Patrick Bateman
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stilgar said:
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iPod Touch?
Buckethead
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Waiting for a spec update, but definitely plan on buying one.
I need a nice sleek thing to sit with infront of the fireplace for flaming trolling juniors.
I need a nice sleek thing to sit with infront of the fireplace for flaming trolling juniors.
ashbash159
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Look what I found!sarcastor said:
"iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the cameras USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the cameras SD card."
sarcastor said:
iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the cameras USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the cameras SD card.
Art Teitlebaum
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I like it, I don't need it and most likely I won't buy it.
YMMV.
YMMV.
mikeybwright
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sk3 said:
Oh snap forgot about apples student discount, I saved 50 on a mac mini hope it works on this as well.
Darko
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fireside said:
iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the cameras USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the cameras SD card.
smh
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Vennt
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Whilst I don't expect it to see anything close to iPhone levels of success I do think there's a market for it, I'll be buying one, setting up & booting up a laptop to watch films in bed is a pain, same for web-browsing on the couch, this will do that job and more, hopefully with instant-on too.
MrsVennt wanted an iPod Touch, she can have mine and I'll get one of these, all bases covered then.
MrsVennt wanted an iPod Touch, she can have mine and I'll get one of these, all bases covered then.
I've had one of these for about 3 years for my ipod.ashbash159 said:Look what I found!
"iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the cameras USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the cameras SD card."
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
After watching that video it really does look like a competent tablet. I know I'm plunking down the cash for one.
RebornYeti
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This just seems like a useless, overpriced piece of tech. Why do we need a larger version of the iPod Touch? It doesn't make sense to me.
I was thinking about the 16GB 499 version and was thinking it would be kind of dumb to buy this and have less space than I have on my 32GB iPhone...but then I realized, if I have the iPhone, am I really gonna be using this to carry my music library everywhere too? Am I really going to sit somewhere with this and watch a movie on it , even with a bigger screen?
For people travelling I can see it would be really nice to have a decent sized music and video library on there but I don't travel much at all right now. And once you discount the music/video, 16GB is lots of space for apps.
Hearing leo gush about this device as he does his hands on is slowly turning me around. I was skeptical from the presentation but it seems like this is something you have to hold and use to believe.
edit: for those who missed his initial hands on impressions, he couldn't stop saying how great the screen was, and said the speed of the device is immediately apparent, very fast, very 'snappy'
For people travelling I can see it would be really nice to have a decent sized music and video library on there but I don't travel much at all right now. And once you discount the music/video, 16GB is lots of space for apps.
Hearing leo gush about this device as he does his hands on is slowly turning me around. I was skeptical from the presentation but it seems like this is something you have to hold and use to believe.
edit: for those who missed his initial hands on impressions, he couldn't stop saying how great the screen was, and said the speed of the device is immediately apparent, very fast, very 'snappy'
My concern is that due to the userbase and limitations of the iPhone, what the iPad will mostly get are just upsized iPhone games, which IMO is awful; I make concessions on some iPhone games because I understand the size limitations but that shouldn't exist on an iPad. The temptation to hit both markets will be too large.mrklaw said:
I'd also love to see one of the people who kept harping about the "desktop metaphor" explain away that keyboard or the lack of multitasking or iffy storage/transfer. When I think of a device that somehow outdoes a netbook I still tend to think it'll let me read the web while listening to Pandora and running a torrent.
The iPad just makes me think that I'd use it because I'm not at my desktop/iPhone, rather than instead of my desktop/iPhone, and that's not revolutionary or magical at all.
DjangoReinhardt
Thinks he should have been the one to kill Batman's parents.
It's pretty much what I expected. I'm not wowed, but it looks good. I need to see the MLB At Bat app in action. :lol
1. Tablets have been done on the PC side for years, and done better. My ex's HP tablet shat on my Wacom-enabled Gateway tablet. The touch screens have gotten way more precise over the years.
2. The battery life is nothing. I get that on my Asus. All CULV laptops are stretching 10 hours, and even real world times clock in over 8 hours being used for more than this iPad can handle. IOW, I get the same battery life with an order of magnitude increase in performance.
3. No ports? Really? No USB should be a dealbreaker. What good are the media capabilities if I can't connect my 500GB hot drive and transfer my music and videos? This is just baffling.
4. If it doesn't multitask, then what exactly is it good for? Again, even my heavy-old Gateway tablet was capable of multitasking. As old as it is, it's probably still faster than this iPad. It really seems like a stopgap product. Something to get investors hyped for the coming fiscal year. But it just has so many problems, I can't wrap my head around it.
I've underestimated Apple fanboys before, but you have to be a slave to that company to see this as anything other than a joke. I guess the lack of low-priced Win7 tablets might play a role here, but you can get a kickass netbook for less now, and then wait until Google readies their Chrome OS, and then enjoy a large variety of cheaper tablets in this kind of form factor. If Chrome evolves as Android has, then it'll certainly be the touch OS of choice going forward.
I'm not here to shit on Apple's parade, but just sharing my opinion. I buy good hardware, regardless of brand. Had my iPhone when it was the best thing on the market, but I can't really justify this tweener. PEACE.
2. The battery life is nothing. I get that on my Asus. All CULV laptops are stretching 10 hours, and even real world times clock in over 8 hours being used for more than this iPad can handle. IOW, I get the same battery life with an order of magnitude increase in performance.
3. No ports? Really? No USB should be a dealbreaker. What good are the media capabilities if I can't connect my 500GB hot drive and transfer my music and videos? This is just baffling.
4. If it doesn't multitask, then what exactly is it good for? Again, even my heavy-old Gateway tablet was capable of multitasking. As old as it is, it's probably still faster than this iPad. It really seems like a stopgap product. Something to get investors hyped for the coming fiscal year. But it just has so many problems, I can't wrap my head around it.
I've underestimated Apple fanboys before, but you have to be a slave to that company to see this as anything other than a joke. I guess the lack of low-priced Win7 tablets might play a role here, but you can get a kickass netbook for less now, and then wait until Google readies their Chrome OS, and then enjoy a large variety of cheaper tablets in this kind of form factor. If Chrome evolves as Android has, then it'll certainly be the touch OS of choice going forward.
I'm not here to shit on Apple's parade, but just sharing my opinion. I buy good hardware, regardless of brand. Had my iPhone when it was the best thing on the market, but I can't really justify this tweener. PEACE.
Buckethead
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Why does 3G have to have that ugly thinga-ma-jigger on the top?
I can see what they are doing, this thing is designed to get people on to a computer and the internet who don't have a clue how to use normal operating systems, and I guess it would be perfect for them. Me however, I have to admit to being disappointed with just a bigger ipod touch. They have this multi-touch screen so where are the fancy gestures and stuff? Also I hate that it won't be able to play different video formats.
Patrick Bateman
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stilgar said:
And btw. I really don't get why I should buy it. Maybe it's for all those rich housewives for who a PC or notebook is too complicated, but I don't really see a real customer group for this.
Is it supposed to be some kind of netbook?
ashbash159
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I'm really really confused at who would buy this (out of the people not on GAF).
1. People who want to use it for entertainment and web browsing purposes, and also maybe iBook (don't know how good iBook is) would think it's too expensive for their needs. Also if they wanted it for these purposes, they need portablilty. iPod Touch and iPhone are avaliable, and do nearly everything you would need.
2. Professionals and businesses. No need for it in schools, unless textbooks are avaliable and you can write good notes on their, including diagrams. Even though it can come with iWork (if you pay for them) what is the point of them? You don't use them for entertainment purposes and certainly wouldn't bother with using them on an iPad in a business enviroment.
Who will buy this???
Edit: Oh yeah, and no multitasking.
1. People who want to use it for entertainment and web browsing purposes, and also maybe iBook (don't know how good iBook is) would think it's too expensive for their needs. Also if they wanted it for these purposes, they need portablilty. iPod Touch and iPhone are avaliable, and do nearly everything you would need.
2. Professionals and businesses. No need for it in schools, unless textbooks are avaliable and you can write good notes on their, including diagrams. Even though it can come with iWork (if you pay for them) what is the point of them? You don't use them for entertainment purposes and certainly wouldn't bother with using them on an iPad in a business enviroment.
Who will buy this???
Edit: Oh yeah, and no multitasking.
fireside said:
i did not see that. now i need a job to pay for this. damn you apple for nickel and diming everything!
I'm vacationing in Southeast Asia right now. I brought like 20 divx movies and 12 gb of music on my laptop. the beauty is that i can download new movies and mp3s and get rid fo old ones easily. plus i can backup photos to the laptop. With the ipad, you're stuck with what you brought cause you have to sync to your computer to add/remove stuff
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multitasking would be an issue IMO. Maybe they didn't talk in depth about that because they'd already spent an hour going over stuff? Hopefully there will be more info in the coming weeks. Likewise with safari - can you have tabs?
Even with my wife's netbooks tiny screen I can at least use tabs which is essential for everyday heavy browsing. Although navigating around a small screen with a mouse is annoying, and touch would be much easier.
Even with my wife's netbooks tiny screen I can at least use tabs which is essential for everyday heavy browsing. Although navigating around a small screen with a mouse is annoying, and touch would be much easier.
I feel pretty vindicated by the total uselessness and lameness of this device. Yawn.
As expected, tech nerds rejoice, everyone else looks at their iPod touch/iPhone, looks at their laptop/desktop, looks at their iPod touch/iPhone again and tries to figure out what this does that they don't.
As expected, tech nerds rejoice, everyone else looks at their iPod touch/iPhone, looks at their laptop/desktop, looks at their iPod touch/iPhone again and tries to figure out what this does that they don't.
Souldriver
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Dear god, the smugness in that video is just overwhelming. Could you just explain the cools things about this thing instead off acting like it's a work of art or the second coming of Christ?giga said:
im somewhat of an apple fanboy but im really not interested in this. oh well, i wasn't hyped. if it had a memorystick slot or maybe a usb port then maybe i would consider it if i had money. but even then, it seems like i would have to invent a use for it for me, it wouldn't be replacing anything i use.
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