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Not for me - yet, it's going to be too limited for the money. I think I'll wait for the next version.

I might still get the Kindle DX.

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can't see what all the fuss is about really. It's really nothing new, the tablet has been around for years in varying forms and has never taken off, so I don't see why this one would be any more successful

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I see your point - it's just another, done before, gadget.

It does not have enough to tempt me to part with money to buy it.

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having said that, in a way the iPod was nothing new either, merely a more modern rip off of the Walkman. If anyone can pull it off it is Apple, as more than anything they are really a marketing company first and foremost

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Yup - I agree. Was hoping for a bit more to be honest.
I want to read (lots of) books so the Kindle with its e-ink seems ideal - just hope the iTunes bookstore does not get exclusivity from publishing houses and therefore strangle the Kindle and others forcing us to use an LCD based reader....

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I never went for the iPhone, I got the Nokia E72 which I am happy with. Mr PP bought me the iPod Touch and I am thrilled with it, battery life isnt fabulous but it suits me to the ground and I prefer keeping my phone as a seperate gadget.

My eyesight is shit so I do struggle sometimes with the ipod touch, but I love the ease of which I can do stuff.

Now the iPad, I havent seen it except from photos and if someone were to say 'hey I will buy that for you' - I would be happy. But I dont think I would part with my money to buy one.

I reckon like many, wait a bit and see what happens.

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It doesn't seem very good value.:confused:

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Thats what I thought, as I say - a pressie very nice thank you but not something I would invest in.

I would rather save my coins and get a decent computer so I can do my movie making and creative stuff. iPad seems a bit of a toy more than something super functional.

But god I love my iPod Keith, Im downloading some albums at the weekend and will perhaps rent a movie. :wub:

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My little 8 gig nano is too small capacity wise, I get bored having to change the music. Maybe upgrade:thumbup:

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Admission is the first step to getting help, weldone!

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:rolleyes: I'm too mature to respond at your level...

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Mine's bigger than yours

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Mines only 8g which at the time I thought was plenty, I dont have a big music collection but a larger size would be nice.

But for now I am happy, I use it for the net when my laptop crashes, I check the weather, my email, games etc. Excellent value.

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I really only use mine for my drums, otherwise I don't really get the chance to listen to it

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wouldn't the case break?

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I was vaguely underwhelmed by Job's keynote ... but I predict I'll own one by the end of the year. :lol:

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Neat first step for tablets, I really wanted this iTab to live up to my expectations, especially since I can use my already purchased iPhone applications on it. Was expecting much more though, very underwhelming.

- No Flash = A good portion of the internet is disabled.
- No HDMI out = No HD video on TV.
- Apple OS lock down, must sync with iTunes to put media on instead of WiFi, also need to trans code all media files to Apple supported file types before they work.
- No specific operating system = not using hardware to full potential.
- No cell calls, disappointing considering its running the iPhone OS.
- No multi-tasking, WHAT???
- No camera, so no video chat, video capture, pictures or augmented reality applications, etc.
- Thick bezel around screen.
- No widescreen for movies, back to the box.
- 1GHZ CPU, possibly lower performance than most netbooks.
- No surprises.

Despite its flaws, the software from Apples ecosystem will make this device 100x better than it currently is. Hopefully the next gen version is out by then.

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huh?

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Eh? Apple has an ecosystem? I know Apple geeks/nerds want to suck Job's dick but he ain't God!

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Funnily enough I was about to post this link from Gizmodo - http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-thing...about-the-ipad - but you paraphrased it pretty well there. :lol:

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Ah, so it's geekspeak for software systems.

I'll have to file geekspeak next to management talk as things to hate.

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I predict... that this is not the last we will hear of the iPad. Wait until you have one in your hands before judging it.

Multi-Tasking is in the OS, all of the main default Apple Apps use it, and it is being enabled for 3rd Party developers in iPhone OS 4.0 which is coming in June. iPad is released prior to this thus "no (3rd party) multi-tasking" at launch.

You think that a 1Ghz processor is not good enough for this device? Really? It's not a NetBook/Laptop, it's a large iPod Touch. I would bet that it screams on that chip. The gaming certainly seem fast enough.

My prediction is that one of the low-end WiFi only models will be on the desks of every school kid within 6 years.

Al

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they said that about the tablets 10 years ago. Look where we are now!

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Is there a version with wings for the active.

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well they are touch sensitive during those "special moments"

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Even Australians are criticising them (and the price) on the Age. Who would have thought?

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Ive got an iphone and kids have ipods.
However was not really impressed with the ipad. Cant really see the point in it. My 18 year old is also not impressed.

Also tad worried the screen would break pretty easy at that size and no cover/lid.

But the worst bit is the name.

Gems

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Very deliberate, they want to push HTML5.

I am disappointed in it, I really hoped for a cut down version of OS X at the very least, they have clearly not gone for the corporate market where I believe they could have made a killing. With an office suite, decent handwriting/soft keyboard, ability to dock quickly as you go to and fro meetings (which it can do) it would be fantastic as an office machine.

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I really can't think of a use for it. I mean it looks cool as anything, but..

If I want to read a newspaper, I buy a newspaper, same goes for books. They don't die if you drop them reading them in the bath.

If I want to listen to music I have multiple choices already. Phone, PC, Stereo, TV, DVD player.

If I want to browse the web I've got a laptop, netbook desktop.

If I want to make a phone call, I've got a skype phone, an ordinary landline and a mobile.

So which particular gap do they think they are filling?

Apart from the apple geek ' I've got to have it' gap?:rolleyes:

JTL

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I feel the same about buying it. I like my nokia phone as it lasts for ages without a recharge, I like my iPod seperate.

You cant beat the pleasure of reading a book - a proper book with curled up edges that has become tatty with so much reading as you have read it more than once over the years - the smells that old books get. Nor can you beat looking at your bookcase with books you have collected over the years and you can take a trip down memory lane to read them and relive it all.

I love the feeling of the keypad on my fingers as I type, that clicking noise as I type fast while I watch the TV at the same time.

I love the fact my laptop which fair enough is shite, but tough enough to withstand what I do to it. I feel the iPad wont be nearly as tough.

I guess as a toy its OK, but if I had the money I would just get a better computer and some decent software for what I want it for.

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I still don't know where these hardcore complaints are coming from, but I suspect it's because a lot of people were under the seriously mislead belief that this would be some sort of MacPad Pro running Snow Leopard. It was never going to be this. Leaks from Apple over the past 4-9 months have always very strongly pointed at an iPhone OS based device. I don't think anyone who has been following this seriously has ever thought it would be OSX based. This is a front room consumer device with an idiot proof UI tied down to the Nth degree (because that's the way Apple does things - sucks but not unknown) to Apples existing, proven, matured (and expensive) content pipeline.

3rd Party multitasking is coming to both iPhone and iPad in June with iPhone OS 4.0

Some interesting hands on test reports coming out today are already showing that the iPad OS certainly thinks it has a Camera (Contacts > Add Photo > Take New Photo | Choose Existing Photo). Assumption is that next years iPad v2.0 will almost certainly have them front and rear. Keep in mind that this is also common Apple practice to keep tech out of a product line merely to announce an "incredible advance" in the next model a year later.

Flash support in the Browser? Never would happen under an iPhone OS device like this. Flash and Silverlight are just too powerful at creating amazing RIA (Rich Internet Application) products. Apps which could realistically compete with ones in the App Store. Apple don't want to stop you viewing some Flash animated banner/menu at the top of a website or a whole website for some web design company who can only code in Flash (a lot out there), they are trying to protect their App pipeline in the App Store. That said Adobe have recently confirm earlier reports that CS5 will include tools to convert and package existing stand alone Flash Applications as iPhone Apps for publishing on the App Store. So Flash will be coming to the iPad/iPhone, just not how you would imagine it too.

As it's not a full blown computer then why would it need USB, does the iPhone need USB ? No.

Now, I'm not saying it's perfect. I think the lack of basic GPS in the base WiFi model is a very poor choice, but as for the vast majority of complaints I think it's people over-inflating their opinion of the product and what it will be a launch.

I will reserve judgement until I have one in my hands and I can play with it.

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:lol:

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So are you saying that an oversized iTouch will have a mass appeal and take the world by storm as have the iPhone and all other Apple products (with the exception of the Apple TV) of the last 10 years?

I think people's gripes are that Apple has just come out with a major announcement about something that is just bigger than its predecessor. Even Jobs himslef you could tell was struggling to come up with selling points, which is amazing for Apple considering they are the modern pioneers of marketing

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No mate, your misinterpreting me as an Apple Fanboy. FAR from it. If anything I hate Apple with a passion. I'm sure Fraser will confirm this if he's ever bored enough to read this thread.

What I am saying is that I think the iPod Touch was a poor excuse for a device and if it was never released then this would have been a very different product launch for the iPad. I also think that a lot of people have been wound up by this launch and were expecting too much from Apple. You can wash the spots off a Leopard but it's still a Leopard. Apple will always be out to look trendy and cool while screwing you from behind with their content delivery network and after the success of the iPod and iPhone with the iTunes Store do you honestly see them giving that up and saying "OK, download what you want from wherever you want". You're dreaming.

This is not the end of the iPad, I can guarantee you that. Perhaps not in it's current form and perhaps not in your front room, but it will be sold by Apple and it will make them money.

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You'd have to shave it really - no mean feat.

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then use some peroxide too

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I hope it means the iPod Touch 32Gb will drop in price because I'm getting me one of them soon.

Going to use it for controlling my musical gadgetry (via TouchOSC and similar apps) as well as all the other fun stuff. The RjDj app looks like a laugh.

And then there is the upcoming (expensive) iPod controlled helicopter thing, that looks groooovy.

But, as someone said, the iPod is just a rip-off of the Walkman :rofl:

No Apple fanboy here either but I think my interest has reached critical mass.

iPad? Nah, I like spoof Apple Ads on YouTube though.

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I can't help thinking that this all smacks of being a little hasty in its announcement. Jobs looked awkward, and as you say, was struggling to come up with genuine selling points.

I am wondering if Apple have seen some of the other upcoming tablet devices shown off at CES (here) and are attempting to stake their claim on some of the territory by mobilising the Apple fanboys into some kind of anticipatory mode.

Personally, it doesn't really fit into my digital agenda at all, so I dare say that I won't be buying one. I would rather have a tablet that ran a proper OS that I could actually do useful things on. This iTab thing seems strangely targetted - almost like they made it, but didn't really know where to aim it.


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