iPad? Seriously?

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Wonderful post, and I was thinking about a similar article which I will probably still take a shot at, but from a slightly different angle. Thanks for sharing this with your readers…I’m sure I’m not the only one who appreciates it.

Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and surprisingly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It’s very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.Have you tried the ipad? you can get one free at FreshGiftCard.com

Just read this and thought the group might find it interesting.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_susan_estrich/the_value_of_diversity

It’s about Apple and their lack of women in top company positions….
which may be why their new toy is called the iPad – or iKotex in some circles.

Eventually buying as my dh says it’s exactly what I need. It will do every thing that I do presently and gets the operating system out of the way. No mouse, no desktop. Just basically a really big Iphone that is tactile. I touch what I want to do. I like my iPhone(just got it 2 weeks ago) and learning to use it.

There is a Kindle app for the iPhone. Apple says that iPhone apps will run on the iPad. I can’t see them leaving this out.

The iPad comes in two versions. One version has WiFi only and you can download apps/books over WiFi at home or at work. The second version has WiFi and AT@T 3 g service which costs $29 per month for unlimited downloads, that’s about half of most competing laptop data plans. The data plan is optional.

The kindle wins this one regarding battery life but I think 10 hours is plenty. The Kindle’s display is not backlit and is not readable at night without an auxiliary light of some kind. The iPad has a color display and can do things besides reading books. It should be great at web browsing, email, movies, music and games.

Apple will offer iWork, a suite of 3 office programs compatible with Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

You will be able to print from the iWork suite to a network printer.

Re: Steve Jobs. He’s certainly a powerhouse in the computer industry. Definitely a visionary who appreciates aesthetics. Actually Jonathan Ive has played a huge part in the latest designs since he is the Lead Designer. Jonathan has to keep Steve happy. Seems like he’s doing a good job.

Funny thing to note: Steve Jobs looks just like my brother. They are both tall, Steve is thinner than my bro, both have piercing brown eyes and the same facial features and my bro has hair. I laugh when I see Jobs as I feel like I am seeing my brother. It’s a hoot. My brother is 60 but looks like a 50 year old guy and Jobs looks way older than a 54 year old guy.

Apple’s revolutionary innovation will rapidly gain some steam after this initial over-hype time during it’s launch. The touch screen and Job’s potential to fix defections will help to make the iTablet a huge product in years to come.

Apple’s groovy computer will rapidly gain some steam after the first push time during it’s launch. The lack of keyboard and Mac’s potential to fix some problems will definitly to make the product a monster in the time ahead.

Mac’s new iPad will rapidly gain some steam after the first push time during it’s launch. The touch screen and Job’s potential to fix defections will help to make the iTablet a monster in years to come.

Apple’s in fashion iTablet will rapidly blow up after this initial over-hype period during it’s unveiling. The touch screen and Job’s potential to fix some problems will definitly to make the iPad a success in for the forseeable future.

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This is way too much technology for me and far beyond my budget. I love my iMac and my Kindle and just don’t see me using a lot of the features on some of these “”do everything”” devises. My technology profile is pretty low and I like things simple. I do think that more competition is good for the whole ereader/epublishing business but the book prices are higher than Amazon which is where I do my book buying these days.

Cora, total Apple fangirl here: Expensive I will agree with and overhyped definitely, too, but I think Apple products deliver. The iPod revolutionized the way the world accesses music and sometimes when I’m downloading a tune I just thought of two minutes earlier and listening to it seconds later, it still amazes me. Simply astounding. So there is a reason that the world gets so excited when the company makes a major product announcement.

It’s not for work (I need Microsoft Word) and I’ve already got the e-reader thing covered, so I’m still passing on this generation of iPad, anyway.

Anne, Kindle killer? I just don’t see that for a larger size product that costs more and requires substantial monthly data charges. Radio Lady, get a clue.

How long before someone hacks the iPad to add Flash support? I mean really, come on…

I’m geeky enough to say I want one because it reminds me of the Star Trek hand held tablets. I think the size is perfect (tonight I was thinking how I’m the generation of bigger is better while the new generation wants to watch movies on an iPod!) and I think it opens up a world of possibilities. I also have a tendency to sit on the sidelines and wait till the dust settles. Let’s just say, I see a future version of this in my home one day!

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What do you think about the iPad and “”best web experience ever”” (with no flash support)??

I have zero interest in the iPad and won’t be getting one. For starters, I’m not an Apple fan – their products are nice to look at, but expensive and vastly overhyped.

Basically, the iPad is a toy for people who primarily use the device to watch films, surf the web, listen to music, play games and maybe read e-books/newspapers. However, I need to write and the touchscreen keyboard won’t do for anything more than an e-mail. Plus, the bloody thing probably doesn’t even have proper word processing software (so far, it doesn’t run MS-Office). File transfer is difficult, because the thing doesn’t seem to have an USB port.

So I’ll stick with my desktop PC as my central data hub, which has all my files, etc… and my laptop as a mobile device. Both allow me to do what the iPad does (watch films, surf the web, listen to music, read, e-books) and they allow me to write and actually do something productive. And if I just want to pass the time on a lengthy flight or train ride, well there is this thing called a paperback book.

What I’d like to see is a mobile device small enough to carry around in my handbag, which allows me to actually type (with a proper keyboard, not poking a touchscreen with a stylus, which is more cumbersome than longhand) and store documents bigger than the odd e-mail message. However, no one seems to produce such a device at the moment – it’s all bells and whistles and few useful functions. So until then, I still tote my trusty Moleskine notebook and a paperback around in situations where the laptop would be cumbersome.

They shoulda called it the “”Applet””. That said, I’m passing until I can find something that will play audiobooks as well as let me read e’books.

It looks pretty, but pretty electronic things often have a shorter battery life. Bells and whistles draw power.

This morning, radio tech guru Kim Komando was interviewed by a local talk radio station. She called the iPad a “”Kindle killer”” and said it was going to kick around all the other e-book readers — nook, etc. Yeah, right. You can tell she doesn’t know much about e-book readers. Who wants something that costs at least twice as much as most e-book readers, snares you into paying for yet another data plan, and has far less battery life? (The Kindle has a battery life of seven days. The nook battery life varies.) The iPad is also heavier, coming in at 1.5 pounds.

But what does she know? She made some comment about how you sometimes have to use a light with eInk readers. Oh the horror, I had to pay five dollars for a book light. ;) But in bright lighting conditions, I’ll bet my eInk screen kicks the pants off the iPad’s display. And most of the time I use my nook, it’s under bright lighting conditions — under conditions where it can be hard to see many other types of screens. (Ever try to read a laptop screen outside?)

I think this also says a lot about the demographics of the tech industry. Hey, Apple, maybe you might want to think about hiring more women, because I’m guessing if you had a couple on your marketing team, this would have come up.

It’s a shiny and admittedly seductive new toy. And, as Wendy says, people seem to get off on throwing money at Steve Jobs. Heck, I get off throwing money at Steve Jobs.

I think, though, as someone said that more people reading books is a good thing. Always. So, welcome to the e-reader category, cool gods of Apple. Long live reading.