iPad - Yes or No
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- flashbender0
my mother would love one
- showpony0
it looks like a great device to me with tons of potential... the borders on the screen seem massive to me... i wonder if that'll be the first thing to go in version 2... though, it's probably there for a "handle"
- partdeux0
showpony:
I doublt borders will go... how else would you hold it without accidently touching the live area? I would go with an aluminum or clear border instead of black... black just seems too heavy- It could be user configurable to select screen area. Eventually all products displays will be as big as the front face (because they can).ribit
- ..they can).ribit
- ..and they havent even started on using the whole product surface for display and interaction...ribit
- meh.... I'll wait till it has a camera... and a bigger hdpartdeux
- Complain to Jony Ives.Mimio
- BattleAxe0
Yes , i like the fact it is a striped down mac book and a supped up iphone ,
do you really need the same features you already have on everything else ?
- 74LEO0
<- Waiting for a refurb. a year from now for $50.00
- dbloc0
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- fyoucher10
Yeah, I'll get one just because it's smaller than a laptop and better than a Kindle (the cheapest one though sans 3G). I wouldn't be using it for actual work. Just light browsing, books, pron (oh yeah), and (hopefully soon) as a new Apple TV remote. My freakin iPhone is always getting lost under the sheets.
- utopian0
NO WAY JOSE!!!
- marychain0
ipad
dangerously close to being the most retarded thing ever
- JKristofer0
We were discussing those boarders too, but then realized that the decision was most likely based on our thumbs. How would you hold it without hitting icons, scroll bars, etc. if it just went straight to glass/screen?
- BRNK0
I think Apple should drop its lame naming convention. "iThing" is so ridiculously dated at this point that it's entered the realm of self parody. I mean I get it, iPadāiPod. It's identifiable as an Apple product, but iPad is a really bad name. "Tablet", "Slate", something a little more mature would be better in my opinion.
In regards, to the actual product: I see this as the "internet, email and photos" device for someone who doesn't already do those things regularly. I cannot imagine surfing the web without Flash, writing emails on a touch keyboard and viewing pictures at 1024X768 max would be acceptable for anyone who's ever done any of those thing before.
- Damn. I want to agree so badly so I don't look geek, but...JKristofer
- wademd0
I thought it was going to be more of a computer than an Ipod Touch. I would say no to the giant ipod. But yes if I was able to use it more like a laptop.
- wademd0
No Flash??? WTF... Even my grandmothers 10year old computer can play flash
- JKristofer0
The fact that I want one, might say something terrible about myself. Though I'm not willing to look into that, until after I own one.
- graphiknature0
iPad = Apple Fail
- pango0
wth am i gonna use it for??
no for me