Oh how i need an iPad. NOW.

[LaNex]

As the female OP, who is about 14 months into a nasty divorce, the last thing *I* want is a living, breathing, bedroom companion. I'd like to get rid of the one i have - any takers??

But hey, you guys enjoy yourself ok? LOL!

I could probably raise you on that one - I'm eighteen months into a third try of divorcing my errant husband who took a walk nearly eight years ago. Hang on there, it'll be worth it in the end. So I keep telling myself.

The iPad is JUST the sort of bedroom companion I want. ATM my macbook pro gets hooked up to an lcd tv for those bedroom media moments (sounds more fruity than it is, I assure you) but then you need a keyboard or some other means of controlling it, unless you want it on the bedside table, which takes up space, yadda yadda.
VGA and audio out from the iPad into the lcd and the stereo, with the iPad on the bedside table right next to me ? Assuming VGA out works with apps like Eyetv and Orb (would be nice, have no idea tho). Yes please !

 

[TantalizedMind]

I could use an iPad (wish it was called Apple Tablet or iSlate but who cares once you own one, lol) as I am still using a PMG5 and need something mobile but something bigger than an iPhone. I don't really have a lot of spare money and I am trying to switch jobs. I am getting tax money back.. but I really want a C.F exhaust for my Ninja this year. Maybe I'll have to wait for the iPad 3GS, Lol!!

 

[sushi]

Obviously you don't know what you are talking about. There is no way in the world you could want one because, as we are told daily by the angry negativrazzi, the iPad doesn't have Flash, doesn't have a camera, doesn't have a media slot, doesn't have OS X, and is well, just a big junky, overpriced iPod Touch that Apple is making way too much money on and totally screwing up the chances of world peace. As such its 99.9% impossible that anyone would find an iPad useful, desireable, or affordable. [/sarc]

Well said. LOL.

The iPad is looking better each day.

 

[Svenimator]

I Pad Pro

I always use my iPad Pro in the park, while walking the dog in my lunch break.

(http://www.page71.nl/blog/ipad_pro/)

 

[Night Spring]

I always use my iPad Pro in the park, while walking the dog in my lunch break.
(http://www.page71.nl/blog/ipad_pro/)

That is brilliant. The sad part is, I have actually tried to use my laptop that way. IS THE IPAD OUT YET!?

 

[applesupergeek]

I could probably raise you on that one - I'm eighteen months into a third try of divorcing my errant husband who took a walk nearly eight years ago. Hang on there, it'll be worth it in the end. So I keep telling myself.

Hang in there girls, some of us took 15 years to divorce Microsoft, and boy was it worth it.

That is why I hackintoshed a Mini 10v. =) I was sick of what the iPad
"can't" do.. I wanted something more than an over-glorified app store
and book store.
Now I have a reader, a full OS, a Webcam, Large hard drive, multitasking,
and the ability to run full programs.
Ipad is good... for light web browsing, and emailing, and watching some
videos (excluding flash), but that is pretty much it. Well the App and book
store. /spit.
If Apple was really smart, they would have made a full Apple Netpad or
Netbook... Macbook Mini? Or like a mini Air. Or just a tablet with OSX
and a webcam, I mean come on. Cut a deal and get a core2duo on it
and just have 10.6.2.. jeeze!

The iPad is hype.
Oh wow, I can pinch and squeeze my pictures and they are in stacks. Neat.
/Facepalm

Sorry, but this post gives me the chills. You were sick of what an unreleased device can't do?

And how is a miniscule screen with a keyboard a reader exactly. None of the readers in the market have keyboards, none of the laptops or netbooks in the market purport to be readers? Are you maybe deluding yourself a bit here?

It's all well and nice how you 've made your little os x set up in that hackintosh, although an air in itself would be far better in all respects but it's disingenuous to try to pass it off as something that it isn't while slagging off a device you 've not even used.

 

[4DThinker]

And how is a miniscule screen with a keyboard a reader exactly. None of the readers in the market have keyboards, none of the laptops or netbooks in the market purport to be readers? Are you maybe deluding yourself a bit here?

Kindles all have keyboards. Any Windows based netbook or laptop can download (for free) the Kindle desktop reader, as well as free e-pub reader software Mobipocket, or Microsoft reader. I'm confident there are other options as well. I haven't looked to see what is available for OS X, but will assume similar apps are available.

 

[drummerlondonw3]

to be honest I get a lot of pdfs to read through and I have a sony prs 505 but the pdf support isn't quite there.

the ipad for me will be a huge asset to read like this, save a fortune on paper/ink

 

[RazHyena]

In this thread: People who hate Flash but love .pdf.

 

[SteveSparks]

I always use my iPad Pro in the park, while walking the dog in my lunch break.

(http://www.page71.nl/blog/ipad_pro/)

That is very funny!

 

[TraceyS/FL]

I could probably raise you on that one - I'm eighteen months into a third try of divorcing my errant husband who took a walk nearly eight years ago. Hang on there, it'll be worth it in the end. So I keep telling myself.

UGH.

I can't get mine out of the house until the judge orders it.... joy.

At least i'm not alone in thinking it will be the perfect bedroom companion! LOL!!

 

[Durious]

UGH.

I can't get mine out of the house until the judge orders it.... joy.

ICK! that's the worst.

 

[Vesuvio Cat]

Well, by the looks of this thread the iPad certainly has found a niche to fill. Cheers to Jobs and Co. for making another product we never knew we needed but won't be able to live without!

 

[LaNex]

UGH.

I can't get mine out of the house until the judge orders it.... joy.

At least i'm not alone in thinking it will be the perfect bedroom companion! LOL!!

Jeez, that must suck big style. At least mine is many, many miles away.

The more I think about the iPad, the more I find myself discovering more potential uses for it. The problem is I can see me wanting more than one of the little beasts now (oh how my credit card is trembling at the thought) - one to carry around and be the bedroom companion, and one for the kitchen on some sort of dock with speakers for watching streamed tv (thanks to Eyetv) or listening to music when I'm cooking. I don't have space in the kitchen for a "proper" tv.

A theoretical kitchen iPad would need to live in some sort of greaseproof case though (I believe there is a waterproof one announced by someone already, wonder how that works for audio ? - probably it doesn't ) as I cannot cook without making sticky finger prints over everything I touch. And there's only so much even an oleophobic (sp?) surface can repel !

 

[anthonymoody]

I've found that I could be using one since the day it was announced. My greatest fear is that when the wifi model is available I'll succumb to temptation and not wait for the 3G model

So funny. I'm definitely getting the 64GB + 3G to use as my primary computer, but have been sort of talking myself into also getting the $499 model to "have around the house" separate from my main deal

 

[4DThinker]

The problem is I can see me wanting more than one of the little beasts now (oh how my credit card is trembling at the thought) - one to carry around and be the bedroom companion, and one for the kitchen on some sort of dock with speakers for watching streamed tv (thanks to Eyetv) or listening to music when I'm cooking. I don't have space in the kitchen for a "proper" tv.

A theoretical kitchen iPad would need to live in some sort of greaseproof case though (I believe there is a waterproof one announced by someone already, wonder how that works for audio ? - probably it doesn't ) as I cannot cook without making sticky finger prints over everything I touch. And there's only so much even an oleophobic (sp?) surface can repel !

You might want to consider the Touchbook. Comes with magnets to stick it to your refrigerator. Should stick to any metal faced appliance as easily.

 

[LaNex]

You might want to consider the Touchbook. Comes with magnets to stick it to your refrigerator. Should stick to any metal faced appliance as easily.

That looks like a nice bit of kit (I like the magnets idea, it would stick to the front of the heating boiler) but there's one major problem for me from what I can tell from the site-

It doesn't have a built in screen reader like the iPad (VoiceOver), which I need on and off (depending on how close I can be to the device) and my fiance needs all the time (totally blind). And anything linux based has been, in my experience, an utter pig to get a screen reader running on even without the touch screen aspect, and when you do it isn't compatible with anything you might want to use it with.

I'm imagining magnet based mounting solutions for the iPad though.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

I still need it...

Last night I forgot to print the outline for my 10 minute talk. I could have nicely sat the iPad on the podium and looked like i had planned it that way...