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The iPad. Who names these things?

from JoeUser Forums

Short answer: Yes. I’m going to get one.

Why? Well, for me, two main reasons.

One, I currently use my iPhone to browse the net in the evening and its tiny screen is a bit of a bummer at times. I have my beloved ThinkPad T400 but it is a bit too heavy to just have sitting on my lap to surf the net and its form factor doesn’t lend itself to reading.

Two, I use my iPhone for watching movies while I work out and it’s small screen is annoying for that. I don’t use the laptop because, again, the form factor doesn’t let me easily put it up on things.

I kind of feel bad for people who bought the Kindle. This thing will kill that.

I am quite bummed it doesn’t have a camera. I could imagine this thing being super useful for Skype video chatting but oh well.

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Reply #26 from Elemental Forums Top

Have fun not multitasking, not using flash, getting adapters for USB's, no widescreen support etc.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad

Waste of $$$ if you ask me...

Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I personally I think it is pretty damn cool. B)    I have been a Verizonwireless person forever, but I got a iPod Touch this year and I LOVE it.  And if Verizon doesn't get the iPhone by the time my contract is up, which is next fall I am going to change carriers. <X3   I want a iPhone.  Just NO comparison ... I have a Dare right now and I really don't like it at all.  As matter of fact they don't even make it anymore.  So ... now my little iPod has grown up.... into a iPad...(also get off the name)...There are things like ... Launch pads...legal pads..knee pads, and ect.  You guys are just bad...}:)   But I will wait a while and see if the prices go down some, but I diffentally  will upgrade.  I have become a iFan....  :bebi:

Siege of Centauri
Reply #28 from Elemental Forums Top

(also get off the name)...There are things like ... Launch pads...legal pads..knee pads
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The pad thing's niether here nor there for me. Just had iNough of tired branding formats like this one...

Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

yEp. i'M sIck oF iT tOo.  :|

Reply #30 from Demigod Forums Top

The good people over at Apple are so pretentious I just want to kick their teeth in with steel toed boots. 

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:grin:  saw it yesterday...and decided to enter the FreakingNews competition...lol.

Reply #33 from JoeUser Forums Top

the ipad is a joke. It is a solution in search of a problem. It fails miserably as an eBook reader due to having a screen that is not made of passive epaper (with the resulting days of battery and ease of reading), it fails as an ebook reader because of its format lock compared to everyone else, it fails as an ebook reader due to its exhubrant cost, and it fails as an ebook reader because you don't use color to read books. Black and white text only.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper

As a tablet it fails due to being the most underpowered and HDD space limited tabled on the market... and its still too expensive.

Basically it is a hybrid between different devices that actually serve a purpose, that costs too much and provides inferior performance in each and every aspect.

Reply #34 from JoeUser Forums Top

Quoting messiah1, reply 31
MadTV from 5 years ago.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs

 
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I did not realize when I viewed the video it was that old!  Talk about Prophetic! ;)

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Dr, reply 34
Quoting messiah1, reply 31MadTV from 5 years ago.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs

 

I did not realize when I viewed the video it was that old!  Talk about Prophetic!
End of Dr's quote

As Jafo would say, :typo:   ...Profitic. ;)

Reply #36 from Stardock Forums Top

This is gonna cause of lot of confusion in Boston.

<not my line, but the best one I heard >

Reply #37 from Sins Forums Top

and it fails as an ebook reader because you don't use color to read books. Black and white text only.
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I disagree with this one. If you're reading textbooks, magazines, the front page of a newspaper, or those sorts of things, color is nice. The Kindle DX was designed with textbooks in mind, but you really need color for a lot of modern textbooks. The iPad still fails as an ebook reader, but not because of color.

Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting c242, reply 21
Although I own an iPhone and I love it in terms of usibility, there is one thing that really gets me up everytime and that will be the same for this oversized version of the iPhone : NO multitasking. That is a no-go even more for a bigger device.
End of c242's quote

MultiTasking, The Main reason why I have a BlackBerry over the 'iStatus'

Reply #39 from JoeUser Forums Top

I disagree with this one. If you're reading textbooks, magazines, the front page of a newspaper, or those sorts of things, color is nice. The Kindle DX was designed with textbooks in mind, but you really need color for a lot of modern textbooks. The iPad still fails as an ebook reader, but not because of color.
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Point, but its not as big a "feature" as apple makes it out to be. not when it comes at the cost of the loss of epaper eye comfort and battery life.

Reply #40 from Sins Forums Top

Wow, I just realised; I still have a I-Snack 2.0 jar... People's minds are warped... Or is it just mine?

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

what a trendwhore. lol ;)

Reply #42 from Demigod Forums Top

Just a thought... what the fug does the I in Iphone, Ipod, Ipad, etc, mean? 

Reply #43 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting pacov, reply 42
Just a thought... what the fug does the I in Iphone, Ipod, Ipad, etc, mean? 
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iProducts for iDiots

Reply #44 from JoeUser Forums Top

it is an essential part of the "reality distortion field" (google it)

Reply #45 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting taltamir, reply 44
it is an essential part of the "reality distortion field" (google it)
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Pointy hair is powerful even when you only have it on the inside. Dilbert's boss came back from hell this week...

Reply #46 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting TheDarkKnight2008, reply 43



Quoting pacov,
reply 42
Just a thought... what the fug does the I in Iphone, Ipod, Ipad, etc, mean? 



iProducts for iDiots
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Got it in one ....;)

Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The iSlab looks interesting

 

Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The iMonolith was responsible for our "Evolution".

Reply #49 from Stardock Forums Top

As this topic shows, people like to make jokes about the iTampon more then use it.

Reply #50 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Quoting TheDarkKnight2008, reply 49
As this topic shows, people like to make jokes about the iTampon more then use it.
End of TheDarkKnight2008's quote

Yea, I kind of wonder how many sales they are actually getting beyond the "I'll buy anything with an i in front of it" crowd.