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Not that that's a bad thing necessarily, but I'm not much of a digital consumer. I read only a handful of web sites/rss feeds, and my mp3 library, as pathetically small as it is, only gets listened to when I'm driving the four hour trip to my parent's place.
Since it's not much help on the creation side of things, I have little use for it and its ilk.
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... to keep with one vendor's development platforms (constantly changing), API's, Languages, Frameworks, Tools, compilers, Studio's etc let alone bring in another.
Although the era was exciting I don't professionally miss the days of Amstrad's, Amiga's, Spectrum's, Micro Bees, Osborne's, Commodore's... etc etc. Just the one vendor will do me...
Although I must admit the form factor of the iPad and also the new iPhone 4 are schmick
Peter Hayward
Ngarkat Technologies
South Australia,
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iPad...hmm sounds like a feminine product?
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Unlike a lot of people, I love technology and gadgets no matter whom it is from: Apple, RedHat, Microsoft or Google.
iPad is a great device and has been extremely useful for me. Here is how I use it on a daily basis:
1. When I wake up I use it to check emails and the latest news.
2. When I am driving my daughter to school, she uses it to watch kids movies or educational stuff on the way.
3. At lunch I use it to read books even when I am eating out waiting at a restaurant to eat food (when I go alone for a quick lunch).
4. When my daughter goes to some dance or swimming class and I have to wait (4 times a week), I use my iPad to read or watch and listen to podcasts.
5. I use it a lot to watch video podcasts and listen to audio podcasts whenever I have spare time. Educational Material available on iTunesU is simply amazing. That alone makes it worthwhile.
6. At night I read books to my daughter with iPad. An e-book is far more convenient and easy to manage. Also, kids just love the interactive books.
The number one great thing about iPad is convenience: it is light weight, it's easy to carry anywhere, it has no lid that needs to be opened, and it's always on (no boot required).
Of course, the same will apply to similar class of devices (I am excluding netbooks as they are not similar they are not as convenient as an iPad).
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Personally, I prefer to watch the trees. And listen to the wind. But that's just me.
Greetings - Jacek
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Please Microsoft, don't force me to deploy apps via the marketplace only! I used to use WM6 then moved to Android and if Microsoft is too restrictive with WP7 then I'm sticking with Android. Although I'll be getting a Windows Compact Edition 7 device when I can .
Those whom have the ability to take action, have the responsibility to take action.
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Apple's technology is superb but why so much restrictions? That is why Apple is lagging behind on their OS and other software products. Apple's bread and butter is iPOD and somewhat iPhone now.
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Yes, yes, I know....
I'm being really politically incorrect here...
However, I cannot help associating the iPad with "large-button" telephones for people with reduced vision.
Perhaps it's because I'm more or less blind without my contact lenses...
And the buttons and display on normal phones are so f...ing small .
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I will not be using one. They do not offer anything new. Only MAC fans and the infirm will enjoy this drivel.
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Maybe I'll get one of these.
Two heads are better than one.
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Marc
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we bought one for one of my friend's birthday!!!! but my birthday is longlong later...
i completely agree with you!
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Same thing applies to the kindle as well, and that will not change.
I'd buy one; but I'm not an early adopter.
Watched code never compiles.
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This is called "marketing"
luisnike19
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Initially I thought it was a pointless useless device . Same as tablets etc . But then I thought about browsing t'interweb whilst in front of the Tv with my wife . No clicks annoying her important soaps , and no getting nagged for being in the study for hours . A decent e-book reader as well. I kind of see it , but for that money I'd rather buy a new Bicycle . Could I use it ? Yes . Do I need it ? No . Will it be a success ? Undoubtedly every Apple buying zombie I know is dribbling at it , like hordes of Pavlovian dogs they must buy new Apple shiney thing and spend hours doing the man maths to justify buying it (Man maths can justify anything) . But after the initial techgasm fest what will be left ? A smartphone with a bigger screen (but with no working phone ).
Now if I could simply plug my smart phone in the side of a big screen , now then we have a product . Low cost as it will be limited processing outside of the smart phone . Give me a price point around £100 on top of my smart phone then I am interested .
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Exactly.
I spend all day sitting at a computer. When I am at home I have better things to do than log back on. if I want something from the internet I power up, log on, get it, power down again. If I want to read a book I read a book - I keep a heap of books I read in parallel. If I want to watch a film I have a nice big screen at home. On the road I have everything I need in my smartphone, and if I really need a computer I take the laptop so I can print and have external links and stuff, which is what the iThingy can't do.
When they get lighter, smaller, and cheaper - as cheap as the smartphone - and get some external interfaces I might think about getting one for when I am not at home, but I am a cheapskate and would get some no-name clone.
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To date, I've never owned an i[Anything] - and it will almost certainly remain so.
Overrated. Overpriced. Overhyped.
Or, as they've said since time immemorial: " A fool and his money are soon parted."
Bring me a shrubbery.
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+1024
iWon't be using this iCrap
in another thousand years we'll be machines or gods█
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iNdeed!
d{^__^}b - it's time to fly
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I cannot currently conceive of a circumstance where I would own this generation, nor the next, of the iFad. However, I suspect that I will, at some time in the future, own a similar device.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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Henry Minute wrote: I suspect that I will, at some time in the future, own a similar device.
The future? Bah, buy one of the pre-historic ones instead and be retro. My first tablet pc was a 386 with a grayscale screen. I think it was running windows 3.1.
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My first 'luggable' (I hesitate to call it a laptop) had a grayscale screen. I didn't know they had tablet devices back then.
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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I'm pretty sure it was this guy[^]. But I haven't seen it in at least 10 years. Maybe it's in the garage.
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Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas?
Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec.
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