OMG iPAD!

Bells · 02-01-2010, 10:12 PM

So... who cares?

Looks like a huge iPhone that isn't a phone.... but i guess it makes sense overall.

Anywhere i look these days it seems to be an Apple fever. It's like everyone who matters has an iPhone and everyone who is somebody should get an iPad.

So... iPhone and iPad... what you guys really think of them?

Eltargrim · 02-01-2010, 10:14 PM

First opinion: interesting concept.
Second opinion: fuckit. iPhone OS on that? Fuck that. Beyond that, my iPod screen is scratched enough, and it's a fraction of the size. Durability will likely be craaaaap.

Marc v4.0 · 02-01-2010, 10:15 PM

I think it should have a small phone attached to the side of it.

Really, I'm just hoping this is a sign of the Rise of the Datapad.

Mirai Gen · 02-01-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Marc v1.0

Really, I'm just hoping this is a sign of the Rise of the Datapad.

Pretty much yeah. Just give it a while and a million copycats will flock to it, some better some worse.

bluestarultor · 02-01-2010, 10:36 PM

First impressions: Why should I have either such a ridiculously large iPhone or such a ridiculously small tablet?

Second impression: Why should I pay a king's ransom for an iPhone that doesn't make calls or a tablet without a robust OS in the first place?

Seil · 02-01-2010, 10:51 PM

From the darkest depths of the internet, I bring you 8 Reasons Why The iPad sucks.

Bells · 02-01-2010, 10:57 PM

Gizmodo is the darkest depths of the internet?!

Also, yes, it seems pretty bad... but must i remind you about the first iPhone and how it got similar backlash?

Seil · 02-01-2010, 11:00 PM

Well, yeah.

Mike McC · 02-01-2010, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bells

everyone who is somebody should get an iPad.

That is far from the consensus.

While I don't think this will be a flop, I think it will be a far cry from Apple's past successes. Keep it just successful enough for future changes and innovations until it reaches it's own iPod to iPhone leap.

Pretty much, it's killed by the fact that it is not a computer, that it is just an oversized iPod Touch (with optional 3GS service). It can't multi-task, it's applications are limited to what Apple allows into it's AppStore... It's at some uncomfortable spot between a netbook and a Kindle at a time when the market really doesn't need something like that.

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Second impression: Why should I pay a king's ransom for an iPhone that doesn't make calls or a tablet without a robust OS in the first place?

Honestly, the price point isn't that bad. I was honestly expecting that the cheapest model would be at least $300 more expensive. The price point isn't that far off of the iPhone's when it came out.

The iPad is too far ahead of it's applicable time, and it offers few advantages over just picking up a iPod Touch at this point. This needed some more time in the labs, really. I'm interested in seeing where the line is going, but for right now it just doesn't do the trick.

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Originally Posted by Bells

Also, yes, it seems pretty bad... but must i remind you about the first iPhone and how it got similar backlash?

I honestly don't recall this. Have any sources?

Seil · 02-01-2010, 11:11 PM

Do you guys know those computers they have in Chapters? It's set up like a Mac, with a Mac keyboard and monitor, but the monitor is basically a touch screen, and it works really well.

I don't know why apple's not investing into that, instead putting their focus on their monolith:

02-01-2010, 10:12 PM	#1
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	OMG iPAD! So... who cares? Looks like a huge iPhone that isn't a phone.... but i guess it makes sense overall. Anywhere i look these days it seems to be an Apple fever. It's like everyone who matters has an iPhone and everyone who is somebody should get an iPad. So... iPhone and iPad... what you guys really think of them? __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

02-01-2010, 10:14 PM	#2
Eltargrim Fifty-Talents Haversham Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: FABULOUS Posts: 1,904	First opinion: interesting concept. Second opinion: fuckit. iPhone OS on that? Fuck that. Beyond that, my iPod screen is scratched enough, and it's a fraction of the size. Durability will likely be craaaaap. __________________ <Insert witticism here; get credit; ???; profit!>

02-01-2010, 10:15 PM	#3
Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	I think it should have a small phone attached to the side of it. Really, I'm just hoping this is a sign of the Rise of the Datapad. __________________

02-01-2010, 10:57 PM	#7
Bells That's so PC of you Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Server-sided Dimension where time is meaningless Posts: 10,490	Gizmodo is the darkest depths of the internet?! Also, yes, it seems pretty bad... but must i remind you about the first iPhone and how it got similar backlash? __________________ *BELLS STORE : Clothes! You wear* them! Free US Shipping Subscription System? WTF?! Zazzle Black!**

02-01-2010, 10:51 PM	#6
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	From the darkest depths of the internet, I bring you 8 Reasons Why The iPad sucks.

02-01-2010, 11:00 PM	#8
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Well, yeah.

02-01-2010, 11:11 PM	#10
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	Do you guys know those computers they have in Chapters? It's set up like a Mac, with a Mac keyboard and monitor, but the monitor is basically a touch screen, and it works really well. I don't know why apple's not investing into that, instead putting their focus on their monolith: