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true, but then that 2% is of all phones, no 'smart'phones, isn't it? lies damn lies and statistics :D
 
Sorry if 'pearoasting' this but I smiled

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From - www.bitterwallet.com
 
Finally, those who camp out for the iPad will receive a "special gift".
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Considering how gorgeous most of the female staff at the Zurich store are, they'll have pent up fanboi's around the block twice with this anouncment :D
 


There's a good piece here about how awkward the thing might be to use:

But here’s one thing you may not notice unless you pay extra close attention: Almost every shot of a person actually using the iPad shows legs contorted into unusual positions. Because while you can hold an iPad in one hand and poke at the screen with the other, the iPad is really just too big to use this way. So Apple is suggesting you prop it up on your legs — and that makes it all but useless if you’re sitting in a normal position.

If you place a notebook computer on your lap, you can still see the screen because the keyboard rests on your legs and the screen extends upward. When you put a slate PC like the iPad on your lap, the screen is where the keyboard would normally be. You’d have to bend over awkwardly and incur neck and back pain to use it like this.

Instead, you’re going to have to get a foot stool, prop our feet up on it, bend your legs, and then slouch back in your chair while using the iPad.

OK, presumably there may be some other comfortable positions. This thing’s probably going to be great for reading books in bed, for instance. But it’s clearly not meant for setting on a table or on your lap the way you would with a laptop computer.
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Nobody really knows what it's like to use in real world situations, because the only chance the press have had to actually touch one was for a brief fondle while standing round a table at the launch event. Until they're actually in real people's hands, it's all just speculation.
 
Crispy said:
Nobody really knows what it's like to use in real world situations, because the only chance the press have had to actually touch one was for a brief fondle while standing round a table at the launch event. Until they're actually in real people's hands, it's all just speculation.
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Well, I think you can use your imaginatrion to work out what it will be like typing on a flat tablet device, and use your noggin to work out what kind of positions you might have to adopt.
 
I just rested a similarly-sized book on my lap, sitting here in my chair. It's fine for one or two-handed typing. Wouldn't write an essay on it of course, but fine for its intended use I think. The all-angles screen on the iPad will help here, as it won't matter you're viewing the screen at an angle. Will have to play with the real thing to know for sure of course.
 
More rumours/simulations from Engadget on the courier. OK, I know this is all at the mockup stage, but I really do believe if MS can do a half decent implementation of courier, it'll wee all over the iPad as a form factor:

 
Lemon Eddy said:
More rumours/simulations from Engadget on the courier. OK, I know this is all at the mockup stage, but I really do believe if MS can do a half decent implementation of courier, it'll wee all over the iPad as a form factor:

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We discussed this in the Courier thread. It's a fantastic looking device and unlike the iPad seems to be as much more concerned with creating content rather than focussing on buying and consuming content.

If the Courier is half as good as this demo, I'm getting one.
 
Someone pointed out just how utterly unlikely the courier ever was to appear.

Look at microsoft's track record. Time and time and time again they've demo'd something or proposed something then either dropped it or when it appears two years later it turns out to be vastly underwhelming.
 
Bob_the_lost said:
Someone pointed out just how utterly unlikely the courier ever was to appear.

Look at microsoft's track record. Time and time and time again they've demo'd something or proposed something then either dropped it or when it appears two years later it turns out to be vastly underwhelming.
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True, but they have got the most successful console of this generation, which proves they can do hardware well if they want to, even if they have to take a massive loss to achieve market dominance.
 
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If the Courier is half as good as this demo, I'm getting one.
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I would be surprised if this one doesn't happen, and happen well.

The form factor makes perfect sense. Hold it like a book for browsing/reading, or editing on the go. Flip it to netbook when you're typing. The DS has shown how you can use that form factor in different modes for different purposes.

Even if MS fluff this, how long for Google to add a booklet mode to Android or Chrome OS, and HTC to knock out a similar system?
 
Global_Stoner said:
True, but they have got the most successful console of this generation, which proves they can do hardware well if they want to, even if they have to take a massive loss to achieve market dominance.
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The XBox 360 is probably the most unreliable mass produced electrical item of all time. Awful design that was not tested enough and not fit for purpose. Anyone who uses the 360 as an example of how to do hardware right should be taken outside and shot, then shot again.

Sorry GS.
 
Bob_the_lost said:
The XBox 360 is probably the most unreliable mass produced electrical item of all time. Awful design that was not tested enough and not fit for purpose. Anyone who uses the 360 as an example of how to do hardware right should be taken outside and shot, then shot again.

Sorry GS.
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Fair. :D

Maybe well was the wrong choice of words, when I meant successful. The poor reliability rate hasn't stopped it doing very well. I can see why MS would be willing to make a loss on this as well if its running winmo 7 (sorry windows phone). Seeing as mobile devices are seen as the future of computing, then the losses on toy project like xbox could seem like nothing.
 
Global_Stoner said:
Fair. :D

Maybe well was the wrong choice of words, when I meant successful. The poor reliability rate hasn't stopped it doing very well. I can see why MS would be willing to make a loss on this as well if its running winmo 7 (sorry windows phone). Seeing as mobile devices are seen as the future of computing, then the losses on toy project like xbox could seem like nothing.
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Yup, they're nice enough machines now they've matured and it does prove how well MS can do when they throw their muscle and money behind development of games / apps. Which will be the thing (possibly after UI) that makes the most difference in this market segment.
 
Lemon Eddy said:
More rumours/simulations from Engadget on the courier. OK, I know this is all at the mockup stage, but I really do believe if MS can do a half decent implementation of courier, it'll wee all over the iPad as a form factor:

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That looks great, but I do wonder about handwriting recognition. Many people can now type faster than they can write. A potential stumbling block for all tablets.
 
Bob_the_lost said:
Someone pointed out just how utterly unlikely the courier ever was to appear.

Look at microsoft's track record. Time and time and time again they've demo'd something or proposed something then either dropped it or when it appears two years later it turns out to be vastly underwhelming.
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All this says to me is "Microsoft appear to have a design team that is exploring new ideas". Which is not a bad thing of course, would make a refreshing change, but it doesn't say "this is any sort of actual product" to me at all.

(will move to the correct thread - this isn't an iPad after all)
 
Back on the iPad: if multi-tasking isn't brought in by the time it's released, it's going to be hideous to use.

Here's how it goes on my iPhone: load up Scrabble (12 seconds), and start to play game. Get an email alert. Close Scrabble, go to look at email, reply, close it, click on Scrabble icon and wait another 12 seconds for it to load. Get an SMS. Close, Open, Close, Open etc etc ad infinitum.

It's shit on the iPhone and it's going to be ten times more annoying on the iPad where you might reasonably want to keep web pages/IM/Skype or whatever open.
 
12 seconds? That is an unusual length of time to launch an app.

Anyway, it isn't something that's ever bothered me. I'm playing a game, a notification comes up. Either I think "oh that looks interesting, sod the game I'll go read the email", or I think "oh just another stupid notification, I'll look at it later maybe". I can only ever use one app at a time, I can't play solitaire at the same time as read mail.

This is very much the case on my desktop too. I don't actually need my mail app open all the time, all I want is notification of new mail and the option to switch over if it looks important. I do use multiple apps at once but those tend to be things I couldn't practically do on a mobile device anyway (BBEdit and Pixelmator and Transmit to do code/images/ftp for web design for instance).
 
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