Lets just say she's twice the person I am. So no :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
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Lets just say she's twice the person I am. So no :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Bad luck. Maybe the next one, if it ever happens again! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I've no need for another woman in my life anyway :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I was talking about another person with WP7 phone! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Well Caroline might get a Wp7 or I might buy a new one and hand mine down to her :pQuote:
Originally Posted by ioan
as did the Apples too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave B
Great plan! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Depends on the woman. Mine would laugh at me if I showed up with an iWhatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Hi hun, it's me... iOan :laugh:
I knew that sooner or later someone will come up with it! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Anyway luckily the 'i' in ioan is not pronounced like that. :D
iMhone :p
I bought my girl an iPad2 for her birthday this year. I would describe how she said "thanks"... but this is a family forum. I'm thinking about buying her a MacPro next year. Not because she needs or wants one, but it's not everyday that I get to live out my porn star fantasies... ya know? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Yes sir! A happy girlfriend makes for a happy boyfriend. I don't know much when it comes to women. But I've learned that much over the years. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
In part because of what I do, I appreciate quality and efficient design engineering. Last I read, the iPhone had a return rate of about 1.5%, while some Android devices had return rates approaching 50%. That's not a knock on the Android software. But it is to say that without some amount of control over the OEM's, you end up with any manner of fly-by-night ma & pa producers churning out junk with your software on it. In the eyes of the consumer, that alone can make you look bad - and it may not even be your fault. Microsoft has had that very issue over the years with the Windows OS's - although quite often, it was the software. But neither Apple nor any other software/hardware OEM produces products which are 100% defect free. That's an unrealistic expectation. In the world of manufacturing, there is simply no such thing! So when I read complaints on here about how "if Macs are so great, how come I know someone who has one that broke?"... I have no choice but to roll my eyes. There is no such thing as "defect free". Even at a Six Sigma level, a process will yield 3.4 defects per million opportunities. But like I said, I do appreciate OEM's (cars, computers, watches... whatever) that employ effective defect reduction and defect prevention methodologies. And Apple does that extremely well... both in my opinion and by actual data. But people should buy what they need and what they want.
As for myself, I don't have the time or patience for foolishness. So I don't mind paying for quality.
Apple tops customer satisfaction index once again
http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/20-09-2011-15-17-21.png
This kind of sums up my main reason for finding the iPad a bit pointless. Please not this site is generally very pro-Apple and the guy obviously likes his Apple products.....
IRL: WildBlue satellite internet, international charging, a flashing habit and failing to get work done on an iPad -- EngadgetQuote:
iPad for sale
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....-250-x-300.jpgOh, iPad 2 with AT&T 3G. I remember the day it was announced. I rushed to my computer in the early morning hours to ensure I'd be one of the first to wrap my hands around one. Looking back I can't help but wonder, Why? I knew a tablet wouldn't be the best for productivity, but I was curious about filling that void bewtixt my 15-inch MacBook Pro and my iPhone. Plus, with 3G connectivity, I figured I'd finally have a simple device for surfing the web or watching Netflix while in transit.
After receiving it a few weeks later and installing some apps, I was having a grand ol' time using my giant iPod touch (and yes, I mean that). Then, I noticed my luck had afforded me the dreaded "screen bleed." After weeks of frustrating calls and two repairs, I was back in gear with an evenly lit screen. So, I continued on grabbing some gaming, magazine, music and movie apps that I still haven't used more than a handful of times.
Maybe it's just that I'm too set on using on full OS, but using the iPad for me is like pulling teeth. The simple tasking of switching from a webpage to another app is tiring after a few circles and better suited to a full OS. And that's the problem, really. I need a device to do more than one thing at a time and switch between tasks on a dime, and the iPad just doesn't cut it. The 11-inch MacBook Air I've recently acquired has fit my needs perfectly, and since I bought it my iPad's been accumulating more dust. Seems like it might be time to give up on the slate for now, maybe even sell it. Plus, it's not like the Smart Cover was that smart anyway; all it ever did was collect dirt... (Kidding! Kind of.)
Thing is, a phone is still a lot more useful in that situation, sure the screen isn't quite so big, but personally I just don't get the point in carrying something so big that duplicates the functionality of a device that pretty much everyone has. I mean does anyone carry a netbook AND a laptop around with them? :mark:Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I get what you're saying :) But who doesn't take a USB cable into work to charge their phone? If you've got a hardarse IT administrator you can even buy one of these -> Scan CDL-02POWER 20cm USB Power Only Cable - Scan.co.uk and you can charge your phone and they know your device won't be connected to your PC or laptop in terms of data.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
I think like you say it's a luxury device though and for that reason, I'm oot. If someone makes a decent tablet that is convertible (ie it can be used as a laptop) and has a dock then I'll buy, but I just don't see the point of having 3 devices when 2 will do.
You can't use the iPad as a practical phone, so - Fail.
You can't use it as a laptop - Fail.
You can't use it as a book reader, because it's too expensive, heavy and the battery life is crap - More Fail.
So conclusion = Epic Fail.
I've long maintained that it's nothing but an expensive toy for people gullible enough to fall for it. Now they introduced a keyboard dock for it, because typing is a pain in the ass on the iPad. :laugh: So, why not just buy a high performing laptop for that price??!?! :crazy:
Hell, if I had that much money lying around, and I really wanted to waste it, I'd buy one of the new 4 GB DirectX 11 graphic cards for my PC. MUCH better investment.
I found this pic quite amusing:
What the iPad really is: :p
http://knowyourmeme.com/i/000/037/99...jpg?1264752013
Hum, seems the Samsung Galaxy S3 specs have been leaked... (there are various links on google, I won't bother to post one).
I say it looks like a typical 4chan BS.
I highly doubt any of that is true.Quote:
including a Quad-core 2.0GHZ processor, 1.5GB of RAM and a 10 MP camera capable of 1080P at 60 fps. It will house this technological-lunacy in a 9mm thick body, be powered by a 2,250mAh and be NFC ready.
Most interesting of all, it will have a 4.65" Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280x1024, giving it the highest pixel density of any smartphone so far, and an unusual 5:4 display.
You should buy yourself a micro USB cable for work :) I've got one for work and I never run out of power.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
There are ways of minimising your battery use and I think a lot of battery use is down to how people have their phone configured. Not having owned an iPhone I couldn't honestly say whether it's better than my phone in terms of battery life, but if I switch my bluetooth and WLAN off and only have 3g on when I actually need it my phone will last for a good few days. In reality because I've got a USB cable here at work and I've set my phone up to work off the WLAN, I keep everything on and if it weren't plugged in it'd only last the day.
^ This. I can play around with an iPad all day long if it's for demo at a mall or belongs to someone else, but would never shell out that much money for a fancy toy. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
And I think you got the battery life of Kindle quite wrong. With the Wi-fi off, it can go up to a week easily, and goes even further on the newer models, which I haven't checked up on.
I tend to agreeQuote:
Originally Posted by Koz
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Originally Posted by henners88
Whoooooooa!!!! The kindle's battery life is measured in weeks. Caroline has one and she charges it so infrequently that when she needs to charge it she has to ask me where the USB cable for it is as she uses it so infrequently. As a book reader the kindle absolutely blows the iPad away. It whoops the Kindle in terms of battery life, weight, readability and pretty much everything. It really is a case of the iPad being a tablet which doubles as a book reader and the Kindle being a dedicated e-reader.
Whilst the iPad is not heavy, IMHO it's a weighty device which I'd rather not carry around with me every day and which I'd find tiring to use for any length of time.
SSD is a better investment :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
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Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
There's no "epic fail" about the iPad IMHO. Before owning one (yes, I own one so am clearly biased :p ) I thought they were pointless, and replicted much of what the iPhone does. Of course it does, it's based on the same well established principles but it is much more than an iPhone foursquared!!!
- The iPad is a luxury item. You don't need it. If you don't want one don't buy one![/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- During 2010, Apple sold 15 million iPads worldwide[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- A lot of people own one[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- The iPad is not a phone[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- It can be used for online calls via Skype & Face-Time[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- The iPad is not a laptop.[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- There are apps that make it a very effective and useful office device[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- You can use it as a book reader, but (IMHO) the Kindle does the job better[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
- The iPad keyboard is fine to use. Buying an external one is optional[/*:m:bhh8uvjm]
It doesn't do things that other devices don't do, but it does them in one conveniently portable device, and it does them very well. I can work (handwrting apps are a joy, and office documents open & save easily) on an iPad, play games, watch tv & films, listen to music, check emai, have a digital radio alarm clock and far more all in one place.
I like it. Maybe I've fallen for the hype. Paid over the odds. Don't really care. What the iPad does it does very well, and it works for me :s mokin:
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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
1) You're right
2) There are always people happy to be seperated from their money ;)
3) A lot of people in Germany during WW2 thought Hitler was a smashing chap
4) Of course, it's basically a big iPhone without the actual phone capability (aside from Facetime/Skype)
5) Of course
6) Of course, but if we drew a venn diagram of the iPad's usability and function, a lot, if not all of the area the iPad occupies would be covered by a phone and a laptop/netbook and phones are more portable and laptops/netbooks more functional and useable for certain things like typing.
7) Which is still not as useful as a laptop.
8) Definitely.
9) It might be fine to use, but a hardware keyboard will always be better to use.
That's the problem, isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
It does nothing that your iPhone does not do.
(IIRC, I could do most of that my old HTC Harrier - wait for it - 8 years ago!!! And it cost me 80$)
:)
Handwriting apps, how well do they work? How accurate would you rate the OCR?
What kind of stylus do you use? I have seen a few and they look absolutely dreadful, I couldn't see myself using one of them.
I'm not very big on pointless luxury items, so it doesn't appeal to me AT ALL. However, if people like it, I may not understand why, but I don't have a problem with that. I personally wouldn't waste my money on an iPad....EVER.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
If I wanna take calls, receive SMS', get all my business and personal emails on one device, or play Angry Birds while on the pooper, my Samsung Galaxy S does the trick, and fits in my pocket too. ;)
My work requires me using lots of software from the Adobe Suite, which my laptop handles quite efficiently. And the kind of hardware those softwares require, won't be on the iPad for a long time. I also have to type long ass business emails, for which using the on-screen iPad qwerty crap would be a pain in the ass.
If I had 400 GBP lying around, I'd invest it, like I said, in one of the new DX11 graphic cards and smoke the panties off of any PC out there OR I'd probably buy an SSD, then probably one of the new HD or a 3D projectors and paint my wall white OR a Samsung Galaxy S2. AND after all of this, if the green would still be troubling my pockets, MAYBE buy an iPad, but I'd think about it very hard before doing it. :p
Screw SSDs! I'll wait until they get cheaper. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Meanwhile:
AMD Radeon HD 6990 Graphics
4 GB DDR5 2X256-bit - 5000 Mhz - Supports up to 6 displays. Fastest card in the world. Gaming insurance for the next 10 years.
*DROOL* :eek: :crazy:
I'd love one, but the power bill would be horrendous ;) I've only got an 850 watt PSU as well :pQuote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
Well, I wouldn't want to sit and watch a 2hr 50m film (Grand Prix...still a cracker!!) on my phone, that's for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
I use a boxwave stylus with the Notes Plus app and can replicate my handwriting perfectly well so no problems with the OCR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Exactly. Even if the OCR is good, typing with a keyboard is still craploads better. Apple have a talent for polishing things, but sometimes you can only polish a non-ideal situation so much. If you were going to handwrite a long letter to someone you wouldn't do it on a clipboard standing up would you? You'd do it on a desk. To me the iPad is like a really good clipboard, it does its thing really well, but the form factor simply doesn't lend itself that well to anything other than light use. You can do heavier stuff on it, but you're almost always going to be better off with a netbook or a laptop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Surely though, watching said movie on a TV would be a better idea and if you're going to be watching something for almost 3 hours I assume you're on a train or a plane, then a laptop would do the job also? A lot of people in the comments section (as well as the author) mentioned that they'd traded their iPad's in for Macbook Air's which were far better.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
My point about waching the film was in response to Koz's claim that the iPad "does nothing that your iPhone does not do".Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
I don't disagree that you can watch films on a laptop but I wouldn't watch a 3hr film on my phone.
Bollocks! You don't say that to your wife because you know you'll get your nuts ripped off ;) :p : :DQuote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Daniel has violated Godwins Law so is from now on automatically wrong.
No OCR = not note taking/handwriting...Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
That, to me, looks like a drawing app. The point would be for that to understand and process my handwriting...
This is something that the HTC Harrier did 8-odd years, not very well mind you, but it did in fact do it.
Exactly, the screen is bigger, but the functionality is the same (if not less).Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
I am looking at getting an Xperia ARC, anyone here have it? If so, any thought and/or concerns?
Some of my friends haven't had good experiences with Xperias in general. I think 3 of my buddies had it, neither of them was really happy. They had issues with the battery, choppy video playback, random shutdowns etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Then there's also this:
Xperia arc users report cracks issue - The Inquirer
I was quite sceptical of the IPad but I think that I'd actually quite like one now. I have a job where work is quite ad-hoc and may involve travel and staying away. My work laptop heavily locked by down by our London based IT department and it doesn't even have a disc drive to watch DVD's. For periods where I might be staying away I think an iPad would actually be quite a good entertainment device. This doesn't mean I'm planning on rushing out to buy one but next time that I might have a prolonged period away from home I think I'd definitely be thinking about buying one.