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iPad it is then
Posted by Leedsboy on 27 January 2010 - 6:33pm.
- 0.5 inches thick
- weighs 1.5 pounds (0.7kilos)
- 9.7 inch multitouch display
- 1GHz Apple A4 chip (built in house)
- between 16GB and 64GB of flash memory
Basically a really big iPhone/touch.
So how much would you pay for it and do you want one?
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From 500 dollars.
It just got better
Depends...
It depends on how rugged it is, and how fiddly it is. If it's fairly robust, and easier to use when I'm out of the country than my EeePC, then it makes sense to get one. I'd rather than Apple just made a proper compact laptop, but that's not going to happen now.
Isn't that what it is?
Isn't that what it is? A compact laptop?
That's a question, not a statement.
You know about these things. I don't.
What would a 'proper compact laptop' do that this doesn't?
Laptop
Well, I'm not sure how reliant this is on third party apps. I want to be able to install Photoshop, Google Chrome, my preferred FTP client etc. If I can't do that because I'm limited to apps made for the iPad, then it might not be much good to me.
And, to be honest, I'd prefer a physical keyboard rather than a touch-screen one.
It's just a big eff-off iPod Touch
isn't it? Come on someone had to say it...
But what is your point?
It was always going to be minimalist in the extreme, wasn't it? I'm not an Apple cult member, incidentally - the only product of theirs I currently own is an i-Pod Classic - but clearly they design and manufacture products on a different level to the competition.
The fact is the i-Pod Touch and i-Phone are truly great, ground-breaking products. To have a similar look and feel to these is no bad thing in my mind.
As someone with a peripheral interest in this area, I bow down in a 'we're not worthy' manner to the sheer magnificence of their design and, yes, marketing.
That said, I share Fraser's caveats regarding third-party apps like Photoshop. Although, Adobe themselves have prepared the ground for this scenario with their different versions of said iconic program, particularly Photoshop.com.
And it's a great name, isn't it? So obvious in 20/20 hindsight, and so much warmer than the widely tipped 'i-Slate'.
Finally, isn't it fantastic to see Steve Jobs still at the heart of the action - still in his St. Croix turtleneck, 501s and New Balance 'sneakers'? He truly is the man (not The Man)
Touch is Good, Not Great
I don't agree that the ipod touch is a truly great groundbreaking product. As a media player it's quite nice to use and the interface is truly excellent but as a PDA it's been so severely crippled that it's pain to synchronise it. My old Windows mobile PDA needed a single click daily to synchronise all my files, spreadsheets, pdfs, calendar, notes etc. Synchronising the touch requires me to open each application in turn, find a server and synchronise it and for some things (like calendar) it needs to be plugged into a computer.
Keyboard
Having watched the video now, I think that if the keyboard works as well as they seem to suggest, it may well be a useful product. They will have to boost the memory though - and where does $100 for an additional 32gb of memory come from? The next iteration will have double the memory and will probably be worth buying. But cooler than I thought it was going to be.
Keyboard dock
You can get a dock with a keyboard: http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/01/27/apple-ipad-gets-a-keyboard-dock/
Actually if this will work with the iPod Touch I might get one.
But for installing proper applications and such I'd assume that they'd want you to get a Macbook Air for that.
There does seem to be the facility to connect USB and SD peripherals but I wouldn't like to guess how much the adapters would cost and presumably you can only attach one device at a time.
Macbook Air
Too big for my needs. I want a netbook sized Mac laptop.
Not a netbook replacement
I don't think you can realistically replace a laptop with this, even on holiday as there appears to be no way to connect any third party peripherals such as cameras, or even an ipod!
I think the natural environment for this is the home when you can just pick it up and start using it without waiting for it to boot. If you're out and about you might as well carry a netbook. I know that PC manufacturers don't like the netbook format as they don't make enough profit but I'm sure Apple could make one and charge far more than they need to for it and still sell loads, it's madness that they don't.
Exactly
I think you're right
that it's not a laptop or netbook replacement, but a completely different product.
The 64G iPod touch is £306
The [equivalent size] Amazon kindle is $489
The iPad starts at $499 - I'll repeat that $499 - the first iPod I bought cost me £399 [black & white screen!]
It's a sign of how far technology has travelled and how much we expect now that this thread is largely negative. [btw as much as I love Apple products, I don't rush out and buy them for the sake of having them - I passed on an iPhone because it didn't suit my needs - but I can see me using one of these]
People love the touch screen technology used in iPod/iPhone and that's obviously a huge draw for this product.
I think that once people get their hands on this in store it'll sell itself. And much like the iPhone/iPod touch it will be used in ways not even guessed at yet.
One more thing, you can connect a camera to it.
Totally agree
on the 'admiring Apple but not slavish devotion' thing (paraphrasing but hopefully not too wide of the mark!).
If I earned (insert figure here) more, I'm sure I'd get an i-Phone without blinking, but to pay an absolute minimum of £30 a month when I have minimal text and mobile call requirements and do most of my web browsing at home, great product or no, is a bridge too far for me at the mo.
JohnW wrote:
"there appears to be no way to connect any third party peripherals such as cameras, or even an ipod!"
Why would you need to connect an iPod to it? Wouldn't you connect your iPad to your Mac and download all your music onto your new whizzy iPad? As for other bits & bobs, it's got USB & Bluetooth.
Travelling light
I was responding to Fraser's suggestion of taking it away instead of a netbook. I would hate to go away for two weeks without being able to update my ipod with new podcasts.
The thing is that you wouldn't want to need to lug both the iPad & a Netbook on holiday.
I didn't realise that the iPad had USB socket as there isn't one listed in the tech spec.
Updating podcasts
Obviously I haven't tried the iPad, but I can download podcasts on my iPod Touch quite easily. If I already have a podcast from the same feed I can just tell it to check for new episodes, and if I don't have it on my iPod at the time then I can find it in the iTunes store and download episodes that way.
Of course you can do those
Of course you can do those things with an ipod touch but you can't do those things with the nano or the classic. Personally, I prefer to use the nano for listening and the touch for looking.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
No such page on the UK site
as yet. Is it launching here at the same time?
*sigh*
I wouldn't use it but as I work in a bookshop I can definitely see this as the new benchmark for ebook readers.
I can't...
Backlit LED = eyestrain. Hang on for colour e-Ink. Not to mention it weighs a pound and a half.
Yes but after this they
Yes but after this they probably will make an e-reader with proper e-book paper seeing as they're introducing iBooks which will basically take over the ebook market.
Still, I'm not too worried for bookshops in the near future!
iPid next
All of Steve Jobs inspiration at 1min46 in this
I'd quite like
to use one of these
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
to drive one of these
http://www.linn.co.uk/majik_ds-i
(and perhaps complete the toybox with one of these
http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=86 ).
I think I'd be living on beans on toast for a while ...
It's a laptop you can't put on your coffee table and read
isn't it?
Not convinced thus far.
No
No, it would appear to go in your lap instead. Funny place for a laptop...
It is...
... if you buy the stand or the docking keyboard.
I'd say it depends what apps it'll run
If it's really just a big iPod Touch or iPhone without the phone, what are the apps that will run on it besides browser/book reader/iTunes ? So far it jus looks like a Kindle-killer and maybe cannibalising their own iPod/iPhone market. You'll probably still need a desktop of some description.
As a long term (Windows) tablet user I really like a written note taking ability (OneNote) for meetings - and there is an app for that on the iPhone my mate's using. Presumably that will scale up. A keyboard was a nice-to-have, particularly for documents and email (anything longer than an SMS/sentence, like this post) but the pen was my primary input.
Something I haven't seen mentioned in or out - will it be able to read email (beyond browser-based), and in particular read Office documents like Word, Excel and Powerpoint ? Irrespective of what the ABM (anything-but-Microsoft) crowd might throw in here, right or wrong I still get sent enough Office attachments from numerous sources that I want to deal with them seamlessly, not faff around.
read but not necessarily write Office?
They have done Keynote, etc
http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/
but not clear that these write out in Office.
I know people who'd be interested in using this for presentations if it did run Office-and who use an XP laptop mainly for absolutely guaranteed compatibility with projectors etc.
Word documents
If I understand it correctly (they are being - deliberately? - a bit vague), it seems you can read them and fiddle with them with no problems if you install the Pages app, but you have to save your edited documents as PDFs for them to be Windows-compatible. Ho hum.
And to think this year is the 25th anniversary of MS Word for Mac - the WYSIWYG word processor that changed the world.
On that subject
my partner is being driven mad by Word 2004 on her otherwise lovely work Mac. It seems from browsing that these bugs (erroneous "disk full", mystery hangs et ) are well known-but are there any well known fixes/work arounds that you use and have found to work ?
And if you don't use Word on the Mac, what do you prefer ?
Got a Mac, light?
I'd love to be able to use Word on a Mac, but I work among Windows fundamentalists these days, unfortunately, and it'd just be more trouble than it's worth. I'm so PC, I squeak.
word works fine on mac
Archie (welcome back!) I use both windows and Mac OS and never have anything but v v minor problems flitting between the two. Powerpoint can *sometimes* be a issue
Apple's own iWork does the job just fine for me
Want one...
...because it's sexy and fun and an amazing piece of kit. Can't quite fit it into the domestic IT strategy so far, though, what with the iMac and the MacBook and the iPod Touch. Unlimited 3G with no contract for the UK equivalent of 30 bucks, which is what AT&T have been strongarmed into signing up for in the States, might tip the balance - but I'm not going to hold my breath for that. Orange, Vodaphone etc will find a way to screw it up.
"domestic IT strategy"....
....I must use that one some time and see how loud the shrieks of pain are (mine of course, induced by the FPO).
Borders Schmorders
Isn't the i-books store a godsend to niche publishers?
The i-tunes store means there's nowhere in the world that doesn't effectively have a record shop with the complete Flux Of Pink Indians back catalogue in the back room. Will the i-books store solve the expensive distribution headache of small magazine publishers, even if it means they're selling online editions rather than paper ones, stapled or otherwise?
Not a laptop replacement
I want it to run 'proper' OSX and have at least a couple of USB ports so it can talk to the outside world.
I suspect they've carefully ensured it doesn't quite work as a full laptop replacement in order to stop people ditching their Macbooks and replacing it within an iPad.
Even speaking as a long-term Apple computer fanboi, I'll wait until version 2 before looking at it again.
I think you're not alone....
....but keep dreaming. Total control seems to be the starting premise, as with the iPhone too.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/defective_by_design/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/ipad_comment/
Which begs the question - why no Apple tablet machine based on MacOS. They've presumably still got all the old Newton palm top technology and software. I knew people at Apple about 5 or 6 years ago who were all expecting a full MacOS tablet to come out at some point, and according to them the technology is still all in MacOS (can't say if that's true or not). Maybe they were just being all sniffy about the Windows tablet I was using at the time.
Sure is ugly
The greatest design guys in the world...its kind of a large ipod touch but uglier with a nasty fat black border. Looks like an old digital photo frame.
And then the screen, some murky bluish picture, that would surely end up in the trash if it was a holiday snap, with a few icons sprinkled around
meanwhile, in berlin...
another fan has his speak...
That is genius..
"It sounds like a fucking Tampon!"
This is placeholding if you ask me.
And I'll be withholding judgement until I know whether it's using the old Rascal codex or the updated G4 standard. Because let's face it, even fully articulated, some of these Nexus apps can be glacially slow at times -- and I think Steve Jobs knows this.
I'll wait for the.....
iPud
The touch screen - how strong?
I admit I haven't seen the video demo of the iPad yet... But as a user of an iPhone, I hope the iPad has a stronger screen than the iPhone. Weeks after I got it, I dropped mine on the gravel drive (butter side down) and cracked the screen badly. I wouldn't like to stuff an iPad in my soft cover manbag on a train shelf/aeroplane locker.
once again, Peter Serafinowicz
hits the nail on the head...
This is what I'm waiting for ...
A cynic writes
Today's Doonesbury...
Probably only be visible for a couple of weeks, so sorry if this disappears when you come to read it.
How incredibly disappointing
Until you look at it up-close on the Apple website and see what a beautiful job they've done with the software, and you realise that actually it's not made for you, and certainly not for all the moaners, but actually for all the people who aren't hugely into computers, like your Mum. It's a bit like Tivo, nobody quite gets it because it's so familiar, and it may take some time to take off but this is going to be huge. The apps potential is enormous, not least in publishing, as is the potential for broadcasting. We're into the third phase of the net now.
Not enough configurability.
I think you're right about the potential market but if this was the only "computer" in the house it would be quite limited. What would you do when you book tickets for something and need a print out? I guess it's just that it's not really for people that are happy with a more configurable computer.
Domestic second computer
Domestic second computer. Knocking round the kitchen playing music while you're cooking; then the sitting room when you're watching telly so you can look up where you've seen that lass on Midsomer Murders before and send snotty Twitter about John Nettles. Role currently performed by laptop. Except at ours because we haven't got one (and we don't send Twitters, snotty or otherwise). Probably get one of these.
Agreed
Yes - I said similar further up the thread. I have a laptop (or two) on just about all the time when I'm at home and one of these couldsave a bit of power. I'm surprised that this isn't the main marketing thrust.
Except the laptop does all these things better
...by having a screen that folds up and faces you when in front of the telly, etc, rather than needing to be hand held.
I would imagine
that would depend on what you do with a laptop at home (and how you sit even). I think the iPad is a step forward in the media tablet space - it has a known and very functional user interface and appears to do all of the media things (web browsing, music, video & games well.) Its email functions look ok as well. To make it perfect, it would be good to have a dvd/blueray disc slot in it but that would have bumped the cost up a far bit and made it fatter.
If you want to write fair sized documents or mess about with photos or video, then a laptop would be better I would imagine.
Two things concern me though. Firstly, how dodgy will the rubber skin type cases look (and how well will they work on a device that is much bigger than a touch or iphone).
And secondly, how hard is it going to be to put a screen protector on a screen that size? Its going to look like a sheet of bubble wrap has been stuck to the screen.
Are you saying
that you still connect to your printer via USB?
How quaint.
Not me
No, I'm saying that someone that doesn't have any other computers would want to.
I guess that they would also buy
a wireless printer to go with it. Simples.
Fry's thoughts.
There are many issues you could have with the iPad. No multitasking, still no Flash. No camera, no GPS. They all fall away the minute you use it. I cannot emphasise enough this point: “Hold your judgment until you’ve spent five minutes with it”. No YouTube film, no promotional video, no keynote address, no list of features can even hint at the extraordinary feeling you get from actually using and interacting with one of these magical objects. You know how everyone who has ever done Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? always says, “It’s not the same when you’re actually here. So different from when you’re sitting at home watching.”? You know how often you’ve heard that? Well, you’ll hear the same from anyone who’s handled an iPad. The moment you experience it in your hands you know this is class. This is a different order of experience. The speed, the responsiveness, the smooth glide of it, the richness and detail of the display, the heft in your hand, the rightness of the actions and gestures that you employ, untutored and instinctively, it’s not just a scaled up iPhone or a scaled-down multitouch enhanced laptop – it is a whole new kind of device. And it will change so much. Newspapers, magazines, literature, academic text books, brochures, fliers and pamphlets are going to be transformed (poor Kindle). Specific dedicated apps and enhancements will amaze us. You will see characters in movies use the iPad. Jack Bauer will want to return for another season of 24 just so he can download schematics and track vehicles on it. Bond will have one. Jason Bourne will have one. Some character, in a Tron like way, might even be trapped in one.
More here
http://www.stephenfry.com/2010/01/28/ipad-about/
All good words, and doubtless true
but, sadly, it's still not a replacement for my trusty Macbooks.
Lack of OSX means I can't run any of the applications (not mere 'apps') that I use - Logic, Pro-Tools, even Garageband, and of, course no softsynths or plug-ins.
Having said that, I reckon there'll be an 'iPad Pro' in 12 months time with all the missing features - OSX, USB, decent audio, etc.
Don't hold your breath
while there is likely to be an iteration of the iPad next year, it won't have full OS X or USB; it doesn't need them. iPhone OS 4 will have software improvements but that's it.
As has been mentioned before, for those with broadband at home, a pad sitting in the living room that can be picked up and pretty much switched on with a flick is a seductive idea.
In the end, the iPad is all about the consumption of media, rather like the Archos tablet. All the sound and fury about tablet PC's rather misses the point: this is not a PC; it doesn't need to be hugely configurable and it doesn't need to jump through some of the hoops that Microsoft's tablet products have to contend with. Windows 7 is quite a nice product, but Win 7 tablets are basically just fiddled about laptops, trying to satisfy many needs. In fact, it's difficult to say whether some of those needs even really exist.
And Amazon must now be faintly worried. Suddenly the single function Kindle looks exposed. Both it and the Sony eReaders might have 'digital' ink, but the iPad has a more than passable display, plus the other functions. Yes, there's no Flash, but this is a long and deep-seated Adobe v Apple issue, some of which is a technical thing, some of which is rather more about philosophy. And both sides have reasonable points to make.
And yes, there's no USB, or even an SD card slot. Or a camera. Maybe the camera will turn up next time round (as was posited for this generation of iPod Touch), but a front-facing camera would only be useful to let users use iChat, because you don't need a camera as such on this device.
The iPad isn't really a computer - like the iPod before it, it is a piece of consumer electronics, and a damn fine one. If you need a laptop, buy a laptop; if you need a smartphone, buy one of them.
Where it scores is, from where I sit, in an education context. Imagine schools, colleges and universities letting students grab and read course materials, including audio and video, as well as text. I can imagine doing this on modules I run without trying very hard. I can imagine doctors using them on rounds, where reference material plus simple text entry is all that's needed.
Apple have spent a long time working out where this device fits and, since Jobs returned to Apple, his hit rate has been very high. He does seem to have a sense of what the market will want. The reaction to the iPhone was lukewarm here in Europe and it made no difference at all. Why? Because it satisfied a need for consumers that, importantly, they hadn't realised they had.
I think Fry's already trapped in one ;-)
or at least v v smitten - as Bridget might say.
I agree with others above that point is that it will live on the coffee table, like the one laptop on which I am typing this -- I just wonder if it will be more or less ergonomic than the lightweight Tosh I am presently using. I don't like typing--but the fact that laptop screens hinge up has always seemed a plus point. FT's analysis of the arena seemed petty astute to me, I think they capture "gadget angst" rather well.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/773deb96-fc91-11de-bc51-00144feab49a.html?cati...
My weekday flat is small, odd-shaped (tall thin gallery), and bookshelf-crammed so doesn't actually have a proper desk at present. I am also still using another, older laptop in one of the bookshelves to link to the TV. I am thus all for space-saving kit that makes imaginative use of the possibilities of interfaces---and quite like the idea of a 'Pad and Mac Mini working in tandem with a NAS disk and the big telly, because this combo should be able to do most AV and Web things in principle, with the right active speakers.
It does have USB
See?
To quote Steve Jobs: "The iPad syncs over USB with iTunes exactly like an iPhone or iPod touch. So when you sync, you sync everything. Photos, music, movies, TV shows, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, apps…”
I think the distinction there...
...is that the iPad is the client device (like an iPod/iPhone, looks like the same connector from that photo), and the USB host is a Mac/PC running iTunes. How are other devices connected to the iPad (Bluetooth etc).
EDIT-to be scrupulously fair, it looks like you will be able to get a USB port by buying a separate add on, and the same for a camera or memory card reader (at least according to http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/awe-and-shock-busting-throu...). But hardware aside, it still ain't a general purpose MacOS machine so apps are going to be the sticking point.
But it isn't designed to be...
... a general purpose MacOS machine. It's being criticised for being something (or rather not being something) that it isn't.
I'm not criticising it as such
a big iPod touch is fine by me, with all the implications that entails. It'll do its job within that scope. probably very well. But being aware of some of the possibilities and some of the other jobs I'd like to do, and specifically without having to have multiple devices, I'm more interested in what they could have done in a general purpose MacOS tablet. And in the end, why not have both? Presumably there could be technology overlaps (screens, IO software etc).
Home hardware
I think you're right. I imagine that what the iPad does, it does very well and if it share's an interface with the ipod Touch it will be very nice to use. The problem is what it doesn't do. I know it does much more than say a Kindle but if I take a device out of the house I want it to do everything so I don't need a netbook as well this doesn't do that so if I get one (and they're so nice it's very tempting) it will probably stay at home all the time.
Indeed...
Now I've seen what the iPad is (or rather what it isn't) I can happily order a new Macbook Pro.
Does EVERYTHING have to be on screen?
I look at one all day. I don't want to have to that in my own time if I'm honest.
And besides, I think I might feel like Dom Joly in Trigger Happy TV, walking around with a giant iphone. It looks daft. And it's something else to worry about getting mugged for.
What's wrong with reading an actual book, magazine or newspaper?
Does it stand up? Can you fold it in two? What's it for, exactly?
Dom Jolly with a giant iPhone
Ahha, you mean something like this?
http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/d2b714361c/hello
I want one...
I don't even know why!
having read all the posts
I've successfully worked out everything that the iPad CAN'T do. It can't use flash, it can't link via USB to other items. It doesn't have a disk drive. It has limited storage space. It's too big to go in your pocket. And doesn't look as nice on a bookshelf.
What exactly is it for?
It's not a computer. It's not a DVD player. Its not a phone. It's not an iPod. It's not a book.
What on earth is it?
How magazine apps might work on the iPad
Or make that 'will' according to Time Inc. Jolly yummy:
This one too, if not quite as wow-wee:
http://vimeo.com/8217311
I also read someone saying that kids will love it, finger-painting etc, which makes sense to me.
I fail to see the point
So what exactly is it?
An ebook reader? Not in the UK, at launch time at least, as Apple have already said that iBooks is US-only. Besides, one of the criticisms levelled at some ebook readers was that shiny screens caused glare, hence the creation of e-ink screens as on the Sony and the Kindle. A shiny screen will cause reflections, and also a white background glares. So as an ebook reader it's hardly ideal.
A web browser? But it doesn't support Flash (currently, at least). How many websites use Flash, or Silverlight?
An application platform? But you're limited to apps as on the iPhone, most of which are frankly rather crap. The demonstrated iWork? Great, you can write a letter, but without being able to connect to a printer via USB how can you print? Ah, so you could store the document online somewhere, maybe in a Cloud app, but then to print it you'd need... a computer and a printer. So it's hardly a replacement for a computer, be it a desktop, a laptop or a notebook.
A games machine? Again you're restricted to iPhone-type games.
I really can't see who this is for, don't see the point of it, and certainly won't be getting one myself. Seems like the new Segway to me in a way.
Well...
eBook Reader: you don't have to buy music from iTunes, so I suspect getting ePub books onto the iPad won't be that hard (plenty free form Project Gutenburg, incidentally)
The screen: yeah-the shiny thing is an issue for me. However, the white background isn't. I very much suspect this will be a customisation feature. The Apple HCI guidelines are usually anal about this kind of thing. and allowing that setting would help dyslexic readers who find differnet backgrounds easier to eal with.
iWork: the idea is you can work on the move and sync when you're done. I don't want to print on the move, but where there's a printer. I also suspect that it won't be long before the Bluetooth is used to send jobs to wireless printers. My feeling is that you sync a nearly done presentation at home, which you an then fine tune on the iPad, plug in to a projector, and go.
A games machine? Well, the iPod touch is just fine in that respect; there are lots of games. and of, course, now the higher powered iPad is ere we are likely to see more games that stretch the hardware. I don't see it as any better or worse as another mobile games platform.
It isn't a replacement computer, more of an adjunct, I think. And I do see the point. In fact, I can see more than one point, but I see mostly niche ones in academic circles. It's not for everyone, of course, but I can see that enough people may be there to create a market.
Hmmmm
Still unconvinced as to its purpose.
The thing about the lack of iBooks in the UK was here incidentally: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2010/01/28/ipad_no_uk_ibooks/
I still think a backlit display will cause problems with eye strain despite the colour, unless you can switch the background colour to black and the text to pale grey or something (sounds revolting and would probably look hideous) but I can't see many people doing that - I can hear cries of "what - make my colour display black and white? Are you a fool?" There's also the issue of a backlit screen consuming more power, so battery life would be shorter - that's why we have websites like http://www.blackle.com/ for laptop users.
Aside from those who feel the need to buy every single product Apple make, I can see a few people buying this to use at home, browsing the net with it for a while, but then abandoning it next to the settee, where it will remain, gathering dust.
As someone who feels the need to buy every
product Apple make, I tend to agree with you.
I suspect I'll play with a 1st gen iPad, fall in love with it then hang on for version 2.
Did you have a Newton ?
I had direct experience of v1 and v2 of that (thankfully someone else's investment). Genius design and strategy didn't quite cover everything....be interesting to see how this plays out for the early adopters. Best of luck.
Apple Newton
I have a Newton 120 and a Newton 2100 in the loft - I haven't fired them up in years but they were fantastic bits of kit.
If they'd been developed for a few more years I think they'd have had an iPhone (without the phone) 10 years ago but, of course, the Newton was a Sculley baby.
Don't think this has been blogged here
Amused me ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/01/ipad-therefore-iwant...