Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Apple iPad is announced
I'm having de ja vu.
Zabo said:
I'm having de ja vu.
Apple iPad and related items
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grit
an ugly force for good
Thats the cause? its a 30 second fix so. The way people had been going on I was wondering if there was a large amount of dodgy chipsets.
editor
hiraethified
Well, exactly.
Some tech reviews are hopelessly irrelevant to the market the product is aimed at, and are really written only for the benefit of fellow techies.
For a mainstream consumer device like the iPad aimed at non-techie people, I'd say that informed, non-spoddie user opinions can be every bit as valid as a 60 page, in-depth technical analysis. As far as I'm concerned, such reviews can complement each other and both have their merits.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
2 and a Half Men is fucking attrocious. 
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
I think you do non-techies a disservice with that position - take the Arstechnica review - you don't really have to be a techie to understand that do you?, it's a user account of the device and covers every area of what it can do. If people don't want to read something well written/detailed then they can go and play with one themselves - a much better option than reading someone's personal subjective opinion culled from their own expectations and based upon reviews by others.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I think the point is not that a non-techie wouldn't be able to read it, more that they probably couldn't be bothered to plough through something that long. They might have more interesting things to do with their time.
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
how about a naked bird holding one above her head with 'it's cool' written accross her tits?
cut to the chase...
cut to the chase...
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
obviously she would have the Apple logo over her snatch.
editor
hiraethified
The average consumer rarely has the time or the inclination to read 18 page, in-depth technical analysis of new products, no matter how well written they are.
I'd wager the vast majority of iPad purchasers have never even heard of Arstechnica, let alone read the article, and they have even less interest in trawling through pages about Sunspider benchmarks and page render tests.
Structaural
in Chatsubo
did you see their Snow Leopard review? it was about 60 pages
That was a good day
Structaural
in Chatsubo
Gromit
International Man of Misery
All I (as a representative sample of an average punter) wants from a review is:
Marks out of ten or a percentage score.
If its marks out of ten then a 8 or above is required by the product or I don't read about it.
If its a pecentage score the product should get 92% or above to get my interest.
A pretty picture of the gadget, being held by a bikini clad woman is best.
Details of its cool factor.
List of celebrities that have one.
Volla!
Marks out of ten or a percentage score.
If its marks out of ten then a 8 or above is required by the product or I don't read about it.
If its a pecentage score the product should get 92% or above to get my interest.
A pretty picture of the gadget, being held by a bikini clad woman is best.
Details of its cool factor.
List of celebrities that have one.
Volla!
You jest, but tbh this is exactly the sort of content that an iPad is for and, if done well, will attract a lot of buyers.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Jamie has already done it on the iPhone too...
editor
hiraethified
The iPad on a stand would be perfect in the kitchen. Eme asked about a tablet device for the kitchen a while ago, and all I could find were clunky PC tablets. Happily, there's loads of tablets coming up on the horizon, so there should be a wide choice of options, although the software will be key. I can see Apple and Android ruling the roost in this department.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Not recipes *on* the iPad, recipes made using an iPad to crush garlic perhaps, or ideal lightweight one-handed snacks that can be eaten while you hold the iPad in the other hand. We have not seen the end of this.
mwgdrwg
Be a Pisces. Jam.
Currently we've got a laptop on the breakfast bar mainly used for browsing, watching video or listening to music while cooking/cleaning etc. It takes up too much space and I'm seriously considering an ipad as a replacement. The only thing stopping me is that I'm a Spotify subscriber and I want to multitask goddammit!
Gromit
International Man of Misery
Plus an ap that allows you to drop the iPad into a mixing bowl and it vibrates in pulses that evenly mix / blend / stir your ingredients for you. Different settings for different cooking senarios. Houmous setting etc.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Hmmm iPad in the kitchen sounds like a recipe for disaster...
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
Those 18 pages were mostly filled with stills/videos of the device, it was also in sections, you didn't have to read it all - if you were interested in games there were a few pages reviewing those, if you wanted to know about how it compared to the kindle, a page or two about that etc.
As to your second point, why would anyone who's purchased an iPad want to read a basic slapped together summary of it? I'm sure if they were interested in the device the Ars review would give them some valuble knowledge....
Ars is 4th in an iPad review Google search btw.
sunnysidedown
caput mortuum
using it between the kitchen and the toilet could lead to all kinds of ills.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Fingers crossed for OS 4.0 then! Wonder what they're going to reveal today?
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
editor
hiraethified
Regular consumers shopping for mainstream products do not, generally, read 18-page reviews in niche tech websites like Arstechnica.
They're more likely to be swayed by less detailed reviews in mainstream publications, word of mouth, friend's opinions and experiences and online consumer user reviews.
I don't care whether you believe that or not, but it's a fact.
http://www.triangledirectmedia.com/consumer-review.htm
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