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Well going by the reviews, there not good.

John Bentley from the gadget show said he ain't sorry to hand it back, it won't be missed.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Most of the reviews are quite good from the States...

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews...pad-review.ars
http://techcrunch.com/2010/04/02/the...h-ipad-review/
http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20100331/apple-ipad-review/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/te...h/01pogue.html

Engadget, Critical of the iPad at first:

http://i.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-ipad-review/

Now New York Times is suspect because of questions over the author's impartiality but i think it's ok. These are balanced reviews that don't hide it's bad points but the critical reception is good for the iPad.

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I dont mean to slate Apple or indeed their users but lets face it, it wouldn`t matter how bad/lacking in functionality it might be because people will still buy it in their droves. The Apple name alone will see to that.
Like any new toy on the market though it might be better waiting a couple of generations before buying one, if you must of course.

Touchscreens of any description dont seem to have a very long life span here at home without being damaged in some way so even if we did all use Mac`s i doubt i`d be buying anyone an Ipad to add to that collection.

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At least it blends quite well.

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UK pricing has been released. Pre-orders from Monday.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

The flash memory chips in the 16gig model cost £20 and £80* for the 64gig chip which explains the £170 difference between those two models.



*at today's relatively awful exchange rates

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ouch

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how does £60 sterling equate to a mark up or £170?

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

Ouch indeed..but people will buy them.:rolleyes:

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http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Tec...er_From_May_10

Apparently it's not being call iPad in the UK, it's gonna be rebranded iCon.

Its always the same the Brits get sold the same product but they just chane the $ to a £ and leave the number the same.

re: The Apple iPad Thread
 

I forgot the /s

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I wonder if I can get my dad to get me one of these special edition iPads [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

http://www.itproportal.com/portal/ne...oes-sale-130k/

A snip at £130,000 [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

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Too much money, too little sense.....

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So yours is on order then. :D

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Yes, but not the £130k version - that's just parvenu.....;)

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I recommend none of you try out an iPad as it only increases the gadget lust