Start the reality distortion field - iPad

[Vette73]

iPad video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1BUH9eXy18

 

[lizardth]

Damn! Ya'll are quick! I was gonna say I prefer tampax to pads...iPax the iPad killer.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I love this thing. I write a lot of reports, so I can already picture myself sitting down in front of this beautiful screen typing away on the keyboard dock while I listen to my favorite relaxing music on the iPod.

Meanwhile I'll curl up on my couch with my MacBook Pro that writes reports AND plays music. Ohhh and it plugs in so I don't run out of battery.

 

[Capt Caveman]

More info here - http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=17459

 

[UglyCasanova]

It looks fantastic but I'm not biting. If this ran OS X I would be there in a heartbeat. As it is now, the ipad is just a thing to buy stuff on. Ingenious on Apple's part, but doesn't seem to have the versatility that I want. Hopefully the new Microsoft tablet is different.

 

[Deeko]

I just don't get what this does over an iPhone...? I have a 3GS and while I love it, it's limitations are not the size of the screen... The fact that a mini-internet connected computer can fit in my pocket AND carry 32 gigs of crap around is pretty awesome... but take away the part where it fits in my pocket and I would gladly replace it with a netbook with an actual keyboard. This is iHype, plain and simple...

Actually, it does LESS than the 3GS. The iPhone can make phone calls, take pictures/video....

 

[Colt45]

Looks like a big fail to me, but I'm sure the iSheep will lap it up.

 

[So]

It looks fantastic but I'm not biting. If this ran OS X I would be there in a heartbeat. As it is now, the ipad is just a thing to buy stuff on. Ingenious on Apple's part, but doesn't seem to have the versatility that I want. Hopefully the new Microsoft tablet is different.

Agreed. The tablet market is MS's chance to take back the "trendsetter" status they had between the release of '95 and the launch of XP.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Remember that slide on 9/9/09 when the iPod 3.0s came out? And they were touting the iPod being a powerful computing device. No need for things that can't fit in your pocket (tablets & netbooks)! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[yllus]

Fun toy. I'm sure we'll get one for the office as soon as it comes out.

If it was < $200, I wouldn't mind buying one on a whim and leaving it on my coffee table and to travel with on the odd occasion. The only other way I could justify it is if it's useful to tote around at work. Having a terminal window and browser up to take with me as I move from my office to meetings and so forth might be a killer feature. However, with the lack of multitasking that doesn't sound possible.

 

[boomhower]

I was kind of looking forward to it as an alternative to a netbook. Hell, I was willing to pay the Apple tax. But no multitasking, WTF?!? No flash, ?!? The camera isn't that big of a deal but no multitasking and no flash makes it a non-starter. For $500 I would have bit in a heartbeat if it had those two features.

 

[nageov3t]

I'm not seeing what advantages this has over a netbook other than maybe as a ridiculously expensive textbook reader that's not as good as the real thing (no pen = can't take notes in the margins, can't resell at the end of the semester)

it seems way too big to act as a kindle/e-book reader. I can't imagine comfortably holding that for hours and it's not nearly as portable as a kindle.

 

[MotF Bane]

iFail.

 

[sunzt]

First time i heard this I thought this was a giant iphone/ipod touch that would = failz. I went to the engadget link and saw their pics of the presentation and saw how it was fitting into apple's strategy. Then I thought about how the iphone and ipods all weren't the "best" hardware with the most features for their time, but are now currently smash sucesses. You know why? It's because of the apps store, itunes, and now the book store.

Apple's strategy for its mobile segment is to provide a nice proprietary hardware platform to sell applications through their controlled marketplaces.

I'm not too impressed by the hardware itself, except for the mention that it gets 10 hrs of battery life while watching movies (still would like to see independent testing), but I can totally see this being a huge sucess as a vehicle to push the ibookstore, a new generation of mobile apps, and sell music and videos.

Apple has done the exact same thing with the ipod and the iphone. Many people said they were inferior to counterparts, yet people forget it's not the hardware, but the apps that is the key differentiator and keeps them alive.

 

[SunnyD]

You know what's sad? There's bound to be certain colleges that get into exclusive contracts with apple that force these fucking abominations on students' wallets.

 

[Lonyo]

First time i heard this I thought this was a giant iphone/ipod touch that would = failz. I went to the engadget link and saw their pics of the presentation and saw how it was fitting into apple's strategy. Then I thought about how the iphone and ipods all weren't the "best" hardware with the most features for their time, but are now currently smash sucesses. You know why? It's because of the apps store, itunes, and now the book store.

Apple's strategy for its mobile segment is to provide a nice proprietary hardware platform to sell applications through their controlled marketplaces.

I'm not too impressed by the hardware itself, except for the mention that it gets 10 hrs of battery life while watching movies (still would like to see independent testing), but I can totally see this being a huge sucess as a vehicle to push the ibookstore, a new generation of mobile apps, and sell music and videos.

Apple has done the exact same thing with the ipod and the iphone. Many people said they were inferior to counterparts, yet people forget it's not the hardware, but the apps that is the key differentiator and keeps them alive.

Why would anyone buy video content to watch on a 4:3 screen? Such a joke.

 

[Cogman]

First time i heard this I thought this was a giant iphone/ipod touch that would = failz. I went to the engadget link and saw their pics of the presentation and saw how it was fitting into apple's strategy. Then I thought about how the iphone and ipods all weren't the "best" hardware with the most features for their time, but are now currently smash sucesses. You know why? It's because of the apps store, itunes, and now the book store.

Apple's strategy for its mobile segment is to provide a nice proprietary hardware platform to sell applications through their controlled marketplaces.

I'm not too impressed by the hardware itself, except for the mention that it gets 10 hrs of battery life while watching movies (still would like to see independent testing), but I can totally see this being a huge sucess as a vehicle to push the ibookstore, a new generation of mobile apps, and sell music and videos.

Apple has done the exact same thing with the ipod and the iphone. Many people said they were inferior to counterparts, yet people forget it's not the hardware, but the apps that is the key differentiator and keeps them alive.

And apple is doing everything in their power to make developers not want to develop for them.

Give it a while, and I can almost guarantee that android based phones will knock down the iphone.

As for the Ipad, Amazons kindle, sony's E-reader, ect have been around for a while, I doubt Apple will be able to compete for book selection.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Sweet! A giant iPod!

Just when you thought they couldn't make the iPod any smaller they decided to switch direction and make it giagantic?

 

[WelshBloke]

How come if Apple spend ~$billion a year on R&D it took so long for this to come out?

Really where's the tech advancement from an iPod touch? Bigger screen/faster processor, same everything else.

 

[coolVariable]

No pen => no use.

 

[WelshBloke]

Remember that slide on 9/9/09 when the iPod 3.0s came out? And they were touting the iPod being a powerful computing device. No need for things that can't fit in your pocket (tablets & netbooks)! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Someone needs to 'shop a maxiPad into that photo. :twisted:

 

[pray4mojo]

I'll buy this over the Kindle, but that's not saying much.

 

[Alienwho]

Marketing fail. They could have captured the entire tablet phraseology by calling it the "iTab" or "iTablet". The same way how all "mp3 players" are now all "ipods".

 

[Cogman]

How come if Apple spend ~$billion a year on R&D it took so long for this to come out?

Really where's the tech advancement from an iPod touch? Bigger screen/faster processor, same everything else.

You should watch the Apple Infomercial for it. Besides having a bunch of men look like they are masterbating to the Ipad, they all are going off about how "The software has been TOTALLY redesigned from the ground resulting in not just 2x the experience but an ORDER OF MAGNITUDE difference" (no joke, that line is actually in there).

Heck, half of them looked like they where going to cry with how wonderful the Ipad is... (or how bad it sucks)

 

[MartyMcFly3]

The iPad looks like God's iPhone.

Does not look like its going to be worth the cash you have to shell out to get one.