Ok, I'm done, it's just not for me. As for your other statements, the "general public" would love an Apple netbook and it's Apple who is out of touch with their own customers. As for sales, we got the talking part done....only time will tell. The iPad is nothing more than a great replacement for a Kindle, not a netbook, leaving that gaping hole in their product line unfilled.
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Ok, I'm done, it's just not for me. As for your other statements, the "general public" would love an Apple netbook and it's Apple who is out of touch with their own customers. As for sales, we got the talking part done....only time will tell. The iPad is nothing more than a great replacement for a Kindle, not a netbook, leaving that gaping hole in their product line unfilled.
Lol what a joke this post is. You proclaim that the majority of people will be fine with this as their only pc. Well news flash, apple doesn't make pcs. Second, this device needs to be synced with a real os version of iTunes.
You also claim it has all of iPhones strenghts. Well then where's the camera?
You are mistaken in that this was supposed to destroy laptops. If anything it was supposed to compete with netbooks not laptops and it fails at doing that. No multitasking. No flash, and without flash how can apple begin to claim it delivers the best web experience. While some say flash is on it's way out and the future is html5, the reality is flash is a big part of a majority of sites.
Your post leads me to believe you are a minor who has no idea what theyre talking about. You are very out of touch with reality.
The product was not meant to replace desktops or laptops. There is no way it will destroy the mac line with a full OS.
You also claim it has all of iPhones strenghts. Well then where's the camera?
You are mistaken in that this was supposed to destroy laptops. If anything it was supposed to compete with netbooks not laptops and it fails at doing that. No multitasking. No flash, and without flash how can apple begin to claim it delivers the best web experience. While some say flash is on it's way out and the future is html5, the reality is flash is a big part of a majority of sites.
Your post leads me to believe you are a minor who has no idea what theyre talking about. You are very out of touch with reality.
The product was not meant to replace desktops or laptops. There is no way it will destroy the mac line with a full OS.
An important message: Opinions, we all have them.
Anyway on a serious note, all the members here should not create a bitch-fest over what they don't like about the Tablet but rather, come to terms with Apple's latest creation and accept what it is and stop ****ing trolling. ( Not refering to anybody in this thread. )
Youre right, it is fine having your own opinions but it's not fine being completely naive and enuducatef on the subject and then proclaim absurd views.
This clown also thinks only "tech people" know how to type. LOL!!!!!!
I'm 20 and we started learning how to type in second grade. That was back in 97. I don't see how, over a decade later, only "tech" people know how to type.
This clown also thinks only "tech people" know how to type. LOL!!!!!!
I'm 20 and we started learning how to type in second grade. That was back in 97. I don't see how, over a decade later, only "tech" people know how to type.
How is it not a computer?
The iPhone is a computer.....
A microwave has a computer in it...so do McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
Yeah, 90% of people are online...too bad the iPad doesn't support Flash. How many sites use Flash? A ton. Thousands. How much multimedia is on Flash? A ton. Thousands. How many games are developed with Flash? Thousands. I shouldn't have to "scale down" the sites I visit because I'm on an iPad.
No Flash? Deal breaker.
Adobe have a solution + it looks like Firefox iPad will have it built in. So never give up hope huh!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012704222.html
A microwave has a computer in it...so do McDonald's Happy Meal toys.
computer |kəmˈpyoōtər|
noun
an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
I'm pretty sure the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad all do these things. They may be restricted in terms of their abilities, but they are computers nonetheless.
So you're telling me that Apple doesn't make personal computers? As far as the rest of your post, man, it must suck having no vision or creativity. How does it feel not having a mind of your own?
If you had any foresight at all, you would realize that mice/trackpads and even physical keyboards are horribly antiquated as input devices. The future is direct manipulation using your fingers and it offers a far better computing experience than any laptop available today at any price.
The iPad Rev A is only a step towards the future. Apple (and other companies) will continue to innovate and perfect this technology. If you can't see how incredible and innovative this is, if you can't see beyond no flash, no multi-tasking, you are blind.
And they can all be different as long as they are the same as Steve Jobs
First off... LOL that nearly sent my Mt. Dew out my nose lol good stuff.
I had to watch that video over and thinking about what you stated makes me ssee it in an entirely different light. Kudo's for laugh.
LOL... man you have some serious issues with Flash huh? I think this maybe the most repeated statement across all forums I've ever seen. Pretty sure we all know your pissed it doesn't have Flash lol. Thank god your computer has copy/paste or you would be a busy boy typing this over and over and over and over...
Look at how Apple and Jobs has been advertising this:
Apple: "Our most advanced technology..."
Steve Jobs: "the most important thing I've ever done"
If I'm completely naive and "enuducatef", I guess Apple and Jobs is too.
Yes, you are 20 and ignorant enough not to realize that older people didn't learn to type in school and they are still the majority. The world doesn't revolve around you and your 20-year-old just-past-puberty world.
I think the biggest thing holding the iPad back is that you can't multi task on it. I understand it's not meant to be a computer the way laptops and desktops are, but I want it to be. The other area I can really see this taking off is with college text books. My God, if I could carry all my books on this iPad I would be the happiest kid on earth. Oh wait...
News flash:
Apple does make PCs. Every computer that they sell to the public is a PC since a PC is a personal computer.
"nobody wants to use a mouse or a trackpad"
i stopped reading right there. The mouse is STILL the best, most practical/productive interface yet. Will something better come along? of course...but that something CERTAINLY is not your fingers, using multitouch holding a 10 inch screen (can you say fatiguing?).
i stopped reading right there. The mouse is STILL the best, most practical/productive interface yet. Will something better come along? of course...but that something CERTAINLY is not your fingers, using multitouch holding a 10 inch screen (can you say fatiguing?).
Same as - if this had existed last year then I would have got this for my wife instead of a Macbook and I have no doubt she would have loved it - and she might still get the chance.
No matter how many times you post this, I still disagree. This is a mass market device, not one for the geeks. The masses buy tens of millions of gadgets, the geeks buy hundreds of thousands. See how that works?
The vast majority of consumers couldn't care less about Flash or multitasking or USB ports or any of the dozen other things geeks are bitching about.
Will they be disappointed to find out Hulu doesn't work? Of course. Will they return it? No way.
Geeks don't know marketing. See Wozniak, Steve.
^ I have to really agree here because I've seen this first hand. While I would consider myself in the middle of the mass market and geek I have to say I am hesitant about buying this product. It is odd that this is likely the first product Apple has put out that I have few feelings of goodness towards just yet.
However, I know three people who own Macs. They've had them for years, they don't chase technology, they're just the mass market. They are completely jazzed about this device. They're claiming it is their purchase in place of a Kindle. One said "it doesn't multitask' so I asked why they felt that was important and they were unable to explain it to me. Others say "well I only need one app at a time". Well that is true, in a way. Without decent push technology from popular apps like twitter, e-mail (yes it's there but it's not at all like a BB), a the ever popular POS facebook, you sort of want certain apps to run in the background. That and having to re-launch iWork every time you want to make a quick chance is annoying.
Like rdowns said, it is a mass market device. Notwithstanding my feelings towards what it is there is a chance I may buy one just to try it out.
However, I know three people who own Macs. They've had them for years, they don't chase technology, they're just the mass market. They are completely jazzed about this device. They're claiming it is their purchase in place of a Kindle. One said "it doesn't multitask' so I asked why they felt that was important and they were unable to explain it to me. Others say "well I only need one app at a time". Well that is true, in a way. Without decent push technology from popular apps like twitter, e-mail (yes it's there but it's not at all like a BB), a the ever popular POS facebook, you sort of want certain apps to run in the background. That and having to re-launch iWork every time you want to make a quick chance is annoying.
Like rdowns said, it is a mass market device. Notwithstanding my feelings towards what it is there is a chance I may buy one just to try it out.
I agree with this if not for anything other than the fact that other computer manufacturers will start copying the iPad.
Everyone wins!
It's funny because in the past few years, I've spent 99% of my time on a laptop with a trackpad. When I go to a desktop now, I find the mouse really fatiguing. I constantly have to move my wrist and arm around, instead of moving just my finger. It's all what you're used to. Stop using a mouse for five years, go back to it, and tell me if it's still the best thing ever.
Is the iPad more fatiguing than a mouse? I won't know until I've used it. However, it's definitely a more intimate experience. It's hard to describe and I felt Steve struggling in his keynote on how to express this too (the awkward, "feel the internet in your hands" line)
When I use my iPhone, I feel like I'm controlling the device directly in a natural and intuitive way whereas when I'm using a PC, it's a more passive experience. I'm controlling a mouse/trackpad and that mouse/trackpad is controlling the PC. Technology is getting in the middle of me and my content.
As far as productivity, there are a lot of tasks in which the iPhone interface would be a lot faster than a mouse. Punching in numbers(Calculator), scrolling through things like contacts, music (iTunes), photos, movie times, etc., moving objects around (calendar, spreadsheets and presentations in Numbers and Keynote, video and photo editing), and even just clicking icons, buttons, settings, etc.
First off... LOL that nearly sent my Mt. Dew out my nose lol good stuff.
I had to watch that video over and thinking about what you stated makes me ssee it in an entirely different light. Kudo's for laugh.
Sooorreee
I'm relatively new to Apple so maybe see some of this stuff a bit differently. Ahem, Mystical voice like reading a fairytale to a child, "Imagine, the internet in the palm of your hands"....haaa.....if they had a real product they wouldn't have to be so weird, just put it on stage and say Taaa Daaa! and everyone would be happy. Instead they have to use magical language which leads nowhere, hmmm.....reminds me of the State-of-the-Union address
Logging a lot of hours on a trackpad for me kills my elbows. I love a mouse, allows me to kick-back more
For short time surfing I really don't care, but the mini-mouse comes along on trips anyway.