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2010: the year of the iPad / iSlate / Apple tablet (Apple haters move on please...)
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clippedgull
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I can see it as a device for non techie computer people who just want to surf the web, watch a movie, play a game, listen to music,read a book, send an email in a very simplistic fashion.
clippedgull
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So why not get a £300 laptopinstead of a £750 i Pad
£429 is the base model
plus an Ipad is easier to use, doesn't need updates every other day and software is cheaper!
Withdean Wanderer
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£429 is the base model
plus an Ipad is easier to use, doesn't need updates every other day and software is cheaper!
But you can't use Iplayer or sites that use flash?
And there's no USB lead to plug things in like a printer?
Seems a little odd to me, I'd rather have an Iphone.
Kalimantan Gull
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Pluses, its much lighter than a laptop, has huge battery life, doesn't emit any heat
Minuses: No USB ports (what? why?), doesn't support flash, software has to be approved by Apple, doesn't do third-party multi-tasking, onscreen keyboard has flaws
Minuses: No USB ports (what? why?), doesn't support flash, software has to be approved by Apple, doesn't do third-party multi-tasking, onscreen keyboard has flaws
dingobruce
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You can use iPlayer, even on iphones and the ipod touch range
Withdean Wanderer
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apologies, i was mislead by the radio. Still, I won't be buying one, so i guess there's no need to worry about it!
dingobruce
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Well if you find one on the back seat of a bus you will be able to tune into the latest episode Football League show
beorhthelm
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how do make that out? i can do just about anything an ipad can with free software on a laptop/netbook.
i wait to see how well it sells after the technogeeks and apple fanbois have all bought in. i've seen it in use on a train, it is very slick and i think, i'd like somthing like that... then i noticed the hassle of holding it (guy almost dropped it a dozen times). i still maintain is about 2x too big. i've seen a competitor (dell or HP?) have gone for something half the size and will watch that with much more interest.
clippedgull
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Of course. But I was really referring to commercial software comparisons.
As with the Iphone/Itouch non slip covers can be purchased!
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
I think it would actually be very useful for me. We can't get English newspapers here and it would be perfect way of being able to sit in the garden (or on the loo) reading the paper.
OK I could do that on a laptop but it's not the same.
But 500 quid or so is a lot to pay just for that, although it's a one-off cost.
If i was a newspaper proprietor I would be looking at ways of selling them at a heavily discounted price if you take out a paid subscription to my newspaper - the same business model as for mobile phones.
OK I could do that on a laptop but it's not the same.
But 500 quid or so is a lot to pay just for that, although it's a one-off cost.
If i was a newspaper proprietor I would be looking at ways of selling them at a heavily discounted price if you take out a paid subscription to my newspaper - the same business model as for mobile phones.
beorhthelm
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"there's an accessory for that"actually the problem was how he balanced it on his arm, presumably so he wouldnt get cramp holding it outwards as he hunched over the device.
Kalimantan Gull
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£500 is indeed a lot to read a paper on the bog
I sat opposite a guy with you the other day; I was working on my netbook with great ease, while he was holding it awkwardly, it does look a bit uncomfortable - perhaps someone could develop a type of sling to hold it.
It is an extraordinary device: bigger than an iPhone and not so powerful, bigger than a netbook, yet nowhere near as powerful and yet, people will queue up for hours to get one.
Just seen this Tweet. "Apple Regent St, clapping and cheering cos someone spent £700. Jobs a genius...."
I have to agree: Apple is far more closed, controlling and manipulative company than Microsoft, yet Jobs is perceived as a folk hero while Gates/Ballmer are seen as tyrants - Steve Jobs must be the brilliant marketer that ever lived.
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Due to the school run, I couldn't get to one of our two Apple Stores at 8am so wandered into PC World at 9am and picked up mine there. Job done. (Done by Jobs?)