Caporegime
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*** The all new Apple iPad thread - Keep all iPad stuff in here ***
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Soldato
IIRC our favourite oppressor won't allow emulation code in an app.
Not technically true:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/commodore-64/id305504539?mt=8
However, don't expect to be able to add your own roms, for obvious reasons.
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http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/03/08/ipad-uk-price-leaked-by-play-com/ - Hmm wonder if this is true.
Edit just noticed the date probably not true then.
Edit just noticed the date probably not true then.
A comment from that site
If it's that price for the basic version (Just WiFi and 16gig) then my money will deffo be going on an Archos 9
Mark says:
April 1, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Please remember that US standard retail practice is to list prices WITHOUT sales taxes, which then get added on when you buy… wheras we in the UK expect to see the price we’ll actually pay.
A US price of £327 would, in the UK, be subject to import duty (probably 10%, depending on how exactly it is classified), which takes us to £360…
… then the LOT is subject to VAT at 17.5% (yes, under UK tax law, you pay VAT on import duty!), which gives a “retail price” of £422.65
Anything over £422.65 is Apple ripping us off… but, alas, anything between your £327 and £422 is Gordon Brown
If it's that price for the basic version (Just WiFi and 16gig) then my money will deffo be going on an Archos 9
There's no import duty, just VAT.
Soldato
Mine just turned up 
Mine just turned up
Did you go through bundlebox?
I've decided against importing for the meantime. A lack of stock helped make that decision
Oh yeah, and PICS!
Soldato
Associate
One of the coolest reasons to justify me buying an iPad, woot.
Soldato
I don't want to be negative or anything, but what exactly is the iPad good for?
good timing =P
ive been looking at the ipad and it really seems like apple have half an idea which they dont know wtf to actually do with it.
With a smart phone and desktop/laptop...why would you need an ipad?
You can get specific electronic reading devices which are made to be comfortable to look at for long periods.
Smart phones can check email/social networking fine and for extended internet browsing or work a desktop + key board + good chair is far preferable to the ipad.
tbh it needs a rubberized shell so u could at least set it against a wall in your kitchen or something while watching a film.
but...there are portable dvd players.
It just seems like its a very expensive not quite focused enough product, at least at the moment.
couch surfing, reading books/comics, videos and apps.
It fits in a new bracket that nothing else covers.
Smart phones have a small screen.
Notebooks are big heavy, fold out.
Ipad fits in the middle, a simple turn on and use device. no maintenance, nothing to slow it down. Great UI.
Soldato
Hmm, I guess the size of the screen earns it brownie points, but to me it doesnt actually seem to do anything more than my phone (N900) aside from having a nice big screen.
Might go have a play with one though, it seems semi-tempting, even though I don't actually know what I'd use it for! There will be a 3G version of it coming out, yes?
Might go have a play with one though, it seems semi-tempting, even though I don't actually know what I'd use it for!
There will be a 3G version of it coming out, yes?