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From: iPhone &iPad News on 28 Jan 2010 13:15 > > Okay, there is criticism and discussion about details, but nobody > > actually held one in their hands. A Google search of "iPad hands on" turns up plenty of vids. Here's a good one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JPTaoDwOz4
From: Jolly Roger on 28 Jan 2010 13:17 In article <280120100623153529%dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid>, sbt <dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote: > All I know for sure is that we are getting (at least) one. My wife, who > looks askance at Apple, saw the blurb on the news, went online to find > out more, and informed me that she wants one: eBook reader was far and > away her #1 reason, but the calendar, maps, Safari, and email apps held > strong appeal as well. She had been agitating for the top-of-the-line > Kindle as a birthday present, but it has been replaced on the "wish > list." The only other Apple product she has liked is the iPhone. Almost the same story with my wife (she has no such disapproval of Apple). Even though my geek side would love to wait it out for the next revision, which almost certainly will have lots more features I want personally, we may very well end up getting one right away because the features it does have (especially eBooks) are very attractive to her, and to me as well. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: John McWilliams on 28 Jan 2010 14:21 Fred Moore wrote: > In article <280120100623153529%dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid>, > sbt <dogbreath(a)chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote: > >> All I know for sure is that we are getting (at least) one. My wife, who >> looks askance at Apple, saw the blurb on the news, went online to find >> out more, and informed me that she wants one: eBook reader was far and >> away her #1 reason, but the calendar, maps, Safari, and email apps held >> strong appeal as well. She had been agitating for the top-of-the-line >> Kindle as a birthday present, but it has been replaced on the "wish >> list." The only other Apple product she has liked is the iPhone. > > Yeh, I think Apple has a real winner here. (See David Pogue's comments > about the naysayers which I posted elsewhere in this group.) > > For me, I think I'll wait until version 2. Because I purchase new > hardware infrequently, I want a camera and a 128GB SSD. I figure > these'll be in v2 which will be released in October for the Christmas > buying season. > > That said, I feel like Dr. Strangelove, having to restrain one hand with > the other so I don't reach for my wallet to buy one. Hmmmm, maybe I > don't really need to wait... Ya don't need no steekin wallet! Just a keyboard and a CC number (which I've set up in Textexpander)(shhh, don't tell anyone). Very convenient.... Even moreso Amazon. It's frighteningly easy to order stuff online from them. -- john mcwilliams
From: Blanche on 28 Jan 2010 15:15 I'm thinking that many of the active people on this list are not the target market for the iPad. How many people here require a keyboard at leat 60% of the time, and I don't mean just to enter in minimal text, but really need the keyboard. For example, writing this note. Almost all of my work is keyboard-intensive (development & documentation). I have portable devices for watching movies (frankly, if I'm traveling, I'd rather sleep than watch movies), a cell phone and an iPod. There are some documents I use that would be very convenient on the iPad, but I don't see that app happening for at least a year.
From: Blanche on 28 Jan 2010 15:19
Anyone ever read the 1989 novel by ben Bova, "Cyberbooks"? hysterically funny, and oh, so relevant now. |