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They refused to port it to their phone OS when it had the x86 chip, can you imagine difficult this will be for their new A4 chip?
I say it's even less likely to happen for the iPad than it is for the iPhone.
I say it's even less likely to happen for the iPad than it is for the iPhone.
godsshoeshine wrote:Oh don 't be stupid, I agree with him on easily 95% of things. If there's anyone on here who's close to practicing the Julian's America gospel, it's Seth.
what? if julian agrees with something seth says, i'll start believing in a forumpocalypse
Oh, and I would openly mock anyone I saw using this retarded piece of techno-crap.
you of all people taking an obvious exaggeration seriously disappoints me
godsshoeshine wrote:If there's anything I'm known for on here, it's taking obvious exaggeration seriously.
you of all people taking an obvious exaggeration seriously disappoints me
oh, i though vodka and burberry scarves
vansmack wrote:vansmack wrote:
They should also announce if it multitasks or not…
Engadget says no multitasking…
OS 4.0 is rumored to do multitasking.
beetsnotbeats wrote:
OS 4.0 is rumored to do multitasking.
Is that from the same rumor that said OS 4.0 was coming out today? j/k
It's a 1ghz processor so there's no reason not to multitask, other than Jobs saying that it isn't necessary to multitask. Of course, he also said people don't read any more, then released a device with eReader capabilities and an iBookstore…I guess that's code for we can't do it (or didn't do it first) so it's not important, but as soon as we can, it will be the newest innovation.
Is the iPad being touted as a tablet computer by Apple? because I thought tablet computing generally involved using a stylus. Now a tablet MacBook could be an interesting but still expensive product
vansmack wrote:
Wow. $499.
The hyperbole is getting deeper over on Twitter
Naysayers: The iPad isn't a giant iPhone. It's the first end-user appliance computer.
Naysayers: The iPad isn't a giant iPhone. It's the first end-user appliance computer.
There's nothing short of vitriol over on Engadget. Even the fanboi's hate it…
I'm guessin that enough early adopters and people who can't get enough of their iPhones will be at front of the line for one of these.
Whereas those former early adapter who are now looking at specs will wait for hw ver 2.0. I would to think that AT&T 3g option would be a deal breaker for many.
Whereas those former early adapter who are now looking at specs will wait for hw ver 2.0. I would to think that AT&T 3g option would be a deal breaker for many.
and just to spite me all those twitter "pundits", I'm going to go out an buy a Kindle for Kosmette and a netbook for me. At least with a netbook, I can find the data provider with the strongest signal into my building, vs the one that flakely more often than not.
how to ensure smackie will hate your device: see first 10 seconds of this vid.
also, 2:59 - "thinner and lighter than any netbook".
it's weird how he kept bringing up the netbook comparisons. this obviously isn't a netbook, and shouldn't try competing against them… in all but one category: dollars. my take on this netbook obsession is that they want to replace the netbook as the consumer's secondary/tertiary computer-related spend. while the ipad fills different niches, people aren't going to buy both.
also, 2:59 - "thinner and lighter than any netbook".
it's weird how he kept bringing up the netbook comparisons. this obviously isn't a netbook, and shouldn't try competing against them… in all but one category: dollars. my take on this netbook obsession is that they want to replace the netbook as the consumer's secondary/tertiary computer-related spend. while the ipad fills different niches, people aren't going to buy both.
To an extent Apple is on to something… I find that whenever I can, I prefer using my iphone over my laptop. It's easier to use despte the small screen. So a maxi-iPod makes sense, theoretically.
That being said, it is shockingly unimaginative given how Apple likes to position itself, and given how much time they've spent developing it. Once you cut through Steven Jobs' extensive hyperbole, there isn't much there that's new other than the size.
That being said, it is shockingly unimaginative given how Apple likes to position itself, and given how much time they've spent developing it. Once you cut through Steven Jobs' extensive hyperbole, there isn't much there that's new other than the size.
A maxiPod?
Doctor wrote:
To an extent Apple is on to something… I find that whenever I can, I prefer using my iphone over my laptop. It's easier to use despte the small screen. So a maxi-iPod makes sense, theoretically.
That being said, it is shockingly unimaginative given how Apple likes to position itself, and given how much time they've spent developing it. Once you cut through Steven Jobs' extensive hyperbole, there isn't much there that's new other than the size.
Doctor wrote:
That being said, it is shockingly unimaginative given how Apple likes to position itself, and given how much time they've spent developing it. Once you cut through Steven Jobs' extensive hyperbole, there isn't much there that's new other than the size.
And it's the size that's really got me puzzled…. It's to big to carried around by it's own in a pocket like an iPhone requiring always have a man bag to use it. Are women going to really want to lug something that big around?
If it's bigger than a Kindle is anyone really going trying to use it to read on the Metro and I most certainly wouldn't want to be sitting at my desk using it. With all the firewall monitoring going on these day my iPhone is my primarily method of reading email, surfing these days.
I could see myself getting excited for something in between an iPhone and the iPad, that allows me to choose who my data provider is, can stream 8Tracks.com mixes in the background, while I surf the web or check out my twitter feed.
Hopefully, enough of the people who will want it just because it's the "hottest" thing since the iPhone will buy it and allow Apple to recover costs and then work on rev 3 versions of the iPad.
kosmo wrote:
If it's bigger than a Kindle is anyone really going trying to use it to read on the Metro and I most certainly wouldn't want to be sitting at my desk using it.
It's much bigger than a kindle. It's closer in size to the Kindle DX.