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From: JF Mezei on 27 Mar 2010 22:37 nospam wrote: > let us know how well the gps and compass work on that netbook. oh wait, > there is no gps or compass. There is no GPS on the iPAd either. Only the "assisted" location software that uses 3G and Wi-Fi triangulation (like an ipod touch). Only the iphone 3GS has the GPS chipset and antenna inside. The IpaD is what you would expect yeoman Janice Rand to hand to Captain Kirk on the bridge to get his paw print to sign some report. You don't expect those to be used when they beam to a planet as they use tricorders there because they need something smaller and with different functions. What this whole long winded debate proves is that the IpAd does not fill all needs and that it is targeted at a narrower market than current technology could allow. But now matter how many potential customers they exclude because of omission of certain features, Apple is confident that the market for the iPAd is still large enough to sell plenty of them.
From: MuahMan on 27 Mar 2010 22:38 On Mar 27, 10:19 pm, nospam <nos...(a)nospam.invalid> wrote: > In article <l4p287-2bu....(a)spanky.localhost.net>, Kelsey Bjarnason > > <kbjarna...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > So, your response to "where the hell is the bog-standard USB support?" > > is to either buy a completely pointless, easy-to-lose adapter whcih has > > no reason for existing, or to replace perfectly good existing equipment > > with new equipment, just to work around Apple's inability to provide > > bog-standard USB support. > > it's a new category of device, how can there be 'bog-standard usb > support'?? It's only a new category of device to Steve Jobs and you. To everyone else it's half a netbook for double the price or a Big Assed iPod Touch. > > the kindle doesn't have 'bog standard usb support', why is that not a > problem? answer: because it's not apple. Because the Kindle is a ebook reader and Amazon didn't dub it a "miracle" > > > Well, they have you trained well. "When in doubt, buy." > > who said i was buying one? Why not? Don't you want a miracle too? > > > Meanwhile, the wife's netbook costs less, does more, and can actually > > use the USB mouse, USB keyboard, USB cameras, USB external drive, USB > > printer, SD cards and other such devices we already have. Oh, and it > > has 160GB storage on board, not just 64GB or less. > > let us know how well the gps and compass work on that netbook. oh wait, > there is no gps or compass. What for? In case I get lost at the airport? In case I go mountain climbing with my laptop/netbook? I have a GPS in my car, on my laptop, boat, phone, etc. Why in the hell would I want a compass on my laptop? LOL LOL how about the $15/mo pay as you go data > plan. nope, you need a data card with a contract plan that's much more > expensive (at least here anyway). and be sure to make frequent backups > because mechanical hard drives fail more often than flash memory. oh, > and how long does your netbook run on batteries when playing music? the > ipad can run for 140 hours. so much for 'does more.' When I get on a flight that last 140 hours I'll worry about that. The longest one I've been on is around 8 hours. I have about 50 mp3 players why would I want to carry around a 10" ipod? > > and what exactly would you be doing with a usb mouse on a device that's > designed for a touch user interface anyway? seriously, do people even > think these things through before criticizing? obviously not. > > > And has a proper widescreen aspect ratio. > > which would make the ipad awkwardly long when in portrait orientation. > a 4:3 aspect ratio is a reasonable compromise for the various types of > content it will be displaying. 4:3 was great... in 1988. Nothing like seeing a letterbox on a 10" screen. LOL > > > And lets you run apps from wherever, not just Apple's store - with > > Apple's apparent penchant for banning apps for dubious reasons. > > they reject very little, mostly due to bugs. apparently, being able to > purchase buggy software is important to some people. very few apps are > rejected for dubious reasons, but those are the ones that make > headlines. The number 1 app at the Apple Store. Atomic Fart.
From: JF Mezei on 27 Mar 2010 22:42 nospam wrote: > plus, i can't > imagine anything more awkward than holding up a 10" tablet to take a > photo. Oh, the fun you could have with that. Imagine you are a photographer at a press conference. You have the ipad display a picture of questionable taste as you ghold it up above the crowd to take a picture of a politician.... what it means is that all photographers behind you will be taking pictures that will include a large image of questionable taste displayed by your ipad ! (say politician X is speaking, you have the ipad display a doctored naked picture of politician X for instance) :-) :-) Oh, the fun photograpers could have if they all get such devices and have contests of who can have the funniest picture held up while they take pictures of politicians !
From: JF Mezei on 27 Mar 2010 22:49 MuahMan wrote: > It's only a new category of device to Steve Jobs and you. To everyone > else it's half a netbook for double the price or a Big Assed iPod > Touch. Its an ipod touch large enough to read without a magnifying glass. This makes it into a usable device at home/office. The iphone/ipodtouch are convenient when you need access to some information while on the move, but not exactly something you want to spend hours reading. It opens the "book/magazine/newspaper reading" functionality. *IF* this picks up, it could revolutionize delivery of what used to be printed media. Consider some commuter train station. Your iPaD has some token that shows you have subscribed to the New York Times. As you walk through the station, the IpAD automatically downloads the latest version and you can read it while on the train. Whether that potential is realised remains to be seen. But this could open up something big. REALLY big. > Because the Kindle is a ebook reader and Amazon didn't dub it a > "miracle" And because of that, the Kindle doesn't have much visibility nor market traction. You didn't see newspapers and magazines jump on the bandwagon because Amazon didn't build the amrketing/hype to push the kindle. Apple did. (And Amazon wasted years in the USA, not opning the Kindle to other countries. It is only now releasing it to Canada for instance).
From: nospam on 27 Mar 2010 22:52
In article <a8f4db0d-681f-4931-89db-7ea03d9ec884(a)k13g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>, MuahMan <muahman(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It's only a new category of device to Steve Jobs and you. To everyone > else it's half a netbook for double the price or a Big Assed iPod > Touch. a 'big assed ipod touch' *is* a new category. > > > Well, they have you trained well. �"When in doubt, buy." > > > > who said i was buying one? > > Why not? Don't you want a miracle too? doesn't everyone want miracles? what kind of stupid question is that? > I have a GPS in my car, on my laptop, boat, phone, etc. Why in the > hell would I want a compass on my laptop? LOL LOL for location aware apps, including augmented reality. there's an app that maps the stars in the sky. with the gps, it can tell where you are and with the compass, it can tell in which direction you are looking so you can see on the screen exactly what you are looking at in the sky. as you turn, so does the display. it's *very* slick. there's also a wireless hookup to a telescope so if you pick a star or planet on the ipad, the telescope will rotate accordingly. try *that* on your netbook. oh yea, you can't. > 4:3 was great... in 1988. Nothing like seeing a letterbox on a 10" > screen. LOL nothing like reading a book on a widescreen display, because so many books are 16:9. oh wait... > The number 1 app at the Apple Store. Atomic Fart. nope. it's where's waldo (paid) and racing live (free). |