01-27-2010, 11:43 PM | #1 |
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This sums up the iPad for me
This smh.com.au article here (not the video) essentially sums up the iPad for me:
Among the many valid points I drew from the article:
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01-27-2010, 11:51 PM | #2 |
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I was very pleased with it, though still not enough to buy. But it looks much better than I expected and costs much less that I expected and the estimated battery life is a good bit better than I expected.
If it had stylus markup and and handwriting recognition built in, I'd have one preordered. I have some other gripes with the 4:3 screen ratio, lack of multitasking, no flash support etc. But I could overlook that if I could use it to mark up PDFs and books with a stylus. Especially since it's a good bit cheaper than large screen e-ink devices with laggy stylus support like the iRex, or the Que with its finger touch etc. This tablet has killed any chance I buy one of those devices. Why pay more for a device I'd only use to read and mark up a few documents a month, vs. waiting for a tablet device like this that adds stylus mark up to all the awesome multimedia functions that I'd get a lot of use out of? |
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01-27-2010, 11:52 PM | #3 |
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Where is the "kickstand"? Why does Steve hate buttons so much?
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01-28-2010, 12:00 AM | #4 |
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Apparently the case can make it stand up at a angle, so that's the kick stand. Of course the case is option and must be purchased separately.
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Lack of Flash support hasn't seemed to hurt iPhone sales, I think Apple thinks they can ignore it and refuse to cooperate with Adobe in a serious way, and is betting on HTML5 to sweep it away before it can bite them. We'll see. Adobe, of course, would like nothing better to complete their multiplatform story with iPhone/iTab support. As it is, it's a gaping hole, and has hurt Adobe more up to this point. PDF markup will probably have to be provided by third party application (there must be iPhone apps that do this now?). Hmm. When is Adobe going to ship a PDF reader for iPhone/iTab? There are third party styluses for iPhone, I assume they'll work with this. Last edited by tomsem; 01-28-2010 at 12:27 AM. |
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01-28-2010, 12:27 AM | #6 |
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"Assisted GPS" isn't just using cellphone towers to determine location. It's when a device (usually a mobile phone) has the necessary GPS hardware to listen to GPS signals, but not process them itself into an actual location. So instead they utilize a server to help them quickly determine what satellites are visible in their area, and then process the data captured by the device. So it's still generating coordinates based on GPS information, but not all the processing is done by the device.
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01-28-2010, 12:31 AM | #7 |
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Never mind
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01-28-2010, 12:43 AM | #9 | |
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This product is a joke. A joke manufactured by Apple at our expense (and how expensive it is too!) |
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01-28-2010, 12:46 AM | #10 |
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Oh ironic you mention that. One of the minor problems with the iPhone is actually memory fragmentation, and you can't defrag...
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BTW, there is this awesome iphone app to read books called Stanza that, if imported straight to the iPad is going to rock! Last edited by Estuche; 01-28-2010 at 12:53 AM. |
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01-28-2010, 01:19 AM | #15 |
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I think it looks great!
But... it'll not replace ebook readers... I first thought it may replace netbooks, but with the lack of ports and card readers, that is also very unlikely... It has certainly caused a stir - just look at the threads about this unit on here alone, and all the posts - one could be forgiven to think something spectacular had occurred. |
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