Apple iPad. Are you underwhelmed?

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by osipov • 16 years ago

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Apple iPad. Are you underwhelmed?

noodle• 16 years ago

from the makers of the iphone and itouch, we proudly present to you the revolutionary new "giant itouch"

osipov3• 16 years ago

Brushes, also known as MS Paint for iTouch

jacquesm• 16 years ago

I'd like to see a list of actual specs and interfaces before saying if I'm underwhelmed or not.

A giant iphone does not seem to be most that can be gotten out of this formfactor, a device that runs the regular OS would have possibly had a customer more (me).

Does anybody have a list of confirmed specs ?

yannis• 16 years ago

Personally I am. With all the hype, I thought the heavens would have opened and a new wave of revolutionary and disruptive technology would have rained down on us. IMHO it's just re-packaging of existing technology.

osipov3• 16 years ago

iBooks, apparently a more expensive version of Amazon's kindle store: Ted Kennedy iBook was listed at 14.99 while the kindle version is 9.99

teuobk• 16 years ago

I am not impressed.

I was really hoping that Apple would come up with a compelling need for the tablet, but the demos they showed were, in my opinion, unimaginative. Tablets have been around forever as solutions looking for a problem; the iPad does not rectify that situation.

The iPhone has been successful to a great extent because, well, people need cell phones anyway, so why not get a cool one? People don't need a tablet computer. People aren't looking to replace their existing tablet computers.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope that somebody figures out a really good reason for having a tablet computer. But I've owned a tablet in the past (Motion M1400), and I don't see it happening.

stonemetal• 16 years ago

At this point mostly curious, not about the device that part is underwhelming but the new processor is mildly interesting.

Mankhool• 16 years ago

I might be underwhelmed, but I am looking forward to being able to read newspapers and magazines comfortably on a mobile device.

loboguara3• 16 years ago

It's .6mHz slower than my Dell Mini 9 that's running Snow Leopard, which I take everywhere with me. The mini has a real VGA out port, SD card slot, three powered USB ports, and I can use any OSX application on it. This...can use iPhone apps.

I don't want one. TOTALLY underwhelmed.

osipov3• 16 years ago

Not sure why would anyone want the 499 model...too bare bone to be useful.

magice• 16 years ago

Actually, I ain't. Apple does an excellent job, as always: Everyone is overflowing with emotions by now.

"What emotions" is, obviously, a different story.

loboguara3• 16 years ago

What emotions? Let's see. No camera. AT&T craptastic 3G for another $130 and $30 a month. (My OSX Dell Mini is paired with my Sprint blackberry for wireless at no extra charge!)..and iPhone OS. As I said, this is NOT a tablet Mac. I can't run Office on it. I can't run Adobe stuff on it. It's a big iPod Touch. Underwhelmed.

japanesejay• 16 years ago

Nope!

I think for what it can do and the price points, its a really well thought out device. I had a dell mini 9 maxed out (2GB/64GB SSD) with 10.5 to supplement a portable mac and i sold it in less than 2 weeks! It was too cluncky, crappy keyboard (even with the upgraded int'l one), tiny trackpad... it couldnt stream netflix.

This device on the other hand will be an ebook reader. Better than the kindle or the nook. I think its similar to many of the android based tablets that were announced at CES.

Portable surfer, already has iphone app support. Can give presentations with a vga out too? I think its pretty spot on. Congrats to apple for yet another well thought out gadget. And no, im not an apple fanboy but I do appreciate a well thought out product.

loboguara3• 16 years ago

A backlit LCD ebook reader? I guess you enjoy headaches.

nmeyer• 16 years ago

Not at all. I'm glad the iPad inherited it's core user-experience philosophy from the iPhone and iTouch - Apple has positioned the iPad as a device suited not just for entertainment but as a tool to G.S.D; a tool that is actually FUN to use.

I'm personally very excited about the potential for applications that really take advantage of touch and gesture to make more mundane tasks not only bearable but enjoyable.

That said...yeah it's a giant iPod Touch.

Semiapies• 16 years ago

I'm actually mildly impressed. It's just too expensive for me to justify right now, and I have a Droid.