Apple iPad

[willriker]

ill just get the WePad ...its about 145$usd and got what the IPad is lacking.(usb port, webcam, sd card slot)..

 

 

 

While I respect your choice of choosing the WePad, i think most people miss the point of the iPad.

 

If you are a power user, which i think you are because you prefer the wepad and the additional features it provides, you definitely will think that the iPad is short on features. Though have you tried using the iPad already?

 

I believe that what will set the iPad apart is the user experience. The UI of the iPad is absolutely top notch. It allows you to work the way you want to work - it does not force you to conform to what an OS wants you to do things. The target market for the iPad i believe are the not-techie or non-power user types who want and easy to use device for their media consumption.

 

The wePad has great features but it still runs an OS originally designed for a desktop computers that uses a mouse as its primary input/command device. The paradigm is totally different. (And this is coming from someone who used to make a living selling Windows software and extolling its virtues)

 

Hope you dont mind the comments, it just for a good healthy discussion :-)

 

willriker

[ganid]

An I pad is an oversized i touch.

 

As with all technology, more so from Steve Jobs, those who buy first generation are beta testers who pay for the experience. When do you think next iteration of i pad will come out? Before end of 2010 kaya? What improvements will it have?

[boomouse]

An I pad is an oversized i touch.

 

As with all technology, more so from Steve Jobs, those who buy first generation are beta testers who pay for the experience. When do you think next iteration of i pad will come out? Before end of 2010 kaya? What improvements will it have?

 

When was the last time you saw two million beta testers after 59 days in the market? Has this ever happened in the PC world? Oh wait, it has! Remember Windows Vista? I believe they are still beta testing up to now. No. Wait. they've shifted to Windows 7. They're beta testing again?

 

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Apple at the 2 million iPad mark: Rivals swamped by platform

By Larry Dignan | June 1, 2010, 2:30am PDT

http://www.zdnet.com...le_skin;content

 

Apple has sold 2 million iPads in 59 days and now is shipping in many international markets. The iPad sales surge is impressive and Apple is building a nice lead ahead of what will be a bevy of copycat devices on deck.

 

The real difference maker: Apple's platform (iTunes, App Store, iPhone, iPod). In a statement, Apple said that the iPad has 5,000 new apps just for the device. Toss in another 200,000 apps or so on the App Store and the iPad has a huge ecosystem behind it.

 

As noted last week, the Android tablet army is forming as a bevy of tablets will hit the market. But the buying decision may come down to the ecosystem. Apple just has a richer selection of stuff. To effectively compete with the iPad, rivals—whether Android or Windows 7 powered—will have to bring the apps and ease of use quickly.

 

It seems that the absence of flash wasn't such a big thing after all.

If Apple keeps up this pace, there may be 10 million iPad units in the field before a valid competitor—Dell, MSI, Asus, HP or someone else—emerges. Simply put, rivals may not have as much time as they thought to catch Apple. The first quarter of 2011 may be too late. The iPad won't have an iPhone-like lead in the market place, but Apple can sell enough units to create a nice virtuous cycle.

 

What does this virtuous cycle look like?

 

Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore examined the Apple ecosystem effect in a research note last week:

 

We analyzed the size of the iPhone, iPod and iPad installed base in the context of customer dollars invested in content (Apps, video, music etc) via the iTunes / App store. As highlighted below, we believe the installed base of Apple mobile devices (iPhone, iPod and iPad) is currently ~150M units and should grow to 200M+ units by the end of next year (assumes a 2 year life on hardware). Meanwhile, Apple's 'Other music related products and services' line represents a good proxy for music, apps and videos sold for exclusive use on these devices. Using this framework, Apple customers have invested ~$15B in content cumulatively for their Apple devices, which we see growing to ~$25B by the end of next year. This averages to ~$100 of content for each installed device; suggesting switching costs are relatively high (not to mention the time required to port and free apps). When Apple's best in class user experience is combined with these growing switching costs, the resulting customer loyalty is unparalleled.

Bottom line: Apple is building a moat around its iPad business at the 60-day mark. If rival tablets—Android or otherwise—are going to compete they better hurry up.

 

Larry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and SmartPlanet as well as Editorial Director of ZDNet's sister site TechRepublic.

 

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Edited June 1, 2010 by boomouse

[searchbug2002]

where is the cheapest place to get an Ipad here in Metro Manila?

[johnlove]

Which offers a better experience?

Ipad or laptop with touchscreen

[boomouse]

Which offers a better experience?

Ipad or laptop with touchscreen

 

When you use a 'touch' interface, your mind expects a response as immediate as the gesture you are making. So when you touch, immediately something happens. An iPad is like that. Touch, swipe, pinch, use one, two, three, or four fingers and something happens. Ora mismo.

 

A laptop with a touchscreen is only that, a laptop with a touchscreen. How fast it responds to your touch will depend on how fast the laptop hardware is, and how well adapted the OS is to a touch UI. Even if you use Windows 7 which already has some rudimentary gesture capability, you still will not get the same as an iPad experience.

[boomouse]

where is the cheapest place to get an Ipad here in Metro Manila?

 

There is no cheap place because it is officially not yet launched here. Next month pa yata. So they guys selling it are really overpricing like crazy. Kinakatay nila yun mga hindi makapaghintay. I got mine in the US and with shipping and handling a 32 GB 3g unit was about P36k+. I saw a shop in Park Square selling a 16 GB wifi only unit for P40k. Hold-up na harap-harapan. I know some flight crews smuggle units in and I have been offered P35k for a 32gb wifi only unit. That contact I can pass to you if you PM me. Bahala na kayo magusap kung gusto mo.

[id6230]

ill just get the WePad ...its about 145$usd and got what the IPad is lacking.(usb port, webcam, sd card slot)..

 

 

Asus has a new tablet (iPad competition) to be released around the first quarter of 2011. Relatively cheaper than the iPad and has a built in camera, usb port, media reader, flash video..etc. Comes with the 10 or 12 inches.

[boomouse]

Asus has a new tablet (iPad competition) to be released around the first quarter of 2011. Relatively cheaper than the iPad and has a built in camera, usb port, media reader, flash video..etc. Comes with the 10 or 12 inches.

 

1. That is three quarters away. By that time there will be 10-12 million iPads sold in the US alone, not to mention the rest of the world where it is going to be launching within weeks of each others through the rest of the year. This ensures that the software ecosystem for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch will be so big and strong that people who can afford an iPad will have a hard time deciding to buy anything else no matter what bells and whistles they add to the competition.
2. Remember that HP just cancelled their iSlate tablet. Perhaps they thought they could not offer the same user experience with the OS that they had.
3. Even locally, the Inquirer has thrown its hat in witht he iPad even before it has officially launched in the Philippines. You think these apps will run on your Asus? sure developers might kludge together something but that is what it wil be. A kludge. Touch an icon and count to 10 before anything happens. Just like all the other Windows tablets.

I at all all these new gadget-laden tablets prove is the short-sightedness of the management of the companies that make them.

[incregobil]

iPad is a nice gadget. I think it's the best Tablet ever built so far, from the user interface to the apps it doesn't have everything like USB and SD slots but does it really need it? Most people are awed by a product by what it has on paper but in reality it all boils down on the experience you get from using it. So I'd say the iPad may not be everything but it is good enough for me and millions of other people in the world.

[magtatah0ng]

Galing talaga ng Apple, basta user interfaces hanep sa execution!

 

Medyo mahal pa. For now it's still a luxury. Gusto ko ng improvements sa user experience per wala ako balak mag japorms sa mga coffee shops. It's for my wrist and back when doing non-work-related stuff at home. Sa current price niya I'll have to stick with the damn mouse. And I still need to keep my laptop for work.

 

I hope the competition steps up to drive down the prices. Google and M$ will do something cool/nerdy in their own little way. Competition is good so I welcome it.

 

Sana may gumawa ng foldable para pwede ibulsa.

[roxysnonie]

Galing talaga ng Apple, basta user interfaces hanep sa execution!

 

Medyo mahal pa. For now it's still a luxury. Gusto ko ng improvements sa user experience per wala ako balak mag japorms sa mga coffee shops. It's for my wrist and back when doing non-work-related stuff at home. Sa current price niya I'll have to stick with the damn mouse. And I still need to keep my laptop for work.

 

I hope the competition steps up to drive down the prices. Google and M$ will do something cool/nerdy in their own little way. Competition is good so I welcome it.

 

Sana may gumawa ng foldable para pwede ibulsa.

 

ill wait till it comes out with a camera, hopefully on both sides(or even just on the screen) a memory card slot or sim.

 

and i hope competition makes something like or better, and i hope its an android os!

[johnlove]

An I pad is an oversized i touch.

 

As with all technology, more so from Steve Jobs, those who buy first generation are beta testers who pay for the experience. When do you think next iteration of i pad will come out? Before end of 2010 kaya? What improvements will it have?

 

'oversized i touch' - Does that mean no 'flash' support (no more advertisement & announcement in mtc)?

 

When you use a 'touch' interface, your mind expects a response as immediate as the gesture you are making. So when you touch, immediately something happens. An iPad is like that. Touch, swipe, pinch, use one, two, three, or four fingers and something happens. Ora mismo.

 

A laptop with a touchscreen is only that, a laptop with a touchscreen. How fast it responds to your touch will depend on how fast the laptop hardware is, and how well adapted the OS is to a touch UI. Even if you use Windows 7 which already has some rudimentary gesture capability, you still will not get the same as an iPad experience.

 

I saw a HP with 20+ inch touchscreen with cpu & mobo built-in. How would the 'user experience' compare?

[boomouse]

'oversized i touch' - Does that mean no 'flash' support (no more advertisement & announcement in mtc)?

 

 

 

I saw a HP with 20+ inch touchscreen with cpu & mobo built-in. How would the 'user experience' compare?

 

How would the user like to lug around a carreton?

[magtatah0ng]

An I pad is an oversized i touch.

 

Onga no, come to think of it kung sa hardware lang madaming similarities ang iPod Touch, iPhone at iPad. But it's the software and packaging that makes all the difference. Ineffective kasi ang phone for web browsing. That's why bilib ako sa product design ng Apple. A geek's invention doesn't have to feel like it was made for geeks (*cough* Archos).