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Originally Posted by mdovell
Well apple has some explaining to do...
If the ipad can't use flash...and if the new iphone this summer can...
it sort of competes within itself.
That and the timing isn't good..a chunk of the northeast is dealing with flooding.
I've already had arguments with some that thought this came with 3G. Not everyone has wifi in their homes...so by assuming that alone means that people already have internet access. Being teathered to wifi areas doesn't help...
I know people with ipod touches that don't bother to show it to people if there's no wifi in the area..the effect wears off.
Supposedly kindle has 400K books..ipad as 60K...but there is the kindle app for ipad..so where is a ipad user going to go for books?
My major problem with apple products is although they make a great design it just wears off as it isn't an open system. My college used to have a few macs...they don't anymore because the percentages aren't there. Apple jumped the shark awhile ago. It can't claim to be unix based and then say it has terms of service that demand apps must be approved. We got past this (applications are dependent on the OS) thing 15 years ago.
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Huh?????? You had an interesting list of irrelevant facts that had nothing to do with this post, but hey why not respond anyway, lol.
What does Apple have to explain?
Maybe I want a phone, and a larger form factor for reading, etc.
Usually companies don't determine product release dates on natural disasters. Sorry to hear about your flooding, but although Apple's a pretty good company, they don't have a crystal ball.
You want an iPad with 3G, they're coming, just wait a few extra weeks (no deception here, dates have been advertised since the beginning - unless of course one can't read, but then a Kindle is moot). For those of us who don't want or need 3G, it's nice to have the wifi version (cheaper, no data plan needed).
Um, I think it's great the iPad will have a Kindle App. What's wrong with this? What's wrong with people wanting an iPad and Kindle books, or an iPad that can readily access all their current Kindle books?
Open system, ya, agreed, but hey, not like the Kindle is open, lol.
And finally, your post had nothing to do with this thread (hijack much??). Back to the original question, I think that once the iPad is out, there will be more used DX's on eBay and Craig's list, and with more supply and less depend, the price should go down (but how much, time will tell). I'd wait until May to pick one up.