Will you get the new ipad?

[Phobic9]

The wifi tether mod on my phone turns it into a wifi router that anything with wifi can connect to.

Ah, gotcha. Guess I was confusing myself for some reason.

 

[MotionMan]

It seemed quite useless for my needs.

Same.

I have a Mini, a MacBook and an iPhone. I am not sure what I would use this for.

Even if I did not already have a full compliment of hardware, I am not sure what I would use this for.

My first impression was "It's a huge iPod Touch!".

Michael Bolton: That's the worst idea I've ever heard in my life, Tom.
Samir: Yes, this is horrible, this idea.

MotionMan

 

[fatpat268]

Hell no. Like I said, I can't really find a use for it besides a couch web surfing machine. And frankly, at $500 that doesn't interest me.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Glad to see the apple forum isn't just a bunch of fanboys. I'm glad you see this ipad for what it is. Useless. It was best described by a previous poster " a big iPod touch."

I've got a pants load of Apple Stock, and have made some mad $ on it, but I have no illusions.

A couple of things everyone keeps forgetting though:

Set Grandma up with a WiFi router or buy her one with 3G and they're gonna love it.

HTML 5 will make flash irrelevant in the near future, I use my non-flash phone extensively, it really doesn't matter to me... If I really need to watch the Magical Trevor video, I'll use my desktop or notebook.

Apple is very likely going to a cloud based storage of content, making the RAM limitations a non issue.

 

[Eug]

I've got a pants load of Apple Stock, and have made some mad $ on it, but I have no illusions.

A couple of things everyone keeps forgetting though:

Set Grandma up with a WiFi router or buy her one with 3G and they're gonna love it.

Nope. Grandmas often love Flash. Stupid Flash videos. Stupid Flash websites and gaming. Etc. Yes, they're stupid sites often, but nonetheless they are quite popular, esp. amongst the n00b crowd.

HTML 5 will make flash irrelevant in the near future, I use my non-flash phone extensively, it really doesn't matter to me... If I really need to watch the Magical Trevor video, I'll use my desktop or notebook.

HTML5 isn't even an official standard yet. So it's definitely not gonna be ubiquitous in the near future... unless you think an optimistic 2015 for common HTML5 implementation is the "near future".

 

[ciproxr]

I dont see the point of this device, they should of made it like a laptop but had touch screen for keyboard and when u turn it side ways it can turn into a book and when ur done back to a laptop. I've seen concept videos of this.

Im going on record and im saying the Ipad will tank, i promise.

 

[trmiv]

I've got a pants load of Apple Stock, and have made some mad $ on it, but I have no illusions.

A couple of things everyone keeps forgetting though:

Set Grandma up with a WiFi router or buy her one with 3G and they're gonna love it.

HTML 5 will make flash irrelevant in the near future, I use my non-flash phone extensively, it really doesn't matter to me... If I really need to watch the Magical Trevor video, I'll use my desktop or notebook.

Apple is very likely going to a cloud based storage of content, making the RAM limitations a non issue.

My Mom is a grandma, and she would hate this. I can't see her typing on a touchscreen and the lack of flash support would piss her off more than it does me because she loves flash games.

 

[tokie]

I may get the Rev2 version if it has a proper 720p screen, with a smaller bezel. Basically I see it as basically a couch-surfing machine, or for watching movies / TV shows on the go. I don't have an iPod Touch, so maybe that is why I'm not so hostile to it.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Grandma can use a BT apple keyboard

 

[jalaram]

Waiting for Rev 2 (and even that's a maybe).

 

[BigDaddyD]

Nope. Grandmas often love Flash. Stupid Flash videos. Stupid Flash websites and gaming. Etc. Yes, they're stupid sites often, but nonetheless they are quite popular, esp. amongst the n00b crowd.

So buy them a sub $300 netbook...DONE...oh wait..those can do more than the ipad.

 

[KeithP]

I went with "not sure" although a more accurate option would be probably be "yes but not this hardware version".

First off, I would like HDMI out and the ability to output at least 720p video. Also, Flash support would need to be added or the majority of Flash using web sites would have to convert to HTML 5. I have an iPhone and can live without Flash in its browser, but for the iPad I need it to be closer to a full computer in functionality so the current Flash situation is a problem.

Finally, for $499 I need at least 32GB of storage. For a device like this 16GB seems too small.

Regardless of my needs/wants I do think they will sell of ton of these things.

-KeithP

 

[0roo0roo]

Nope. Grandmas often love Flash. Stupid Flash videos. Stupid Flash websites and gaming. Etc. Yes, they're stupid sites often, but nonetheless they are quite popular, esp. amongst the n00b crowd.


HTML5 isn't even an official standard yet. So it's definitely not gonna be ubiquitous in the near future... unless you think an optimistic 2015 for common HTML5 implementation is the "near future".

i'm sure grandma would take to some of the simpler iphone app games already out rather quick. mostly grandma forwards emails and sends ecards.

ecards need to die, so no flash is doing world a service there.

yea guess what grandma did? she gave spammers all our names and emails in one fell swoop!! yay!!

 

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[Kaido]

I'm gonna pick one up. At $500, it's cheap enough that you can buy one out of curiosity. I'm hoping for a decent pdf reader that will let me read articles and text books while kicking back on the couch, without having to sit at a computer, or balance a laptop/ netbook on my lap.

See...that's the thing for me...PDF reader. It's why I don't have a Nook or Kindle. A real PDF reader with search & zoom, in color - that's probably worth the price alone...

 

[Eug]

i'm sure grandma would take to some of the simpler iphone app games already out rather quick. mostly grandma forwards emails and sends ecards.

ecards need to die, so no flash is doing world a service there.

yea guess what grandma did? she gave spammers all our names and emails in one fell swoop!! yay!!

So like I've said before, as much as I hate Flash e-cards, YOUR hating Flash is not a good reason for grandma to give it up.

You're perfectly justified in getting an iPad to use the internet without Flash. However, you are not grandma. Or at least I hope you're not a grandma. That would have me confused...

 

[Kaido]

So like I've said before, as much as I hate Flash e-cards, YOUR hating Flash is not a good reason for grandma to give it up.

You're perfectly justified in getting an iPad to use the internet without Flash. However, you are not grandma. Or at least I hope you're not a grandma. That would have me confused...

There's an app for that.

 

[Anubis]

man my grandmother cant even use a cellphone let alone get on the Internet with a computer and send an e card

 

[Breathwatcher]

Absolutely yes!

The iPad will revolutionize personal computing IMHO just as the iphone transformed the mobile phone business.

The price is surprisingly low especially considering the superior quality and resale value of apple hardware; and the software and UI is the best available . The monthly fee for unlimited internet on the iPad is half the price for netbooks and notebooks with 3G. The fact that you do not need to sign a two year contract and that you can activate and deactivate month by month right from the iPad itself is icing on the cake; so convenient, and something unique to the iPad.

The missing hardware features that most geeks are complaining about:, USB, SD, camera, HDMI etc, are not going to be missed by the great majority of consumers. Most everyone already has a camera in his phone, and those who really need SD and USB can purchase the respective high quality dongles from Apple for a reasonable price.

The missing software features, Flash and multitasking, on the other hand will be missed by more buyers than the missing hardware features, I think. I suspect that multitasking in some form will be coming in a few months with the iphone OS 4.0 update. As for Flash I doubt it will come to the iphone or iPad anytime soon. I personally don't miss it and neither do the 75 million iphone and ipod touch users.

 

[WelshBloke]

Absolutely yes!

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The price is surprisingly low especially considering the superior quality and resale value of apple hardware; and the software and UI is the best available . The monthly fee for unlimited internet on the iPad is half the price for netbooks and notebooks with 3G. The fact that you do not need to sign a two year contract and that you can activate and deactivate month by month right from the iPad itself is icing on the cake; so convenient, and something unique to the iPad.

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Thats not really intrinsic to the iPad though, I can do that on my smartphone. Its to do with your US networks.

 

[boomhower]

Absolutely yes!

The iPad will revolutionize personal computing IMHO just as the iphone transformed the mobile phone business.

The price is surprisingly low especially considering the superior quality and resale value of apple hardware; and the software and UI is the best available . The monthly fee for unlimited internet on the iPad is half the price for netbooks and notebooks with 3G. The fact that you do not need to sign a two year contract and that you can activate and deactivate month by month right from the iPad itself is icing on the cake; so convenient, and something unique to the iPad.

The missing hardware features that most geeks are complaining about:, USB, SD, camera, HDMI etc, are not going to be missed by the great majority of consumers. Most everyone already has a camera in his phone, and those who really need SD and USB can purchase the respective high quality dongles from Apple for a reasonable price.

The missing software features, Flash and multitasking, on the other hand will be missed by more buyers than the missing hardware features, I think. I suspect that multitasking in some form will be coming in a few months with the iphone OS 4.0 update. As for Flash I doubt it will come to the iphone or iPad anytime soon. I personally don't miss it and neither do the 75 million iphone and ipod touch users.

Good grief. Only geeks are going to miss USB and SD readers? Every mom, dad, and grandparent is going to miss that. The only reason it's not there is so Apple can sell you a dongle for $40, and another one when you leave the first in a hotel room somewhere. Also just beacause there are 75 million iphone and ipod touch users don't mean that they don'
t miss flash. Yes, it is a resource hog but that does not mean it isn't useful. I'll be as happy as the next guy when HTML5 takes over but that is going to be a couple years yet. Until then I want the full internet experience, not just what Apple wants me to have. Regardless the reason for not flash is simple, they want you to by content from them rather than stream it.

All that said, if they get content deals with magazine publishers I'll buy one. I am kind of tired of all the waste that goes with magazines. If they can get full digital copies adds and all for comparable prices I'll buy one in a heartbeat. Much more useful feature than as an ebook reader, put that nice color screen to use.

 

[zerogear]

At the moment, I rather have an HP Slate.

 

[WelshBloke]

At the moment, I rather have an HP Slate.

This looks nice, its atom based as well so somebody might be able to hackintosh it!

 

[Kadarin]

I don't yet see a use for the iPad for me as anything other than a coffee table toy. So no, I won't buy it unless it gets more features in a later rev.

 

[Kaido]

This looks nice, its atom based as well so somebody might be able to hackintosh it!

Oooh...if I wasn't planning on an iPad, that'd be a super fun toy to pick up for Hackintosh...