F1 Jake plugging the ipad?!

AcidHell2 said:
You know people have a use for a media device with a decent sized screen, shock horror. It's a well deigned device that works amazingly well.
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Yup, the middles classes to show off to their friends when they browse the web when watching the TV and not being able to watch flash content. Maybe they should buy an internet TV.

They will soon put them away when they get too heavy to hold and they realise what the limitations are. But that’s for another thread. ;)
 
alexhull24 said:
I feel it's difficult to express your opinion if it's against an Apple product as people instantly assume you hate everything Apple based on principle,
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oh wait, so you didn't say you don't like ipads or apple products in general?
You just want to keep sayig how bad a brand and all it's products are just to make yourself happy. Good one.
 
How does an internet tv work? you can't watch tv and use it to browse teh web at the same time. An internet tv is not portable for music/video/books/web.
Most peopel do not have friends round constantly whilst watching tv and browsing.

Most people have now not used their laptops at all since getting an Ipad. laptops can do more, but totally wasted when you don't use any of those extra features. The biggest selling point is form factor and the UI. The form factor makes it a better device tahn a netbook/laptop for what it is designed to do. Use the right tool for the job.

Ipad can do videos as seen by youtube/bbc and other apps.
 
Morba said:
oh wait, so you didn't say you don't like ipads or apple products in general?
You just want to keep sayig how bad a brand and all it's products are just to make yourself happy. Good one.
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That's exactly what I'm talking about, thanks for proving my point.
 
I've been online at the book festival in hay on wye the last 3 days with only my iPad, sitting outside now for the last 5 hours in the sun reading, listening to music and enjoying atmosphere. The ipad is just so much less cumbersome than a net book. I don't want to multi take, I don't need to. Not to mention i have had loads of people asking about it, one of which is nap young author, and we talked about how good it is for him in terms of sales, it's down fall of piracy of the digital book, I showed him some of my photography, we got online to check the news, and the screen can be read in bright sun.

5 hours and i still have 40% battery left. I like to see a net book do that if anything.
 
GTRacer said:
You're confusing "well designed" with "value for money". A netbook isn't made out of machined aluminium nor does it have a glass screen.
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And? The ipad doesn't necessarily NEED to be made out of aluminium, it also really doesn't need a glass screen as theres netbooks out there with touch functionality built in.

I stand by what i said, its nothing but an inflated ipod touch.
 
Gerard said:
Seeing as you can get a much more capable netbook for much less than the price of an entry level ipad, that supports flash out of the box, and multitasking.
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Netbook's are the worst invention since the dawn of the computer.

Utterly, utterly pointless devices. As heavy and difficult to carry around as my MacBook Pro and much less useful with shocking battery life to boot.

Used a few, hated them all. They are designed to do one thing and thats surf the web, hence Netbook. The iPad was designed to do the same thing, and it does it better.

Flash doesn't matter, I can count on one hand the things I use that require flash and even then I just get my laptop out.

Point is devices are aimed at points in the market and at users needs.

The iPad does surfing the web, watching a video (I'd get one for use in the gym!) and whatever else better than other devices out there at the moment.

Personally I can see uses for it, I can see me having one, just at the moment cost/benefit is too low for me to warrant spending on it.

People seem to think that people buying Mac/Windows/Whatever are immediately fan boys, or have more money than sense or some stupid things is ridiculous.

Buy what you want when you want IMO.
 
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Spawn said:
LOL apple fanboi's getting their knickers into a twist when someone slates their product lol.
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Not at all I am not an apple fan for a start.
I have no problem with people who have no use for it, or have real critisim about it. But that generally doesn't happen. Most people slaggung it of because it's apple or they are to short sighted to see how it can be used, even if they have no need fir it.
 
Gerard said:
And? The ipad doesn't necessarily NEED to be made out of aluminium, it also really doesn't need a glass screen as theres netbooks out there with touch functionality built in.

I stand by what i said, its nothing but an inflated ipod touch.
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Aluminum radiate heats better, its more hard wearing than plastic, it feels better in the hand, it doesn't bend or buckle.

Glass is less prone to scratch.

Why do you want something that is made with worse materials?
 
Spawn said:
LOL apple fanboi's getting their knickers into a twist when someone slates their product lol.
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Thats what gets me about the apple fanboys, they simply can't bring themselves to slate ANYTHING apple does. Nomatter what apple bring out they put their own BS spin on it to make it out like this thing has NEVAR!!! been done before and is so revolutionary and original. Almost as revolutionary as copy and paste or MMS messages on a touch device...oh wait.

It seems the apple reality distortion field is cleary having long term effects.
 
AcidHell2 said:
Not at all I am not an apple fan for a start.
I have no problem with people who have no use for it, or have real critisim about it. But that generally doesn't happen. Most people slaggung it of because it's apple or they are to short sighted to see how it can be used, even if they have no need fir it.
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Wasnt talking about you Acid...its the other apple fanboi's that im talking about.

I havent got an issue with apple products per say...i should have my ipad with me in the next few weeks but dont know if ill keep it or sell it..but i loathe the way Apple come across as being smug and saying that their products are the best or giving that impression.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Aluminum radiate heats better, its more hard wearing than plastic, it feels better in the hand, it doesn't bend or buckle.

Glass is less prone to scratch.

Why do you want something that is made with worse materials?
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Oh god here we go with the standard apple faboy rhetoric. When apple laptops were made out of plastic it was all fine and good, as soon as apple made the change to aluminium the fanboys were out from under their rocks in droves slating pc laptops still made of plastic. It'll be interesting to see what happens if apple make the move to another type of material, all of a sudden im sure aluminium will be referred to in the book of Jobs as material made for heathens.
 
Morba said:
Even though plenty of people have genuine uses of something you still hate it. Pathetic attitude to have
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Are you serious? You're not even reading what I'm writing. I never said I hated it at all, in fact, I said there was nothing emotional about it, I just don't think it's a great product at the price they're asking for it, and a lot of the sales are based on brilliant marketing rather than actual merit. I'm entitled to my opinion thanks. If you don't like it, rather than trying to insult me, bite your tongue in the future as inciting such petty arguments lowers the tone of the whole forum.
 
Is there some sort of stand you can use with the iPad? I can't imagine it being very comfortable to constantly hold it up with one hand and use the touch screen with the other. Or if you want to use it for an extended period of time without your arm dying, how can you have it on your lap and have it tilted up to you? I'm finding it hard to see how this form factor is actually useful at the minute.

I'm not blindly hating it, I'm just trying to see the fascination here.
 
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