One thing that seems pretty consistent in everything I've read is that you really can't appreciate the iPad until you've held it and used it. I've seen MANY people who were at the event say this. It does kind of make sense. It's easy to point out what we perceive are flaws (I really wanted a webcam), but until I get a chance to actually see it, I'm going to reserve judgement a little.
I got a Kindle for Christmas and returned it in anticipation of the iPad. So I pretty much had $300 (when you count the leather case for the Kindle) set aside for this. In the short time I used the Kindle, I liked it overall. A pretty good experience for purchasing and reading books, although my opinion is that the e-ink screen is overrated. The Kindle sucks though at newspapers and magazines. The way I look at it, the iPad should be able to at least match the Kindle on reading books. Again, this is because I think the Kindle's screen is vastly overrated. However, the iPad should be leaps and bounds ahead of the Kindle and everyone else when it comes to newspapers and magazines. Throw in the fact that you can browse the web and all of the other features, it seems worth the extra $200 when I think about it. |
I didn't read this whole thread, so if this is reposted info, sorry.
But Pretty much this thing will be a nice piece of overpriced FAIL!!! http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-...+gizmodo/full+ Quote:
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Have you seen this amazing technology for allowing to take books with you? It's easy to carry, light, and you can read pretty much whenever you feel like! It's called a paperback.
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On the subject of e-books... Browsing the App Store last night on my Touch, found a now-free app called "Classics", which puts 23 classic books in your iPod Touch or iPhone:
Call Of The Wild The Art of War The Iliad The Odyssey The Wizard of Oz Frankenstein The Count of Monte Cristo Treasure Island Dracula Pride and Prejudice Flatland Gulliver's Travels A Christmas Carol The Metamorphosis Hound Of The Baskervilles The Time Machine Huck Finn The Jungle Book 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Paradise Lost Robinson Crusoe Alice in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass You tap the book on the shelf, then flip the pages with your finger. If you close the book, it puts a bookmark in place. |
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It has multitasking. Just only Apple-approved multitasking, which, I think 4.0 software will change. Or one can hope. Quote:
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*sigh* What in the holy hell is apple approved multitasking? You can only use itunes and safari at once? I'm sorry man, but BS. Pay out the ass for limited options. No Thanks. |
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Pay out the ass? Seriously? Apple shocked everyone by releasing it at $499. Apple hatas gonna hate, I guess. |
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So you're saying that its ok to only let apple apps multi task. Cool. and you're syaing that this thing will cost less than an iphone. Cool Apple, fanboi's will be fanbois i guess. |
Apple doesn’t want to sell devices that can do everything; they want to find the best form factor to consume some types of digital content, and then focus on them. If you look at it, you can do pretty much everything on your personal computer; by that philosophy, you don’t need anything else besides a laptop. And yet, you’ve now got smartphones and e-readers selling very well. Could it be that one powerful device is not as good as several less powerful, but more focused ones?
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if that 9" asus was out right now and i could get some concrete info i would definitely look at it. I mean the asus is gonna have Wifi/3G and a upgrade memory slot and a full touch screen for $400? cheaper than the DX and with more features gets my attention. |
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If what IJH is saying is true, it's better than no multitasking, but honestly... "Thow shalt only use Mac software." Is a pretty big hit to the device. Then again, Mac people might think this is great since Mac software is the greatest in the universe ever. :( They could have knocked it out of the park with this device and completely taken over the tablet market instead, its a larger version of an iTouch. BFD. |
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