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I don't personally see the need for an iPad, but...I sure as heck would like to have one!
I have drunk the koolaid. Take your best shots boys, but there is nothing that compares to Apple on the "koolness" front.Jeff
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For a general purpose device I don't see the purpose, and the form-factor stinks for a mobile device. Of course they will still sell millions...
I read quite a bit, but I don't like the ebook experience as it's too big and clunky (in fact, given the option I would buy paperback's at the same price as hardcovers just for the improved form factor). However, If I did want an ebook reader (and millions of people do) I think the iPad value proposition is better than a Kindle/Nook/Etc simply because of all the other stuff you could do with it.
Another area where I could see it being a big hit is for high-end remote control applications. This wouldn't be for folks in the market for a $50 RatShak all-in-one, or even a $2-300 Harmony (though at the high end, going from a $300 harmony to a $600 iPad may still be worth it for the extra functionality). But if you're looking at the $1-5K+ truely high-end remote/home automation systems it sure seems like it would be easy to build a segment killer app based on the iPad...Comment
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ah yes, if we are going into the need vs. want on the Ipad, I really don't need one. My wife and I both have iphones. The ipad will do some business functions that the iphone won't; like word processing and spreadsheets.
But on the want side of things; I am still getting one if it's in the budget in March. Just having a large screen to hand to the 4 year old on road trips would be great to have.Comment
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I don't think so!
<remembering back to car trips with kids from years past>
"Uh son, this is Daddy's Etch-a-Sketch! You play with your toy and daddy will play with his while mommy drives. No, yours doesn't need earphones, but mine does. No, yours doesn't play movies but you can draw your own pictures. No, I won't get upset if you spill a little milk on your Etch-a-Sketch, but I would get upset if you spilled it on Daddy's. Yes, I'll get you one like mine when you are older and get a job. You took off the knobs and lost them? Hmmm..."Jeff
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I'd buy the U-1 hybrid. It would be very cool to be able to detach the pad part and take it places when I didn't want or need to lug my laptop around.David
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The iPad is no different than any other device. If it fills a need or a desire that you, personally, have, it's wonderful and worth every penny. If it doesn't, you can't understand why anyone would want one.
I am undecided where I stand on this gadget. I've never owned an Apple product so I'm certainly no fanboy; but neither am I an Apple-hater. (I have thought about buying an Apple computer from time to time; if Verizon gets a version of the iPhone, as has long been rumored, that may well be my next smartphone.)
Two broad comments that I keep seeing about the iPad are, "Does what an iPod Touch does, only it's bigger and harder to carry" and "Half the functionality of a netbook at twice the price." I think both comments are selling it a bit short ... and yet there is something to both. Which is why I'm interested on some levels, disinterested on others. As I say, I'm not quite sure what to think of the thing.LarryComment
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I will say re the iPhone, I never realized I needed one until I got it. Now I can't live without it, and don't need a PDA or iPod or other music player and don't use my digital camera much anymore.
Also because I can surf the web with WiFi I don't really need a laptop.
The main advantage of the iPad I think is the book capability. IMO this will transform the publishing business.Jeff
“Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--VoltaireComment
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I agree. The Kindle is pretty popular just as a reader and I think more people would buy one if you were able to do more things. At the very least, surf and check emails. I like the idea of the Ipad but if I were in the market for one I'd probably steer towards Lenovo's ideapad. Texting on my iphone is fine but if I needed to some word processing I would need the tactile feel for a real keyboard. Plus at the price point of the ipads I would want something much comparable to a real laptop. Which would include multi-tasking, camera (which I'm glad they left the option), option for a real keyboard, etc.
As far as the remote goes I would have to see how they implement it. I currently have an app that lets me use my iphone as a wireless keyboard and mouse. I use it on my htpc and have to say the delay is way too long. There's probably a good second or 2 delay which can be real annoying. I currently use a harmony remote and will be sticking to that for now.I reject your reality and substitute my own.Comment
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Another one would be being able to watch movies. Those portable DVD players are almost ubiquitous. Take any plane trip and you're bound to see half a dozen or so kids with those. I'm sure parents are quite happy these things came along. I could totally see companies who make these type of devices partner with NetFlix or Blockbuster so that users can automatically download or stream movies.I reject your reality and substitute my own.Comment
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