I really don't give a f*ck about the iPad

[Otter]

But, look at me over here. I've got an ipod touch, and I'm seriously considering just grabbing an iphone.  I know, right?

Just out of curiosity why do you want an iPhone over say an Android device (Droid, Nexus One, etc).

...because all my friends have an iphone. No joke. It's sad, really.

 

Although, to be honest, I quite like everything I can do on my ipod. I think, really, I just need to educate myself - because I have no clue what the competition is capable of these days.

[Tornado Rex]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1458

 

 

Mon Apr 5, 1:52 pm ET

 

Here's the big question on the Monday after any big Apple launch: How many iThings were sold? This time around it was the iPad, and the official sales figures for launch day — about 300,000 — were impressive, although not nearly as stellar as some amped-up analysts had expected.

 

In a press release Monday morning, Apple crowed that its figure of 300,000 iPads sold as of midnight Saturday included pre-orders, sales at Apple stores, and shipments to "channel partners" like Best Buy. Apple also said that iPad users downloaded more than a million apps Saturday, along with a quarter-million volumes from the new iBookstore.

 

Well, that's pretty impressive aye?

Not really.

 

 

and shipments to "channel partners" like Best Buy.

Unless all of those stores sold out it's not even close to a true sales figure.

 

 

.because all my friends have an iphone. No joke. It's sad, really.

 

Although, to be honest, I quite like everything I can do on my ipod. I think, really, I just need to educate myself - because I have no clue what the competition is capable of these days.

Fair enough. Like I said I was just curious. I would highly suggest doing a lot of research before deciding to buy. I was I would have with my Storm. Not that I hate my Storm but I could have waited about 3 months and got a Droid and been much, much happier.

[d0mm2k8]

Personally, I see Apple products as shiny, overpriced turds that do less for more.

Never bought an apple product, never will.

 

[radltzx]

[james227uk]

0:42 - Customers reaction when they see they could have bought a tablet that supports flash for less money

 

And was that a real iPad?

[TiRANB]

 

Ouch. What a waste.

[Ronnyboy]

0:42 - Customers reaction when they see they could have bought a tablet that supports flash for less money

 

And was that a real iPad?

Yes it was, bends really nice too.

[The-King]

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Ouch. What a waste.

How is it a waste? All I see is adding some new functionality to a comparatively worthless product. I now know that I can make smoothies if I am ever to come into possession of an iPad, thank you internet.

[Otter]

Hmm. Checked out the slate. I hope they get a new f*cking marketing department sometime soon. The hardware's awesome/comparable but it's about as sexy as a blowjob from an octogenarian right now.

[sjaak327]

To be honest, I don't get it, I don't think I see the need for it personally. But of course there's people for everything.

 

Two things to notice, the cheapest 16 GB Ipad (without G3) is costing 499 USD, the soon to be released 16 GB Ipad with G3 a whopping 629 USD, that's 130 USD for just the G3 functionality, now I'm not sure where apple purchases these G3 chips, but charging 130 USD for them is downright ridiculous, seems like day time robbery to me. Also a 16 GB flash memory increase cost a whopping 100 USD.

 

Now, let's just say I would want a tablet device, it would surely not be an Ipad, as they are clearly ripping you off.

[Otter]

The funniest thing about the slate is that it seems like it could be candidate for hackintosh OS. Brilliant.

[sjaak327]

 

The funniest thing about the slate is that it seems like it could be candidate for hackintosh OS.  Brilliant.

LOL, yeah it probably will run OSX easily. (with modified kernel, as I guess that Slate is using an Atom processor).

Edited April 7, 2010 by sjaak327

[Pico]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ipad-ipho...rtex,10089.html

 

Yep.

[Sillyhed2000]

So in other news, I visited an Apple store for the first time in my life today. Every employee (and there were at least 10 of them) stops what they're doing and applauds every time a customer leaves the store with a newly-purchased piece of technology?

 

Creeepy.

[GTA3Freak-2001]

Yeah that sounds about right, never been in one myself but I'd imagine that's the sort of thing that goes on and explains the mentality of some Apple fanatics.

[makeshyft]

Apparently iPhones can't recieve mulimedia messages. That means people will have to e-mail you to send you a picture.

That's completely untrue. Don't know where you picked that up from.

[Quadropheniac90]

A magical(ly lacking) and revolutionary (useless) product at an unbelievabl(y ridiculously high) price...

 

Seriously, Apple was always mostly about design and was always overpriced, and there were often much better products for a much lower price out there, but this newest piece of crap just shows how stupid Apple fanboys are.

 

The iPod and to some extent the iPhone were the last good products by them, products which serve a purpose beyond draining yer wallet.

 

I'll take a machine capable of proper gaming anyday, which can actually be used with 3ds max...

[ChanandlerBong]

What I find ironic is that the iPad is pitched as a media device. Yet it can only play TWO video codecs. This is why i think the Slate is better, it's Windows, so all you need to do is download the codecs or VLC and (as his Steveness says) BOOM. You can play just about any codec you can think of and more.

 

Typical Apple though, I bet when it comes to the UK it'll be at least £400. For an iPod touch on steroids.

[Ronnyboy]

You know, ever since I lost my touch, I really want an iPad. I would definitely get a Zune or Slate, problem is there is no software out there can transfer all the songs and files from iTunes, crack them, and let me use them for what ever I want.

[Tornado Rex]

You know, ever since I lost my touch, I really want an iPad. I would definitely get a Zune or Slate, problem is there is no software out there can transfer all the songs and files from iTunes, crack them, and let me use them for what ever I want.

So you're going to support the company that put those restrictions in place by giving them more money?

[Otter]

It's not Apple that puts the restrictions in place, to be perfectly honest.

Anyhow, if you get a slate, you can just install iTunes on it. BAM.

 

 

[Ronnyboy]

You know, ever since I lost my touch, I really want an iPad. I would definitely get a Zune or Slate, problem is there is no software out there can transfer all the songs and files from iTunes, crack them, and let me use them for what ever I want.

So you're going to support the company that put those restrictions in place by giving them more money?

Well, it's that or have to rebuy (or redownload) all 3,000 songs I have.

 

And Otter, that doesn't help when I have maxed out all of my iTunes Activations on other computers.

[Otter]

...just de-authorize your other computers. Unless you need five backups of your itunes library?

[Tornado Rex]

It's not Apple that puts the restrictions in place, to be perfectly honest.

Amazon has no problem letting you do whatever you want with their mp3s

 

 

Well, it's that or have to rebuy (or redownload) all 3,000 songs I have.

 

And Otter, that doesn't help when I have maxed out all of my iTunes Activations on other computers.

 

So you're going to support the company that put those restrictions in place by giving them more money?

[Ronnyboy]

...just de-authorize your other computers. Unless you need five backups of your itunes library?

Well, most of those computers were either formatted or destroyed before they could be de-activated.

 

And Tornado, that's all I can really do. Or maybe I can just go on with CD's and a DS for the time being?

[Tornado Rex]

...just de-authorize your other computers.  Unless you need five backups of your itunes library?

Well, most of those computers were either formatted or destroyed before they could be de-activated.

 

And Tornado, that's all I can really do. Or maybe I can just go on with CD's and a DS for the time being?

I would vote with my wallet. Why you would want to give money to a company that does this sort of thing is beyond me. The fact that Apple gets away with this sh*t and people don't complain blows my mind. It really is insane.

 

As for the music. I dunno torrent it or something. You already own it anyway (sure it's a gray area, but f*ck the RIAA).

[leik oh em jeez!]

Apparently iPhones can't recieve mulimedia messages. That means people will have to e-mail you to send you a picture.

That's completely untrue. Don't know where you picked that up from.

One of my friends (she lives with my girlfriend) has an iPhone. She's the only person that I know that has an iPhone, and she can't send or recieve picture messages.

[PresidentKiller]

 

So in other news, I visited an Apple store for the first time in my life today.  Every employee (and there were at least 10 of them) stops what they're doing and applauds every time a customer leaves the store with a newly-purchased piece of technology?

 

Creeepy.

They do that because you're actually joining their evil sect, once you buy something from them, you're doomed.

 

Anyway, I just think the iPad is an iPhone for megalomaniacs. For the people who have everything (from Apple), just take something that already exists, enlarge it and throw it at them, sure enough many people will buy it. Even Nintendo followed suit with the DSi XL.

[Starion]

 

Apparently iPhones can't recieve mulimedia messages. That means people will have to e-mail you to send you a picture.

That's completely untrue. Don't know where you picked that up from.

One of my friends (she lives with my girlfriend) has an iPhone. She's the only person that I know that has an iPhone, and she can't send or recieve picture messages.

Well I have an iPhone, and I can send + recieve picture messages.

 

She probably doesn't have the 3.0 firmware, the iPhone didn't support picture messaging up to that point.

[ChanandlerBong]

@LOJ The reason that your friend can't send media messages is because she is on AT&T. That network doesn't support MMS yet, but the iPhone does in fact support it. Highly annoying for American iPhone customers because AT&T has an exclusivity deal.

Edited April 8, 2010 by ChanandlerBong