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Progress as in innovation.
I thought the OS4 annoucement was a little embarrassing.
Nothing's really new. Trying to fix/provide things other phones already do.
Perhaps I expected too much of them...
 
They've only been in the phone business a short time. The iPad has just come out and shipped a million in the US alone...

What DID you expect? :eek:

;)
 
Kanda said:
They've only been in the phone business a short time. The iPad has just come out and shipped a million in the US alone...

What DID you expect? :eek:

;)
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Guardian's got a useful price comparison for you wild impetuous folks buying the iPad without even seeing the thing:

Orange, meanwhile, does not allow users of its pay as you go, daily or weekly offers to access wi-fi hotspots. The two monthly packages that it offers – at £15 and £25 a month – do come with wi-fi access but that access is capped at a rather paltry 750MB. The reason, it would seem, is that Orange customers can not only access BT's 3,800 Openzone hotspots, but also a further 150,000 BT Business Hubs, giving users a total of 153,800 places in which they can browse the web over wi-fi.

O2, however, allows anyone signing up to its three tariffs unlimited wi-fi access to BT Openzone hotspots as well as locations operated by The Cloud. In total that will give iPad users with O2 access to wi-fi in 7,500 places across the country.

A spokesman for O2 said there is no "fair usage policy" on wi-fi access but the operator reserves the right to limit someone's access if they are "clearly abusing the service". But many early adopters of the iPad are likely to think twice about relying upon O2's network for a device that requires a fast data connection. O2 came under fire last year for the poor quality of its network, especially in London. UK boss Ronan Dunne admitted in December that the firm had suffered "a short-term blip" in network quality in the capital.

The poor perception of its network, which O2 has been fighting hard to rectify, is one of the reasons why both Vodafone and Orange have done so well in sales of the iPhone since O2's exclusive clutch on the device was broken last November. Vodafone, however, is unlikely to pick up many iPad users as it is offering just two deals – £10 a month for 1GB of data and £25 a month for 5GB – both of which are easily beaten by Orange and O2.

Based on the current pricing:

Best for light/irregular 3G usage: Orange's 5p/MB pay as you go tariff

Best for regular 3G usage: Orange's pay monthly £15 for 3GB

Best for heavy 3G usage: Orange's iPad Monthly £25 for 10GB

Best for light/irregular 3G and wi-fi usage: O2's £2 a day/500MB offer (unlimited wi-fi on 7,500 BT Openzone and The Cloud hotspots)

Best for regular 3G and wi-fi usage: O2's £10 a month for 1GB offer (unlimited wi-fi on 7,500 BT Openzone and The Cloud hotspots)

Best for heavy 3G and wi-fi usage: O2's £15 a month for 3GB (unlimited wi-fi on 7,500 BT Openzone and The Cloud hotspots)

O2's unlimited wi-fi offering makes its offer best for customers who expect to use their iPad on the go.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/11/ipad-3g-uk-network-best
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The O2 deal looks good, with the cloud access...

Whether that makes it worth the extra £100 for the 3G model though, I don't know.
 
had my first play on one at work today too. Very slick unsurprisingly.

It still needs customised content to make it compelling, but the momentum of the launch mean that some decent developments seem to be on their way
 
No one ever queues for anything else, mind. There were no overnight queues for say, the PS3, Xbox 360, or the Palm Pre. Well, certainly not the last one. :D
 
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Haven't you already ordered one? An awful lot of people pre-order such Apple things without actually seeing one first, you know.

Some even stand in queues for days on end!
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Most of the stuff I buy I dont see first, Apple or not, I read about it and look at videos. This strategy worked worst for me in the earlier part of the last decade, where I bought some right lemons in the 'tablet/mobile windows-based crap' category. Its worked out much better for me in the last 5 years, funnily enough since I switched to mostly Apple products :)

For my sins I did queue at an Apple store once, for the Leopard launch, never again! I didnt queue early though, I just got on the train to Birmingham after work and waited for the 6pm store reopening horror.
 
The Telegraph's take on buying the iPad now. Sounds like good advice to me.
Only the most rabid and unapologetic gadget fans and early adopters can justify buying the first generation of a new product. By this time next year, Apple is almost certain to have a new iPad on the market, likely with an integrated camera, more storage, and other bells and whistles, while developers will have created a swathe of new apps that really make the best of the iPad's slick user interface. The second- and third-generation iPads will benefit from better features and functionality, and an ecosystem of software and applications that will transform the computing experience. I'm hanging on to my cash until then.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7710838/10-reasons-why-I-wont-be-buying-an-iPad.html
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Reason One:

"I don't need one"

Yeah, cos that's often a factor with the "most rabid and unapologetic gadget fans and early adopters". :D

Besides, surely the Tories who read that can afford to get one now and one when the new one's released anyway. No bother. Just send the butler for it. :)
 
The other 9 points are however about how much the author thinks it sucks, including the old favourites "it's not a laptop replacement", "it's just a big iPod Touch", "no camera", "no multitasking", "it's style over substance" and "NO FLASH".

I would say "don't buy an iPad if you think it sucks" is fairly good advice in general.
 
FridgeMagnet said:
The other 9 points are however about how much the author thinks it sucks, including the old favourites "it's not a laptop replacement", "it's just a big iPod Touch", "no camera", "no multitasking", "it's style over substance" and "NO FLASH".

I would say "don't buy an iPad if you think it sucks" is fairly good advice in general.
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Thank god we've got the Telegraph to point this stuff out for us, eh? :cool:
 
Where would we be without early adopters?

Personally, I'm happy with my MBP - but would be well interested come Ipad g3/g4.
 
There is nothing wrong with being an early adopter as long as you are fully aware of the implications and wont throw a fit when better or cheaper models arrive.

There are already just about enough apps to make it worthwhile for me, although as you know I also plan to develop on it which is more than enough justification for getting one now.
 
Well I finally got my order of 100, only a month later than promised by Apple. We've been having a bit of a 'mare with them - quite different to the phone for developers, particularly sorting out portrait/landscape orientation. :rolleyes:
 
moose said:
Well I finally got my order of 100, only a month later than promised by Apple. We've been having a bit of a 'mare with them - quite different to the phone for developers, particularly sorting out portrait/landscape orientation. :rolleyes:
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What kind of problems have you been getting? And why did you buy some many of the things in the first place! :eek: :D
 
Only the most rabid and unapologetic gadget fans and early adopters can justify buying the first generation of a new product. By this time next year, Apple is almost certain to have a new iPad on the market
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the plum gets paid to write that crap as well... the whole early adopter thing (esp with Apple products) is about *hardware issues* that may arise, it has nothing to do with a better product being released at a later date.
 
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