Apple launches 'iPad'

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After watching the iPad video featuring Ive, Phil and others, my palms have become a bit itchy. It could fit perfectly for me. have a desktop and ipod touch but laptop i have is only for office purpose. Given the amount of power cuts in my place, I can put this iPad to good use. :)

But only if it is available inside 30k :0
 
The "official" video? Meaning the "official marketing" video from Apple themselves? :P

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If only people had a bit of realistic expectations with this :lol:

Everyone just assumed you were going to get a notebook replacement at 500$? Was highly unlikely. At 1000$, highly likely. But there was a pricing issue that was to be considered. Some of the key sticky issues are open to being fixed, imo, by the time it comes out.

Having said that, it does do what it claims to do well enough. Closed eco system? There will be a huge app store that will take care of that(As it did with iphone).

A voice of reason among all the bashing: Apple iPad Backlash Begins -- InformationWeek

The iPad is a thin client, more or less, both literally and figuratively, and it has a place.

Rather than reflexively trashing the iPad, it would be more useful to consider how it will fare against a device with similar genre-busting aspirations: the Google Chrome OS netbook. These too will be less than full-fledged computers when they debut during the 2010 holiday season. They're likely to be far more open to customization, but perhaps not so much that they can't fit into a managed ecosystem.
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Edit, this was too funny :lol:

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i am now praying for nokia to deliver a one-two punch (if thats even possible against apple) with next gen N9xx phone and some sort of meamo/qt sporting slate/pad of their own...

we know they are both already countersuing each other for patent infringement and what not... :D let the games begin!
 
Coming soon: iPee & iFart.
Coming later: everything you may not need in daily life with an 'i'.

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Pat said:
The official video the iPad is bloody brilliant. I have to confess that I quite like it and may just buy one considering the base version would not cost much.

YouTube - Apple iPad Video
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Agree. Though it's not the perfect device or the way people were expecting it to be,after seeing the video I am pretty impressed .;)
 
The problem I see is on marketing front. After long time Jobs made marketing error with launch of iPad. They tried to advertise it as something it isnt.

There are quiet a few problems as I see with iPad, but it will still do ok in market.

If Archos wasnt in deep shit, things could have been different. Their android tablets are simply brilliant in hands of person who is ready to mess with it a little. but they made tactical mistake with configuration and choice of hardware / software with their win7 tablet.

Its the same thing that apple did with iPhone 2G. There were mistakes and shortfalls with that to begin with, but it made a fashion statement and it was something new.

And thats where the iPad has an issue. It does not make any fashion statement. It cant replace any device which is used daily by almost everyone, it can be something else you might buy, and thats the problem.

iPhone successfully replaced iPod, a phone and gaming device. This can replace nook or kindle, but that would take a while. And this is expensive replacement for these two.

I admit, I had much more expectations from this. I would rather risk Archos at this point than get this. Maybe second generation will be what this should have been like all things apple :P
 
I think apple still has time to fix this. Put a better OS X on and remove that iphone OS in time for release. That will make it a superb gadget.
 
^^ :O Do post a review when you get it . Actually thinking ,I wouldn't mind getting it if can think of a way to get a good 24X 7 wireless internet connection on it . It's perfect for mails,photos, movies,office and other general purpose work.Even the keyboard looks pretty good.

Would get a nice sleeve and put in my back pack :D.
 
desiibond said:
I think apple still has time to fix this. Put a better OS X on and remove that iphone OS in time for release. That will make it a superb gadget.
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That is not going to happen. Ever. The closed eco-system (App Store et al) works very well for them. I don't see any reason why they would want to change that. Some interesting links:

iPad About The New Adventures of Stephen Fry

You know how everyone who has ever done Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? always says, “It’s not the same when you’re actually here. So different from when you’re sitting at home watching.� You know how often you’ve heard that? Well, you’ll hear the same from anyone who’s handled an iPad. The moment you experience it in your hands you know this is class. This is a different order of experience. The speed, the responsiveness, the smooth glide of it, the richness and detail of the display, the heft in your hand, the rightness of the actions and gestures that you employ, untutored and instinctively, it’s not just a scaled up iPhone or a scaled-down multitouch enhanced laptop – it is a whole new kind of device.
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Is the Apple iPad OS just unfinished? Boy Genius Report

What if there is going to be an iPhone SDK event/announcement before the Apple iPad actually hits stores? Apple said “late March†for the non-3G unit to be available and that’s curiously right when Apple usually holds its iPhone/iPod OS SDK events and where we’d most likely see iPhone OS 4.0 appear. Is it possible this is just to get the ball moving and Apple has some bigger stuff up its sleeve already? Multitasking, redone notifications, and a whole lot more, coming to both the iPhone platform as well as the iPad?
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Cruft: A message to the Internets regarding the iPad
Well, I am lucky enough to have been at the Apple Event today. Deep within the Reality Distortion Field. I saw the demo live, not snap shots on a web site. I got to use the iPad and see how it worked in person. I talked with other people that had tried it.

And you know what, just like Steve Jobs said, you need to hold it for yourself. It’s a different computing experience. It’s intuitive and simple. The device is blazingly fast and obvious how to use. It is a third kind of computing between a smartphone and a laptop.

I am a technology professional. For almost 20 years I’ve tested, used, broke, fixed, and played with all kinds of technology from broadcasting to air conditioning to software. I am not easily swayed in these things. But even with all my skepticism, I think the iPad is something different. A new way of computing that will become commonplace.
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Nothing but a show-off device. Besides the IPS display, its miles behind the netbooks let alone the CULV laptops. But its good for the noobs ( not that you become a noob if you buy it ) who don't know/want to install OS / softwares etc etc.

I am eying for a convertible/tablet for a long time and expecting a much better device. But I am really disappointed. :no: The HP Touchsmart tm2 @ $949 or the lenovo U1 @ $649 are still better than this.
 
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