iPad - Yes or No
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- moniker0
I want to get my wife an iPad, but I'm scared they're gonna drop a new version with the pretty screen the iPhones have. Is there any word of this? The Mac Rumours site doesn't mention iPads in their product cycle page. kthx.
- raf0
Retina display on iPad is in the cards, but the question is when?
How much RAM will be needed to support 2048x1536 pixels if it is struggling now to keep a few pages in memory?
- moldero0
perfect for me 2 year old daughter, she uses it more than me.
- clearThoughts0
I love my iPad. Who doesn't?
Hardly ever touch my computer on the weekends (i.e. not working)
I can check my emails there, play games :-) (GTA HD, NFS) reed the news, and it is somehow a lot more relaxing than using a laptop or desktop... doesn't feel like work.
- Boz0
I just got an ipad and ipod touch 4th gen.. and I have to say that ipod is really amazingly well produced.
Other companies will really have to work super hard to match the smoothness and overall feel of ipad. That being said, right away you notice a few things.
1. No multitasking.. this REALLY gets annoying
2. No Camera (this is such a huge miss - this device just needs a front facing camera - for Skype and alike)
3. I do feel sometimes I miss Flash on it, but that's not so often than I thought and it's probably because a lot of sites have fallback if you visit their site on iPad.Overall it's really awesome device after spending a day with it.
I actually downloaded right away Autodesk SketchBook Pro, Adobe Ideas and of course Wired, Flipboard and a few very nice apps.
The next thing I did was buy Pogo Stylus.. iPad just screams sketching and drawing and ideas drafting etc..
Overall iPad will definitely be my daily device where I scribble ideas into, browse web and watch videos and read magazines on while I'm sitting at the coffee shop or even in the living room.
It's much more convenient than a netbook or laptop.
Obviously this device is not meant for production, keynote and pages and all that is painfully limiting. I just don't see myself doing anything with those because it's just weird.
This is sketching/drawing, and photo/web/magazine/book/video consuming device. With an occasional game.
- I meant iPad in the first sentence, though iPod Touch is really damn sexy how thin it is.Boz
- BannedKappa0
Next update for the iPad (iOS 4.2) will change a lot of that. To be released around November.
Makes a huge difference. I bought one recently and am loving it.
Best app so far is Flipboard. Awesome way to browse content.Any other recommendations?
- raf0
The day Boz went on the dark side.
- He enjoyed it, so he rubbed himself some more.raf
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- instrmntl0
What’s Old Is New Again on iPad
by Khoi Vinh"It won’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with my writings in the past on similar subjects that I very much believe that the iPad is something entirely new, and that it should be treated as such. But it’s worth noting that the current prevailing perception of the iPad seems to be that it is a digital reinvention of analog conventions."
- gramme0
Even though it's all still very alpha, I do enjoy reading magazines, and to a lesser degree books, on my iPad. I did read Vinh's post, though, and agree with most of what he said. It is indeed an entirely new medium, and will take people a while to figure out how to design accordingly.
My wife uses it for email, playing around online, etc. during the day when she's multitasking with our kids.
- gramme0
Zinio is freaking terrible, though. The only digital magazines I can stand to read are built on the Adobe or Woodwing app platforms.
- fyoucher10
The only things I like it for is reading my RSS/news feeds in Feeedler or Flipboard and watching small video clips since it's very portable (although it is a little heavy for longer readings. Well it's not 'heavy' but it's definitely not like holding a magazine in your hand).
Everything else I'd rather do on my MBP. Typing is still difficult, which then affects using email and the shitty mobile browser Safari. I guess you could attach the iPad keyboard but then why not just use a laptop.
I don't see the iPad or anything other similar tablet device overtaking a real productive device like a laptop. iPad is more like a quick entertainment device. Look up some news, read a book, or check the internet form some quick info.
It's essentially a big ass iPhone.
- raf0
- thats ridiculous when put side by side. I'd have the air!
but they are different things...Hombre_Lobo_2
- thats ridiculous when put side by side. I'd have the air!
- Boz0
It is not wise to get an ipad now.
First there are a ton of better Android tablets coming, but iPad 2 is so close that you would be naive to waste money on 1st gen iPad now.
- mattiaBK0
Not yet. The new is coming out in 2 months or so, and it will have webcam and more. Even though it's awesome, I'll wait for the second gen.
- 4040
when does apple usually release new products?
- Hombre_Lobo_20
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
^new chipset to be featured in android tablets, released towards the end of january. Much more powerful than any chipset in any ipad, or android tablet.
The beauty of getting an android tablet is that the good manufacturers wont with hold certain features. Like apple do with the camera, or an SD card clot, or a USB port so that they can make a new one with that feature and make you buy a new one,
IE -
- Hombre_Lobo_20
for the record, there is no doubt the touch screen interface of the ipad and iphone is fantastic, it WAS unrivaled.
I love my iphone and i bought it because it was the best touch screen phone out, because android at the time was laggy and slow.
But now with the new chipsets, new android, they are equally as fast and as smooth as the ipad / iphone, but with a lot more features and freedom to do as you choose with it.
- < does not understand the word rivalOvO
- hmm, no i think that works.Hombre_Lobo_2