Apple iPad

[boomouse]

a friend from PAL showed me an iPad (maybe he figured i'd buy one) before he delivered it to his client. and as always in all orders (unless very tiny) from stewards/pilots/stewardresses, it's out of the box (para 'alang tax). got a firsthand tweaking with it, and sad to say to my friend, i'm not buying. it's far from being a cintiq 12wx (which is what i hope to acquire one of these days), iPad doesn't operate like a drawing tablet (sayang, it just might go well with ArtRage Studio Pro or Corel Painter)

 

Sorry to burst your bubble but not only do you misinform, you also dish out a generous helping of bovine excrement because no one, not even the owner of PAL himself could have got his hands on an Apple iPad to buy and then re-sell. Because:

1. As telecommunications devices, the iPad has not yet been approved for sale by the US Federal Communications Commission. Both types have radios devices (wifi, bluetooth and 3G in the other model) and these require certification.
   
2. The lack of certification is why Apple announced a March ship date for the wifi+bluetooth model and April for the 3G model. This is clear in the Apple web site (www.apple.com) and I attach a screen dump of the relevant page (underscoring is mine).
   
3. The shipping schedules were also announced by Steve Jobs during the announcement keynote last January 27. If you wish you can also watch the video at the Apple site.
   
4. Perhaps you saw the last Grammy Awards show and thought that because Steven Colbert pulled an iPad out of his jacket, it was already on sale and therefore you might be able to pull off a fabrication about geting some 'firsthand tweaking' time with it. It is not. Anyone with an iPad in his possession now can only get one if Apple gave him one because it is still illegal to sell them until approved by the US FCC.
   

So, unless your last name is something like Jobs, Wozniak, Schiller, or Ive it is impossible for you to have had a "first hand tweaking" of the darn thing. You could have been one of the journalists invited during the Apple keynote for a post presentation hands on for your "first hand tweaking" but then you would not have had required the intervention of a friend from Philippine Air Lines.

 

There are other more elegant ways to put down a product you don't understand to elevate one that you think you do. I suggest you look into the ones that don't make you look foolish. A good place to start would be one that espouses a bit more research, a lot less fiction.

 

I think there is a topic on fiction and fairy tales in the Literature thread. You might find some respectability there.

Edited February 11, 2010 by boomouse

[Itto Ogami]

[brian]

People really are reading into this the wrong way.

 

IT'S NOT A NETBOOK.

 

This was specifically designed to compete with Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook. This is why the screen is damn big. Who wants to read ebooks, digital comics, etc with a tiny or greyscale screen (yes, Kindle & Nook doesn't have a color screen). If you're an ebook reader then the iPad is the one for you. Compared to the Kindle and Nook, iPad does way better. The comicbook industry is very excited about this because finally they can release digital comics with the iPad. I think the only thing that sucks is still the no Flash support.

 

Disclaimer: I'm not an Apple fanboy. I'm just stating the facts.

[knoll1234]

NO iPAD has been released to the public for sale!!!!!!!! as of 14Feb2010. if you have one, that's a fake. I went to a website....a chinese on, they have one.........but a fake.

[noyzky7]

Apple should not name this gadget as " iPad".... It should be "iBook"..

 

total ang main purpose is as ebook reader...

[asmodeus]

Apple should not name this gadget as " iPad".... It should be "iBook"..

 

total ang main purpose is as ebook reader...

 

while that may be the main purpose ..... I think they will also market it for playing games and watching videos. (so I guess a somewhat more general name is more appropriate)

 

[noyzky7]

while that may be the main purpose ..... I think they will also market it for playing games and watching videos. (so I guess a somewhat more general name is more appropriate)

 

 

Bro you maybe right..

[brian]

Apple's primary target for this are ebook readers but eventually this would evolve like the iPhone. So if you're itching for this then it would be smarter to wait for its predecessor with a more powerful processor & graphics capability.

 

What I really can't get is why Apple still can't put a multi-tasking feature for the iPhone or the iPad yet. Does it mean that it still doesn't have the processing power to do multi-tasking?

[nizerion]

the New apple I-pad is not that revolutionizing compared to its predecessor, the Iphone or the I-touch.. the Ipad is just a rehash of the same old boring thing.

 

Personally, it would at least serve as a nice addition to my car, (that is a soon as relevant software would allow me to download (FREE) full length movies into ). It kinda big TV touch screen that would let me do tons of things while on the road. (Don't worry ill pull over when needed). I think that is the only appeal to me. Otherwise, I wont be bothered spending 299 US$ for me to lug around this heavy and bulky Ipad. :thumbsdownsmiley:

[boomouse]

the New apple I-pad is not that revolutionizing compared to its predecessor, the Iphone or the I-touch.. the Ipad is just a rehash of the same old boring thing.

 

Personally, it would at least serve as a nice addition to my car, (that is a soon as relevant software would allow me to download (FREE) full length movies into ). It kinda big TV touch screen that would let me do tons of things while on the road. (Don't worry ill pull over when needed). I think that is the only appeal to me. Otherwise, I wont be bothered spending 299 US$ for me to lug around this heavy and bulky Ipad. :thumbsdownsmiley:

 

I understand you. I see the connection between downloading free movies and your price resistance. But heavy and bulky? As opposed to what? An iPhone?

[bubuy]

okay sana ito kung may GPS

[djrs]

yep GPS sana....

[ken_ji_75]

HTC is also planning ro release their IPAD like notebook but the feautures will be similar to mini notebooks that are there in the market intel atom processor, 250 gb memory, wifi, bluetooth, built in webcam, and etc. if this comes to market then It wil be a hit for the budget concious consumers who thinks of features and reasonable price

[boomouse]

yep GPS sana....

 

the WIFI + 3G model has GPS.

 

Funny you didn't know. You were writing so authoritatively…

[johnlove]

Sorry to burst your bubble but not only do you misinform, you also dish out a generous helping of bovine excrement because no one, not even the owner of PAL himself could have got his hands on an Apple iPad to buy and then re-sell. Because:

1. As telecommunications devices, the iPad has not yet been approved for sale by the US Federal Communications Commission. Both types have radios devices (wifi, bluetooth and 3G in the other model) and these require certification.
   
2. The lack of certification is why Apple announced a March ship date for the wifi+bluetooth model and April for the 3G model. This is clear in the Apple web site (www.apple.com) and I attach a screen dump of the relevant page (underscoring is mine).
   
3. The shipping schedules were also announced by Steve Jobs during the announcement keynote last January 27. If you wish you can also watch the video at the Apple site.
   
4. Perhaps you saw the last Grammy Awards show and thought that because Steven Colbert pulled an iPad out of his jacket, it was already on sale and therefore you might be able to pull off a fabrication about geting some 'firsthand tweaking' time with it. It is not. Anyone with an iPad in his possession now can only get one if Apple gave him one because it is still illegal to sell them until approved by the US FCC.
   

So, unless your last name is something like Jobs, Wozniak, Schiller, or Ive it is impossible for you to have had a "first hand tweaking" of the darn thing. You could have been one of the journalists invited during the Apple keynote for a post presentation hands on for your "first hand tweaking" but then you would not have had required the intervention of a friend from Philippine Air Lines.

 

There are other more elegant ways to put down a product you don't understand to elevate one that you think you do. I suggest you look into the ones that don't make you look foolish. A good place to start would be one that espouses a bit more research, a lot less fiction.

 

I think there is a topic on fiction and fairy tales in the Literature thread. You might find some respectability there.

I hope it will be available to the average hard working Juan de la Cruz by December.