Other The iFail- wait sorry, iPad, is officially out

Win.

 

Why buy this thing when you can get a netbook that does more for less?
they may not be aimed at the same market, but they'll get used for the same thing's.

 

wired are trying to put a good spin on most of the ipads failings, found it kinda funny

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/ten-things-missing-from-the-ipad/

 

No, no. You're all wrong, its not even a large iPhone (that would have a camera), its just a large iPod touch

 

Launched the first what? The first thin, impractical laptop? Not so.

Apple MacBook Air: 2008 19.4mm/1.36kg
Sony Vaio X505: 2003 21mm/0.825kg
Toshiba Portégé R500 2007 19.3mm/0.780g w/SSD

^ This. (You may have forgotten 'real OS,' too.) I'm not just biased against Apple tablet computers, though I consider this one a worst-of-breed because of the aforementioned design limitations, I'm biased against all tablet computers in comparison to a convertible tablet/laptop. You're getting a terrible deal on portable computing because taking this thing mobile requires a bag - it won't fit in your pocket. And if you're taking a bag, you might as well take a convertible tablet and have approximately fifty times the utility for a near-negligible weight demand. Even worse, if you are expected to do any work whilst mobile you have to take a laptop with you, presumably in addition to the iPad. Why take two when you could just take the one...? If you want a portable, Apple, multitouch-screen, mobile-internet, pocketable experience, get a frickin' iPhone already.

Just for the record, I currently own one MacBook, one iPhone, one iPod (the third), and a Magic Mouse, if that'll help the more defensive of you from dismissing me as a 'hater.'

 

Maybe if Joe could tear himself away from this thread for long enough he might be able to report on MSI's offering. Maybe some of us might see more use in that?

 

I wonder how well it would survive a drop?

 

'Bout as well as I handle conversations with hot women, tbh.

 

Flash
I dont get this reason, so its buggy, but people use it, surely the support should be there (ie5 and ie6)

OLED
Fair enough, there are no real benfits to OLED atm other then its incredibly thin

USB
If this ment to be user friendly then why no put the most user friendly port on their and just limit it to USB flash sticks and USB standard complient keyboards?

GPS
Not something that should be worried about.

Multitasking
Something that should be worried about, especially if this supposed to be a media product.

Keyboard
Fair enough but see USB

Camera
I agree why? Answer so all those that bought Gen1 have a reason to buy Gen2 and call mr Jobbs a saviour.


16:9
Can someone tell me the aspect ratio of a piece of A4 paper and then tell me why it would be wrong to use this aspect ratio even if its meant to be used in portrait mode.

HDMI
Neglecting the media connector of the next few years on a media device smacks of a money making scheme or ignorance. Now I hope its the latter.

 

I like this line, about keyboard (70$) + iPad (499$ for base):

Why wouldn't you bother with a 200-400$ netbook that can do all that the iPad can, and can't do, minus the touchscreen functionality?

 

you need a camera on a tablet pc? hmm lol

its apple in the end of the day they have never included usb flask stick support and i dout they ever will. HDMI would only be useful if you intended to output display to an hdmi device. Very few officers have moved from projecters yet which still use DVI.

Flash is a pile of crap the end

GPS has mensioned above who cares

Has it been confirmed it cant multitask? Or is the multitasking limited to ipod + webbrowser? Or can you read a book whilst listening to music?

Word process whilst listening to music this all needs confirming.

Alot of people here granted probalby dont need a laptop to begin with. ( if you need a laptop to game your in either at uni or an idiot) Pc hardware is far to advanced to ignore.

 

Gawd, I'm sorry but I've changed my mind, everyone knows how anti-apple I am by this point, but tbh, it looks AMAZING, aslong as you can get a constant internet connection, I mean I know I'd rather have that in my bag that a netbook :O

 

Tablets are all useless. Too large for the pocket. Too small for real work. Too big to use in the hand.

The touch keyboard will take up half the screen, and if you use a keyboard that makes it larger than a netbook to carry. The Ipad is just a iphone but worse.

 

Its for messenger bags, all of the above you have just said fits netbooks aswell...

 

err, I meant people bitched about the air. And they launched the first thin client tablet. sorry, the use of pronouns made that unclear.

 

CardJoe, brilliant video

 

so much win... rep ++

 

Am i the only person here that finds apple products becoming more boring, I used to REALLY want a G4 cube, but could never afford one, The unibodies are nice. generally though apple products are beginning to bore me and the ipad is just another product that doesnt interest me.

It'll still sell like hotcakes regardless of my opinion though

 

The answer to multi-tasking on an ipad?