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DVD Cinema said:
It has a positionable case for different viewing angles.
It has Bluetooth for a wireless keyboard.
It has an adaptor for USB camera or SD card.
It has an adaptor for charging off the mains or the pc.
It has a HD adaptor for connection to a Plasma TV.
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All slate devices have that
Again, quite common on slates, laptops, netbooks and desktops
Most just have a USB slot so no need to buy and carry extra stuff
All mobile machines have that
Most have that, in fact most don't need adaptors


Anyway what was your point?:)
 
I'd like to get the wife one of these but not if it's £500. She's never off the iPod Touch. Really like the idea behind the iPad, just not that keen on the name :)
 
I do like the look of this, seems it would be better than a laptop when lounging on the sofa, but if they go for the not unheard of straight $ to £ conversion then I am not getting one. I think £399 would be the max I'd pay for the base model.
 
Ok, so apparently the iPad can't be charged by a computer. It takes a weird 10 volt supply and has to be charged by the included power adapter.

Now, I know I've seen USB cables before that have a power and data split (Splits into two USB ports, one with data wires and one with power wires), but I cant find any at the moment. Does anyone know where to get one?

This would allow me to just dock it at my desk and have it charging and syncing at the same time. :D
 
Xenoxide said:
Ok, so apparently the iPad can't be charged by a computer. It takes a weird 10 volt supply and has to be charged by the included power adapter.

Now, I know I've seen USB cables before that have a power and data split (Splits into two USB ports, one with data wires and one with power wires), but I cant find any at the moment. Does anyone know where to get one?

This would allow me to just dock it at my desk and have it charging and syncing at the same time. :D
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The battery inside isn't an iPhone battery, it's near-as-damnit a laptop battery. Would people expect to charge their Macbooks off USB?
 
LordSplodge said:
Yes it does, it just takes twice as long to charge.
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Ah I see. Seems to be some general confusion. :)

Ol!ver said:
The battery inside isn't an iPhone battery, it's near-as-damnit a laptop battery. Would people expect to charge their Macbooks off USB?
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No, but then again a MacBook isn't an accessory to a desktop, whereas the iPad is designed to be a computer accessory. It's not designed to be a standalone laptop replacement.
 
Xenoxide said:
Ok, so apparently the iPad can't be charged by a computer. It takes a weird 10 volt supply and has to be charged by the included power adapter.

Now, I know I've seen USB cables before that have a power and data split (Splits into two USB ports, one with data wires and one with power wires), but I cant find any at the moment. Does anyone know where to get one?

This would allow me to just dock it at my desk and have it charging and syncing at the same time. :D
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More information about charging on the Apple site.

It seems not all USB 2.0 ports have enough power.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4060
 
I dislike macs and 99% of apple products but I would buy this

I say would because it would have 3 cravats
it needs the following;

A)Flash
yes it's a CPU whore but it's also THE web standard for media.
WHEN HTML 5 is out it MAY take over but right now? flash is king.
this may have been left out because the CPU is incapable of running it smoothly, I don't know, but it should not have been left out.
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having read the teardown reports it seems it has 246MB of ram so that may have been a factor as well

B) Webcam
This is a no brainer.
12 months time or whatever you're going to see "iPad 2" with webcam. bet on it.
this will be alongside a new top end one with faster CPU and more storage. 128GB if not 256GB - SSD these sizes are comming down in price over the next 12 months anyway.

C) Price
It needs to be a REAL USD to GBP conversion. NOT 1:1 currently the pound is 1.52 to the dollar. that would put the iPad at approx £330 £400 £460 for each size.
This would steal the netbook market from under everyones noses.
I can see this not happening tho and it's currently not WORTH £500 for the basic one.
 
I can see the base wifi model coming in at £399 and then £100 increments to 64GB. I may just opt for the 16GB, I have no reason to store all my music on it as it's all on my iPhone. Will just need the storage for apps.
 
VeNT if you love the idea of the form factor then just have a look at the competition anounced before this, there are loads out there which sort all 3 points. :)
 
I'm really looking forward to using the logmein ignition app on it :) - its good on the iphone but on the ipad it should be outrageously useful :D
 
VeNT said:
C) Price
It needs to be a REAL USD to GBP conversion. NOT 1:1 currently the pound is 1.52 to the dollar. that would put the iPad at approx £330 £400 £460 for each size.
This would steal the netbook market from under everyones noses.
I can see this not happening tho and it's currently not WORTH £500 for the basic one.
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Not a chance of that happening im afraid. They always go on about how its more expensive to do business over here. I would say UK would be looking at £400 min for the base model.
 
dan23 said:
The iPad can't ever support Flash. Read this link below by an Adobe Flash developer on why the iPad can’t use Flash.

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2010/02/20/an-adobe-flash-developer-on-why-the-ipad-cant-use-flash/
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Flash seems to work with my graphics tablet just fine :confused:

I'd agree flash *shouldn't* be on any device that is lower on CPU - there's a reason native code is preferred over interpreted, and Flash is just one big (sometimes buggy and slow) VM.

However, the user interface aspect of it doesn't come into the equation. If it means that 'punch the monkey' adverts don't work on the iPad, that's surely a win for mankind ? :D
 
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There's a bit of a split between good and bad Flash.

Flash video has served us well for years and will be missed until if/when HTML5 video takes off properly.

But most other uses of Flash (bar games perhaps) vary from unnecessary to awful and probably should die ASAP.
 
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