This thing seems really cool, and perhaps I'm just being stupid here, but...I can't really think of any practical application for this. I know there are probably dozens, but I honestly can't think of any.
I know this is their first iteration, and if the iPhone and iPod showed us anything it's that Apple's second and third gen products are vastly improved compared to their first...but it just seems like they really ignored some obvious stuff. I mean...not even a SINGLE USB port? No user-facing webcam? Those two alone are very surprising...although chances are they didn't include a USB port for the same reason why they didn't include a card reader of any kind: they want you to pay far out the ass for the incrementally higher capacity version.
I can see the appeal this would have for older folks, but senior citizens are quickly becomming people who were young enough to learn how to use computers. Just think...in another 10-15 years, Senior Citizen Living Facilities (or "Old Folks Home", for the more blunt) are going to be filled with people listening to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
Notice again the separation of functionality.... iPad if I just want to do something simple. General PC for general computing. Many people indeed have no use for a general computing device.
If you need a phone, and only sometimes need email on the go...are you going to buy a dumbphone and a peek, or are you just going to buy a smartphone?
There are many things a "general PC" can do that an iPad can't do...but a "general PC" can still do everything an iPad does. At this point, even the entry level iPad costs more than a "general" laptop, so my question is...why are you paying more for less? Sure, for people like the elderly it makes sense, but in cases such as yourself, why are you buying a device that does less than a device you already own?
For the wide majority of people, the functionality of an iPad and a netbook are exactly the same.
Can you browse the web? Can you email?
You are of course ignoring the fact that the "wide majority of people" have no experience typing on a touchscreen using their hands rather than their thumbs. It will be interesting how many of them change their tune after that.
Factor in the app store and it is no contest.
So let me get this straight. The fact that users are restricted to only what is in the app store, instead of being able to use any program from any source...you are touting this fact as a plus? OK, then why not just make the iPad app store capable? Why make it app store restricted?
Cult of Personality? Puhleaze. The "magic" he is talking about is the same "magic" that most users see when comparing a command line interface to a well designed GUI.
You're honestly implying that everything before this modified version of the iPhone OS was equivelent to a command line interface in appearance? This just tells me you are either a raging fanboy, or a paid shill. We're done here.
I'm sure the iPad will find an audience and will sell by the truckload, but come on...are they really claiming that people won't pay for a netbook, but they will pay the same price for something with half the functionality and none of the openness, just because it's pretty?
"The netbook is not an experience people are going to continue wanting to have," Cook said, according to Macworld. "When they play with the iPad and experience the magic of using it... I have a hard time believing they're going to go for a netbook."
This is as close as we will ever get to Apple admitting their cult of personality is the primary (but not only) driver of their sales, not their products.
Not entirely...far less viruses and spyware, spam wasn't as big of a deal, drive-by browser hijacking was far less common...besides, I would take a blinking marquee of text over pop-ups and banners any day.
I really miss the Internet of the mid-90's...back when Netscape was king, an animated.gif was exciting, and Vivo Video was used for streaming. I know things were much more primative then, but there was a certain charm that just isn't present on today's Internet.::sigh::
Uh...why was parent modded troll for pointing out that the Mac version of Torchlight isn't out yet? Come on, people...if you are going to mod, at least try to mod appropriately. For example, you should mod down my post because I'm about to make a shameless self-plug.
Tell us something we don't know. When script kiddies can invade government networks, I'd say that we are pretty much screwed if an all-out digital conflict were to happen.
This is so far over the top...based on the couple of different sources I have seen this story so far, Google immediately complied when asked to take the video down, assisted the authorities in finding the culprits, and fully cooperated....and the EXECUTIVES, who amount to pencil pushers with decision making powers, get convicted? Seriously, what the hell...that makes no sense.
I will never buy a windows nor motorola phone again.
I can understand your frustration, but your situation is an inherent risk you take when going grey market...you can't really blame the manufacturer for that.
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This thing seems really cool, and perhaps I'm just being stupid here, but...I can't really think of any practical application for this. I know there are probably dozens, but I honestly can't think of any.
Anyone want to kick my Monday-rattled brain?
Yeah, the original Tactics had a horrible translation...the version on the PSP though has an AWESOME translation...they really stepped it up.
Of course, the PSP version slows to a crawl with some of the larger spells and summons, so it isn't all good news -_-;;
I know this is their first iteration, and if the iPhone and iPod showed us anything it's that Apple's second and third gen products are vastly improved compared to their first...but it just seems like they really ignored some obvious stuff. I mean...not even a SINGLE USB port? No user-facing webcam? Those two alone are very surprising...although chances are they didn't include a USB port for the same reason why they didn't include a card reader of any kind: they want you to pay far out the ass for the incrementally higher capacity version.
I can see the appeal this would have for older folks, but senior citizens are quickly becomming people who were young enough to learn how to use computers. Just think...in another 10-15 years, Senior Citizen Living Facilities (or "Old Folks Home", for the more blunt) are going to be filled with people listening to Deep Purple and Black Sabbath.
Notice again the separation of functionality.... iPad if I just want to do something simple. General PC for general computing. Many people indeed have no use for a general computing device.
If you need a phone, and only sometimes need email on the go...are you going to buy a dumbphone and a peek, or are you just going to buy a smartphone?
There are many things a "general PC" can do that an iPad can't do...but a "general PC" can still do everything an iPad does. At this point, even the entry level iPad costs more than a "general" laptop, so my question is...why are you paying more for less? Sure, for people like the elderly it makes sense, but in cases such as yourself, why are you buying a device that does less than a device you already own?
She isn't low cost because she is cheap, she is low cost because she makes more money than I do :p
Special Ed teachers make more than mail merge programmers in Maryland, apparently.
I'm engaged to one that is pretty, very functional, AND low in cost ;-)
iPad doesn't support flash, which means no redtube, youporn, etc.
My call is for the netbook. ;-)
For the wide majority of people, the functionality of an iPad and a netbook are exactly the same.
Can you browse the web?
Can you email?
You are of course ignoring the fact that the "wide majority of people" have no experience typing on a touchscreen using their hands rather than their thumbs. It will be interesting how many of them change their tune after that.
Factor in the app store and it is no contest.
So let me get this straight. The fact that users are restricted to only what is in the app store, instead of being able to use any program from any source...you are touting this fact as a plus? OK, then why not just make the iPad app store capable? Why make it app store restricted?
Cult of Personality? Puhleaze. The "magic" he is talking about is the same "magic" that most users see when comparing a command line interface to a well designed GUI.
You're honestly implying that everything before this modified version of the iPhone OS was equivelent to a command line interface in appearance? This just tells me you are either a raging fanboy, or a paid shill. We're done here.
This is such crap.
I'm sure the iPad will find an audience and will sell by the truckload, but come on...are they really claiming that people won't pay for a netbook, but they will pay the same price for something with half the functionality and none of the openness, just because it's pretty?
"The netbook is not an experience people are going to continue wanting to have," Cook said, according to Macworld. "When they play with the iPad and experience the magic of using it... I have a hard time believing they're going to go for a netbook."
This is as close as we will ever get to Apple admitting their cult of personality is the primary (but not only) driver of their sales, not their products.
That's a good point...unless you disable nearly everything, I don't see how dial-up users could still even use the Internet today.
Then again, considering it is 2010, no one in the USA should still be subjected to dial-up, but that's a different conversation -_-;;
But obviously not enough for you to devote your own time to tell me so ;-)
Have a nice day, coward!
Not entirely...far less viruses and spyware, spam wasn't as big of a deal, drive-by browser hijacking was far less common...besides, I would take a blinking marquee of text over pop-ups and banners any day.
I really miss the Internet of the mid-90's...back when Netscape was king, an animated .gif was exciting, and Vivo Video was used for streaming. I know things were much more primative then, but there was a certain charm that just isn't present on today's Internet. ::sigh::
Or you could...you know...actually secure your wifi.
Uh...why was parent modded troll for pointing out that the Mac version of Torchlight isn't out yet? Come on, people...if you are going to mod, at least try to mod appropriately. For example, you should mod down my post because I'm about to make a shameless self-plug.
Here is my review of Torchlight: http://livingwithanerd.com/torchlight/
"It's not a purse...it's EUROPEAN!!!"
I think a better question is are there any developers that would want this in their portfolio...?
He talked about it early this morning.
And whose idea was it to make things this way? Why, a lawyer of course!
OH NOES! COPIEDED!
Tell us something we don't know. When script kiddies can invade government networks, I'd say that we are pretty much screwed if an all-out digital conflict were to happen.
"Frikkin' kernals with frikkin' lazer beams in their frikkin' code!"
-The truth behind Linux's security
Just wow.
This is so far over the top...based on the couple of different sources I have seen this story so far, Google immediately complied when asked to take the video down, assisted the authorities in finding the culprits, and fully cooperated....and the EXECUTIVES, who amount to pencil pushers with decision making powers, get convicted? Seriously, what the hell...that makes no sense.
They must have used the Chewbacca defense against them or something...
"Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act."
-George Orwell
I will never buy a windows nor motorola phone again.
I can understand your frustration, but your situation is an inherent risk you take when going grey market...you can't really blame the manufacturer for that.