Wow, looks like a big iphone.

Seems like first portable technology was normal size and than got really small and now really big.

And I love Apple's innovation but have had too many family ipod and computer failures.

Me? Cowan MP3's and Acer computer products if you like value.

But of course I will still be buying buying Apple rot as son is in music and their creative apps blow away MS.

I really liked my iPhone when I had it, and enjoy the iTouch I have now. I'm looking forward to seeing this iPad in the flesh... especially if there are full-fledged office applications (spreadsheet, WP, et. available for it. I am hoping it will not be a bridge between the PDA and the laptop... I'm hoping for a streamlined, slick, touch sensitive laptop replacement.

I thing a Dell netbook at $300 bucks can do 10x more than this thing, like the one I am sitting at right now. If it is only going to run app store apps, no thank you. I cannot get Office suite, Lightroom, Canon photography, and 1000's of other windows based software that I use on a daily basis.

But damn is it cool looking!!!! It is so thin! it is so stylin!!!! how can you not drop the change to pick one up????

I see no point to it, but others may. I have an iPhone and think it is the greatest thing ever, so why do I need one 5x larger?

i think the ones to be worried are the kindel and nook people.
i've had an itouch for a year...and it will be fine til my eyes get too old.
a very cool, very expensive toy. wait a year. if it drops down to say, $299.00 then it could really take off.

A lot of people seem to be turned off by the price. Though it will likely fall in the future like the iphone did.

The funniest comment I read, which made national news this a.m. was the article in the Onion- "Steve Jobs forgets to design ipad day before unveiling- stays up all night and glues four iphones onto a cafeteria tray"

Jobs said this is the "ultimate tool for web browsing" but he and the rest of Apple must not know that rough estimates are saying 40% of the web has some form of Flash programming on their site. The iPad will not support flash, so I guess the ultimate web browsing tool can't actually browse the entire web.

DOH!
Some women not to happy with the name "ipad" LOL

Bio that Onion quote is TOO funny! Sometimes it seems like that's what he does, too. Lol at the name thing, too.

I remember reading about Apple and the iPad months back for school. I believe we watched a presentation video from when he unveiled it to Apple employees. I couldn't figure out the excitement with it then, either. Though I do think Jobs is a great manager and leader.

With all of the setbacks of the release of the product, one would think Apple would've considered flash programming....I can't believe that 40% number though, Bry....maybe it's the type of sites that I generally surf, but I'd think it was higher!

Actually I have appreciated that Apple has been there to at least temper Gate's monopoly a little bit.

Just fun to find a little humor in us being people these days. I imagine the ipad will find its niche.

Not having flash capability does seem like a big goof. 40% does see low- even news sites have added flash video. As a matter of fact, maybe Ted should update the GEBB to run some homespun video or something

I don't know how to get a youtube to show up here,
but check out this link iPAD

LOL
Well i suppose it is sort of potty humor but what the hay-....What do you call a 36gb ipad?


A maxipad.

This is very obviously a "version 1.0" of this product, and they very obviously know the shortcomings. As with all of the products (iPod, iPhone) they have the next Gen version in development or already done and waiting for the next big release. ....Hate when they do that.

Until they support flash, has a camera, and triples or quadruples storage...there is no reason to get this. 64 Gb for a tablet? My iPod stores 120 Gb and it's almost full. I have a Lenovo tablet and it's 3 times that.

Plus, you can't even multi-task. You can't watch a movie and have the web browser open. When they get these things fixed... I'll probably be in.

quote:

Originally posted by Biostitute:
A maxipad.

Lmfao!!!!

Glellyn, they have to already begin the next generation by the time the first one is released in order to release it at the proper time during the first gen's life cycle. It's marketing planning and it helps keep their revenues where they need to be in order to sustain the business.

Yes, next years model will have wings.
badda boom.

You, my friend, are on quite a roll lately :P

Best joke I've heard about this from a friend: And then there's the iTampon; just like the iPad but you can use it while swimming.