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27th January 2010, 20:19 #1
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Mobile phones & tablets thread
Firstly Steve it should be called an iPod Touch jumbo because that's what it is and secondly Tablet PC's are crap unless you're using it as a replacement for a clipboard and how often do most people need clipboards?Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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27th January 2010, 20:29 #2
The analysts are saying that you can mark this as the day that Apple changed the E-reader market forever. First year sales are predicted to be about 3 million a year. I've been looking forward to this (like many people) for awhile. I was going to get an iPod Touch last year. But I decided to wait until after this thing came out. I'll definitely get one, but I'm going to wait for the second generation, so that the bugs will be mostly worked out. The only area of concern is its size and without a way to hold it better, seems like it would be easy to drop. Someone (or a whole bunch of someones) will probably make a case or holder for it.
Good job by Jobs and Apple on hyping this. I continue to be a happy AAPL shareholder. Next stop, $230/share (I hope)."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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27th January 2010, 20:40 #3
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
What does the iPad do that people want it to do? When did someone last say "you know what? I want a laptop that I can't write with accurately with quickly (it's got no keyboard of course and you can't use a stylus) and that I can't fold up and that I can't just plonk on a desk and use like a laptop. OH and what I REAAAAAALLY want is to pay for a data plan for my iPhone AND my iPad! That'd be so awesome!!!!"
See here for some impartial criticisms
http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Deliv...ticle17459.htmRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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27th January 2010, 21:14 #4
We'll have to see. One thing I've learned over the past 20 years or so is not to underestimate Apple, even when it produces something that's not a raging success. I think the Kindle goes for about $300 +/-. Even the entry level iPad (at $499) does everything the Kindle does, does it better and does a LOT more. It seems superior to a netbook. And you can get it with or without a data plan through AT&T. I don't know, but that's all from the Bloomberg report.
The iPod didn't take off in its first year but Apple built it into a monster. If I believed this was going to tank, maybe I'd short AAPL or at least get out. But shorting AAPL usually proves to be a good way to empty out your trading account.
You look at something like Apple TV. Now that hasn't done so well - and Jobs doesn't care. But Apple tends to learn from things that are seen as little more than hobbies to keep the engineers busy. So I figure what the iPad will be by 2011 or 2012 will be somewhat different than what it is now.
If I'm good this year, I expect Santa will bring me an iPad this Christmas."Every generation's memory is exactly as long as its own experience." --John Kenneth Galbraith
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Originally Posted by Daniel“Leave me alone!”
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27th January 2010, 21:21 #6
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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior
A) Use flash
B) Type as fast as your fingers can manage
C) Put it on a table and adjust it to a perfect angle and type with both hands
It's not a kindle competitor either because it's not got an "e-ink" screen so it's not as comfotable to read as a Kindle or one of the Sony readers. The whole point of a reader is to give the experience of reading a book, the iPad won't do that.
Read some of the comments on that page, they summarise the failings of the iPad pretty well.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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Originally Posted by DexDexter
I had an iPod G3 and to be fair when I got it it was great even if iTunes was a collosal turd of a thing to use. The rest of the Apple products however I don't get at all.
The people who generally buy Apple stuff are usually not the most educated of people and seem to think that Apple invented a lot of technology when all they did was repackage it.Rule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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So it's like an e-reader without the battery life or like a laptop without the flexibility? Only it costs slightly more than either or indeed both? Hmm, where do I collect my black polo neck?
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27th January 2010, 21:59 #9
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Originally Posted by Dave BrockmanRule 1 of the forum, always accuse anyone who disagrees with you of bias.I would say that though.
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A lot of people have underestimated Steve Jobs and his ideas Daniel, but on this one, I think you are right.
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