Apple tablet launch
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- johfiner0
Why choose such a terrible network? AT&T's 3g coverage is available over like 2% of the country.
- The parts where people live ;)DrBombay
- the only time you're in the other 98% is when you're on your waypeteski
- to the other 2%peteski
- I thought this time was going to be on verizonMeeklo
- you can use another, the iPad is not lockedernexbcn
- we are yet to find out...raf
- it's on the keynote, it's not lockedernexbcn
- benfal990
i think iPad is really cool for people who doesnt have any computer and want something to go on the web, take emails, surf Facebook, tweeter and all those popular websites.
iPad, its good for your mom! ™
- eating_tv0
I think Star Trek has come 300 years too soon.
- ernexbcn0
The keynote is available for streaming now:
- raf0
It's another device we can charge for optimizing websites and create applications for. And it is a pleasant platform to work on, not something you'll dread*. What's not to like?
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* moth excluded
- lukus_W0
I think, when we look back in 10 years time, people are going to be able to say that the 'ipad' was a very big deal.
Initially, like most other people, I was disappointed. The specification - the limited OS. These things aren't ideal. The only saving grace was the cost. It's affordable. I was undecided about whether this new device could be a winner.
But, I started to think about it in a bit more detail a little later on, and while on my evening run - it struck me.
This device will be revolutionary - not for what it is now. But for what it will lead to. I'm certain of it.
Optimistically, I think this device represents a new way of living with computing. At the moment - for most people - their experience of computing is something that's an especially segmented activity.
Using the computer is an activity that usually breaks the flow of our other activities... "I'm just going to go on the computer for half an hour", "I need to go and check my email" .. these are things people say all the time. We think of a computer as an object that we spend time with. Even in 2010, the way we interact with computers at home is pretty much the same as it was in 1980s.
It doesn't have to be this way - and I'd be willing to bet that in the future, it won't be. But in order to make the transition, new ways of integrating a computer into our lives need to be developed.
The reason that the ipad is going to be revolutionary is because it's a blank slate - a computing device for completely new contexts. No matter what you think of it, I think we can probably rest assured that it will work pretty well - and that many developers are going to come up with a huge range of ingenious uses for it.
I think that it should be seen as a prototype, and as an experiment. The form of the device provides many, new exciting possibilities.
Other companies will copy, material costs will become cheaper, even cheaper devices will be produced. The public's perception of what computer is, will start to change. Cheap flexible displays and e-ink will become the norm. Computers are going to start to inhabit our environment more seamlessly. The way we use computers will integrate into our lives and workflows more sympathetically.
I reckon the ipad will move this all of this forward a great deal.
- yepmonospaced
- It's exactly what iPhone is, only bigger, thus suitable for older people.raf
- yeah. the iphone came first in this instance. Can't say i agree with you. it's iPhone 4th gen, minus the phone.Gucci
- re: iphone; I think this is different, because the iphone didn't create a new category of device.lukus_W
- I think the interesting part is where is will/when/how it will be used.. not what technology is involved.lukus_W
- Hombre_Lobo0
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nice post, i agree on some parts, i applaud that they are trying something new and are venturing into new areas.
It does look interesting.Microsoft should be worried.
- why? are apple planning on making windows now also?airey
- kult0
Um. Tablets have been around for a long time.
- Not any good ones, not like this, and not for this price, and not with all this custom content.monospaced
- benfal990
- :( Especially while you're jerking-offhellogrid
- yeah, you knowbenfal99
- is that you and your gf?iCanHasQBN
- yeah. she's hot no?benfal99
- we chat over iChat in bed.benfal99
- you so silly.iCanHasQBN
- computers belong on desksversion3
- benfal990
One thing i dont understand. If you hold your iPad with one hand, that mean you have one hand left for manipulating the touch screen. How the hell do i type with two hands on the virtual keyboard ?
- put it on your lap. or use your thumbs to type while holding it.iCanHasQBN
- Can i ask a stanger to hold it while iam typing?benfal99
- sure. i always let strangers hold mine.iCanHasQBN
- :Dbenfal99
- benfal990
BREAKING NEWS!!!
You need 3 arms to manipulate the iPad correclty.
- benfal990
No one noticed the fact that the iPad isn't multi-task... Its one app at a time. That sux.
- raf0
It might be worth adding, the new UI elements, especially the book reader are something of a turnoff. The book shelf, animated page flip – what is it!?
- http://www.qbn.com/t…benfal99
- i mean: iPad, its good for your mom! ™benfal99
- I know, it's not an accident.raf
- They 100% stole the UI from Delicious Library.Gucci
- BattleAxe0
we all want it to be something we know about, this is something new plain and simple
seems like everyone wants it to be like everything else WHY?
when the ipod came out did you ever think your grandma would own one let alone a speaker/charger station for it? she does now
it is something I would get leave it on a coffee table for anyone to mess with instead of jumping on my laptop or desktop , as I get books for it or mag subscriptions hell yes I would carry it around like a book , no fancy man bag or anything ... why not
- benfal990
anyone in here know when the iPhone software 4.0 will come out?
- BattleAxe0
could be anytime soon http://buyersguide.macrumors.com…