Apple Tablet

[ShadeTree#55]

Hmmmm Mr Jobs certainly knows how to throw a party.:metal:

Can't wait for the new gizmo to finally be revealed.

[ShadeTree#55]

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[ShadeTree#55]

Last time there was this much excitement over a tablet it had commandments written on it.

[Hobbes3259]

"And I bring you these 15......oops...10 commandments"

[Mantana Soss]

Looks like it'll be called the iPad.

[ShadeTree#55]

Looks pretty sweet. Prefect for my home uses for a computer. Email/porn/pic/video/web. I just don't have to open a laptop. Just pick it up. I like it.

[Sundayjack]

Looks cool. Any word on pricing?

[Mantana Soss]

Did I see correctly that, like the iphone, the damn thing still doesn't display Flash?

[Sundayjack]

The just mentioned on CNBC that Apple is purposely holding back on announcing pricing. They figure its $1000 and up.

[Sundayjack]

Geesuz, Apple stock keeps dropping. Indicating nothing, but still interesting. It might be because CNBC keeps noting how long the Jobs presentation has been going on without a mention of what it costs.

[nyscene911]

It just looks like a giant iPhone...

[Jtuds]

Looks like it'll be called the iPad.

Doesn't Tampax already make that?

[ShadeTree#55]

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[ShadeTree#55]

Fuck yeah, unlock with wifi, no phone BS if you don't want it. On LI and NYC Optimum wifi is all over the place.

[ShadeTree#55]

Keyboard dock. This thing rules. Its like Star Trek.

[rmagedon]

It just looks like a giant iPhone...

Pretty much what I was gonna say.

*SPOILER ALERT*
In 3 years, they'll make it thinner AND with a camera. All for $2000. Flash will be added the following year for a new low price of $900.

[_AG_]

Pretty much what I was gonna say.

*SPOILER ALERT*
In 3 years, they'll make it thinner AND with a camera. All for $2000. Flash will be added the following year for a new low price of $900.

It's starting at $499 right now.

[Talisman]

Did I see correctly that, like the iphone, the damn thing still doesn't display Flash?

ShadeTree, I hope you re-read this line. That will put a SERIOUS hamper on your fap sessions with this thing.

Apple needs to get over its hurt feelings with Adobe. Too much useful shit on the web requires flash. They need to just man up and put it on here. To me that's the biggest detraction for laying down a large chunk of cash for this. Without flash support, you're going to need to keep a laptop around for something or another...

[ShadeTree#55]

I know this is the 1st release, so I can only imagine what the can do with this. Look at the advance from the 1st iPhone to the 3gs.

But I am getting one anyway.

[Talisman]

$700 for the 64GB, I thought they'd go higher

[rmagedon]

It's starting at $499 right now.

My point is, they always "upgrade" their products by adding stuff that it should've came with from the get-go all for a new price and Mac people just eat this stuff up. Good for Jobs and Apple I suppose.

[ShadeTree#55]

^ good for Mutual funds, 401ks and other things too.

[WhiteShoeWillis]

terrible name. Is it going to be red one week a month?

[Talisman]

aw man, STILL no multitasking??? Are they for real?

[rmagedon]

^ good for Mutual funds, 401ks and other things too.

I guess if you got the monies to buy the same product 2-3 times...why not, right?

[ShadeTree#55]

People buy many TVs, computers, cars. Its just the way it is.

[Sundayjack]

Sooo, how's this going to work? You'll buy a spreadsheet app or a Word app separate and apart from your computer unit? Or, is this just pretty much a portable browser and nothing else. One of the good things about PC software these days is that you generally get to load it on a fixed machine and a portable. I need to hear more about the expense I'd be buying into after the initial purchase.

[ShadeTree#55]

It is more a kick around the house PC. If you are having coffee out at the pool, want to check the papers, read a book, want to show off your pics, want to watch a movie on a plane, listen to music.

So now when I am watching a game i can just grab this and look up what i want and place it down like a book. My macbook has a lot of miles on it from opening it and closing it just to look up stupid shit on a whim.

This will be my wifes CPU. it has everything she could possibly want, and she won't mess with mine.

[FirstTimeCaller]

Geesuz, Apple stock keeps dropping. Indicating nothing, but still interesting. It might be because CNBC keeps noting how long the Jobs presentation has been going on without a mention of what it costs.

Got in at $89 last year.... muhahahahah!

[FirstTimeCaller]

I'm buying a bunch of them tomorrow, one for each of my German Shepards and one for my Maid. I'm going to get one for my shower and one for my shitter too... I may buy one for my doorman and then probably one for the guy who delivers the mail.

[Petrozza]

heh... just a giant iPhone. Still no multitasking, no Flash.... and costs twice as much as an average netbook, which has both multitasking and Flash, in addition to a webcam and many other things (memory, etc).

But of course, Apple fanboys will be waiting for hours by the Apple store to buy one... :)

[ShadeTree#55]

If PC firms would have thought about doing some innovative, their might be PC fanboys. LOL

Something tells me Mr Jobs is doing something right.

[Petrozza]

If PC firms would have thought about doing some innovative, their might be PC fanboys. LOL

Something tells me Mr Jobs is doing something right.

so what exactly is innovative about this device? It's just a larger iPhone/iPod Touch.

Book reader? But it doesn't have the Amazon Kindle like display that doesn't hurt your eyes when you read.

[brothermoose]

Apple sux. I like open source...Apple is anything but.

[ShadeTree#55]

The scale, if the touch screen is as comparable to the touchscreen on the iPhone or better as they claim. That alone would be quite innovative, I work a lot with touchscreens and they are not that great.

Mostly it will be laying the groundwork for future devices to improve. If you compare the to the 1st gen iPhone to the 3GS, you see what the potential of a device like this is. Or at least I do.

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Apple sucks.

[AlioTheFool]

The funniest part is, and you don't hear a lot about it from the media (that adores Apple like its fanbase,) Microsoft already demo'd tablet PCs at CES a few weeks ago.

This new toy will be gobbled up by the same people who bought iPhones early on, and the rest of us will buy Windows tablets that are actually useful.

FYI, the model with 64GB of solid state memory and 3G/WiFi support built in is $829. Over $800 for an oversized iPhone? Mac lovers crack me up.

[Rockefella]

This device is retarded. I have an iPhone, which is great. I have a Dell Laptop and my sister a MacBookPro, both great. This iFag, I mean iPad is a hybrid itouch/laptop and seems to do none of both worlds right. Hmmm, lemme hold this 10'' pad up to my face and make a phone call! Wait, no. Let me browse the internet and play some games! Wait, the processor sucks. Let me buy/try some sweet apps! Wait, they're 10 bucks each. etc

[Leo_5878]

I don't get it!
Why would you want one?
Looks to be trying to create a market that doesn't exist.

[MBGreen]

keep lining Steve Jobs' pockets.....

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I don't get it!
Why would you want one?
Looks to be trying to create a market that doesn't exist.

It does exist. The market is "Apple fanboy."

[ShadeTree#55]

I want one because I use my laptop a lot when I am sitting around watching TV. Its perfect for me to have a secondary device around the house, for pictures, music and a surfing the web.

[RevisOfNazareth]

....so put your laptop on the coffee table when youre done.

jesus christ people, technology is already everywhere you go.

[ShadeTree#55]

I have been doing that for years, it has a lot of wear and tear. You can hate all you want, once I heard they had a Wifi only model i was sold. I wanted another CPU for home and this fits what I do at home. Email, pics, porn, stupid videos, message boards, etc.

[Sundayjack]

I don't know. I lug my laptop all around the house, upstairs, downstairs, in front of the television, at the breakfast counter. Something lighter and user-friendly might be a better option. I'd have to see it in action. I bought my mom a netbook for Christmas and it was a decent toy.

I was thinking how the tablet screen might be new and more uncomfortable - looking down instead of across at the screen.

[ShadeTree#55]

The case is lets to position it more upright.

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............I don't get it.

[fozzi58]

I don't get it either. Whats all the hoopla about the Apple Tablet. They are catching on to the Windows market about 5 years too late.

I've had a tablet PC since 2004. Acer, Toshiba, and HP all make 'em. My favs are the convertible with the keyboard that swivels away. The HP has the tablet with the dock that had a keyboard but its PITA. My old Tosh was kick ass when it first came out and the Acer convertible, unfortunately very old now, is still working perfectly.

Even OneNote 2003 is still running despite MS' claims to upgrade!

[Royal Tee]

Hey Apple!
Welcome to 2001!!!

:lol:

Was it a liver transplant Jobs got? Might wanna check his brain.....

[Petrozza]

So, I came home, grabbed my HP Tablet PC that I bought in 2008, swiveled the screen and it looks almost like the freaking iPad, except it's thicker and the screen is bigger. Oh, and I can multitask on it too. I can also install any browser I want and any OS I want, and the list can go on and on...

[Drew]

I'm going to start calling my iPhone an iPad nano.

[Royal Tee]

So, I came home, grabbed my HP Tablet PC that I bought in 2008, swiveled the screen and it looks almost like the freaking iPad, except it's thicker and the screen is bigger. Oh, and I can multitask on it too. I can also install any browser I want and any OS I want, and the list can go on and on...
Same Here.
I bought the wifey an HP TX2500 a little over a year ago...

[OhioJetsFan]

As a publisher, this is fantastic.

Imagine purchasing a book, say a biography of your favorite band, that has high-definition video embedded in the book. Plus interactive quizzes and up-to-date chapters that feed in from an online source, meaning the book will never be out-of-date.

Oh, and 3G plans beginning at $15 a month aren't bad either... plus the fact there will be models for both ATT and Verizon. Sweet.

[JetFanInMD]

As a publisher, this is fantastic.

Imagine purchasing a book, say a biography of your favorite band, that has high-definition video embedded in the book. Plus interactive quizzes and up-to-date chapters that feed in from an online source, meaning the book will never be out-of-date.

Oh, and 3G plans beginning at $15 a month aren't bad either... plus the fact there will be models for both ATT and Verizon. Sweet.

If those features come to pass some day then it might be useful looking at this kind of device, until then the difference between the LCD and eInk display will save alot of eyeballs.

As for the 3G, the other readers have 3G available for $0 per month.

[Satan]

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[Hemi]

It does exist. The market is "Apple fanboy."

LOL, I don't get the fascination with this stuff.

"LOOK, OMG IT"S SMALLER THAN A LAPTOP!!!!!!!"

[Hemi]

I want one because I use my laptop a lot when I am sitting around watching TV. Its perfect for me to have a secondary device around the house, for pictures, music and a surfing the web.

You want one because it is new. When in reality, it is redux...already done.

Secondary device? I have one laptop, it does everything.

[Docny1975]

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Stupid name.

No multitasking, no flash, No Way

[ShadeTree#55]

You want one because it is new. When in reality, it is redux...already done.

Secondary device? I have one laptop, it does everything.

I have a laptop, I also have a wife. Hence the need for a secondary device.

[Hemi]

I have a laptop, I also have a wife. Hence the need for a secondary device.

Well it is your money and your decision. It just looks like another money making machine for Apple, making people think they need one.

[ace_o_spades]

lmao

filler

[ukilledkenny]

i have netbook that seems to accomplish all the tasks that this thing is built for minus the touch screen. my netbook can't weigh more than 5 pounds and i can watch flash videos on it... and it only cost like $250.

[MBGreen]

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[AlioTheFool]

^ Bwahahahahahahaha

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basically.

[GatorGar]

That pic is fucking AWESOME!

[bhav2k1]

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that device can run 4 apps at the same time, the iPad can only run one

[bhav2k1]

what hitler thinks of the iPad

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[vinsjets]

that device can run 4 apps at the same time, the iPad can only run one

:rofl:
True.

[Dierking]

It looks like an etch a sketch

[masivemunkey]

If it could multitask I would think about getting one, but only being able to do one program at a time kills it for me. I'm assuming they'll probably add multitasking in a future OS upgrade though.

[Royal Tee]

If it could multitask I would think about getting one, but only being able to do one program at a time kills it for me. I'm assuming they'll probably add multitasking in a future OS upgrade though.Well, that's Apple's business model isn't it?

Release a half assed product,
have all the lemmings devour it
then release the Better less expensive version that should have been released 1st and have them devour that one also.

[Scikotic]

Is it really called the iPad? How the fuck will we tell whether people from Boston are talking about it instead of the iPod....

[624]

Is it really called the iPad? How the fuck will we tell whether people from Boston are talking about it instead of the iPod....

Why would you want to talk to a Patriots fan anyway?....

[Scikotic]

Why would you want to talk to a Patriots fan anyway?....

That is a great point, sir.

[BadgerOnLSD]

Any netbook > this toy

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[JetFanInMD]

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Impossible, the earth is only 5,000 years old.

[LockDown24]

iHoped this apple tablet would be completely revolutionary or that at the very least apple would finally announce an iphone for verizon. iAm very dissapointed. Honestly, who is going to buy this thing other than apple whores?

[BadgerOnLSD]

I heard the iPad gives you liver cancer.

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[Mantana Soss]

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That guy is a douche. I've seen him many places. He's crashed my tailgate with a nasty case of plumber's ass, I've seen him at training camp, my uncle saw him at a Mets game.

He's a loud, obnoxious douche with a questionable grip on reality.

[Johnny English]

I have been doing that for years, it has a lot of wear and tear. You can hate all you want, once I heard they had a Wifi only model i was sold. I wanted another CPU for home and this fits what I do at home. Email, pics, porn, stupid videos, message boards, etc.

Erm....... how are you going to watch porn and stupid videos with no Flash support?

If you run a netbook with Ubuntu you can have all of the functionality of the iPad with loads of additional applications, a proper keyboard, no boot time, storage, a webcam, and all for about half the cost. The only issue for you is that you'll have to actually open it, which if you'll forgive me is one of the most bizarre justifications for a technology purchase I've ever heard.

[bloke911]

Is it really called the iPad? How the fuck will we tell whether people from Boston are talking about it instead of the iPod....

I live in Boston, when they talk about the ipad the put "wicked" in front of it.

I.E. "I took my wicked IPad to show my buddy, he said it looks like a wicked big IPod."

[AlioTheFool]

So the first casualties of this toy have come in. HP and Dell are both dropping their 10" line of netbooks. I fear this is going to eventually signal the end of useful tablet technology.

Thanks a lot crApple. Your piece of shit is "consumer friendly" but freaking useless to anyone who views computing technology as a tool rather than a fancypants toy. Oh, and thanks Modern Family for being a complete shill for this garbage.

[TommyGreen]

That guy is a douche. I've seen him many places. He's crashed my tailgate with a nasty case of plumber's ass, I've seen him at training camp, my uncle saw him at a Mets game.

He's a loud, obnoxious douche with a questionable grip on reality.

HAHAHAHA. I saw that guy at the NY Jets homecoming fest near the Apple Store in the beginning of the 2008 season when Kerry Rhodes was the celebrity guest. The man stood in front shouting corny one-liners and not even being the least bit funny. I wanted to throw something at him.

[Hobbes3259]

So the first casualties of this toy have come in. HP and Dell are both dropping their 10" line of netbooks. I fear this is going to eventually signal the end of useful tablet technology.

Thanks a lot crApple. Your piece of shit is "consumer friendly" but freaking useless to anyone who views computing technology as a tool rather than a fancypants toy. Oh, and thanks Modern Family for being a complete shill for this garbage.

You know...I love my IPOD almost as much as my right hand.

After a decade of conditioning, I cannot even really workout alone without it.

However. I am well versed in Electronics repair so the main IPOD issue (unless you like doling out $$$$) isn't really a problem.


But how does anyone else not get past that whole, 'Sealed Battery' thing


I've replaced my IPOD battery 3 or 4 times over the years, with no problem.But I'd be damned if I'm shelling out 800 bills for something without having the comfort level of A: the ability to Do it Myself, or B:a repair that's less than 50 bucks and available at best buy.


People are strange.

[Royal Tee]

But how does anyone else not get past that whole, 'Sealed Battery' thing


I've replaced my IPOD battery 3 or 4 times over the years, with no problem.But I'd be damned if I'm shelling out 800 bills for something without having the comfort level of A: the ability to Do it Myself, or B:a repair that's less than 50 bucks and available at best buy.


People are strange.NOOOOO!
U R Not allowed to talk about that because then you are deemed an unworthy anti-apple human!!!


Personally, I think it's BS ...so much so that I had started a thread on it...HERE (To view links in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily.)

$106 to give your NEW ipad and get a NOT NEW one back?
and if you didn't backup your info....too bad.

[Hobbes3259]

NOOOOO!
U R Not allowed to talk about that because then you are deemed an unworthy anti-apple human!!!


Personally, I think it's BS ...so much so that I had started a thread on it...HERE (To view links in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. Your post count is 0 momentarily.)

$106 to give your NEW ipad and get a NOT NEW one back?
and if you didn't backup your info....too bad.

That's twice the price, and not doing business through a local retailer is bull$#!t.

I have no problem with using your machine to backup/synch the device, once you notice the battery life dwindling...but mailing it out, and charging 106$????




An Ipod battery costs me less than 30 bucks and takes me 10 minutes to change.