Apple iPad and related items
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hiraethified
I had a good play with one today at PC World. The screen is lovely and bright but it's way heavier than I expected and it became uncomfortable to hold after a while.
The keyboard was usuable but I really wouldn't like to use it for much more than short emails.
Some of the apps were just giant-sized iPhone apps, and I don't really think there was much benefit from blowing them up. The magazine apps looked all shiny and glossy but I think I'd much rather read the print version unless there was some worthwhile interactive 'extras' on offer. The car racing game was fun and fast too - the iPad could be a great, albeit expensive, gaming platform - but I'm not really sold on the overall concept yet. It feels a bit unfinished with no multi taking too, and I wouldn't like to use it for writing documents or emailing on a train because a tablet feels far more exposed to prying eyes.
I enjoyed playing with it - it's a lovely piece of beautifully executed design - but it's not for me. It's just too heavy, too expensive and too feature-limited to justify the outlay.
The keyboard was usuable but I really wouldn't like to use it for much more than short emails.
Some of the apps were just giant-sized iPhone apps, and I don't really think there was much benefit from blowing them up. The magazine apps looked all shiny and glossy but I think I'd much rather read the print version unless there was some worthwhile interactive 'extras' on offer. The car racing game was fun and fast too - the iPad could be a great, albeit expensive, gaming platform - but I'm not really sold on the overall concept yet. It feels a bit unfinished with no multi taking too, and I wouldn't like to use it for writing documents or emailing on a train because a tablet feels far more exposed to prying eyes.
I enjoyed playing with it - it's a lovely piece of beautifully executed design - but it's not for me. It's just too heavy, too expensive and too feature-limited to justify the outlay.
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hiraethified
The most whoopin', high fivin', clappin' and cheerin' celebration of luxury consumer item spending you'll ever see in the UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...ho-bought-the-first-Apple-iPad-in-the-UK.html
The way he's embraced and cheered really does look disturbingly cult-like.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...ho-bought-the-first-Apple-iPad-in-the-UK.html
The way he's embraced and cheered really does look disturbingly cult-like.
Kanda
Diving wanker
I was there shortly after, as i walked in and got met by my own personal Apple dude and taken over to the stairs they started doing it, i just scowled and told them to leave it out. On the way out they all just shut up instead of cheering. The bloke that served me said these people actually volunteer for it!!
FridgeMagnet
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A bit of occasion is fine with me. Obviously that "first bloke to buy an iPad" was massively orchestrated - look at the camera crews all in there.
I bought Leopard on the first day iirc. Didn't queue up, but I went to the Apple Store and bought one; I got a set of commemorative dog tags, and there was a bit of a feel of community with other people also buying it, and the staff. It's not like buying software is normally great laughs.
I bought Leopard on the first day iirc. Didn't queue up, but I went to the Apple Store and bought one; I got a set of commemorative dog tags, and there was a bit of a feel of community with other people also buying it, and the staff. It's not like buying software is normally great laughs.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Don't really have a problem if people want to high five and whoop tbh, it ain't my thing but don't see much point being off key about those that do...
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Does that fucker actually like anything? Boring....
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I don't usually read him, his 'i hate this media shit' while getting paid fat wads of cash for doing media shit is more than a little boring..,
16GB wifi is CHF649.00 here (Switzerland) = £387.00 or $562.00.
So the UK's a whopping $124 dearer [than the US], Switzerland $63.
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Veering towards the 32GB wifi model, here.
It'll be a good few months before I buy one yet, though... new phone and bike gear needs to come first.
It'll be a good few months before I buy one yet, though... new phone and bike gear needs to come first.
Add a couple of months to that & you'll probably get a 2nd Gen 32gb 3G for the same price
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Add a couple of months to that & you'll probably get a 2nd Gen 32gb 3G for the same price
Given that the 3G is outselling the wifi one 3-1 it wouldn't surprise me if they dropped the 3G one to wifi price lines in the next year...
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Add a couple of months to that & you'll probably get a 2nd Gen 32gb 3G for the same price
Mebbe so.
Tbh, it's a toy type purchase, not something I particularly need.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
Ok, after using it all weekend i can safely say that it replaces my computer for the majority of tasks. All I've used my desktop for was downloading a movie. I can type pretty fast and I am not missing flash. There have been a few videos I couldn't watch, but so many sites use youtube its not a big problem (and this situation will only improve). For a first version it really is very polished. Not a toy.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Think I'm going to have a wander down to the Apple Store at lunchtime today and have a play with one (assuming they're not sold out, but reports I've heard have been that stock levels are much better than at the iPhone launch). Chances of buying one probably around 75-80%. 
If I buy one can I play with it at the office, or is it like the iPhone and will just display a "connect me" message until it's synced with my home desktop first?
If I buy one can I play with it at the office, or is it like the iPhone and will just display a "connect me" message until it's synced with my home desktop first?
Kanda
Diving wanker
Connect me. But they'll do that for you in store if you ask them.
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Well I can connect it to my work laptop to get it going, as long as that won't mess up the syncing when i get home. I assume I can just sync it and wipe the previous sync when I get home with it, right?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Currently me and a couple of other AV techies are having a play with one. We keep coming up with loads of things it could do if only Apple had put some fucking USB sockets on it
It is very slick though.
It is very slick though.
Kanda
Diving wanker
Yeah, it'll be fine. I just registered it on my MacBook I had with me at work, downloaded apps over WiFi then when I got home synced it with my iMac, transfered purchases, no probs.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
Cheers.
Crispy
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3G 16GB
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Currently me and a couple of other AV techies are having a play with one. We keep coming up with loads of things it could do if only Apple had put some fucking USB sockets on it
It is very slick though.
We were talking about it at work, it could be such a good tool for so many things as you say if it only had some fucking USB on it
I read a rumour somewhere that they're working on an OSX based tablet too.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
see - that seems to be the sensible option...but I just can't shake the suspicion that 16Gb isn't enough for me...though I would be hard pushed to clarify why!
Crispy
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What are you going to fill it with? I've put a gig of music on it, about a gig of photos and the rest is free for apps. I stream movies to it using AirVideo and I suppose I will load a movie or two on it at some point, but there hsould be plenty of space for that too
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