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post #201 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:28am
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Originally Posted by macshark View Post

Another brilliant first post!

I'm an independent IT consultant and am an avid Apple fan. It is my first post - but I have no axe to grind with Apple (or anyone for that matter). I just think on this occasion the hype has outshone the delivery - I was hugely excited about this launch (more so than any other), but I accept that others may see a possibility for this device in their daily lives.

I on the other hand would rather have a MacBook Air.
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post #202 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:28am
I bet it's incredible to hold, make you feel like you're on Star Trek. I just wish it had phone calls.
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post #203 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by chronster View Post

That's right, ignore the message, just dismiss him as a troll.

This iPad is bringing in new members, a lot of which are here to bitch (lol that rhymed) but people like him who know what they're talking about stand to keep the discussion interesting.,

cmon now.

I am sorry he just registered to whine about the dead tec that is flash?

I have used one flash site out of 500...give me a break.
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post #204 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by moonpunk View Post

Absolutely everything Apple has done before has been surrounded in hype and they've compeltely pulled it off - but this (as the share price right this second would suggest) is NOT their finest hour.

Dude, do you actually trade stocks? Buy the rumor, sell the news. Check stock prices on AAPL after many of its events...sometimes it spikes, sometimes it sells off - at least that's my recollection from when I used to trade it.

Besides, the whole market has been on a downtrend for a week now..I wouldn't read too much into the iPad's future sales based on your snapshot evaluation of the current stock price.
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post #205 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:29am
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Originally Posted by myapplelove View Post

Another poster with 1 post, ahem troll, sorry mods, can't help it. piss off troll.

Troll or not, 1 post whatever. Everything he wrote is true though...

Life is too short to drink bad coffee.

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Life is too short to drink bad coffee.

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post #206 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:30am
Well, it's a wait and see for me. I'm interested, but with the iPhone I wanted one as soon as I saw it, this I'm not sure.

It might be great, or I feel it might be a MacBook Air, which I never quite got the point of. Looking forwards to it being in the Apple store so I can go and have a play with it.
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post #207 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:30am
The keyboard dock is HUGE - as in great
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post #208 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:30am
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Originally Posted by MasterxAce View Post

has 3g with no contract and half decent pricing on data... and only iWork but for 10 bucks an app for some dumb down version i suppose...

I thought it said 9.99 each?
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post #209 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:30am
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Another poster with 1 post, ahem troll, sorry mods, can't help it. piss off troll.

With excellent points however.
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post #210 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by scavanger View Post

With excellent points however.

about f. flash? Would you just give us a break? Post ten websites you use regularly that have flash, come on.
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post #211 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:32am
Is there going to be a "one more thing"?
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post #212 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:32am
I just told my wife the EXACT same thing. Then she yelled at me and said "NO, you already bought that huge lookin mac you don't need another one!" at least my 27 i5 doesnt flicker like everyone elses...
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post #213 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by myapplelove View Post

I am sorry he just registered to whine about the dead tec that is flash?

I have used one flash site out of 500...give me a break.

He brought logical reasons to the table as to why flash isn't "dead tech." What have you brought?

If you're going to engage in a debate, simply calling someone a troll and then providing no substantial reasoning for your viewpoint will result in a very boring conversation.

I get into this sort of thing with people on youtube. You have an opinion different than theirs, they call you a name, you ask for a better response, they never return lol
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post #214 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:33am
No hand recognition for homework or note-taking. Nothing really must-have about it.

Cute, but I'll stick with my Touch and Macbook.
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post #215 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by DaHarder View Post

[CENTER]So...

I wonder what's Apple definition of 'Unlocked'[/CENTER]

16gig for base model? what's this? 2003? there is no sd card slot just for the price reasons..
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post #216 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:33am
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Originally Posted by sabbry View Post

And yet people still use Flash.

Why? Because if you can imagine it, it's possible to make in Flash.

Tell me how HTML 5 Plans to accomplish THIS.

Do I need to mention the legion of creative professionals whose work benefits from motion? Don't waste my time with that tweener animation crap that jQuery brings to the table for forms. It's not truly interactive.

Google is starting to index it. Flash now supports deep-linking. Bing doesn't, but who cares about Bing? Silverlight is a Hulu novelty.

Your, and Apple's mistake, is to continue to think Flash is a video codec.

If you use Flash correctly, it's a interactive movie in the form of a website that cannot be replicated by lesser, traditional technologies.

HTML5? Are you serious? I suppose you think 99% of users will be able to see CSS3 content tomorrow, too?

I couldn't agree with you more. Not to mention that it is completely frustrating to go to a website that may have useful information and all you see is a flash plugin. How is that a better browsing experience?
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post #217 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:34am
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Originally Posted by extremeskater View Post

I thought it said 9.99 each?

yes like keynote is 9.99 pages 9.99 etc etc
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post #218 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:35am
No new OS for the iPhone, no multitasking, no camera, stuck on AT&T's network for the time being. No thanks.
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post #219 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:36am
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Originally Posted by PaulMJohnson View Post

Is there going to be a "one more thing"?

[CENTER]Apparently Not... Oh Well[/CENTER]
"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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post #220 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:38am
Is there a $200 price difference for 64GB flash memory (compared to 16GB)? Otherwise, why the difference, I wonder.

I do think it is a problem for it to not have a camera. That is surprising.
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post #221 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by myapplelove View Post

about f. flash? Would you just give us a break? Post ten websites you use regularly that have flash, come on.

Porn, not porn? ;P

In all honesty, I personally do mostly just reading anymore, but places like hulu are probably the most flash-tastic places I visit.
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post #222 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by ghostface147 View Post

No new OS for the iPhone, no multitasking, no camera, stuck on AT&T's network for the time being. No thanks.

[CENTER]The absence of a camera is very strange indeed... It reall makes no sense, unless they're that afraid that the iPad will be hacked to video conference.

Who Knows...[/CENTER]
"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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post #223 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:43am
SOLD!

When can I buy?

iPod nano 5th Gen 8GB Orange, iPad 3rd Gen WiFi 32GB White
MacBook Pro 15" Core i7 2.66GHz 8GB RAM 120GB Intel 320M
Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 8GB RAM, iPhone 5 32GB Black

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iPod nano 5th Gen 8GB Orange, iPad 3rd Gen WiFi 32GB White
MacBook Pro 15" Core i7 2.66GHz 8GB RAM 120GB Intel 320M
Mac mini Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz 8GB RAM, iPhone 5 32GB Black

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post #224 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:43am
What we got here is enlarged evolved iPod touch. More than a little disappointed. I expected something revolutionary, not evolutionary, especially with all the hype.
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post #225 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by DaHarder View Post

[CENTER]Apparently Not... Oh Well[/CENTER]

Yeah this is gen1. We'll all be back to discuss rumors and ideas next year for gen2
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post #226 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:44am
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Originally Posted by ascii View Post

I bet it's incredible to hold, make you feel like you're on Star Trek. I just wish it had phone calls.

It's got mic and speaker...and 3G data. Use Skype to make calls...
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post #227 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:44am
Did I miss that little nugget or is there no release date?
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post #228 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:44am
Just a large iTouch.

And 1024 x 768 ??? WTF? Is this 2007?
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post #229 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:45am
underwhelming
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post #230 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:46am
To the people complaining about the $500 price and an apparent lack of features, I present you with a reality check in the joojoo. Controversy aside, it is a $500 internet device witha whole 4GB of storage.
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post #231 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:46am
No hand recognition for homework, note taking, etc. It really is just a large Touch.

Cute, but no need for one.
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post #232 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:47am
[CENTER]Personally, I'll be purchasing an iPad 3G/64gb ASAP, b ut...

As I peruse the various web sites that covered this event, others don't seem quite as enthusiastic about the lack of a camera, huge bezel, lack of a media card reader, no new advancements in multi-touch, and Apple's locked down ecosystem.

Only time will tell if this is just another Newton debacle.[/CENTER]
"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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post #233 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:47am
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Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post

Calling it "way better than a laptop, way better than a phone," Apple CEO Steve Jobs ... "Using this thing is remarkable. It's so much more intimate than a laptop, and it's so much more capable than a smartphone," Jobs said.

So, then, can you make phone calls with it?
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post #234 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:48am
WANT

And the price is right, too.
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post #235 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:48am
It's good. I'll probably get one for myself pretty soon. Bu the sad thing is, even with the reasonalbe price, this iPad will never replace the netbooks for the majority of people who are buying netbooks for their low price. Because iPad needs another computer to sync with. It doesn't replace a computer. And it almost could. But you can't connect the iPad to I/O peripherals, e.g. cameras, printers, USB drives etc.
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post #236 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:49am
The problem is that this is tooo much like an ipod touch and iphone.

I can do everything this can do on my iphone already. Its really only a bigger ipod touch.

It suffers from not having any features that cant be done on an iphone or ipod touch.
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post #237 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by myapplelove View Post

about f. flash? Would you just give us a break? Post ten websites you use regularly that have flash, come on.

Hulu, NFL.com, Disney.com, foxsports.com, sportsillustrated.com, cnn.com, cnet.com, sports.yahoo.com, cbs.com, ufc.com. Have you used the web much?
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post #238 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:50am
I wonder if Steve showed the site with the Flash plug-in intentionally, to put pressure on Adobe perhaps. I would think he'd know exactly what sites he was going to visit in a demo and wouldn't show something he didn't want to.
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post #239 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:50am
Well... That's what Apple is. It's not much, but they never let you be disappointed.

P.S. iPhone did evolve into 3G, didn't it? So may do... well... iPad...

We mean Apple no harm.

People are lovers, basically. -- Engadget livebloggers at the iPad mini event.

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We mean Apple no harm.

People are lovers, basically. -- Engadget livebloggers at the iPad mini event.

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post #240 of 786
1/27/10 at 11:51am
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Originally Posted by brit120666 View Post

Did I miss that little nugget or is there no release date?

[CENTER]60 days for the non 3G, and 90 days for the 3G versions.[/CENTER]
"Why iPhone"... Hmmm?
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