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article published on 1 April, 2010
A handful of tech journalists and bloggers have been given iPads to try out and the first reviews have appeared. They are overwhelmingly positive.
Most reviewers praised the iPad's speed. That's understandable considering it has a much faster CPU than any generation of the iPhone or iPod Touch, while most of the apps available for it now were actually designed with those devices in mind.
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statomike
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1. April 2010 @ 15:14 |
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It's a tablet computer, but if you compare it to cell phones it looks really good.
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Impressive.
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jpc1284
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1. April 2010 @ 19:14 |
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AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. great April fools joke afterdawn. too bad every one knows its and over sized ipod touch.good one.
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1. April 2010 @ 19:55 |
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The iPad creates a new business opprotunity for clothing manufactures. A large padded pocket for your iPad. Wearable solar panel to charge your iPad or iPhone.
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Run4two
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1. April 2010 @ 20:23 |
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Stop it Vurbal! I already have a leg length descrepency.
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1. April 2010 @ 21:49 |
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Most reviewers praised the iPad's speed
Because it's CPU is nearly twice the speed of the iPhone 3GS and runs pretty much the same software. I'm fairly sure an i7 phone is possible but unnecessary much the same way this is.
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calls the on screen keyboard "eminently usable,"
More usable then say a netbook keyboard or a slide out/Blackberry-style QWERTY? Thought not.
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a computer that?s designed for speed, mobility, and tactile interaction above all other considerations
Mobility? Were they testing it from far away? Tactile interaction? In the same sentence as computer what's wrong with the old keyboard and touchpad (and when necessary mouse)? And on a fuller view I can't say I've ever used a touch device and thought I couldn't do it better with buttons have you? Other considerations? You might like not actually serving basic computer functions?
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Everyone was quite pleased with its multimedia playback
Yes but was it actually any better then that of a basic MP4 player? I can tell you now it wasn't better then a computer but I think the general feel I'm getting here is that IT IS NOT A COMPUTER except when disadvantages come up or when it's getting bigged up.
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its unsuitability for things like working with word processing or creating spreadsheets.
Just to go over this again, it isn't a computer when it comes to bad things and this is bad thing.
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it's an iPod as well, which means you can play your audio and video files on it. And according to all the reviews it's an excellent video player. It can also play video from a number of internet sources, most notably YouTube
An iPod? You mean the same way an iPhone or iPod is an iPod which is in fact a term for over-expensive MP4 players with basic functions replaced with aimless ones? YouTube? Can't fault that at all. In fact what is YouTube? I can't seem to get on it with anything else...
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if you're looking to catch up on your favorite TV show on Hulu you're out of luck.
I'm not actually. I live in the UK so there are about 4 different services (BBC iPlayer, 4oD, ITV player and Demand 5) All of which work on my computer and I'm pretty sure Hulu is not dissimilar in this way.
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The iPad's lack of Flash support
I thought computers had what they liked? Seriously though there's no excuse for this only bull****. My Samsung MP3 player has flash and not internet. I've never understood why but it why not? I can watch the lol limewire pirate video with it and play copter. And because you can't do work on the iPad surely it needs these aimless time killers does it not?
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The good news is there are quite a few content providers moving to HTML5 just to support the iPad.
I'm going to do nothing more then re-spin this "The bad news is quite a few content providers are scared they will lose market and will quickly create a poorly put together HTML5 version due to Apple bullying."
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your web surfing experience will be more limited with an iPad than a desktop, laptop or even a netbook.
So what is the purpose of this? I haven't seen one thing it does well just things achievable with a netbook, MP4 player and mobile phone which probably comes to a smaller size, lower price has more features. Plus you don't have to walk around with a giant obnoxious Apple branded slab of thief-attractor that you think makes you look good when in fact you look like a c**t . I'll end with this: Quote:
It's easy to say the iPad will succeed because it's a good product
:Because I'm a good liar.
:Because I think anything with an i in front of it is a gift from God (these people are known as iC**ts and hence mostly think of themselves as gifts from god).
:Actually why am I having all the fun. Submit your own!
EDIT: Frequently for spelling mistooks and other English flaws
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 1. April 2010 @ 22:35
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1. April 2010 @ 22:08 |
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Originally posted by keith1993:
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Most reviewers praised the iPad's speed
Because it's CPU is nearly twice the speed of the iPhone 3GS and runs pretty much the same software. I'm fairly sure an i7 phone is possible but unnecessary much the same way this is.
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calls the on screen keyboard "eminently usable,"
More usable then say a netbook keyboard or a slide out/Blackberry-style QWERTY? Thought not.
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a computer that?s designed for speed, mobility, and tactile interaction above all other considerations
Mobility? Were they testing it from far away? Tactile interaction? In the same sentence as computer what's wrong with the old keyboard and touchpad (and when necessary mouse)? And on a fuller view I can't say I've ever used a touch device and thought I couldn't do it better with buttons have you? Other considerations? You might like not actually serving basic computer functions?
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Everyone was quite pleased with its multimedia playback
Yes but was it actually any better then that of a basic MP4 player? I can tell you now it wasn't better then a computer but I think the general feel I'm getting here is that IT IS NOT A COMPUTER except when disadvantages come up or when it's getting bigged up.
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its unsuitability for things like working with word processing or creating spreadsheets.
Just to go over this again, it isn't a computer when it comes to bad things and this is bad thing.
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it's an iPod as well, which means you can play your audio and video files on it. And according to all the reviews it's an excellent video player. It can also play video from a number of internet sources, most notably YouTube
An iPod? You mean the same way an iPhone or iPod is an iPod which is in fact a term for over-expensive MP4 players with basic functions replaced with aimless ones? YouTube? Can't fault that at all. In fact what is YouTube? I can't seem to get on it with anything else...
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if you're looking to catch up on your favorite TV show on Hulu you're out of luck.
I'm not actually. I live in the UK so there are about 4 different services (BBC iPlayer, 4oD, ITV player and Demand 5) All of which work on my computer and I'm pretty sure Hulu is not dissimilar in this way.
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The iPad's lack of Flash support
I thought computers had what they liked? Seriously though there's no excuse for this just bull**** my Samsung MP3 player has flash and not internet. I've never understood why but it why not? I can watch the lol limewire pirate video with it and play copter. And because you can't do work on the iPad surely it needs these aimless time killers does it not?
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The good news is there are quite a few content providers moving to HTML5 just to support the iPad.
I'm going to do nothing more then re-spin this "The bad news is quite a few content providers are scared they will lose market and will quickly create a poorly put together HTML5 version due to Apple bullying."
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your web surfing experience will be more limited with an iPad than a desktop, laptop or even a netbook.
So what is the purpose of this? I haven't seen one thing it does well just things achievable with a netbook, MP4 player and mobile phone which probably comes to a smaller size, lower price has more features. Plus you don't have to walk around with a giant obnoxious Apple branded slab of thief-attractor that you think makes you look good when in fact you look like a c**t . I'll end with this: Quote:
It's easy to say the iPad will succeed because it's a good product
:Because I'm a good liar.
:Because I think anything with an i in front of it is a gift from God (these people are known as iC**ts and hence mostly think of themselves as gifts from god).
:Actually why am I having all he fun. Submit your own!
I L-O-V-E YOU :)
lol but seriously i think that as far ipad haters and apple haters in general are concerned youve outdone yourself mate.
personally im waiting to see what the HPslate is capable of,one thing im sure of is that it will support flash,a feature i would very much like to have on a netbook/laptop and pretty much every device for the next 2 years minimum. this reminds me the absuridy of the fact that first generation ipod touch had no speakers..not to mention current 3rd generation ones lack in comparison to any other mp4 in terms of speaker ability
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1. April 2010 @ 22:54 |
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You forgot one other translation:
"A handful of tech journalists and bloggers have been given iPads to try out and the first reviews have appeared. They are overwhelmingly positive."
Translation: Apple sent a bunch of iPads to a bunch of FanBoys, knowing that they would get good reviews, even if they would not turn on. Once the devices did power up, they were guaranteed excelent ratings, regardless of the fact that it has less functionality than an iPhone.
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brockie
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1. April 2010 @ 23:15 |
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glad I waited will get this over the others.
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2. April 2010 @ 02:27 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
You forgot one other translation:
"A handful of tech journalists and bloggers have been given iPads to try out and the first reviews have appeared. They are overwhelmingly positive."
Translation: Apple sent a bunch of iPads to a bunch of FanBoys, knowing that they would get good reviews, even if they would not turn on. Once the devices did power up, they were guaranteed excelent ratings, regardless of the fact that it has less functionality than an iPhone.
Read this:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63...=technologyNews
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2. April 2010 @ 04:04 |
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That's insane...no wonder they just replace the thing when the batter dies; they don't want to deal with all that bother to open the thing.
Something funny I found is that there are already a lot of these with dead batteries...clearly there is a defect in the battery design or production. Apple will not replace these for free, in spite of the fact that every iPad is less than a month old. Instead, they charge $100 to replace the whole unit...and the replacement will have the same model battery in it...so don't be suprised if the replacement iPad dies just as fast.
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2. April 2010 @ 15:37 |
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Originally posted by KillerBug:
That's insane...no wonder they just replace the thing when the batter dies; they don't want to deal with all that bother to open the thing.
Something funny I found is that there are already a lot of these with dead batteries...clearly there is a defect in the battery design or production. Apple will not replace these for free, in spite of the fact that every iPad is less than a month old. Instead, they charge $100 to replace the whole unit...and the replacement will have the same model battery in it...so don't be suprised if the replacement iPad dies just as fast.
That is why we need clothing with solar panel to keep the iPhone and iPad charged up.
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ST2006
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9. April 2010 @ 22:51 |
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People are just sad bumlickers...
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12. April 2010 @ 05:30 |
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Originally posted by statomike:
It's a tablet computer, but if you compare it to cell phones it looks really good.
<sarc>
Impressive.
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The iPad does not fit in a shirt pocket.
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12. April 2010 @ 05:38 |
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