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From: Jamie Kahn Genet on 30 Jan 2010 16:25 Cat <0kevi(a)accessforall.invalid> wrote: > http://www.apple.com/ipad/#video > > Okay, there is criticism and discussion about details, but nobody > actually held one in their hands. Same as with the first iPod or iPhone. > What is it for? What is an MP3? Where are the buttons? Now everybody > uses those devices without thinking. > > The iPad looks very simple (to use) and you can do (almost) anything > with it. Before long everybody will use one thinking how they could live > without it. Moreover, like any Apple device it will evolve, becoming > thinner, longer battery life, becoming lighter, newer technologies etc. > > Supercool. I'm sold...can't wait to get my HANDS on one... > SK. Meh - it's not a general use computer as I know them. Just another appliance like the PS3 or Nintendo DS. You can't run any software you like or configure it exactly how you want. I can't imagine preferring an iPad over a laptop, and certainly not over my desktop. An iPad would constrain me far too much. -- If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
From: Steve Hix on 30 Jan 2010 17:54 In article <droleary.usenet-B27E72.12391230012010(a)news.twtelecom.net>, Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet(a)1q2010.subsume.com> wrote: > In article <sehix-554EBE.11384329012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > > > In article <droleary.usenet-FD897D.12490229012010(a)news.twtelecom.net>, > > Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet(a)1q2010.subsume.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <sehix-920E00.18083328012010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > > > Steve Hix <sehix(a)NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <1264709729.186714(a)irys.nyx.net>, > > > > Blanche <bcohen(a)blackhole.nyx.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > This might be an issue for someone who didn't have anything other than > > > > an iPad to use. > > > > > > > > Which pretty much counts out everyone here. > > > > > > It pretty much counts out everyone who will buy the device. > > > > Don't think so. We here aren't a very good proxy for the market as a > > whole. > > It has nothing to do with where we fit in the market and everything to > do with the device itself. As I said, you *need* a computer already to > use an iPad. Unless things have change significantly between the iPad and the iPhone/Touch, having a computer already is *hugely* more convenient and flexible, but you can very well use the device without access to any other computer. As long as you don't intend to update the OS or firmware. You can certainly buy apps/music/movies/other content through a WiFi connection, and you can keep calendar, contacts, and browser bookmarks synced through MobileMe. It's less convenient, but it works. > So the only question to someone who already has a full > size keyboard on their desktop or laptop is whether or not the iPad > features offer them something useful during those times they don't need > to do a lot of typing.
From: Steve Hix on 30 Jan 2010 17:57 In article <droleary.usenet-B27E72.12391230012010(a)news.twtelecom.net>, Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet(a)1q2010.subsume.com> wrote: > > And some might issue it in a corporate environment as a thin client. > There are plenty of ways I could *imagine* it being put to use, but > let's stick with common expectations, and all signs point to Apple > expecting there to be a computer to sync with. Granted. But it's not *mandated*. Some few luddite-ish types might choose to forego that capability, and they could do it. I'm under no illusions that it would be common practice, but it would be possible.
From: Steve Hix on 30 Jan 2010 18:01 In article <droleary.usenet-B27E72.12391230012010(a)news.twtelecom.net>, Doc O'Leary <droleary.usenet(a)1q2010.subsume.com> wrote: > > But you haven't made a real case for people carrying around a laptop to > also carry around an iPad. Who said anything about "also"? My main machine is a laptop, but I don't invariably carry it with me when I travel, the Touch may get hauled along. For that matter, even when I do have the laptop with me, the Touch usually comes along, too, for reading books in the evening, if nothing else. > Of *course* Apple is aware of the migration > to mobile computing, but I think they are also keenly aware of the > trade-offs faced when you try to pack a desktop into a laptop. They're also aware that a lot of laptops, particularly larger-display models, in practice never go anywhere; they get used as a desktop device with fewer cables snaking around the desk. > I think > they're also keenly aware that there is a huge opportunity to tap the > Windows desktop market, including businesses, with an "accessory" mobile > device like the iPad. Ya think? That might be why they listed both Mac and Windows requirements for syncing the iPad. By crackee, smart fellers there at Apple.
From: nospam on 30 Jan 2010 19:06
In article <0112b550$0$19614$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > AKA: if you are in bed or on a couch, can your ipad access your man > systems to go and select a movie to view ? Or must you get up go down to > the office and "synch" the ipad and copy the movie you want to it, and > than go back up to your bed/caouc when you can finally view it ? iphone can do that now with any of several streaming apps. |