if the wii is two gamecubes duct taped together....
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What are you talking about? You talk about the features it should have yet say it looks like a useless piece of shit. It looks fantastic, however, you can definitely argue that the lack of features make it a useless piece of shit. But it doesn't look like a useless piece of shit.
Apple stuffs up AGAIN! What a useless company they are, they've never done anything good! Yet they have such a high customer satisfaction rating and profitability. Go figure.
As usual, all the nay sayers queue up to heap their scorn, same as it was with the ipod and iphone. They don't even need to wait to use one to "know" it'll be a failure.
The market will be the ultimate test, regardless of internet forum attitudes.
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This comment just looks childish and pathetic.
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The sad thing is, so many gormless Apple fanboys will buy it instantly, regardless of the fact it is a perfect example of Apple bending them over and raping them. And they'll buy all the super-expensive connectors (ie USB) and like it, claiming it's "ease of use" or some pathetic self-justification.
My Facebook is already ful of fanboys who "OMG want an iPad".
My Facebook is already ful of fanboys who "OMG want an iPad".
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If it had those features it would be a damn sexy netbook with some better functionality. Unfortunately it doesn't. Not having USB or a SD card reader gets a huge WTF from me. They advertise how great photos look on the ipad but how the **** do you put photos on there?
But what does the ipad offer that netbooks (and lets face it even notebooks are around the same price) don't? The iPhone offered a heck of a lot more than the HTC TD including an operating system that isn't slow as dogs balls and buggy. The ipad can't pretend that Win7 is either of those things.
Thats what makes this device even stranger. By not having all these features they will have to add them into ipad 2.0 but by then new functions will also be readily available on netbooks. Will they add in those features aswell?
Having said all that, it is an apple product and they will advertise the heck out of it so it will sell well. I just cannot see a single reason to actually want one.
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It's sad people like red+black can't admit Apple is trying to ream him for all he is worth.
After all, any designer worth his salt would know what the iPad was leaving out. It has been deliberately cut down to force gormless idiots to spend exorbitant amounts buying the extra peripherals required, or enticing hangers-off with a 'version 2.0' that adds one of the missing pieces.
It's Apple's typical, dishonest, money-grubbing maketing style. Funny Microsoft gets accused of abuse of market when Apple is king of the customer rip-off.
After all, any designer worth his salt would know what the iPad was leaving out. It has been deliberately cut down to force gormless idiots to spend exorbitant amounts buying the extra peripherals required, or enticing hangers-off with a 'version 2.0' that adds one of the missing pieces.
It's Apple's typical, dishonest, money-grubbing maketing style. Funny Microsoft gets accused of abuse of market when Apple is king of the customer rip-off.
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This comment just looks childish and pathetic.
It won't look out of place then.
On a more serious note, there's so many potential uses for a large touchscreen, it just needs the apps to be developed. If someone can mimic the JazzMutant Lemur (US$2000) the iPad would be a bargain. I'm sure there's thousands of industry specific possibilities that will eventuate. It'll just take time.
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It won't look out of place then.
On a more serious note, there's so many potential uses for a large touchscreen, it just needs the apps to be developed. If someone can mimic the JazzMutant Lemur (US$2000) the iPad would be a bargain. I'm sure there's thousands of industry specific possibilities that will eventuate. It'll just take time.
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There are touchscreen devices available which have the additional features already.
http://pages.samsung.com/us/q1microsite/
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There's advantages in not having a full conventional OS for touchscreen devices, no need for a stylus just for a start. Anyway, it all comes down to the apps, and developers will focus more on the iPad, same as they did with the iPhone/Touch.
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except its so borked that it is essentially useless. no multi-tasking renders the device almost useless from the get go.
it's not rugged enough for commercial use, it's too big to be especially portable, it's unusually difficult to interface to other devices and you can only do 1 thing at a time.
i really can't see a commercial use for it and apart from w***ery i can't see any real compelling reason for private use.
I bet it buys stuff from iTunes really good.
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It's only 3rd party apps that can't multitask YET. The things not even released yet, an OS upgrade could fix that, possibly even before it's released. There's one rumoured for the iPhone coming soon.
It seems Omni Group can see a use for it, even if you can't.
http://blog.omnigroup.com/2010/01/29/ipad-or-bust/
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A OS upgrade release....for pete's sake. You are an Apple mouthpiece. Why wasn't it just included from the beginning, like every bloody layman can see? Are Apple's designers stupid or deliberately shortchanging customers? One or the other.
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Or maybe both?
The problem with every bloody layman is they've never designed or developed anything, but they still somehow know all about it. All we've seen so far is a product announcement, since no one can actually buy one for 2 months, I don't think anyone is being shortchanged at the moment.Maybe Apple wanted to announce it now to give developers the chance to design or modify their apps ahead of the release date. Since the iPad and iPhone share the same OS, and there's been leaks that the next iPhone OS upgrade will be a significant one, maybe Apple didn't want to give their competitors an early look at what's coming at the iPad launch.
I'm not trying to be an Apple mouthpiece, I'm just not going to call them stupid without thinking about the possible reasons for their actions.
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I've been trying to think of a reason for not including a usb input for 3 days and can't think of one.
Photos -This machine shows your photos magnificently (putting them on the ipad is impossible though)
Music - see above.
Websites -see above (getting the websites onto paper eg. printing, is impossible though)
AFAIK this isn't something that can be fixed via an OS upgrade. There will probably be a nice usb attachment available for $50 or so though.
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Maybe it's because Apple have always done this, left out key components the average plodder could see would be useful and then releasing them for extra dollars later?
How many times do they have to do it before you stop acting like a blind monkey and giving them "benefit of the doubt". I suspect they could release the iPad without a battery and make you buy it for extra and you'd still say "there must be a possible reason for their action".
Hint: RAPING CUSTOMER FOR PROFIT
Or maybe both?
Apple have published detailed specs so we have a really good idea of what the device is capable of. the lack of connectivity and multitasking really stand out. I can't think of many devices that can't multi-task. Also, for one of its major uses it is totally outclassed by other devices ie for ebooks the Kindle murders it.
For web surfing, it doesn't have FLASH, good luck visiting 75% of the web, your experience will be significantly effected. I visit a lot of sports sites and others, many would be almost useless without flash. ie CNN, News.com BBC, AFL, NFL, ESPN, NRL, etc etc
Maybe Apple wanted to announce it now to give developers the chance to design or modify their apps ahead of the release date. Since the iPad and iPhone share the same OS, and there's been leaks that the next iPhone OS upgrade will be a significant one, maybe Apple didn't want to give their competitors an early look at what's coming at the iPad launch.
what you are suggesting is really horrible business. you want to have people absolutely salivating if you release a new product. you promote it in its best possible light so there is no negativity if you can help it. compare what you are proposing to major console launches, done a yr or more in advance with specs and renders of what they think games will look like.
I'm not trying to be an Apple mouthpiece, I'm just not going to call them ******s without thinking about the possible reasons for their actions.
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If i was offered a device of that size for something like UPS/FedEx etc i would want
GPS in one window, delivery list in another window, delivery confirmation in a third window. possibly some sort of mail app I would also like voice comms
for a pickup run, pickup list, pickup confirm, the mail app for pickup notifications on the run as well and voice comms and GPS.
as it stands this device could do some of those things, serially, and other things it can't do at all. IT's running a 1Ghz processor, there is no technical reason it can't do more than one thing at a time unless it is literally the worst designed microprocessor ever.
as it stands the device is not particularly good at anything except being designed by Apple, there is no killer feature or even synergy of features atm. this may change in the future, but as displayed it is a piece of kit looking for a home that doesn't appear to exist.
add flash, multi-tasking, and better connectivity i will change my tune, until then, it's too limited.
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The sycophantic reviews begin: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/ipad-review-one-slick-device-20100129-n2h7.html
"Oh, I can imagine listening to music while I read a book, the letter on the page are so pretty"
Thanks for giving me no insight whatsoever into the device. If you can curl up on the couch with a piece of plate glass, you're one weird dude.
"Oh, I can imagine listening to music while I read a book, the letter on the page are so pretty"
Thanks for giving me no insight whatsoever into the device. If you can curl up on the couch with a piece of plate glass, you're one weird dude.
Just wondering why companies like Sony don't get this kind of outrage for so called "raping" their customers.
Some people just love sticking it to Apple, just like rental hippie activists always against any sort of development. blah. If you don't like it fine, but shut the hell up about it. Nobody cares!
Some people just love sticking it to Apple, just like rental hippie activists always against any sort of development. blah. If you don't like it fine, but shut the hell up about it. Nobody cares!
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Why does it have to be about Apple? The product is just shit, do you work for them or something?
But who bloody cares. There are thousands of shit products out there that no one jumps up and down like cave men complaining about, but as soon as Apple releases something everyone feels inclined to scream to the heavens over it. Get over it.
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If the iPad can't multitask - i assume she wont be able to read an iBook and listen to music at the same time.
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Many of said shit products get put out with very little fanfare or publicity as well.
Why did Steve Jobs feel he needed to have such a big press conference for what has turned out to be such an insignificant product? Because they want the publicity and hoo-ha. If they are putting themselves out there, they have to expect people to agree/disagree and voice their opinions about it.
All companies get shit thrown at them for all kinds of products being released. If they aren't up to scratch the majority will knock them down, if they exceed expectation then they will be applauded.
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We won't know if it is significant until they get in the hands of the user.
The product is out before many of the applications that will run on it, not unlike the iPhone.
I'm an Apple user and many of the criticisms levelled at the iPad are valid. I don't have a use for it and wouldn't buy one as it is currently configured. I'd get more use out of a Macbook Pro regardless of the price differential.
Just as Apple dominate the MP3 playing market, the iPad will be the market leader for e-books in very short order. The Kindle is essentially screwed. The basic iPad has been put at a pricepoint right next to the Kindle but with the ability to do much more. The uptake in Australia will be directly proportional to the ability to access e-books through iTunes.
Oh, and who manufactures the chip that runs this thing? Intel? AMD?
Nope. Apple.
Not a fan of touch screen keyboards, even when they are somewhat manageable like on the iPhone. With the size of the iPad it could be quite cumbersome to use a touch screen keyboard depending on how they choose to orientate the keys.
If I were to buy one of these sorts of devices, I'd probably wait for the Courier. It looks good.
http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet
If I were to buy one of these sorts of devices, I'd probably wait for the Courier. It looks good.
http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet