing, right?

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by cromulent »

ojbyrne wrote: post #2

"I could have loved the way news works on this thing, if the NY Times and been willing to ship a beautiful reverse-chronologic view of their whole news stream. They chickened out with a little mini-dip-into the stream. It's like sipping the news from an espresso cup when I want to be inundated by Niagara Falls." It seems clear that big media sees this as the last chance to provide news "samples" in the hopes of rolli…

Strange that the timeswire page wasn't enough of a reverse-chronological view of the NYT news stream for Dave.

http://www.scripting.com/stories/2009/05/12/markThisDay.html

Re: My verdict after one day of using the iPad

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #26
mlinsey wrote: post #25

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He mentions that as the only thing his mother would like about the device. The paragraph above the one you quote says this: I also work with people who are not very deeply skilled in computer technology, exactly the kind of people this product is supposedly for. It won't work for them, because they need to multi-task too. We learned a long time ago that inexpert users don't use less resources, they just use them diff…

You make a good point, which proves that neither of us actually knows which phrasing Dave Winer meant. Don't be a jerk. We live in the same city and might actually meet at some point. I don't like being on bad terms with people I've never met.

A jerk is someone disagreeing with you apparently. It is completely obvious that Dave Winer did not invoke "the classic 'my mom's going to love this' line". In fact he rejected exactly that line. Mentioning an individual feature his mother might actually like doesn't suddenly reverse the gist of his argument.
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