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Spheric Harlot · Apr 1, 2010, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by Simon

He mentioned it filled a gap that "had existed for quite some time". I understand my needs quite well. And right now, there is simply no gap for the iPad to fill.

I'm saying it sounds like he wasn't aware that this gap existed.

Simon · Apr 1, 2010, 07:58 AM

Maybe, maybe not. I'm not sure how he meant that. I know for myself though that no such gap exits.

Kerrigan · Apr 1, 2010, 08:20 AM

I'm also skeptical about the usefulness of the iPad.

But, I have to admit that I didn't realize how useful my iPod touch would be until I bought one.

And every reviewer has positive things to say so far, some even calling it a potential laptop replacement, so I'd be willing to give the iPad a chance.

edit: To paraphrase Henry Ford, If I sold people what they wanted, I'd be selling faster horses.

jokell82 · Apr 1, 2010, 08:59 AM

After watching the PC Mag video of the iPad in action, I'm convinced that I will buy one. Now to see if I can somehow get work to buy it for me....

-Q- · Apr 1, 2010, 11:06 AM

iFixit has a tear down of the apple tablet:

Apple Tablet Teardown - iFixit

ort888 · Apr 1, 2010, 01:29 PM

I currently don't have much of a need for an iPad... between my iPhone and MacBook, I'm already rather portable.

That said... the plan now is to wait a few years and replace my aging MacBook with an iMac and an iPad.

The Final Dakar · Apr 1, 2010, 01:37 PM

The iNeuron should be out by then.

ort888 · Apr 1, 2010, 01:47 PM

Official Netflix App Coming to Apple iPad - PCWorld

Looks like the Netflix app is official. To quote Joe Biden... "This is a big ****ing deal"

Eriamjh · Apr 1, 2010, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by -Q-

iFixit has a tear down of the apple tablet:

Apple Tablet Teardown - iFixit

You FOOLED me!

Simon · Apr 3, 2010, 11:43 AM

Can the iPad actually have more than four items in its dock? All the Apple promo pics I see show four items in the dock and lots of empty space.

ort888 · Apr 3, 2010, 12:31 PM

It can have 6.

How has Apple managed to have this so hyped up? It's a little ridiculous. CNN has had about 10 articles on the thing in the past 2 weeks. frequently as the lead story on thier front page. WTF? seriuosly?

subego · Apr 3, 2010, 12:38 PM

John King likes things you can touch.

Spheric Harlot · Apr 3, 2010, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

How has Apple managed to have this so hyped up? It's a little ridiculous. CNN has had about 10 articles on the thing in the past 2 weeks. frequently as the lead story on thier front page. WTF? seriuosly?

If, in fact, the next big shift is the killing off of mouse/menu/window-based computing, then this iPad thingy is as big a deal as the original Macintosh was.

IOW, huge, but it won't really have hit home until in about ten years, when everybody else starts doing it too, except by then it will seem so logical and commonplace that nobody will remember what the hoopla was about back then.

solofx7 · Apr 3, 2010, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Simon

Can the iPad actually have more than four items in its dock? All the Apple promo pics I see show four items in the dock and lots of empty space.

I think the number is six.

jokell82 · Apr 3, 2010, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by solofx7

I think the number is six.

It is.

ilovemymac · Apr 3, 2010, 07:54 PM

I thought I saw more than 6 icons ? But 6 is good enough I guess

solofx7 · Apr 3, 2010, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by ilovemymac

I thought I saw more than 6 icons ? But 6 is good enough I guess

Six in the dock

Oisín · Apr 3, 2010, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

It can have 6.

How has Apple managed to have this so hyped up? It's a little ridiculous. CNN has had about 10 articles on the thing in the past 2 weeks. frequently as the lead story on thier front page. WTF? seriuosly?

I guess that’s as good a sign as any that I’ve been spending too much time at work this past week. I completely missed the launch of this thing, or any reference to it made anywhere. Wasn’t until tonight, when reading a thread on another board, that I realised it was available (well, theoretically available, but mostly sold out, I guess).

When did it launch, incidentally?

turtle777 · Apr 3, 2010, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by Oisín

When did it launch, incidentally?

About 10 hours ago, 10.00 am EST.

-t

Oisín · Apr 3, 2010, 09:31 PM

Oh. Guess I’m not quite that slow after all, then.

imitchellg5 · Apr 3, 2010, 09:43 PM

Right now there are 12 articles about the iPad right now on the CNN main page. That's a little ridiculous if you ask me, for a device that is little more than a large iPod touch.

starman · Apr 3, 2010, 09:47 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Right now there are 12 articles about the iPad right now on the CNN main page. That's a little ridiculous if you ask me, for a device that is little more than a large iPod touch.

Right. And a car is just a large bike.

imitchellg5 · Apr 3, 2010, 09:59 PM

It's certainly more similar to an iPod touch or iPhone than it is a MacBook. IE, still no visible file system, etc.

turtle777 · Apr 3, 2010, 10:26 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

IE, still no visible file system, etc.

Oh geez, if that's all you see when you compare the iPad and a MBP, then you truly miss the forest for the trees.

-t

imitchellg5 · Apr 3, 2010, 10:34 PM

I could have typed out a million things but I just used etc...

turtle777 · Apr 3, 2010, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I could have typed out a million things but I just used etc...

Please, spare us.

-t

imitchellg5 · Apr 3, 2010, 10:59 PM

Um, I did...

turtle777 · Apr 3, 2010, 11:51 PM

appreciate it.

-t

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I could have typed out a million things but I just used etc...

WTF? How dare you attempt to be anything but 110% uncritical of the GodPad. Damn you!

Spheric Harlot · Apr 4, 2010, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Right now there are 12 articles about the iPad right now on the CNN main page. That's a little ridiculous if you ask me, for a device that is going to completely change the face of computing for the masses.

Don't sound ridiculous to me!

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 07:50 AM

Oooooh, we have a psychic among us.

Spheric Harlot · Apr 4, 2010, 08:00 AM

If you like…in fifteen years, using a mouse and menus/windows will seem as arcane and be as limited to a niche audience as command-line interfacing is today.

Write it down if you like. It's not something I'd be terribly embarrassed to be wrong about, though I don't think I will.

Oisín · Apr 4, 2010, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

I could have typed out a million things but I just used etc...

In that case, I believe exempli gratia would have been more appropriate than id est.

[/Mrs. Patterson, ninth grade English teacher]

Spheric Harlot · Apr 4, 2010, 08:25 AM

Oh, btw:

I was wrong on the SIM slot - that little hole at the top of the iPad, next to the headphone port, is in fact the microphone.

However, Jobs is very clear about the iPad being sold unlocked and any international carrier's microSIM almost certainly "just working" (in the original presentation stream, around 14:55). So it must be trivial to replace the card.

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 09:32 AM

It doesn't take a psychic to guess that in 15 years time windows and menus could be replaced by something else.

It does however take a psychic to lecture others on the certainty of that happening, as well as the cause of that entire development being a single device that went on sale yesterday.

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

I was wrong on the SIM slot - that little hole at the top of the iPad, next to the headphone port, is in fact the microphone.

In other words we still lack evidence for an accessible microSIM slot.

Gosh, how hard can it be for an early tester to post a pic?

Spheric Harlot · Apr 4, 2010, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Simon

In other words we still lack evidence for an accessible microSIM slot.

Gosh, how hard can it be for an early tester to post a pic?

There are no "early tester" 3G iPads.

Also, Jobs' word that any microSIM from any provider will work is pretty much the word of God as far as evidence is concerned.

Oisín · Apr 4, 2010, 10:08 AM

^ And that’s a good thing? I didn’t think God dealt much in evidence …

imitchellg5 · Apr 4, 2010, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

There are no "early tester" 3G iPads.

How did Woz get one?

lpkmckenna · Apr 4, 2010, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

If you like…in fifteen years, using a mouse and menus/windows will seem as arcane and be as limited to a niche audience as command-line interfacing is today.

The mouse may die, but menus and windows are here to stay.

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

Also, Jobs' word that any microSIM from any provider will work is pretty much the word of God as far as evidence is concerned.

Reality check: Jobs sucks as God.

...3 GHz in 6 months...

Spheric Harlot · Apr 4, 2010, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Simon

Reality check: Jobs sucks as God.

...3 GHz in 6 months...

I'll give you that, but if you seriously doubt the EXPLICIT comment that a user will be able to stick any provider's microSIM into the 3G iPad, then I suppose even page 25 of the users' manual won't convince you.

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPad_User_Guide.pdf

Simon · Apr 4, 2010, 11:37 AM

Now that's better.

turtle777 · Apr 4, 2010, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

How did Woz get one?

He is the deputy God.

-t

Mrjinglesusa · Apr 4, 2010, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by ort888

Official Netflix App Coming to Apple iPad - PCWorld

Looks like the Netflix app is official. To quote Joe Biden... "This is a big ****ing deal"

And it works flawlessly.

Simon · Apr 8, 2010, 03:10 AM

TUAW: Morning after regrets - The iPad romance is over for Jeff Jarvis

Eriamjh · Apr 8, 2010, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by Simon

TUAW: Morning after regrets - The iPad romance is over for Jeff Jarvis

I know I want one. But I haven't figured out what I would use it for.

Simon · Apr 8, 2010, 07:06 AM

That's the thing. I know I'd have fun playing around with one. But I have no actual use for it. And right now I find $500 just for shits and giggles a tad too much.

ghporter · Apr 8, 2010, 07:17 AM

I can see a lot of applications in my profession. A coworker got one and he's been showing off some of the apps that make the whole platform "make sense." But >$500 for something that "is useful" is not something I can justify right now. Maybe when there are more accessories on the market, particularly accessories that make the iPad easier to grip and less fragile if dropped, I might change my mind.

chabig · Apr 11, 2010, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

I know I want one. But I haven't figured out what I would use it for.

I'm getting one for email and web surfing.