iPad problems appear to be mounting...

[Hmac]

The other-than-US people who want an iPad want it in large part because it's a shiny new electronic device. The real value of the iPad is entirely dependent on the content that it can access and that hasn't even been fully fleshed out in the US, let alone overseas.

IMHO the ultimate international success of the device won't be known until the content deals are fleshed out and that's going to be tough slogging, country-by-country, as Apple has to struggle with all those myriad contracts.

The novelty of playing with this new toy will wear off quickly if there's no content to validate it.

 

[GamecockMac]

The novelty of playing with this new toy will wear off quickly if there's no content to validate it.

Yeah, and given how slowly developers created content for the iPhone, there's no reason to believe that things will turn out any differently for the iPad either.

 

[Hmac]

Yeah, and given how slowly developers created content for the iPhone, there's no reason to believe that things will turn out any differently for the iPad either.

Yes. I think all those europeans who have their noses out of joint about iPad delays in Europe will, after they finally get theirs at the end of May, will play with it for awhile, then stop using it when they see they have no books, newspapers, magazine, streaming video etc to go with it. Hopefully Apple is hard at work putting those things together. In fact, maybe supply constraints are only part of the reason shipping is delayed. The worst press Apple could have on the device would be to have it labeled pointless.

 

[GamecockMac]

Yes. I think all those europeans who have their noses out of joint about iPad delays in Europe will, after they finally get theirs at the end of May, will play with it for awhile, then stop using it when they see they have no books, newspapers, magazine, streaming video etc to go with it. Hopefully Apple is hard at work putting those things together. In fact, maybe supply constraints are only part of the reason shipping is delayed. The worst press Apple could have on the device would be to have it labeled pointless.

Wow...ever heard of sarcasm?

Better yet, ever heard of the iTunes App Store?

Some people quite clearly don't get it, and some quite clearly never will.

 

[Hmac]

Wow...ever heard of sarcasm?

Better yet, ever heard of the iTunes App Store?

Some people quite clearly don't get it, and some quite clearly never will.

LOL. Some people don't quite get the purpose of the iPad yet. Don't feel bad.

 

[GamecockMac]

LOL. Some people don't quite get the purpose of the iPad yet. Don't feel bad.

Is that "I'm rubber, you're glue" comeback the best you can muster?

Yeah, I'm sure Apple never intended downloadable Apps from their iTunes Store to be a major component of the purpose of the iPad. You apparently believe that if media content is not immediately available for the device, that it will be a instant flop. Doubtful.

 

[fobfob]

Well first this poll is obviously really unscientific. But don't you think a 16% failure (or flakiness) rate on something as important and established as WiFi is concerning? Do 16% of MacBooks have problems with WiFi? I doubt it.

not again...

1. If it's unscientific, then shouldn't we stop right there? There is no point in analysing further data that is clearly statistically meaningless.

2. Forget 16%, how about the raw numbers. You have 10 people in total (8+2) reporting some sort of problem (yet to work/box of chocolates). That's 10 people. Considering that 500,000+ iPads have been sold, and that the chances are high that people with problems are likely to be active in forums with complaints, I think 10 is actually a remarkably low number of people with problems.

As with the iMac problems, I'm not saying they don't exist. I'm saying that these polls are completely worthless. Worse, they are misleading to people who don't understand and try to read some meaning into them.

 

[HiRez]

not again...

2. Forget 16%, how about the raw numbers. You have 10 people in total (8+2) reporting some sort of problem (yet to work/box of chocolates). That's 10 people. Considering that 500,000+ iPads have been sold, and that the chances are high that people with problems are likely to be active in forums with complaints, I think 10 is actually a remarkably low number of people with problems.

That's your response, seriously? The conclusion you take away from this is that 10 people out of 500,000 have WiFi problems? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read. You've never taken a statistics class, have you? Or any class?