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| I Just Ordered My iPad ... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Mar 28 2010, 05:09 AM (1,245 Views) | |
| QuirtEvans | Mar 28 2010, 05:09 AM Post #1 |
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For free! Well, not exactly free. I've been saving American Express Membership rewards points for a long time. Usually, I don't spend 'em because the prices aren't a very good deal. Well, today, everything is 30% off. Might as well see what they have, I thought. They have the iPad! So, it's ordered. For all you late adopters, I'll let you know how I like it when it arrives. |
| 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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| Mikhailoh | Mar 28 2010, 06:20 AM Post #2 |
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Oooooh.. new toys!!!! Cool. I have a zillion Amex points too. I've never used them for anything but air travel. I'll have to look! |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 28 2010, 06:26 AM Post #3 |
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Don't go to Membership Rewards. The selection there is tiny. The place you want to go is shopAmex.com. That used to be their shopping site, but they've converted it over, so that everything is bought with points now. (I don't know why they haven't coordinated this with Membership Rewards yet.) Just about anything you could possibly want is there, from cooking stuff, to hundreds of different types of computers, to really high grade (birds eye maple) furniture, etc. From now until Wednesday, everything is 30% off, so it's a good time to use points. Here's the link to the iPads: https://www01.extra.americanexpress.com/SR.aspx?sortcol=Ranking&searchstring=iPad |
| 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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| OperaTenor | Mar 28 2010, 06:46 AM Post #4 |
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So Quirt, which one did you get? |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 28 2010, 06:48 AM Post #5 |
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The one with 3G. I want to see how that is, and, since you don't have to do a contract, but can go month-to-month, I figured it's worth trying. If it's really good, and if I don't mind lugging it around with me, I'll cancel my iPhone and use the monthly savings on that to pay for the data plan on the iPad. |
| 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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| OperaTenor | Mar 28 2010, 06:50 AM Post #6 |
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Yeah. To me, there seems to be a vast gulf of utility between 3G and non-3G. I'll be standing by to see how it fares with you. |
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| Mikhailoh | Mar 28 2010, 07:48 AM Post #7 |
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Tempting.. oh so tempting. |
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| PattyP | Mar 28 2010, 08:14 AM Post #8 |
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So, what will you use the iPad for? What makes this thing better than whatever else is out there? |
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| Mikhailoh | Mar 28 2010, 08:17 AM Post #9 |
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It's really cool, that's why. Do I need one? Heck no. But I don't need a piano or a cellphone or a flatscreen tv or any of that stuff. I just want it. |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 28 2010, 08:35 AM Post #10 |
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Here's what makes it more useful, in my book. The built-in 3G. For either $15 or $30 a month. If it works the way it is supposed to work ... and, granted, I'm taking a leap of faith here ... that will mean that, everywhere, I will have a full-size browser with the internet with me, at all times. No more squinting at my iPhone. Plus, I can switch back to Verizon, if I want, and ditch the iPhone. Fewer dropped calls on Verizon, in this area. Better reception. |
| 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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| Mark | Mar 28 2010, 09:10 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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/jealous! |
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| jon-nyc | Mar 28 2010, 10:48 AM Post #12 |
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Cheers
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I want one also but I'm going to wait a bit. I want to get some reviews first and play with it first hand. |
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| NAK | Mar 28 2010, 12:03 PM Post #13 |
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Way cool, Quirt. I look forward to your review. Just saw a picture of it for the first time; the screen is MUCH larger than I imagined, considering the price. You could almost eat dinner off it. |
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| The 89th Key | Mar 28 2010, 03:27 PM Post #14 |
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Cool Quirt - let us know! Take some pics too
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| blondie | Mar 28 2010, 05:46 PM Post #15 |
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Yeah, I'm interested too. Tell us after you trial it Quirt. Pics would be good. I want to gauge how large this is to use & carry. I'm getting real tired of magnifying & navigating around the screen of my iPhone. Fine for those with good eyes & patience, but not for me. |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 28 2010, 06:10 PM Post #16 |
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I will, but it will be a while. Even if you order it directly through the Apple store, they still don't have a shipping date. All it says on the Apple website is "late April". |
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| George K | Mar 29 2010, 06:58 AM Post #17 |
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Some iPad related stories: Lots of sales: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/29/analyst-2010-ipad-shipments-could-reach-8-10-million/
We'll help you set it up: http://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/29/apple-confirms-ipad-launch-plans-announces-personal-setup-service-and-workshops/
We don't need no stinkin' Flash: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/29/brightcove_converts_time_nyt_flash_video_to_html5_for_ipad.html
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 29 2010, 07:01 AM Post #18 |
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Since they said it twice, I guess they really really meant it. |
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| George K | Mar 29 2010, 07:17 AM Post #19 |
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More: http://gizmodo.com/5504402/how-the-ipad-is-already-reshaping-the-internet-without-flash
I find it amazing that Apple is able to push technology this way. In 1997, when the original iMac came out, and there was no floppy drive, everyone had a hissy fit (myself included) about the lack of removable storage. |
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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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| QuirtEvans | Mar 29 2010, 08:46 AM Post #20 |
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The reason is simple: it isn't a fair competition. If you run Flash, you don't get the iPhones. If you run HTML5, you get everything. There's nothing out there that says, "screw you, HTML5, if you want to work on ME it's Flash or nothing." Jobs is able to make the decision for the whole internet only because no one cares enough about Flash to build an only-Flash device. Except Adobe, of course, but they don't make mobile technology. Maybe they should have. |
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| QuirtEvans | Mar 29 2010, 01:08 PM Post #21 |
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The First Five Things You'll Do With Your iPad
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| 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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| Axtremus | Apr 5 2010, 02:09 PM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN-Urg7CUDQ |
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| 1hp | Apr 6 2010, 11:49 AM Post #23 |
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That's a laugh. You're talking about Adobe and Flash only devices. Isn't jobs the one who builds closed hardware products that really only run OS's supplied by Apple? At least flash is supported by pretty much all other OS's out there EXCEPT Apple, not to mention it runs on pretty much all other NON APPLE machines. |
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| 1hp | Apr 7 2010, 10:46 AM Post #24 |
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Looks like there's problems with the iPad WiFi! ANd rather than fix the problem Apple wants you to make changes to your router - wonder if all those open WIfi access point providers are up for that? Apple confirms WiFi issues with iPad Apple admits some iPad users may have trouble staying connected to the internet, confirming reports from customers who purchased the new devices over the weekend. The first generation of iPads accesses the internet using Wi-Fi networks. "Under certain conditions, iPad may not automatically rejoin a known Wi-Fi network after restart or waking from sleep," says a statement on the Apple (NASDAQ: aapl) support page. The company says this can happen with "some third party Wi-Fi routers that are dual-band capable", and when both of those networks share the same network name, or when each band has a different security setting. Wired reports that the dual-band routers are those compatible with both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz spectrum bands, and usually both bands work as one network with the same name and password. Rather than fix the iPad, Apple is suggesting customers fix their routers. Apple recommends users separate the two networks and "create separate Wi-Fi network names to identify each band--Example: Add a G to the 802.11b/g network name and an N to the 802.11n network name." It also says users should make sure both networks "use the same security type (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc)." If that doesn't work, Apple recommends that customers reset the network settings on the iPad. Some iPad users have complained their internet connections are weak, even in areas where the Wi-Fi connection remained strong for iPhones. "My new iPad experiences great difficulty remembering/connecting to my home network," tweeted David Chen in Boston. "Signal is spotty as we moved away from router," said Wall Street Strategies retail analyst Brian Sozzi. A second version of the iPad coming out at the end of this month will allow users to connect to the internet using 3G cellular telephone networks. |
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| Mark | Apr 7 2010, 11:49 AM Post #25 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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It's just good practice to separate the two anyway. I have done that since first getting a dual band router. There is no "usually" about it. It's all about how one configures the router. |
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