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the track tiles formerly known as
United States
Berkeley
California
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Apple announced their much anticipated iPad -
Apple announcement & video: http://www.apple.com
ZDNET liveblog coverage: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-387535.html
Wired: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/a-closer-look-at-appl...
[Apologies if this is already being discussed in another forum- I didn't see another topic with this news.]
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Todd Lang
Canada
Wellesley
Ontario
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Really? In the "Gaming Related" forum?
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If Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Then Actions x2 Speak Louder Than Actions
United States
Hutto
Texas
One of the Original Twelve
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So I've heard.
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Zuperfliegen
United States
Round Rock
Texas
Ride the Snake
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jimb wrote: Apple announced their much anticipated iPad -
I think the macTablet was much anticipated...the iPad, well it's just not that time of month yet.
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J
United States
San Diego
California
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Moved to ChitChat
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Gabe Covert
United States
Lexington
Kentucky
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Meh...
It's a big iPod touch... big whoop...
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Jason Fordham
United States
Rome
Georgia
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Gabe,
I agree with you (that's all it looks like/seems like) but one benefit is that it's large enough to actually browse true webpages without scrolling.
Beyond that, though, you're right, it probably should have just been called iPod Touch Jumbo or something. 
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Drew
United States
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
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I would love one. Would save carting a portfolio all over the place.
I don't think they should have called it the iPad, though.
Anyway, everyone on Star Trek has one of these . . . I want one, too.
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Ken Shogren
United States
Rochester
Michigan
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CovertDad wrote: Meh... It's a big iPod touch... big whoop...
I don't know - it kinda looks like a ST:TNG version of a Newton. 
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the track tiles formerly known as
United States
Berkeley
California
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Drew1365 wrote: Anyway, everyone on Star Trek has one of these . . . I want one, too.
I thought there was only one on Star Trek - typically attended by a young woman in a very short miniskirt, to transport it from signatory to signatory.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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McDonald's has a new Third Pounder Anus Burger.
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the track tiles formerly known as
United States
Berkeley
California
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Steve Jobs sounded exhausted to me- as though it was a strain to be on-stage. His presentation seemed unusually cursory/flat, as a result.
Still- I want one, badly. I'm very curious how the keyboard feels.
I don't think the name is so bad- the feminine hygiene joke just doesn't buzz, imho- and, it's otherwise a perfectly good name; simple.
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Anthony DuLac
United States
Minnesota
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This isn't meant snarkily but why might you want one of these? What's the benefit? What would its primary use be??
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If Actions Speak Louder Than Words, Then Actions x2 Speak Louder Than Actions
United States
Hutto
Texas
One of the Original Twelve
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CovertDad wrote: Meh... It's a big iPod touch... big whoop...
iPod Grope?
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CovertDad wrote: It's a big iPod touch...
CalebSkye wrote: iPod Touch Jumbo or something.
Agreed. I don't see a very large market for this. The reason why the iPhone was so big was because it was a phone that also had a nice screen and a bunch of cool apps. You take the phone away, and you have a severely underpowered netbook with only touch-keyboard.
I don't think it will be a flop, but I think it will land closer to Apple TV than to iPhone.
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Drew
United States
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
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wytefang wrote: This isn't meant snarkily but why might you want one of these? What's the benefit? What would its primary use be??
Disconnecting me from my desk. (No, I don't have a laptop.)
But I have more pressing needs. (Like paying my mortgage and my property taxes and feeding my kids.  )
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Phil Shepherd
United States
Bristow
Virginia
Be on your guard. There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.
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I was expecting something a bit cooler. I don't think this is better than the HP Mini netbook I already have.
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the track tiles formerly known as
United States
Berkeley
California
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BoB3K wrote: The reason why the iPhone was so big was because it was a phone that also had a nice screen and a bunch of cool apps. You take the phone away, and you have a severely underpowered netbook with only touch-keyboard.
Actually, I completely disagree.
I have an iPhone, and everyone praises this design, but here's a news flash: the iPhone completely sucks as a phone. The telephony integration- calls, contacts, text messaging, voicemail, a clumsy touch interface to that end, the ability to reliably get from here-to-there - it's all absolutely awful, on the iPhone. [Let alone AT&T's service, which is even more abysmal.]
As a cellphone, this emperor- the iPhone- has no clothes. The cheapest Nokia, from a decade ago, is a much better phone- I'm serious.
But, as as convenient, mobile online computer, the iPhone is pretty good; the iPad should be better.
It does remain to be seen, though, how all these ergonomics and form-factors resolve in the market. I find my iPhone too limiting for many of the things I want to grab it for- it's a pipsqueak. But, my laptop is too much hassle.
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Drew
United States
Eau Claire
Wisconsin
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jimb wrote: The cheapest Nokia, from a decade ago, is a much better phone- I'm serious.
I am happy to have a cell phone that is just a phone -- nothing more. Of course, it's just a Trakfone, and is turned off 98% of the time, but it does the job of being a cell phone, which is really the point, right?
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Chris B
United States
Oxford
Mississippi
Lets go Blues!
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jimb wrote: the iPhone completely sucks as a phone. The integration of calls, contacts, messaging, voicemail, the touch interface and the ability to reliably get from here-to-there - it's all absolutely awful, on the iPhone. [Let alone AT&T's service, which is even more abysmal.
Have to disagree with you hear. The way the iPhone addressbook completely syncs with the address book on the mac, and if I make changes there, they show up on the phone, vice versa. Coupled with the fact that looking in the address book, I can tap on a number it will dial it, tap an email address and it will open the mail program, tap the address and it will open in google maps.
After your in google maps you can search for something else, tap the dot it pops up, and tap the phone number to call it.
Or tap a phone number in an email, or tap a phone number or address on a webpage. Everything links pretty well together in my opinion.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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Drew1365 wrote: I am happy to have a cell phone that is just a phone
That is what I want... something durable, inexpensive and just a phone + contact list. The stupidest fucking thing about cellphones is a ringtones. Either ring or beep... anything more than that is obnoxious.
I was looking at iPhones when I saw this app:
Pretty neat, but then I came to my senses.
For a portable computer (I still use a 2000 IBM Thinkpad) I'd opt for a Netbook with Ubuntu. You can get a basic one for $279.
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the track tiles formerly known as
United States
Berkeley
California
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SybotCB wrote: Have to disagree with you here. The way the iPhone addressbook completely syncs with the address book on the mac, and if I make changes there, they show up on the phone, vice versa. Coupled with the fact that looking in the address book, I can tap on a number it will dial it, tap an email address and it will open the mail program, tap the address and it will open in google maps.
After your in google maps you can search for something else, tap the dot it pops up, and tap the phone number to call it.
Or tap a phone number in an email, or tap a phone number or address on a webpage. Everything links pretty well together in my opinion.
Reasonable people may certainly differ, but here's my thoughts-
Much of what you said there relates to its capabilities as a handheld device, with integration to your desktop, to accounts and contacts in the cloud, to email & calendaring, to mobile navigation and maps, web access at your fingertips, etc- there, I fully agree. [That's why I own one.]
But where we get into the basic integration into real telephone calls, basic text messaging, and basic voicemail access, even basic integration of contacts into these telephony features (as opposed to desktop email)- there, I disagree.
And then, to discuss reliably being able to place a call, navigate some touch-tone menu system, interrupt a call, listen to your voicemail (and, without service interruption), have decent availability/inbound, use data services without being offered 'roaming' to a foreign, premium, non-att network, switch to an application vs hangup reliably, dial numbers error-free, etc, ... there, I quite disagree.
I don't want to carry two devices, so I make do with the iPhone. But, it's an infuriating cellphone, and there's many times I long for my old Nokia, with a real keypad, trivial keypad-accelerated contacts-dialing in two clicks, etc. It didn't try to be nearly so clever, but it did the basics much, much better.
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pronoblem baalberith
United States
Pleasantville
Massachusetts
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SybotCB wrote: The way the iPhone addressbook completely syncs with the address book on the mac, and if I make changes there, they show up on the phone, vice versa.
This is one of the big selling points of the Droid - google contacts, google calendar and gmail all are supposed to synch with it. I don't need games, camera, MP3 in a phone but the Google integration is a cool idea. Google calendar is something I use a lot because I can import all these calendars for local community events and meetings, gaming and music into my calendar.
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Erik Henry
United States
Manvel
Texas
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pronoblem wrote: McDonald's has a new Third Pounder Anus Burger.
Which pairs really well with their new Mac Sna-Crap.
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Erik Henry
United States
Manvel
Texas
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I wish it had more memory than an iPod or an iPhone. I'd love to be able to store my whole music library on it. With it's size I just don't understand why they didn't go with more memory. Especially when, with it's big screen and all, people might want to use it to watch movies and tv.
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