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What is a tablet even good for?

From A Musician's Point Of View...

Being a musician and having to carry around tons of pieces at once, the new tablet would be a Godsend to me.

10" is a good size in my opinion. As long as I can slip it in my laptop bag's pocket.

Just as long as it greatly supports 'PDF' files I'll be sold. Would be awesome if I can run Garageband on it too...I wouldn't even elaborate...you know what this means to us musicians. :eek:
 
greygray said:
High chance. Apple is not going to create a Netbook to compete with the low-end market. A Tablet isn't exactly low-end so I guess that's where Apple can hit the spot with its marketing.
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Right. It will plug the gaping hole in the product lineup between the iPhone and the Macbook. It'll fit right in there, both as far as capability and price.

I'd been thinking about getting a MB Air, simply for coffee table web-surfing. Clearly that's incredibly extravagant. A tablet that's cheaper than a regular Macbook and half the cost of of an Air would be a much more sensible and affordable option. I'd get one without a cell phone plan because (1) it'll be used either at home, where I have WiFi, or on a plane; and (2) eventually, I will be able to tether it to my iPhone.
 
mysterytramp said:
Give this a look. Here's why I'm excited about a tablet.

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+1

Apple is poised to do with publishing, what they did for music.
It will be a whole new world for publishing/periodicals/textbooks, and Apple is bringing it.

Kindle will seem so twentieth century in short order.
 
donster28 said:
Being a musician and having to carry around tons of pieces at once, the new tablet would be a Godsend to me.

10" is a good size in my opinion. As long as I can slip it in my laptop bag's pocket.

Just as long as it greatly supports 'PDF' files I'll be sold. Would be awesome if I can run Garageband on it too...I wouldn't even elaborate...you know what this means to us musicians. :eek:
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PDF, Definitely.

Garageband, while that would be awesome, it's too resource intensive an application to be practical on this platform (think netbook type specs for cpu, memory, disk). 5 years down the road though, maybe.
 
Wonder how many would still be interested in a tablet if Apple just made a freaking netbook? I read an article today where a guy said one of the things he would use his tablet for was a picture frame, my head almost fell off that's so stupid. Hack a netbook and be done with it.
 
MTI said:
It's always a blast to read things from people who honestly and earnestly believe that there were no mobile apps before iPhone . . . no mobile color touchscreens . . . :rolleyes:
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I'm one of those people in a way. I was never enchanted by the whole cell phone thing before the iphone. It just seemed to me that people were just paying a stupid tax - communication overkill. I was easy enough to get a hold of between my home/office phones and email.

But then the iPhone came out. The coolest gadget I've ever seen in my life. Everything about it, from form to function. I had to own it.

Now I pay the stupid tax like everyone else.
 
lamerica80 said:
Haha ok. I have a meeting with USA tomorrow, if they join hopefully the rest will follow and i wont need portugal.
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My sources say that none of the 25 million people in Scandinavia will buy it, but apparently Poland needs 80m tablets. :p

With all due respect for Portugal that's just some ******** (unless, you can give us some sources, which shows that iTunes, the App Store and local online stores (with digital content) are non-existent in the country)
 
Ragnar said:
Wonder how many would still be interested in a tablet if Apple just made a freaking netbook? ...
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A netbook is a low-powered, low-functionality, small laptop sold at a money-losing price or given away by your wireless provider. A MacOS X-based laptop would be a painful experience for most users and a money-loser for Apple. I don't think there is much interest outside the computer nerd base.
 
mullman said:
+1

Apple is poised to do with publishing, what they did for music.
It will be a whole new world for publishing/periodicals/textbooks, and Apple is bringing it.
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Bull! Neither I nor anybody in this decade will willingly PAY to read something! Hell, you'd have to PAY ME to read!

As a matter of fact, each of you owes me between $0.67 and $0.99 now!
 
sonicboom said:
Garageband, while that would be awesome, it's too resource intensive an application to be practical on this platform (think netbook type specs for cpu, memory, disk). 5 years down the road though, maybe.
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I know that Garageband on it might be far fetched but it has been rumoured that the tablet will include music and video editing capabilities, albeit with a more simplified function. I don't mind the simplicity as long as I can record at least 4 voices and edit them simply.

Since it might contain a more power cpu and more memory, I now think this might not be far fetched at all.

Wednesday seems so far from today...can't wait!
 
sonicboom said:
PDF, Definitely.

Garageband, while that would be awesome, it's too resource intensive an application to be practical on this platform (think netbook type specs for cpu, memory, disk). 5 years down the road though, maybe.
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There are plenty of apps in the store that would make it very useful for a musician as it is, I think it'd be incredible.

e-textbooks is what I would use this for in addition to music apps.
 
Not powerful enough...UNLESS it's cloud-based! Maybe they'll join some mobile service with a MobileMe account and all of your data will be stored on the net and processing will be done on Apple's servers. I tellz ya, Apple would be the first to commercially capitolize on the idea.

$0.99 please
 
MrCheeto said:
Not powerful enough...UNLESS it's cloud-based! Maybe they'll join some mobile service with a MobileMe account and all of your data will be stored on the net and processing will be done on Apple's servers. I tellz ya, Apple would be the first to commercially capitolize on the idea.

$0.99 please
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Right, because the entire history of computing - moving away from computing as a centralized utility to a ubiquitous resource - was a mistake.

Not.
 
A big and portable content display is great, so long as there continues to be new and interesting content for it. DirecTV sold me on the same promise, but most of the channels I get run re-runs all day long.

Portable is great, so long as the thing keeps running. If battery life is barely long enough to watch a 2-hour movie and gets worse the longer you own it, the need to keep it plugged in will eliminate any advantage it gained from being portable. You'll wish you had a macbook.

A portable 10" display is great, so long as it's easy to prop up, easy to hold, easy to carry, and easy to keep clean. Will it have a handle? Will it have a keyhole slot on the back (for wall hanging)? Will it have a kickstand? The ipod Touch orginally came with a warning that prolonged holding of it could cause hand cramps and other hand damage. Now imagine holding HUGE Touch that you can't get one hand around.

The UI may be amazing. If the ergonomics aren't also amazing the iPad will die as quckly as the Newton died.
 
Your response was only supposed to be three words, thanks for ruining the game -.-'

At any rate, the boy is right. If it doesn't fit in your pocket, it won't sell as well. Hell, not being able to fit my brother's Game Boy in my pocket made me hold out until the Game Boy Pocket came out (then the Pocket Color came out and I ended up bumbed anyway, but that's not the point). A handle? Why? So you can gouge the hell out of that pretty display on your jean rivets or crack it in a crowded airport?

Wow, everybody walking around with the iBag to carry their iPad is going to look more used than the village jimmy-hat.
 
If the thing runs Flash then I'll buy it just to use in the crapper.

Don't be offended... we all do it. That's why they invented 802.11!

John
 
MisterMe said:
A netbook is a low-powered, low-functionality, small laptop sold at a money-losing price or given away by your wireless provider. A MacOS X-based laptop would be a painful experience for most users and a money-loser for Apple. I don't think there is much interest outside the computer nerd base.
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Mine is none of those things, but your right, it wasn't free and it's not an Apple:D How would a OS X based netbook be a painful experience compared to surfing the net and writing mails on an iPhone. That's silly. I own one and it's a perfect fit between the iPhone and 13" MBP. Rambo could drive a truck through that hole in Apples product line, and I expect the tablet won't do much to narrow it either.

Haa....have fun with your kickstands and wall hangers, the painful experience of the two will certainly be the tablet.
 
Ice-Cube said:
I would imagine the Apple Tablet being able to connect wirelessly to your Mac so you could use it as a drawing pad for Photoshop, etc. Wacom would be getting some competition.
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There's no likelihood of pressure sensitivity or a stylus, so I'd say not so much.
 
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