Apple Unveils the iPad

garyinhere · Jan 28, 2010

3g confusion???

Is it gonna be like buy a 2 yr contract 3g? Or, is 3g now an available feature, and if it is why not wait till they put it in a iTouch?

kyle2020 · Jan 28, 2010

Bit of a let down if you ask me. Bet it sells like hot cakes mind, purely for the brand, which is a shame.

Triprift · Jan 28, 2010

kyle2020 said:
Bit of a let down if you ask me. Bet it sells like hot cakes mind, purely for the brand, which is a shame.

Untill the other manufacturer improve the marketing and improve there own products apple will outsell. Just look at the Razor V3 wasnt great spec but was stylish and was marketed brilliantly. Dont blame Apple when its the others that need to lift there game.

kyle2020 · Jan 28, 2010

Im not blaming apple, just blaming brand loyalty and the fact that the majority of customers to apple buy because everyone else has one - Ive gone for a Nokia 5530 Xpress music, its twice as good as the regular iPhone yet costs a quarter of the price, but almost everyone has an iPhone.

pantherx12 · Jan 28, 2010

Triprift said:
Untill the other manufacturer improve the marketing and improve there own products apple will outsell. Just look at the Razor V3 wasnt great spec but was stylish and was marketed brilliantly. Dont blame Apple when its the others that need to lift there game.

I blame stupid people not Apple, anyone else do the same?

Personally I like whipping out my small brand mp4 player ( Rei-16 by Pasen) knowing it costs a fraction of what an ipod does and still does plenty, not comparable to i-pod touch but say compared to a nano etc its a bargain!

Nice 3" MVA screen, expandable memory ( up to 32gb ) and seamless integration of onboard memory and memory cards.

Love it

Only hiccup it has is the random feature, its nigh on useless :laugh:

favours certain songs/artists, I do prefer the shuffle system ipods have.

Triprift · Jan 28, 2010

Believe me all Apple needs is one bad product and they will go down ppl will use it spread the word its bad and that will be that. Bad news travels quicker than good news and its all debateable about player quality.

simlariver · Jan 28, 2010

Triprift said:
Believe me all Apple needs is one bad product and they will go down ppl will use it spread the word its bad and that will be that. Bad news travels quicker than good news and its all debateable about player quality.

apple TV, Newton, etc ... Look here

Completely Bonkers · Jan 28, 2010

iPad. IMO brilliant idea weakly executed.

Missing:

inbuild webcam to make an truly great video skype device

Poor resolution to make a great e-book reader

Dongle for SD card makes getting data off SD card a PITB

Dongle for USB are they kidding? With one or two REAL USB sockets, the possibilities of this device would have been endless, from Psion Textronic type devices to Handheld scanners to GPS electronic maps to Music/MIDI device to iPhone/iPod docking station to... the list of missed opportunities is endless

No video/HDMI input to make this attractive as also a display device

No dual out headphones remember the first SONY walkmans? Two headphone outs to "share" the fun. This could have made a great "video-walkman".

16GB base model is just silly. It will cripple the expandability/creativity of the device OS/software suit due to compatibility with this bottom-end model.

Where is the pen input and handwriting technology to make this thing useful as a notepad? Please dont tell me I need to work a virtual keyboard

Potential. Lot's of it. But iPad 1.0 is really a iPod for SPECIAL NEEDS (Politically correct term for the blind or handicapped).

Perhaps iPad 2.0 will be worth looking at. Keep me posted.

Triprift · Jan 28, 2010

Were all individuals if one person thinks its crap another person will love it.

Kitkat · Jan 28, 2010

Completely Bonkers said:
iPad. IMO brilliant idea weakly executed.

Missing:

inbuild webcam to make an truly great video skype device

Poor resolution to make a great e-book reader

Dongle for SD card makes getting data off SD card a PITB

Dongle for USB are they kidding? With one or two REAL USB sockets, the possibilities of this device would have been endless, from Psion Textronic type devices to Handheld scanners to GPS electronic maps to Music/MIDI device to iPhone/iPod docking station to... the list of missed opportunities is endless

No video/HDMI input to make this attractive as also a display device

No dual out headphones remember the first SONY walkmans? Two headphone outs to "share" the fun. This could have made a great "video-walkman".

16GB base model is just silly. It will cripple the expandability/creativity of the device OS/software suit due to compatibility with this bottom-end model.

Where is the pen input and handwriting technology to make this thing useful as a notepad? Please dont tell me I need to work a virtual keyboard

Potential. Lot's of it. But iPad 1.0 is really a iPod for SPECIAL NEEDS (Politically correct term for the blind or handicapped).

Perhaps iPad 2.0 will be worth looking at. Keep me posted.

You forgot .. its already out, and that version fits in your pocket.

OneCool · Jan 28, 2010

I bet they sell millions of them and every F'n Mac freak will swear the the best thing since toilet paper.

Not to mention the countess STUPID F'n AT&T commercials!!!

Shoot me now!!! :banghead:

16gb of storage for $500? WTF!!!!!

Triprift · Jan 28, 2010

I reckon the flogged the name from this clip :roll:

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jan 28, 2010

Meh. I will go play with one at the Apple Store, when they come out, if I like it, I'll wait a year or two and grab a used one.

DarkEgo said:
Italian iPod? Hey franko get me that f**kin iPad, capiche?

QFTW!

OneCool said:
I bet they sell millions of them and every F'n Mac freak will swear the the best thing since toilet paper.

Not to mention the countess STUPID F'n AT&T commercials!!!

Shoot me now!!!

16gb of storage for $500? WTF!!!!!

It's Apple that par for the course, meter out the technology to keep people upgrading.

Kreij · Jan 28, 2010

I think that a lot of you all are not looking at this with the right perspective.
Apple comes up with something new (whether it is revolutionary or just evolutionary is best left to the pundits) and apple afficianados snarf it up.
Six months later, someone clones it's functionality for 1/3 the price and adds features.
One year later, everything is blown open and the companies making new units release it for 1/10 the price with performance that rivals a dual core proc.

We all win. (except for the people who bought this at launch)

[H]@RD5TUFF · Jan 28, 2010

Kreij said:
I think that a lot of you all are not looking at this with the right perspective.
Apple comes up with something new (whether it is revolutionary or just evolutionary is best left to the pundits) and apple afficianados snarf it up.
Six months later, someone clones it's functionality for 1/3 the price and adds features.
One year later, everything is blown open and the companies making new units release it for 1/10 the price with performance that rivals a dual core proc.

We all win. (except for the people who bought this at launch)

I agree. Now we just need Microsoft to start working on a retort to this.

Conti027 · Jan 28, 2010

is this really news?
I'll wait till next years if I have the extra cash and its improved but by then there will be a better PC ver.

laszlo · Jan 28, 2010

i have no pro/contra opinion about this gadget as i don't need it;it looks nice but what's the real purpose of it?

my opinion= a new toy to spend money on it

Completely Bonkers · Jan 28, 2010

either this thing is massively bigger than 9.7" diagonal, OR, Jobs is a dwarf.

from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8483654.stm

Perhaps this explains why Jobs always stands on the podium alone.

z1tu · Jan 28, 2010

hey look on the bright side, this can be used as a giant novelty Iphone :laugh:

pantherx12 · Jan 28, 2010

Kreij said:
I think that a lot of you all are not looking at this with the right perspective.
Apple comes up with something new (whether it is revolutionary or just evolutionary is best left to the pundits) and apple afficianados snarf it up.
Six months later, someone clones it's functionality for 1/3 the price and adds features.
One year later, everything is blown open and the companies making new units release it for 1/10 the price with performance that rivals a dual core proc.

We all win. (except for the people who bought this at launch)

But tablets have been out for years and years and years.

Cheap MIDS haev existed for years and years too.

This is old as shit as the expression goes :laugh:

El Fiendo · Jan 28, 2010

z1tu said:
hey look on the bright side, this can be used as a giant novelty Iphone

I kind of want to get one just so I can walk around places and pretend it is my iPhone. Pretend to get a call, answer and hold it your head and the like. It'd probably be the most expensive novelty thing I ever spent money on, but whatever.

pantherx12 · Jan 28, 2010

El Fiendo said:
I kind of want to get one just so I can walk around places and pretend it is my iPhone. Pretend to get a call, answer and hold it your head and the like. It'd probably be the most expensive novelty thing I ever spent money on, but whatever.

Bah I went on youtube to find a clip from "Trigger happy tv" would of been great to post here :laugh:

Guy answers giant phone in public places, but due to the size of the phone shouts at the top of his lungs.

" HELLLO!????, HELLLO!? NAAAA I'M ON MY MOBILE! WHAT? NO I SAID I'M ON MY MOBILE! ...... I'M AT THE LIBRARY, THE LIBRARY!!!! HMM? NAAAA ITS SHIT!" :laugh:

TheMailMan78 · Jan 28, 2010

I just bought 6 of them!

Triprift · Jan 28, 2010

garyinhere said:
Is it gonna be like buy a 2 yr contract 3g? Or, is 3g now an available feature, and if it is why not wait till they put it in a iTouch?

From what i understand the March release will be wifi only and 3G HSDPA ones in june.

audiotranceable · Jan 28, 2010

hmm the iPad eh. New protection for women :rockout:

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