What the hell is the big deal? you need to have an additional computer to actually use it. It has a puny 64 gb hard drive at a cost of $700 for the wifi only and $829 for the 3g one. It has a crappy intel atom processor and no real gpu to speak off. Right now I am running a laptop i bought for $800 that can run 90% of games out there. Also the Ipad os is literally the same as the iphones. SO i just don;t get why anyone would want it. could someone explain this to me, what makes it the quote "god device" as apple is trying to tell me
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The only reason I would ever consider an iPad is because I am looking for an eBook reader, and as far as I can tell the iPad has a larger screen that most readers on the market.
On the other hand I could buy 2 eBook readers for the price of the most basic iPad model, so there is no real advantage to the iPad for me.
On the other hand I could buy 2 eBook readers for the price of the most basic iPad model, so there is no real advantage to the iPad for me.
Do I want one? I would take it if it was given to me, certainly, but I don't think I would buy it. I could say the same about a lot of stuff I want though, so I suppose I want ibe.
I have nooo intention of getting an iPad.
It feels like its too much smart phone and too little laptop...
Maybe in a generation or two, once the things been improved performance/features/price wise.
It feels like its too much smart phone and too little laptop...
Maybe in a generation or two, once the things been improved performance/features/price wise.
O.K. i'll play the defense attorney.
The i-pad operating system is indeed based heavily of the i-phone, however many modifications have been made to fit the new device. on the issue of price, the I-Pad is an innovative piece of technology that hasn't been done before, and the price is much lower than i, or major industry analysts had assumed. I personally am going to get a 3-g model even with the 30$ a month charge. because on the i-phone it's usually 80-100 a month. so i'll take my i-pad and my net-ten pay as you go cell phone. Also i see great gaming potential for the i-pad. Now, now, put your stones away and listen. The main problem with any real games on the i-phone was that the screen was too small. a lot relied solely on the accelerometer and i can see why: as soon as you put a button on the screen, pressing that button makes your finger take up half the screen now i know about those stupid fps controls that everyone went with that i couldn't stand but i can easily see them improved with more room to work. Also on a side note, at this point i am really sick of people who "don't ever buy apple products" without a good reason. The whole mac vs pc thing is engulfing the world and sometimes i fell like a lone soldier in the middle of the battlefield crying "Who Cares?!"
alright my opening statement has come to a close
The i-pad operating system is indeed based heavily of the i-phone, however many modifications have been made to fit the new device. on the issue of price, the I-Pad is an innovative piece of technology that hasn't been done before, and the price is much lower than i, or major industry analysts had assumed. I personally am going to get a 3-g model even with the 30$ a month charge. because on the i-phone it's usually 80-100 a month. so i'll take my i-pad and my net-ten pay as you go cell phone. Also i see great gaming potential for the i-pad. Now, now, put your stones away and listen. The main problem with any real games on the i-phone was that the screen was too small. a lot relied solely on the accelerometer and i can see why: as soon as you put a button on the screen, pressing that button makes your finger take up half the screen now i know about those stupid fps controls that everyone went with that i couldn't stand but i can easily see them improved with more room to work. Also on a side note, at this point i am really sick of people who "don't ever buy apple products" without a good reason. The whole mac vs pc thing is engulfing the world and sometimes i fell like a lone soldier in the middle of the battlefield crying "Who Cares?!"
alright my opening statement has come to a close
ok you made a some good points but I think the Ipad has been done before for about the same amount. I'm not an "I don;t Buy apple products" I own an ipod, i have owned 2 macs, I own Pcs primarily, but back on topic You can get a tablet Laptop for about the same amount that can view all web video codexes and has a cd drive and can run games with a mouse.rileyrulesu said:
Its an over priced, over hyped Tablet PC. I have a Toshiba Tablet it does exactly the same thing but cheaper and can run windows so no i'm never getting one.
Looks like apple is releasing another not very thought out piece of shit, only selling because of the fact that it's made by Apple
Because Steve Jobs will have men in China tortured to death if you don't buy one.Ph33nix said:
It's just a cheap tablet PC with poor software, no stylus, no pressure sensitivity and extremely limited connectivity.
It could have done hundreds of things I wanted, like being a plug in touch screen for a PC, undercutting similar systems from Wacom by about £500. But it's not, it's an iPhone missing some important features and gaining nothing but screen size.
It'll sell because people are stupid and listen to the adverts/hype/hipsters without finding out for themselves. Just like every other Mac product (except the professional workstation Macs, they're pretty damn good actually).
I wouldn't buy one but it still looks pretty cool,sort of like a holo-clipboard out of some science fiction movie.
And now: More mindless Apple bashing like a bunch of lemmings! (which is apparently ok despite the fact it would get you banned if it was any other product* by any other company!)
*7th gen consoles cough cough
And now: More mindless Apple bashing like a bunch of lemmings! (which is apparently ok despite the fact it would get you banned if it was any other product* by any other company!)
*7th gen consoles cough cough
The way i see it, it's an e-reader on steroids. Don't really care about it much myself, but shouldn't we wait until it's actually released into the wild before we start criticising it? I mean, you never know. It might actually surprise you. Then again, it might be the dumbest thing Apple ever do, but i'm waiting to get a chance to rough one up myself before i pass judgement.
An Iphone can do everything it can AND is cheaper AND is 10X smaller AND can make calls (that last one was a guess but if the Ipad CAN make calls that would mean phones....are getting BIGGER)
It looks cool, but it seems like they didn't really think it through.
You can use internet, but you can't use Flash or Java.
You can use it to do a lot of things you can do an a normal laptop, but you can't multitask.
You can watch pictures and movies, but it has no camera.
And so on.
It's certainly not a bad product, but it feels too incomplete to seriously consider buying at this point, and at the current price. I've got a good laptop and I see no real benefit the iPad has over what I already have. I'm 99% sure that they left out some of those features on purpose so they can sell an 'upgraded' version later on. I'd rather wait for that upgrade than be suckered into buying an inferior product right now.
You can use internet, but you can't use Flash or Java.
You can use it to do a lot of things you can do an a normal laptop, but you can't multitask.
You can watch pictures and movies, but it has no camera.
And so on.
It's certainly not a bad product, but it feels too incomplete to seriously consider buying at this point, and at the current price. I've got a good laptop and I see no real benefit the iPad has over what I already have. I'm 99% sure that they left out some of those features on purpose so they can sell an 'upgraded' version later on. I'd rather wait for that upgrade than be suckered into buying an inferior product right now.