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Originally Posted by SeaKing
1. What was the "one app" you wanted so much?
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Viz Manga. There's a Flash-based website but 1) it sucks and 2) it's useless for offline viewing.
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Originally Posted by SeaKing
2. It is my belief that the Apple product buying cycle is much shorter than most other manufacturers. I think the rush to buy the next "upgrades" show this. Witness the excitement about getting a new color.
A lot of my comments come about from having talked with Apple owners over the years, and questioning them on why they buy Apples which are usually more expensive than other products. Granted that was mostly about computers and not iPods, iPhones and iPads.
Those Apple computer owners were a diverse lot. My doctor, at least 2 children, 1 wife, my sister and her husband, cousins, friends, co-workers, etc. They all feel that Apple gives them something special that makes the extra cost worth it, and yet they can't explain what it is very well, if you are familiar with what they want to do.
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Is there any question that Steve Jobs was excellent when it comes to marketing? While tech manufacturers are fighting spec wars and have to contend with low profit margins, Apple has built itself into a luxury brand and thus, can command much higher prices for their products. Besides, I reckon familiarity has a lot to do with it. They're already used to Mac OS. A lot of people wouldn't want to move to a new OS and learn a new interface.
I do have to say this, the iPad 2 wasn't my first tablet but it was the first one I felt was worth my money. Prior to that, I already had a $650 Viliv X70 (Atom Z520+XP Home) "slate" and a $1,400 Fujitsu (low voltage Core 2+Vista Business) convertible.
The Viliv was just awful. It was slow, battery life wasn't that good, it gets pretty hot and when you've used it after a while, the display goes all wonky (was never able to trace the cause). The Fujitsu was actually pretty nice. Handwriting recognition was quite accurate and I really liked using it. However, it shares 2 of the complaints I had with the Viliv - short battery life and it gets pretty hot. It's also much heavier (over 2lbs) which made it very tiring to hold for long periods of time. I barely used them and they're just collecting dust now.
Besides, it's not like I'm buying Apple products in lieu of other brands. I just haven't bought a large Android tablet yet because I was waiting for Ice Cream Sandwich (and now that it's been released, I'm waiting on the upcoming Transformer). I'm also waiting for ultra low voltage Ivy Bridge before getting an x86-based slate (although I'm sorely tempted by the Samsung Series 7).
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Originally Posted by Andy_T
This being a mobileread forum, I am surprised that not more people find the idea of having 4 times the display resolution to display ebooks as a very intriguing feature.
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Probably because most folks on this forum prefer their e-ink reader(s).
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Originally Posted by jocampo
You are right about that, however, for someone who already owns one or looking to upgrade, needs to consider price and weight as well, even portability.
If someone has the money, investing on an iPad3 or whatever the new name is, will be a fantastic reading device, but remember you are paying a good amount of money for that. I guess people will put that in a balance and compare against a Kindle Fire or even a regular eink device.
The iPad is much more than just reading, is a fantastic tablet. But I do not consider its price to be really affordable for majority of people.
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I think that would be the 3rd generation iPad (in much the same way they just refer to the iPod Touch by generation). As for the rest, it's really just a matter of how much you're willing to pay and/or sacrifice (in terms of weight, etc) to get the new features.