Poll: Ipad
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That joke is old and not funny at all.Dr. wonderful said:
OT: No, I'm not getting it. I'd much rather get a Blackberry.
Oooh struck a nerve.AndyFromMonday said:
It's wasn't meant to be a joke...It was meant to annoy people...It's seems I did a job well done.
fix-the-spade said:
First off, I don't want one.
Second, I would bet good money that beyond absolute hardware limitations, there will be apps that do almost anything you want it to. I have a remote console for my laptop on my iPod touch. It works as a touch screen for my PC basically. Once you jailbreak, you can get things for it, I think a flash program is coming out soon on the cydia scene.
But yeah, it's still overpriced. Its memory sucks and the multitasking will probably be very limited, because they underclock their processors for some bullshit reason. But the functionality within those minimal constraints will be virtually endless, because their popularity will inspire many things for other people and products through their official, and unofficial jailbroken app stores. It's a necessary evil for progress, purely in the touch screen programming market, not saying those overpriced monstrosities they call macs are worth even half the sticker price.
I know I'm not. I've already got an iPhone; why would I want one that I can't even fit in my pocket?sirdanrhodes said:
£350 twice the price of an Ipod touch with... uh... exactly the same functions and nothing more than an Ipod touch. If I want an Ipod touch I will buy an Ipod Touch if I want something that can do the exact same as an Ipod Touch but with the issue of not being able to fit it in my pocket them I will buy a netbook and install Itunes. The Ipad is literally a device with no market, well not unless gullible Apple morons can really be considered a market.
hell no i'm not buying apple's crap. never have, never will.
i just want stuff that works, not the most advanced, thin, expensive POS on the market.
though i'd liek to meet the 4 people who haven't heard of the ipad.
i'm curious if they're time travellers from the past..
i just want stuff that works, not the most advanced, thin, expensive POS on the market.
though i'd liek to meet the 4 people who haven't heard of the ipad.
i'm curious if they're time travellers from the past..
I have the ipod TOUCH and all i really need it for is to have music to listen to on long trips and when i'm riding the bus and don't wanna hear the people talking and words.
In my mind, the most appealing feature of the iPad is that it isn't a notebook or tablet PC replacement. Rather than running a fully-featured OS, it has a UI that takes advantage of the strengths of a touch/gesture input scheme. The lack of Flash support and multitasking are disappointing, and the perennially restrictive app store is annoying, but the iPad still fills a certain niche.
As a device for consuming content (reading, browsing, watching video) and managing email, IM, and social networking, it seems to make a lot of sense. It doesn't suffer from the low resolution of most netbooks which makes browsing a nuisance, early reviews agree that it has a fantastic screen and good battery life, and the larger form factor than an iPhone/iTouch open a lot of doors for innovative and useful apps. Whether the iPad (or similar tablets) can gain the market penetration and developer support needed to realize this potential remains to be seen, but I could see myself buying such a device to replace my netbook a year or so down the line.
As a device for consuming content (reading, browsing, watching video) and managing email, IM, and social networking, it seems to make a lot of sense. It doesn't suffer from the low resolution of most netbooks which makes browsing a nuisance, early reviews agree that it has a fantastic screen and good battery life, and the larger form factor than an iPhone/iTouch open a lot of doors for innovative and useful apps. Whether the iPad (or similar tablets) can gain the market penetration and developer support needed to realize this potential remains to be seen, but I could see myself buying such a device to replace my netbook a year or so down the line.
The iPad uses an SoC (system on a chip) combining an ARM CPU and a PowerVR GPU. Not only is this not an Intel Atom, comparing the two isn't particularly meaningful. The PowerVR GPU is also pretty capable.Ph33nix said:
The Ipad is just a super-sized Iphone... And can we please get out of the touch screen era please?