Apple's January 27th Event

Janesy B · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:01

Wow, an iPhone run through the Steve Jobs CopyTron set to 300%. Another completely uninspiring product from Apple.

nichorob · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:02

Im still trying to think where this thing fits in. Say I am at home with my 64GB iPod touch and a 13" MacBook Pro, when would I use the iPad?

Combat squirrel · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:02

So im hearing around the net the 3G is free for life , no contract, the iBook i like...

Glaucus · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:04

wow most of you don't like the idea. I dislike apple and apple products. But this is by far their best products. i fear it will be tarnished by there usual. No memory card slots, tied to itunes, overprice and such like.

But this looks like a very good tablet pc, great for browsing internet around the house and for film watching when mobile. Combined with Ibooks could make it a greta e-book reader as well.

Frank Butcher said:
Im still trying to think where this thing fits in. Say I am at home with my 64GB iPod touch and a 13" MacBook Pro, when would I use the iPad?

You wouldn't. However if you have a desktop then a tablet pc makes perfect sense if you don't need to do work on it. A laptop is big heavy and eats batterys.

geekyEd · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:05

Fstop11 said:
the 3G models have a plastic bit like the itouch for reception on the reverse.

ipod touch

Janesy B · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:05

It would make an awful ebook. You need a good e-ink display to comfortably read text for a long while.

Combat squirrel · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:06

Think it can access shared drives on a network ? solving the 16gb limit .....

apeZ · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:06

Combat squirrel said:
So im hearing around the net the 3G is free for life , no contract, the iBook i like...

Incorrect. If you want 3G, you have to pay an extra $130 as well as a monthly contract with a 3G provider.

bigredshark · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:07

Frank Butcher said:
Im still trying to think where this thing fits in. Say I am at home with my 64GB iPod touch and a 13" MacBook Pro, when would I use the iPad?

Depends on your habits and how good the browsing experience really is, I'd like to read the paper and check through my email on the train or just quickly in the living room while I'm watching a film. I don't really want to use my laptop for either of those things and my iphone screen is too small, I'd pay a fair bit for a device which can do that (and I've tried to find one in the past).

Not saying everyone will but I'm happy spending a couple of hundred quid on a device which can do that, same as I'm happy spending £1000 on an ultraportable rather than getting a rubbish plastic netbook for half as much

Fillado · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:09

Combat squirrel said:
Think it can access shared drives on a network ? solving the 16gb limit .....

It's exactly like the iPhone in terms of a file manager (in other words: there isn't one!).

It might be able to stream though but I can't see if it'll work with shared iTunes libraries and such.

cu3ed · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:11

Dont know why but this appeals to me as before I sold my 13" MBP, i realised at the time I was using it mostly to browse the web whilst lying in bed catching up on things like Digg and Engadget and the forums, I could end up really wanting one of these I think.

allosunshine · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:13

apeZ said:
Incorrect. If you want 3G, you have to pay an extra $130 as well as a monthly contract with a 3G provider.

There is no monthly contract its all PAYG.

Glaucus · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:15

bigredshark said:
Depends on your habits and how good the browsing experience really is, I'd like to read the paper and check through my email on the train or just quickly in the living room while I'm watching a film. I don't really want to use my laptop for either of those things and my iphone screen is too small, I'd pay a fair bit for a device which can do that (and I've tried to find one in the past).

Spot on, but I wouldn't want to pay as much as you.

khimbar · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:16

I like the fact it's the first version of one of these.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/PADD

Fillado · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:18

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/27/defective_by_design/

They do have a point

That is one disturbingly stereotypical geek holding up the sign...

kiteloopy · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:18

khimbar said:
I like the fact it's the first version of one of these.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/PADD

Nice...one step closer to ST huh?

Im a bit meh for it atm, maybe its a grower.

on a side note, can people give me the go ahead for my sister to get a mbp? nowt was mentioned, so i assume its a go?? :rolleyes:

Ekim · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:19

I was really interested in this but for me no multitasking is a pretty killer blow. I can cope with it on the iPhone but on this I want to be able to quickly flick between lots of different things etc.

I could have seen me picking this up as opposed to a netbook, but not at the moment.

Housey · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:19

When are these due in the shops?

Ekim · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:20

60 days for WiFi version.
90 days for WiFi+3G version

robgmun · 27 Jan 2010 at 20:22

LOL saw this in the news, techically speaking the slate pc's are going to **** on this from a great hight, but as usually the numties that by this will make it sucessful