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How did the genie only get out of the bottle yesterday? Why do you think its only now we can soon expect such a device?
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Never mind
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that is much better use of 500$ then the apple product I think. its got things.. like mutitasking/flash soon/ open evro/usb slots that make it more usfull to me. |
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The reason I said "soon" is because I know competitors are already working on devices of their own. Now that they'll see iPad's strengths and weaknesses, we can expect some of them to directly address those points. Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 01-28-2010 at 12:21 PM. |
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But I'd probably do it. For instance I had a Newsweek sub last year. I read every issue pretty much cover to cover. I've tried reading online since it ran out (will probably renew soon) and I barely read a 10th as much. It's just not the same experience, you can't find every article as easily as you can just reading front to back as the site has so many layers and there aren't that many stores linked to on the front page of the site etc. I agree though, that people who won't pay for paper subscriptions won't pay for electronic subscriptions in great numbers either, so I don't see it saving the industry. |
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I think it's a good thing. Especially that the iPad touts a 10 hour battery life, a $499 price tag for the basic model, has a great screen etc. There are lots of things that need added for me to by one--stylus writing, multi tasking, maybe a screen ration closer to 16:9 to be better for movies than 4:3 etc. But Apple has set the bar high with what this tablet can do for $499, so I'm really eager to see what competitors put out. If they want to have a chance against Apple's market and following, they'll have to match it and add improvements without driving up price or driving battery life down. |
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As others have pointed out, they're rolling DRM on their books and not offering ADEPT support. That is a giant step back for e-publishing and may be the biggest ripple this causes (on the relatively small market to which all those on these fora subscribe, anyway). ![]() |
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Of course I hope they go to use ADE. Not because it is cracked but because it already almost standard for everybody ∉ Amazon corporation. But I read the first posting that this might not be the case ![]() Martin |
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Newspapers saw dollar signs when the Kindle DX came out, but I think they've gotten a little more down-to-earth since then. The only substantial way to entice users to subscribe en masse is to erect paywalls on the website, which presents its own series of difficulties. |
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Don't need to. I can read technical articles. The shiny new processor is basically an ARM Cortex A9 system on a chip with a slower graphics system than Nvidia provides for the Ion. . Basically a cell phone processor. So slow. No matter how much you want to twist and turn. It's still slow.
Another reason it can't be anything but slow is the fact that it uses a nine point something IPS LCD panel. Very nice, but a bit power hungry. And excluding some incredible new battery technology that Apple invented and kept to themselves, a 10 hour battery fitting into a device of that size demands that the rest of the machine be as power sipping as possible. So no big powerful processor, no huge storage, no large amounts of memory, no big graphics subsystem. So tell me.. Why would I need to read a benchmark on a device with already published specifications. People have been discussing the merits and drawbacks of an ARM based sub netbook for months. Most are saying it will be too slow to be worth using. Now they can find out. Before they fill that gigantic 16 gig of storage on a single tasking system. ![]() |
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I think the iPad will harm sales of the Kindle DX big time. Other large screen readers are going to be in trouble too.
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