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Will you be buying an iPad?

Will you be buying an iPad?

  • Yes

    Votes: 325 51.7%

  • No

    Votes: 129 20.5%

  • Will for it to hit Apples stores first before deciding

    Votes: 103 16.4%

  • Apple and Rev A don't mix, I will wait for Rev B

    Votes: 72 11.4%
  • Total voters
    629
i'm buying 3.

16GB Wifi for myself
32GB Wifi for my wife
16GB Wifi+3G for myself - as soon as it comes out.
 
nope, absolutely not. until they change the OS to Mac osx. i dont want my tablet to run iPhone OS. dont get me wrong i love my iphone and i still think its the best cell-phone ever made, but still a cell-phone.
 
I probaly am gonna end up getting one :)

This would be heaven for me if it had iMagazines or similar...subscriptions and all..
I'll have to see what third party apps come out...might fill the void...else pdfs will have to do i say (for what content i can get in that form)
 
I want to purchase an iPad but I really don't know, I want it to replace my craptop of a desktop PC but seeing how it looks and feels and how it works will let me decide.
 
fobfob said:
Well I agree the camera is going to change things. But I don't think people truly understand how they will use the camera in the iPad. It is NOT the same thing as the camera in a point and shoot or a phone. Are you really going to hold up your iPad (front first) to a scene to take photos? It is more of a (self) portrait camera. In that respect, in the "party" setting, it is a totally different experience that no-one has yet had. But I don't understand the wrist slashing that is going on about not having a camera, since the iPad "camera" experience is going to be so different from anything anyone has ever had and thus it is not possible to lament its exclusion except in a kind of wistful way.
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I think most people wanted the camera for video chat rather than as a picture taker.

This is a mobile device for people on the move so you could chat with family when travelling on business, move the iPad around the family gathering to speak to people who can't make it etc. It might also work as a simple business video conferencing system.

If you wonder why there should be a camera on the iPad then surely you should question why there is one on the iMac, Macbooks and Macbook Pros...

I will get one fairly early on. As pricing for 3G has not been released yet for Oz I am not sure whether it will be wifi or 3G.

The locations I can see me using this outside of the house are:

- Airports - everywhere I travel I get free wifi in the lounges generally
- Hotels - In Oz mostly no free wifi so that is an issue
- Train - no wifi but mostly I will be watching TV or clearing emails on my work laptop
- Car whilst travelling somewhere - we use the iPhone to get directions (so no loss there) or clarify addresses and as the little feller is only 1 (almost) he wont be surfing the net for a while

So the question becomes do I really need the net that much on the train given we dont have the equivalent of an NY Times App for an Australian newspaper...
 
Yes thru Amazon so i don't have to pay tax :) YEY
And the first thing i'll do is change that damn ugly background!
 
I will browse even more! at Starbucks, the mall, watch podcast, YouTube, Hulu, etc TAke full advantage of full-size calender, planner. Play games like call of duties zombies!!! play boardgames like monopoly , chess, etc


Maybe read a book. me getting 64 gb w 3g
 
I definitely want one but will wait to see if the price drops like it did on the iPhone.
Yes, I got the $100 Apple credit on my iPhone but would have preferred the $100 discounted price ;)
 
"Apple and Rev A don't mix, I will wait for Rev B."

Uh ... doesn't Rev stand for revision. So Rev A would be 2nd Gen and Rev B would be Gen 3. It should read Apple and first gen don't mix; I will wait for Rev A.

Sorry I feel like being picky. I will be buying one ASAP.
 
ubercool said:
No and don't add a poll, it's meaningless anyway. Only the fanboys will post, skewing the results skywards. :rolleyes:
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Either that or MacRumors will delete your criticism like that do all posts against this swill of a device.
 
After going through the Aperture 2 to Aperture 3 mess, I have had enough of being Apple's beta tester. I will wait for an update or two before jumping in.
 
drtyrell said:
Either that or MacRumors will delete your criticism like that do all posts against this swill of a device.
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Relax dude. It won't be long that we'll be able to judge the device's success based on actual sales. Maybe you'll come out of this looking like some kind of genius in your predictive ability.

Or maybe not. Time will tell. No point in getting your panties all bunched up right now. You've got nothing at stake, right?
 
SchneiderMan said:
Yes thru Amazon so i don't have to pay tax :) YEY
And the first thing i'll do is change that damn ugly background!
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Hopefully Amazon has a big stock of them. It won't suprise me if they don't since they don't want too much sales away taken from the Kindle marketplace.
 
I would much prefer a Tablet PC to a Tablet Appliance, but I could be tempted with the right feature set.

Unfortunately the RevA iPad does not have the feature set that would tempt me. Add a user facing webcam and a Skype app, a Kindle App, and a full browser that supports plugin's like Flash and has Java support I'll be in line.

Until than it can't replace anything I already have and I don't need "another" device to drag around.
 
I will be buying but I'm not sure if I'll get 3G or not. Besides, waiting a month or two will allow everyone else to work out the bugs. :p
 
I'm going to wait to see what competitors come out with, I don't care for a locked down device. Need to wait until the end of August when I get my next profit sharing check from work anyways.
 
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