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08-07-2011, 05:59 PM | #31 | |
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08-07-2011, 06:02 PM | #32 | |
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2- No, it is not as flexible or powerful as a laptop. Think of it more as a PDA on steroids. It is very good for games and great for media but substandard for productivity apps. 3- Yes, no charges from Apple; no on surfing everywhere as the iPad doesn't support Flash-based sites. 4- Yes, you can. It is the only way to buy ebooks, aside from Apple's iBook app. |
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08-07-2011, 06:29 PM | #33 |
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08-07-2011, 07:50 PM | #34 | |
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With the iPad you have to get all applications through Apple's app store and Apple may refuse apps as they consider fit. This is like having to get all software from a proprietary Microsoft store with MS reserving the right to approve or reject any software as they see fit. You also cannot simply add/swap data via USB or an SD card. Everything has to go through Apple's proprietary interface. I personally wouldn't even consider buying a device that cannot exchange data by copying it from one drive to the other. Obviously Apple can't allow an SD card slot because how would they manage to milk their customers for additional memory if these customers could simply expens it with a 40 EUR fast 32 GB SD card? - Yes, you may surf wherever you like but you can't use Flash or any other format that Steve may decide to ban because of some vendetta in the future. |
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08-07-2011, 08:48 PM | #35 | |
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MS does not have a monopoly, but Apple's actions are certainly monopolistic. Imagine the hue and cry if you could only buy software from MS to run on a PC.
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But my question isn't why Jobs would do this - it's why so many people here think it's A-OK for Apple to do something they'd be screaming about if Microsoft did it. So far, the answer seems to be 'because they're not Microsoft' which makes no sense. |
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08-07-2011, 08:54 PM | #36 | |
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08-07-2011, 09:09 PM | #38 | |
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My wife used her laptop for email, browsing, eBay, and Facebook. Now she uses her iPhone and iPad for all of those things. For her, the iOS devices are exactly as flexible and capable as a laptop, plus even more portable and with better battery life. I cannot understand how people can claim there is only one way to use their devices-their way. (And FWIW, I still use my laptop for a few things-like manage my iTunes library, sync my iPad and iPhone, etc. But I haven't traveled with my laptop since getting an iPad.) Last edited by kjk; 08-07-2011 at 09:16 PM. |
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The courts ruled differently...and in different countries at that.
What is Steve Ballmers most recent blood pressure reading, and can someone please tell me what Zuckerbergs blood sugar level is? |
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With those devices this is considered completely normal. The question is whether you view the iPad model as more like that, or more like a PC model? |
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08-08-2011, 05:26 AM | #44 | |
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Personally, I can't ever remember buying any books via my ipad as it is much more of a secondary device for me when it comes to reading, but even taking that into account I would still be dubious about getting another ipad since who is to say that they won't use this as just a first step with the next one being to block other reading apps, it might seem unlikely now, but most thought that about the previous situation too. |
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08-08-2011, 06:02 AM | #45 | |
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