#4465002 - 01/27/10 02:29 PM
Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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http://www.apple.com/ipad/
Can't wait to see every other person rocking one of these things. Looks like an oversized iPhone/iPod touch, functionality remains to be seen (no USB?). But at that price point, Apple will be laughing all the way to the bank.
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#4465069 - 01/27/10 02:45 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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it;s the new 80s boombox
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#4465381 - 01/27/10 03:53 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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#4465455 - 01/27/10 04:16 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFNQE_TzQNI
ROFL
I was literally falling off my chair.
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#4465680 - 01/27/10 05:29 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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#4467543 - 01/28/10 10:02 AM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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At it's price point, it's actually not bad. If people are willing to pay a couple hundred bucks for an iphone, paying a little more gets them an iphone with a big screen. It's not as portable, but it'll give you a much larger viewing surface for pictures, videos, games, web surfing, etc. If you expect it to be anything more than that, then you shouldn't be expecting it at this price point.
For the record, I don't own any apple products, and I won't get this. I used to have a shuffle, but that was because it was free. Then it broke. I'm not a huge apple fan, but I do like their marketing. They know their target and they manipulate the shit out of them. It's brilliant.
I guess it's not much different than getting kids to watch MTV shows. :P
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#4467615 - 01/28/10 10:21 AM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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but I do like their marketing. They know their target and they manipulate the shit out of them. It's brilliant.
I guess it's not much different than getting kids to watch MTV shows. :P
This.
Just brilliant.
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#4469025 - 01/28/10 04:31 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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Apple's iPad event: What we didn't get
By Ben Patterson
.Apple's just-announced iPad looks like an iPhone on steroids, and it boasts a price tag that's a lot lower than people feared. But many of the enticing rumors about Apple's new tablet - such as chatter about a built-in camera, monthly TV subscriptions, and support for other 3G networks - turned out to be dead wrong.
You can check out the details on the new iPad right here, and don't get me wrong: judged on its own, away from all the gargantuan hype, and considering its $499 price tag (for the 16GB model), Apple's new tablet is certainly one sexy piece of gadgetry.
That said, some of the coolest would-be features that had been rumored for the iPad failed to materialize Wednesday, starting with ...
No 3G support for Verizon
One of the earliest rumors about the iPad (which I'd still rather call the iTablet) was that it would come with embedded 3G support in addition to Wi-Fi. Well, the 3G part was true (monthly pre-paid plans will start at $14 for 250MB of data, or $29/month unlimited), but alas, no Verizon; instead, Americans are stuck with good 'ole AT&T. No word yet on a Canadian provider.
No jaw-droppingly new user interface
One of the most amazing things about the original iPhone was its ground-breaking touch interface; just pinch to zoom into a web pagem, tap to turn on the speakerphone, swipe to flip through your photos. So maybe it was only natural that many of us gadget hounds thought that Apple would come up with some new, "Minority Report"-style interface for the iPad. Perhaps some cool haptic feedback for the virtual QWERTY keypad, or maybe the ability to sense a finger that's hovering near the screen but not touching it. What we got, instead, was pretty much the same touch UI as on the iPhone, except with a lot more room. Not bad, but not all that revolutionary, either.
No built-in camera
The iPhone has a camera, the MacBook has a camera, even the new iPod Nano has a video camera. But the iPad doesn't, and that's especially disappointing given the chatter from the Wall Street Journal that Apple has been toying with facial-recognition software that could potentially be used to identify the various members of your family and deliver their own customized iPad interface.
No Flash support
When, oh when, Apple, will you let us view Flash videos and web modules on the mobile version of Safari? Who knows, but it's definitely not starting with the iPad, which is just as bereft of Flash support as the iPhone and iPod Touch are.
No user-replaceable battery
Steve Jobs claims that the iPad will come with an impressive 10 hours of battery life and a full month of stand-by time. Pretty cool, but as with the iPhone, the iPod Touch, and the latest MacBooks, the iPad battery comes sealed in the case, and there's no way to swap in a new one yourself.
No TV subscriptions
One of the more intriguing recent rumors was that Apple was going around to all the TV and cable networks, trying to sell them on the idea of monthly TV subscriptions that viewers would be able to watch on iTunes, the iPhone, Apple TV, or the iPad. Word even had it that Disney's Bob Iger was in San Francisco today, all set to announce a new content deal with Apple, but it didn't happen. The writing for this non-event was on the wall, thanks to a recent New York Times story that reported that TV execs looked over Apple's subscription proposals and said "thanks, but no thanks."
No iPhone software 4.0 announcement
Yet another interesting rumor had it that the reason that there hadn't been a big iPhone software update lately was that the new code was too intertwined with the iPad OS, and therefore we'd get a big announcement today for iPhone software 4.0 -complete with full-on app multitasking, UI enhancements, and other goodies. The rumor sure sounded plausible, but the Apple event came and went with nary a sign of iPhone software 4.0.
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#10439512 - 06/06/23 05:07 PM
Re: Next new fad? Say hello to the iPad
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flippin retarded. i see this as another way for apple to make money (can i really blame them?) soon you'll see a bunch of dorks showing eachother the latest app that has a level on their ipad! or a lighter! useful shit yo.  watch the updated version come out in a couple of months, the ipad w/ wings.
100%. It's a product nobody wants. Just like this Apple Vision thing.
/remindme in 8 years
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