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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 1 2010, 06:22 PM (390 Views) | |
| George K | Feb 1 2010, 06:22 PM Post #1 |
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Finally
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Hmmm..... http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/apple-tablet-os-x-ipad/
How about a Camera?
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| kenny | Feb 1 2010, 07:59 PM Post #2 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Like I said, why sell one when you can sell four to the same iFan. |
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| Bernard | Feb 1 2010, 08:07 PM Post #3 |
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Senior Carp
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iHate this carpola! iPad sounds like a new condo development. iDiots. |
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| kenny | Feb 1 2010, 08:11 PM Post #4 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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iAgree. |
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| Wim | Feb 2 2010, 05:51 AM Post #5 |
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What about this : Chinese OEM claims Apple's Ipad copied its design Wim |
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| QuirtEvans | Feb 2 2010, 06:00 AM Post #6 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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I suppose a camera would be useful for video chat, although you're gonna need a stand. But for taking pictures? Useless. Who wants to hold up something the size of a legal pad to take a picture? Since I don't do video chat, the camera adds no value to me. However, a full or semi-full version of the operating system would be a big upgrade. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| DivaDeb | Feb 2 2010, 06:28 AM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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YESSSS!!!! If they make it bigger and it will run a 'real' OS....I'm buying it even if I have to sell a bunch of other stuff to do it. There is a software available for Mac OS that makes it possible for a laptop or tablet to operate like one of these, complete with tools to mark up your music:![]() But a bigger iPad would hold soooooooo much more music. The MusicPad Pro doesn't hold much at all, costs 900 bucks and doesn't do anything but display music, so to have a fully functioning computer with the capacity to hold all my music would be worth quite a few bucks. It would hold enough music that I would never ever have to haul a bag with me again. PRAISE JESUS WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY CAN I GET A HALLELUJAH!!!!!!! - |
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| Copper | Feb 2 2010, 06:42 AM Post #8 |
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Yes there is a market. It should be able to dominate the Kindle. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Klaus | Feb 2 2010, 07:45 AM Post #9 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think the Kindle and the iPad are no real competitors. The Kindle display technology is vastly different and serves a different purpose, namely to have the same look as a printed text. It also needs no power - you can remove the power and the image is still there. This means there is much more potential for a device that can operate for weeks without recharging. The iPad is more universal and you can do many things with it that you cannot do with an eBook reader such as the Kindle. But as an eBook reader it is likely very inferior to Kindle et al. |
| Trifonov Fleisher Klaus Sokolov Zimmerman | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 2 2010, 07:49 AM Post #10 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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+1. The two are entirely different and were made to serve different purposes. One is an electronic reader, and the other was, uh.... well it has apps, and... well whatever it's an iProduct so I'm sure we're all going to offer up our firstborns for one. |
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| QuirtEvans | Feb 2 2010, 07:56 AM Post #11 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Since you don't have any children, I'd be grateful if you didn't offer us some of the next closest thing.
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 2 2010, 08:04 AM Post #12 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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I'll try to keep it under control. |
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| Copper | Feb 2 2010, 10:13 AM Post #13 |
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There are differences, but not vast. If you are thinking of buying a Kindle you have to ask yourself - why not an iPad? Maybe for some the answer will be you want it to look just like a book, but a lot of people will be willing to live without that. Kindle is made to be better with eBooks, but the iPad can do so much more (in theory). Kindle Price: $399 Size: 7.5-in. x 5.3-in. x 0.7-in. Weight: 10.3 ounces Display: 6-in. screen, 4-level grayscale (black and white) iPad Price: $499 - $829 Height: 9.56 inches (242.8 mm) Width: 7.47 inches (189.7 mm) Depth: 0.5 inch (13.4 mm) Weight: 1.5 pounds 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen Multi-Touch display with IPS technology 1024-by-768-pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi) |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 2 2010, 10:15 AM Post #14 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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Then why not get a netbook. They all do a ton more and costs less. |
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| Copper | Feb 2 2010, 10:48 AM Post #15 |
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Right, the iPad price seems too high compared to a notebook. And too low compared to a Kindle. Which way you go depends on which features are important. |
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The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy | |
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| George K | Feb 2 2010, 12:46 PM Post #16 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| musicasacra | Feb 2 2010, 12:48 PM Post #17 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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| Aqua Letifer | Feb 2 2010, 12:54 PM Post #18 |
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ZOOOOOM!
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That's the thing, though. All the tech magazines and literature are saying "here's what we can expect for the next generation iPads." And they're all saying that these features are worth waiting for, and should have been introduced in the beginning. So what the hell's up with the lame ass first generation version? Why the hell not start with these things? |
| I cite irreconcilable differences. | |
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| DivaDeb | Feb 2 2010, 03:58 PM Post #19 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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probably so they could launch the thing at a lower price...but as to "why not buy a netbook"...for me, the tablet format is crucial to what I need the thing to do. Cannot put laptop computer on the music stand of the piano to play. I have an Asus laptop...if I could use it, I would, it's a spectacular computer. |
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| Axtremus | Feb 2 2010, 06:06 PM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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FIFY. |
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