re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I just want to browse the internet on the thing *drolls*. Really hope newspapers and magazines adopt it as well.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I like Stephen Fry's take on it.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

He is good. And right. Whilst its really off the mark of what people wanted (like with the iPhone 2G) people will still gravitate towards it. And its a whole new device for people to loiter around Starbucks with.

I really want this though:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFQWc79TYcU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I remember being very impressed with the iphone, but then the iphone hadn't been hyped up for a year based on nothing but hear-say.

The hype had me expecting apple to pull radical new ideas and apps out for this thing, but alas no.

The hype was definitely wrong and I don't think this will be as successful as the iphone.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

It'll sell, they have millions of iDroolers with their iMoney waiting to buy anything they release. Apple could release a polished iTurd™ and it would still sell by the bucket-load.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I'm not an apple fan in the slightest, infact the only apple product I have is an Ipod Nano 5th gen.
However when I saw this and its price which I thought was reasonable at first I was very tempted. That is until I realised it is basically running the Iphone OS. I just don't understand it, surely the hardware is up to running a cut down OSX? I have to say though even after finding out what OS it is running I would be very tempted if it was just a bit cheaper. I have used older tablet PCs to do exactly what the iPad is designed for, and though they got the job done there was something seriously lacking in the interface. And lets face interfaces are what apple do best.
Though after seeing punkys link, I think the courier is a much better idea, especially if the two screens work together to make one big screen when needed (two displays is cool but sometimes one bigger screen is better).

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Ahhh.... all of a sudden I am interested but maybe for a slightly unusual reason. Naysayers say nay but with the right apps: as a touch screen midi control surface for musicians it's cheaper than a Lemur.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Just saw this : https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2010/01/8.jpg

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

This is what I think as well. They have effectively made a nice touch-screen computer for developers to go crazy for. More than the iPhone applications will define this device.

I really want a Guardian App* that is like the New York Times one, in otherwords it displays as it would in print. (which is often better than they can do on the web, for displaying information anyway) and also brings in video. Imagine flicking though a paper like normal but videos are embedded in it. Nice.

*Naturally to view while drinking my latte.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

The iPhone OS is a cut down OSX..

As for the courier, it might be an idea to wait for actual hardware. Microsoft demonstrate a *lot* of advanced and rather nifty looking systems that then don't make it into an actual product.

If you can find them, look at Microsoft's original videos of what they planned for "Longhorn" (the OS released under the name "Vista"). They had planned a far more revolutionary redesign of the interface (one that would have enforced the idea of working with documents and not applications to the point where it would have been difficult to see what app you are using) than the one they developed.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

thats so funny yet so true !

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Yes but isnt the iphone OS so heavily cut down cmopared to OSX Its like comparing windows mobile 5 to windows 7. I meant more like the slightly cut down tablet editions and netbook editions of windows and some linux distros.
And yes I do agree about microsoft, I'm still waiting for the windows desktop thingy to become standard hardware, I think they predicted a 2010/2011 release and from what I hear that's nowhere near likely (Though It was nice to see it have a cameo in Quantum of Solace).

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Some interesting analysis in the Herald today (print only, I'm afraid) - asking whether this can replace a laptop, and observing that for those who use a laptop to sit on the sofa and consume content, most definitely yes, but for those who use a laptop to create content, probably not.

I can just see my mother-in-law with one of these. She loves her iPhone and her iPod*, and only has a laptop for email and browsing web forums.

*Yes, she has both, an iPhone 3GS and a brand new iPod classic. And no, I've not got to the bottom of why yet. :spin:

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I wonder what the accesibility is like. If it has a decent zoom and screen reader I'll be happy ;) I do like the look of the mac zoom and screen reader.

---------- Post added at 18:02 ---------- Previous post was at 18:00 ----------

My dad has an iPhone and an iPod touch - go figure :)

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

That was my thought as well. There are some good iPhone/iPod Touch apps that are geared towards using the device as a peripheral connected to a computer (there's a nice one that lets you use it for controlling Cubase, and then there's TouchOSC that gives you controls for any MIDI device). With the extra resolution on the iPad I could see it being a nice addition to Logic/Garageband for such things as controlling the mixer for example. It could also be nice for digital DJ software such as Traktor or VirtualDJ.