*excuse my spelling, I only have 1 arm*
Ignatz Mouse said:
Why do you want a touchscreenon a netbook, especially if you have an iPod Touch for those experiences?
The touch of the screen isn't a one off feature; i.e "oh let me touch my screen!". It's a method of input, a way of doing things and comparing a 3.7" screen to a 9.7" s frankly stupid
But I've been quiet from this thread, too many haters who were waiting on the product to shit on it from day one a la Marty Chinn.
I've taken the time to fully digest all info and it's going to be the biggest thing Apple have done, you can quote me on that.
One key thing is we haven't seen this in the flesh. Most people in this thread probably haven't even seen an IPS screen. I have two and they are fucking gorgeous. Everyone who has seen this says when you see it, you'll fall in love. Also someone in this thread commented on the chip used:
- It's a 1GHZ Snapdragon (not confirmed)
-Designed by Apple's in house semiconductor development team (P.A)
A funny thing is, everyone is saying IT'S JUST A BIG IPOD TOUCH, lol and who make the iTouch? Is it another company or is it Apple? When the iPod first came out things were even worse than this, nd it's turned into the most popular mp3 player. There were also Creative, Archos and many other bigger, faster, np3 players with better hardware..but that's not what the people wanted.
The iPhone, laughed at for not having this or that, no 3G, no MMS, no ringtones, and the rest is history.
Now history can prove me right, but the future can prove me wrong. But it seems when Apple say something is going to be revolutionary some laugh, some sit back and watch.
I'll use some quotes now:
"The big problem I had was trying to understand what the iPad is for: the answer it seems, is everything -The Guardian, UK
"It promises much but its success depends on how developers and publishers exploit its possibilities and whether consumers feel it is a device they really need" - The Financial Times, UK
People who I regard as Apple product experts have explained this product to me ingreat detail, there are many wrongs but so many rights. The problem is as a company people don't under stand Apple, but it's easier to understand why they have released this rpoduct and why
It's weird hearing this whole "it's just a bigger iTouch/iPhone" as I have sat back and seen a whole host of tablets from CES and later running Android OS which is also the same attitude Apple had with releasing the iPad; so why no hatee for Google? :lol it's obvious why
Andoid does have total multitasking, but iPad only has 1st party multitasking. Indeed Apple is acting like the protective Dad, but for the little son or daughter, it's probably the best option in the long run. For me I listen to music whilst checking emails or on the web. I can't play a game and listen to music, I can't watch a video and check email.
So what do people want as multitasking? For me I want an easier way of clicking a link in an email and gog to Safari, and getting back to that e mail. Others want an IM client running in the bkground which is fair. But why are people crying they can't run Pandora or another music player? Apple want you to use their shit, and boy that's the way they do it. I'd be interested if Chrome OS allow for other competitors to run alternate versions of their basic programs? As I think this is Apples way of protecting their 1st party apps. I'm not defending it; I'm accepting it
People who are saying this is just an iTouch/iPhone maybe haven't seen the slick UI, the difference to their previous products, the difference with Mail, Safari, etc. It's looking really amazing, and it's not even out yet! When i does come out it will probably be running the 3.4 OS, but I believe the OS will be in development with the iPhone, but will always be different. I also make this promise; 4.0 OS will emerge as a multitasking OS; fact
Email is looking amazing, I luuurve the reading panel and then the preview panel and the lay over images of your emails. I love the UI on photos too, the bottom panel where yo slide your finger and the images pop up straight away; so slick. And of course the multi touch spreading of the photo stack. I personally don't know if this UI has been done by anyone else before. We have ALL been spoilt by the iPhone touch, hnce why this is confusing people. No where on a commercial device has a UI been so perfect, whilst being touch screen.
iWork will be good on this, it's going to be interesting indeed. You'll be foolish to think that Apple aren't preparing iPad versions of Logic, Aperture, Final Cut and their other 1st party apps. The SDK is being launched 2 months before the release of the iPad, so there are going to be huuuge steps of progression, this iPad is a marathon, not a race. Developers will make this huge. Like it was predicted hospitals, schools and broadcasting esc places will scoop these up, as well as the general consumers. One thing people here are forgetting, if you live in a single room, this product aint for ya! This is really for a house where the desktop/laptop is in the study and the iPad is the rover in the house: in the kitchen, bathroom, bed, living room.
The 3.2 SDK also has some nice shine to it, but I see more coming:
- External Display Support. iPad applications will be able to display content specifically targeted to an external display connected to the iPad via the Dock connector. This sort of external monitor support has never been allowed with the iPhone SDK.
- File Sharing. A shared file directory is provided that will mount on your Mac or PC. This is presumably how files such as iWork documents will be transferred to and from the iPad. iPad applications will be able to access this shared directory.
The sad thing about all of this is the HYPE. The mock-ups, the twitter posts, everything. People fell for it, and thats not Apples fault they released a product different than that. I don't want to low my own trumpet, but I called it almost exactly how it would be because I envisioned what Apples plan was. I henceforth was not disappointed because I didn't drag my self to seeing a full blow OS X on a touch screen which is on a mobile device.
Bow I am an Apple fan, but I'm not blind. The lack of an on-board SD card reader is the worse thing for me, another device as a card reader is bulky, yeah I'd like a new element of multitasking (but it's coming), the carry case is FUCKING UGLY!!! EWWW..and no camera at the front wi now iChat is a little disappointing
But I kno what this is, it's a media device. as netbook it's different, easier to get into and more attractive. My and probably many others ideal device was a larger iPhone, this is where I see this being HUGE. Apple has put the products in place to make this iPad popular: iTouch, iPad. I know if my mum wants a small computer, she'll get the iPad, she knows the iPhone, and it's a brilliant ecosystem to protect her. I know I can put one in the house and everyone can use it easily, much more easier than a netbook or laptop as the 3.7" screen is too small and laptops are too big
I'll be buying one on day one as I've had the money waiting for a while, so that's why. If I didn't I'd wait a few months only for the price to settle. I'm buying this over a netbook for a few reasons: I already have an Apple household, I use iPhones around the house like small computers and I see more productivity in my travelling, I don't need to carry my larger laptop on holiday when I'm only really going to need email and web usage.
This is Steve's baby, and I'm going to be positive moving forward as he is one of the few men in technology that I trust. I'll read this thread to be open to negative and positive views, but it feels like this is the "HA HA, I told you so" thread..
Also, WWDC '10 will see the introduction of the iMac Touch. Remember this...
I guess they'll always have to have the keyboard up at all times to take up the space or something like that.
