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From: Steve Hix on 29 Jan 2010 14:38 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. > I think it > was a bit of a misstep for Apple to place it between an iPhone and a > MacBook. Where else is there room in marketspace? They picked the biggest empty spot. > It *needs* a computer to sync with, That assumes one wants to sync it with anything. Granted, that makes things more convenient, especially as the total size of your content goes up, and it's what I intend to do with mine, but... It's not the only way to use it. For one, some might be happy enough to get by with what they can sync, say, through MobileMe. > and while there may be > some who will use their laptop to do that, my hunch is that it will be > bought mainly by people with desktop systems who don't want to deal with > a full-blown laptop. There will surely be those. There are more laptop buyers/owners than desktop these days, and the gap looks like it's going to continue to grow. > My guess is that Windows desktop users will be, or > *should* be targeted as, the biggest market for the iPad. They're a shrinking demographic, too. Still...they're covered too, according to Apple's iPad spec page. We haven't seen the ad campaign for the gadget yet. Who knows who'll be targeted by it.
From: BreadWithSpam on 29 Jan 2010 16:29 Elden Fenison <usenet(a)moondog.org.invalid> writes: > My problem is vendor lock in. I already have a Kindle with about 40 books. > Apparently they're staying on the Kindle. I wish for some compatibility > between devices, but that probably won't happen. There's a Kindle iPhone app. Assuming Amazon doesn't discontinue it, and that Apple doesn't block it (because it competes with their new iBookstore), there's no reason to think you couldn't keep reading all your existing Kindle books on an iPad. I read a book on the iPhone Kindle app and it was surprisingly pleasant, actually. -- Plain Bread alone for e-mail, thanks. The rest gets trashed. Are you posting responses that are easy for others to follow? http://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/2000/06/14/quoting
From: Thomas R. Kettler on 29 Jan 2010 20:32 In article <hjv183$e77$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, John McWilliams <jpmcw(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Dave Allen wrote: > > In article <011b3d65$0$6702$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, > > JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote: > > > >> But the ipAD won't replace coffe table books with high quality images on > >> glossy paper. > > > > That's coming with Apple's planned iTable, a coffee table sized touch > > screen on which you'll be able to slide around several coffee table > > e-books at different orientations. > > It damned well better have Firewire! And 4000 x 3000 pixels. Are you kidding? Any iTable better be widescreen. Try 4800 X 3000 pixels. -- Remove blown from email address to reply.
From: JF Mezei on 29 Jan 2010 21:18 Thomas R. Kettler wrote: > Are you kidding? Any iTable better be widescreen. Try 4800 X 3000 pixels. What happens when you spill some Java powered iCoffee on the iTable ? Will you get some iStains ? Will Apple have iCleaner for its iTable ? Stay tuned for next week's episode of "As the iWorld turns" when these and questions will be answered !
From: Rick Jones on 29 Jan 2010 21:42
Thomas R. Kettler <tkettler(a)blownfuse.net> wrote: > Are you kidding? Any iTable better be widescreen. Try 4800 X 3000 > pixels. Still not 16x9. How about 5760 x 3240 (although perhaps going 4X 1080 is better than 3X so maybe 7680 x 4320). Don't rest anything on it though or it will confuse the multitouch. When the cat walks across it englebert only knows what will happen :) Might make an interesting virutal air hockey table though... rick jones -- The computing industry isn't as much a game of "Follow The Leader" as it is one of "Ring Around the Rosy" or perhaps "Duck Duck Goose." - Rick Jones these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... :) feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |