Apple iPad
Call me names ("fan-boy"), but I love Apple products. Apple released it's iPad today, and even though it's basically a bigger, better iPhone, I have to admit, I'm going to start paying more attention to the adventure games that become available for the mobile operating system shared by these devices. Has anyone played Broken Sword on the iPhone before? Any titles you would like to see become available?
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You lost me there, dude.
Their phones sound pretty cool though, but having never used one myself, I can't make proper judgment.
I've been shown that iPad made some think of THIS;
http://failblog.org/2010/01/27/name-fail-photoshop-win/
Now I can't think of anything else when I hear the word.
People really aren't being funny when they make tampon jokes, they're just showing how immature they are.
Anyway, the apple iPad looks amazing. It will revolutionize movie-watching on-the-go, and shut up the old people who say "I can't watch a movie on a screen this small!". Also, the fact that it's compatible with iPhone/iTouch apps just closed the deal for me.
*ahem* Sorry.
I don't get it. Why do we want a big iPod Touch? Am I missing something here?
Your average laptop or netbook can multitask. It can utilize Flash. A normal laptop or netbook is open to whatever software you want to buy and install from anywhere, not just the manufacturer's application store. Most laptops and netbooks have this functionality without buying an extra adapter that costs more money.
Apple's system for the iPhone and the iPod Touch can live and thrive in the environment of the pocket-sized devices. But I just can't see how it can double the price, make the thing far bigger(removing a huge benefit of its elder brethren), and think this is a new product that people will adopt in droves. I don't really need to think about why it's not overpriced, I'd like someone to tell me why it's not overpriced.
So yeah, I guess I don't like it.
*edit*
You also have to keep in mind that when you buy apple stuff you pay a lot for the design. If that fits you then get apple, if you don't care if it looks ugly or bulky get an other brand, in general on apples products
The screen is small enough for HD not to make that much of a difference, altough that's just an assumption on my part. I kinda like the look of this, sure netbooks may be cheaper, and I haven't read any specs for the iPad yet - but I'm interested in this, simply because of the touchscreen and functionality of the iPhone. It's not something I drag around at all times of course, like I would with an iPhone, but it'll be great as an alternative to a laptop/netbook. It's gonna need some huge screen-protecters though, I don't want a screen full of scratches. And I'm not looking forward to putting those on, without having airbubbles all over the place.
Why would I buy the iPad over that?
My point is that having 2 copies of a video (1 HD 1 SD) on your main machine to transfer the tablet, is ridiculous, downscaling wouldn't be worth doing as it always looks terrible. I'm also very surprised it's 4:3, if it's supposed to have videos watched on it then it should at least be 16:10.
I could see it being a fantastic tool for image manipulation, though not better than a dedicated drawing tablet.
It won't try to replace laptops - it's a consumer device, not intended for professional applications.
But thats the only point I can think of.
What does that mean? Why would I want something that bridges the gap between a smart phone and a laptop? What's the advantage to a really big iPhone? Why is making something more cumbersome a positive?
Because looking at the iPad, I see an iPhone. Now, the iPhone is a pretty good device, but this is mainly due to its portability. Having an "app for that" is half the equation, the other is "on the go". None/very few of the iPhone/iTouch apps are impressive when compared to a real computer's applications. Why they tossed a device perfectly suited to its environment, something that is actually impressive and a leader in its field into a market that it has no business competing in is baffling.
It's a computer. An underpowered, locked-out computer with really poor specs for its price range. When I can look at this, and then get for the same price something that is by every landmark BETTER at doing the same things, I don't know how any change of definition or reclassification makes it have more value.
the microsoft surface
Yes, but... you'd need a keyboard to use that, right? So... then it's like a netbook, but bigger.
Er, iPad and iPhone uses digital keyboards. Touchscreen, remember.
People don't like writing for extended periods with a touch screen, you don't have the tactile feedback of keys or a pen.
-We can buy a normal netbook and Office 2007 for less than the hardware of the iPad alone. Remember that the netbook has superior hardware and a far larger hard drive. And that's buying Office 2007 and the netbook at suggested retail price, which is a bad idea.
((Personally, I'm waiting for the release of Office 2010 before I buy another license for MS Office. One of my computers is running the 2010 beta, and 25 GB of cloud storage for files is a godsend))
-The iPad will have an inferior system for entering large amounts of written data, as it doesn't have a keyboard(without an unspecified extra cost). Nobody is going to use a touchpad as quickly as a keyboard, unless they spend their data entry time staring at the keyboard.
-Sadly enough, most places use Microsoft Office. Compatibility is a bitch. iWork is somewhat compatible with Office files, but not completely. And it's going to be when you have a project due the next morning and you're trying to open a file at midnight that the thing will tell you that the specific formatting your boss/colleague/professor/fellow student used is not going to be accepted here.
-The thing can't multi-task! For the practical working sort, this means a lot of lost productivity. A netbook can do multitasking.
The iPad may marginally win if equipped with 3G, but we have to consider the extra cost for that functionality. When you add up the cost of getting the platform to do what a netbook does and then add the 3G, is it really comparable to adding 3G to a netbook? I don't think it is.
-Apparently you didn't watch the keynote closely enough. I'm pretty sure the iWork apps are $10 apiece. Granted, this is a good deal cheaper than the MS Office software, but as mentioned above you're already above the point where you're paying anything reasonable for what this device can do.
Then again, since I don't like Apple in general, I'm pretty biased.
No. It's the club for gullible people who think that spending more money makes them cooler.
Seriously! Can't you just get an iPhone for $300? I mean, even that's too expensive!
Steve Jobs presentation of it was REALLY dissapointing, he just didn't seem excited about it at all, maybe it's his health or maybe he deep down thinks it's just a massive iPhone
I'm not sure colour e-ink is possible. Well, it is, but it would be monotone. From what i understand of e-ink is that it works a bit like an etch-a-sketch, only with kindle co-ordinating the distribution of charge on the screen (and hence where the ink substitute is attracted and sticks to)
Even if they get handwriting recognition right, it doesn't feel right, writing on glass. As someone who primarily uses fountain pens I know being able to feel the paper through the pen is a very important thing.
I know what you mean. The screen is usually far too rigid. Paper usually has the right amount of bounce.