Apple iPad and related items

[stupid dogbot]

I doubt that'll stop them. Everyone on the internet with a website and a vague interest thinks they're the tech 2nd coming, these days.

 

[Gromit]

Anyone watch the F1 coverage and note the presenter waving a iPad around.

Got on my tits tbh. Why didn't he just put it down during broadcasts and pick it up inbetween broadcasts.

Or is it a feature that they glue themselves to your hand?

It was several hours before it became apparent why he had it at all. He was using it to read the Beeb's F1 twtiter feed. Suppose it was a good device for this rather than having to hold a laptop.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Anyone watch the F1 coverage

No.

 

[Kanda]

It was several hours before it became apparent why he had it at all. He was using it to read the Beeb's F1 twtiter feed. Suppose it was a good device for this rather than having to hold a laptop.

Several hours?? He read the twitter feed numerous times from it before the race even started...! lol

 

[Gromit]

Several hours?? He read the twitter feed numerous times from it before the race even started...! lol

I didn't notice till the end. Although I admit I fast forwarded many bits as I was watching it one hour late on Sky Plus.

 

[Kanda]

So it got on your tits that he was using an iPad whilst you were fast forwarding...

 

[grit]

Suppose it was a good device for this rather than having to hold a laptop.

Phone would have been better, sounds like product placement to be honest.

 

[tarannau]

Product placement? You're having a laugh aren't you. I'm guessing that it probably seemed more attractive a prospect than holding a laptop out and - frankly - it's of the moment and not exactly crowded out by other competitor tablet devices.

You seem to have some weird, if not barkingly paranoid, views of how marketing and brands work. Wasn't it also you who claimed that Apple must have deliberately leaked the 4g iphone to Gizmodo as a PR stunt too?

 

[editor]

Interesting snippet. It looks like some trendy mags are going to have to rethink their content or stay off the iPad gravy train altogether.

Magazines planning to launch iPad editions for the Apple's glossy e-Reader device will have to censor themselves to make into Apple's No Porn app store, I heard yesterday.

And we're not just talking about Nuts; "edgier" fashion magazines like Dazed & Confused and Vice will have to seriously cut back on nudity in photography and fashion shoots. New fashion bible LOVE famously launched a first edition with a naked photo shoot of Beth Ditto. That would not be alright with Steve Jobs.

A D&C insider revealed that the mag's iPad edition has been nicknamed the Iran edition by the people putting it together, given the parallels between censorship in the Muslim theocracy and the iTunes store.

Every week there have been complaints about apps removed from the iTunes store - usally small-scale soft porn stuff, but it throws the Apple policy into relief when art or fashion magazines have to start censoring themselves.

It's even more ironic because the iPad has been billed as the saviour of the magazine industry and also given Apple's reputation as a maintstay of the creative industries.

http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2010/05/apples_itunes_censors_fashion_magazines.html

 

[grit]

Product placement? You're having a laugh aren't you. I'm guessing that it probably seemed more attractive a prospect than holding a laptop out and - frankly - it's of the moment and not exactly crowded out by other competitor tablet devices.

You seem to have some weird, if not barkingly paranoid, views of how marketing and brands work. Wasn't it also you who claimed that Apple must have deliberately leaked the 4g iphone to Gizmodo as a PR stunt too?

The device has been used in product placement situations already, product placement is a common tool used. Wasnt there an arrested development episode or something that centered around the launch?

Whats paranoid about the possibility of it being used as product placement?

I was of the view that the leak was a PR stunt, what I said was that if Apple didnt want it online it wouldn't be. True to form the guys door was kicked in by request of jobs. It wasnt until Apple made a move that I accepted it was the real deal. Frankly I thought they would have been quicker off the mark but I guess even if your a billionaire there is only so much you can do in a week.

Edit: weird I thought I had your ramblings on ignore.

 

[Gromit]

So it got on your tits that he was using an iPad whilst you were fast forwarding...

It was the reason I started fast forwarding. The worst being when he looked at his watch with it in his hand. Oh ffs just put the fucking thing down if you aren't going to look at it right now.

 

[Kanda]

You have way too much time to get pissed off with shit that really has no affect on you

 

[Gromit]

Phone would have been better, sounds like product placement to be honest.

Nah he'd have looked stupid bringing a phone up to squint closly at whilst on TV.

Instead he could just glance down and read the pad at arm's length.

 

[grit]

Nah he'd have looked stupid bringing a phone up to squint closly at whilst on TV.

Instead he could just glance down and read the pad at arm's length.

They are 140 character messages, any modern smart phone would display them at readable distance and.. ah fuck it this isint even worth commenting on

 

[Gromit]

They are 140 character messages, any modern smart phone would display them at readable distance and.. ah fuck it this isint even worth commenting on

Even outside on a very sunny day on yaght?

 

[grit]

Even outside on a very sunny day on yaght?

Easier to give shade to a smaller screen than a bigger one, I really wish I had the self control not to get involved with these trivial arguments, but I just dont

 

[GarfieldLeChat]

Phone would have been better, sounds like product placement to be honest.

he used to use his phone but now he uses his ipad I'd assume this is because it's what he's issued...

I'm also assuming that we've gone past the point of picking up presenters for using the provided technology when presenting too....

 

[editor]

Thanks to bad publicity, Apple have now dropped their ridiculous 'credit/debit card only' policy for buying iPads.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/20/apple-now-accepting-cash-for-its-cold-hard-ipads-video/

Talking of ridiculous (and admittedly only half on topic - sorry) this woman's $60m law suit accusing Apple's company employees of waiting like "vultures" to spy on her every time she used an Apple laptop to access the internet, has been laughed out of court. She sounds a bit like the old urban nutcase windsor.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/358093/woman-fails-in-bid-to-sue-apples-greedy-vultures

 

[Kanda]

8m predicted sales in 2010!! http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/20/analyst-raises-2010-ipad-sales-estimate-to-8-million/

Blimey.

 

[Gromit]

8m predicted sales in 2010!! http://www.macrumors.com/2010/05/20/analyst-raises-2010-ipad-sales-estimate-to-8-million/

Blimey.

I can't see it selling in bucketloads until the iPad2 comes out with a cheaper mass market price.

Thats how iPhones started selling in real bulk.

 

[Kanda]

I can't see it selling in bucketloads until the iPad2 comes out with a cheaper mass market price.

Thats how iPhones started selling in real bulk.

8mill isn't bucketloads??

 

[tarannau]

This is Apple. They won't make it particularly cheap or drop the price massively. Looking at its place in the Apple product matrix I doubt it's going to drop that noticeably in price for the forseeable - expect incremental changes and more power for the same money if anything.

 

[Gromit]

8mill isn't bucketloads??

Not compared to 41 million it isn't.

 

[Kanda]

Not compared to 41 million it isn't.

Why are you bothering to compare it to a phone?

That's like me comparing Mars bar sales to Volkswagen sales...

 

[Gromit]

Why are you bothering to compare it to a phone?

That's like me comparing Mars bar sales to Volkswagen sales...

1. The iPad is nothing more than a giant iPhone / iPod.
2. I'm comparing it with a product aimed at exactly the same target market.
3. iPhone and IPad are both high tech gadgets.
4. A Mars bar is a food and a Volkswagon is a vehicle. They don't sit in a grouping together so its nothing at like mars v Volks you numpty.

 

[Kanda]

I was pissing about

Still don't think you can compare it to iPhone sales.

E2A: iPhone cost is free or up to £100 or something.. these are £430-£699.

 

[Gromit]

I was pissing about

Still don't think you can compare it to iPhone sales.

E2A: iPhone cost is free or up to £100 or something.. these are £430-£699.

you missed out...


.... on contract.

Trying buying pay as you go to see the real cost.

 

[Kanda]

you missed out...


.... on contract.

Trying buying pay as you go to see the real cost.

Yeah, of course, I wonder how many of that 41mill are PAYG though..

 

[editor]

8 million iPad sales is a mighty big figure no matter how you spin it, although these analysts types can get it horribly wrong.

For example, the death of the netbook was being widely forecast by some eggy faced 'experts' last year, whereas it's been estimated that there'll be 58 million of the wee blighters sold this year - way ahead of the 36m sold in 2009.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/arti...sales_death_greatly_exaggerated_says_analyst?
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2263218/abi-research-conservative

 

[Gromit]

Yeah, of course, I wonder how many of that 41mill are PAYG though..

Even if the majority of them are on contract they've still paid the PAYG price, only its been spread over 18-24 months (with interest) instead of upfront.

£45 a month contract with phone instead of a £20 contract giving exactly the same (if not more) calls and txts but no phone.

Hmm where does that extra £25 come from?