I would assume that it has the ability to set up different mail accounts, just like the iphone/itouch.

Haha, no joke. "One more thing...I'm retiring and I've sold all my stock. This iPad really is a POS, isn't it?"

No multitasking IS surprising.
No camera/mic is not.
3G is a good $129 more?

Hmmm, if it had been $500 with 3G, game changer without those things.

Yeah,I don't think I'll be test driving this one till they make some serious upgrades.

Oh yeah I forgot about that one. Yeah I definitely would want that.

sunuva bitch!

I'd need to see this in a store before issuing judgement. I mean, yeah, this is a 1G product.

I don't know where this puts my ebook reader buying. I was game for one. Waiting for this announcement and I'm torn.

I will definitely go to the Apple store and check one out,but I'm really not even into the touch screen.

It says it has an iBook store and the screen is probably better than the Kindle

More than just email though...calendars, contacts, bookmarks, etc. :(

Wow.. epic fail from what I have seen.

Did they partner with Kotex for this project?

The problem, as IJH will tell you, is with the backlighting. LCD (like the itouch/ipod and presumably ipad) strains the eyes in a way that e-readers screens don't. They're neutrally lit. LCDs aren't neutrally lit, and they eventually make your eyes hurt.

The worst part is how they keep selling it as a "magical" device and the most advanced technology... EVAH!!!

They've overhyped it. It might eventually measure up to the hype, but people aren't buying what they're selling at this point.

I'm just shocked there is no multitasking for the ipad. Can this OS just not handle it or something?

Yeah, except they didn't mention a comparison to e-ink once. Sure they're screen beats the kindle. IT PLAYS VIDEO. IT'S COLOR.

For reading, eink >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>x10^3834 LCD/LED/ETC for long reading.

Plus, Kennedy's memoir that they showed is priced at $15. Amazon prices the same at $10.

So, still, this basically muddles it more than anything.

Battery life. Batteries aren't there yet.

Pre had issues with that. Of course, that's reliant on the user. But apple knows that most people are stupid. Therefore, they're waiting for battery life to increase and then they'll figure out how to do multitouch multi-tasking.

It is sort of like they took the worst things to leave out from every genre of device.

It is like an ereader that isn't as easy on the eyes, cost more for 3G service, and doesn't support a simple SD card for extra storage.

It is like a netbook being small with a slow processor, yet lacks a USB connection (or even an SD card), external keyboard/mouse, hook up to a larger monitor, less usable storage, and can't run flash.

It is like an Iphone, without the phone, the camera, and the ability to fit into your pocket.

I thought it was supposed to run Snow Leopard,if so its not on the OS.

Their stock dropped. Apparently, Wall Street was as unimpressed as most of you, LOL.

Again: a big iPod Touch that can actually do more stuff. Nice... but the price diff brings it close enough to PC tablets, notebooks, laptops, etc.,., that I doubt too many people will spring for Apple's version.

Apple needs others to catch up now too. Another reason why at some point you just have to release 1G and let others innovate before moving forward.

As an example, look at this youtube video of SI on a tablet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntyXvLnxyXk

Now that's cool, and the NYT app seemed similar. Once other companies catch up, that will be cool and something that can't happen on with other readers.

The niche it would fill for me would be a great travel device. Before hopping on a plane, download a few magazines I'd normally buy. Catch up on TV or watch a movie. Land, and send an email saying you've landed. Skype with friends and family (why no camera/mic? Blah!). All the essentials (email, maps, entertainment) without the weight of a laptop.

Of course, that's the iPhone and iPod too, just smaller...

Another weird Apple development is the price lines.

iPod Touch: $199/299/399
iPad: $499/599/699 (no 3G)
Macbook: $999 on up

They're really trying to have a mobile device available at every price level.

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Looks like there is a mic, but no camera. Weird...

That makes sense.

iPad? People in Boston won't know which Apple product the other is referring to.

ROFL

Yeah I am definitely not as excited as I was. Ok let's hope MS comes out with the Courier soon I am really excited about that

The stock would have gone down no matter what. Hype inflated it. It comes back down.


AFAIK, Courier is class A vaporware. Announced in concept (they've done this many times over the years, especially in video form).

I'm not sure why people salivate over Microsoft products until they've actually shipped them. Apple announces but ships within 3 months generally. Like clockwork. Microsoft does not.

It is honestly what I thought it was going to be. Though I did sort of expect them to do the nice thing and add USB or SD card. I mean really, you give people a nice big screen on a mobile device, why not let them copy their pictures directly from their camera to show people?

I wouldn't call it vaporware since they have never officially said it was a legit product or anything other than a concept.

Vaporware describes a product, usually software, that has been announced by a developer during or before its development, if there is significant doubt whether the product will actually be released.

Also, Apple hates cords yet won't drop this iTunes/iPod/iPad USB cord. Wireless sync lacking, still?

According to their website it has a iPad Camera Connection kit you can buy separately to transfer photos.

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

I know. They never have officially said it exists that I know of.

If it had a front facing camera, I think it'd be a much bigger success. Coffee shop skyping on a media device? Killer, i bet.

Why does my iphone all of the sudden look thick?

LOL! I guess they do have that and a terrible keyboard. I guess this way they can probably keep people from using it as extra storage, and make people carry an extra crappy thing around with their ipad and camera...

It's running Iphone 3.2 OS.

Yeah, some weird design decisions.

No SD card
No camera
No multitasking
No horizontal docking

I think people were hoping for an OS X tablet, and instead ended up with a big iPhone. Not revolutionary, and barely evolutionary.

I was just thinking the same thing.

Yep. They should at least have an SD card slot, 1 usb slot, and a camera.

Yep.

For now, I can't tell if that's good or bad. I think the reason it isn't OSX tablet is because of battery life. But that's also a sideshow. I think they're merging the two very slowly.

They're trying to get rid of USB, honestly. First, they got shit for 1 USB port on the Air. And secondly, they're working on something called LightPeak which is basically One cord to rule them all. Power, video, usb, etc etc.

Well hell...I haven't been able to check out the specs on it yet,and didn't know.My disappointment grows then.I love my Macs,but this isn't one of them.
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OSX and OS Mobile are merging slowly.

Pundits saying it blows the Kindle out of the water and Kindle is out of the 1800s.

It's ridiculous. Not even competing for the same thing. Sure, there's overlap but again:

Long term reading better on LED/LCD or eink?

My bet is eink.

This, exactly. I want a full-featured, flat computer. I want to be able to install firefox or chrome on it. I want to be able to throw a game on it. I don't want some BS limited OS that is locked down so tight that you can't do jack shit on it. I'm sure they'll get jailbroken, but I'm not happy with the way the IpadOS is behind handled. I know there are battery issues, but it's still disappointing. My grant will be written to buy 5 netbooks for my students, not 2 of these.

The wife read an article on these a while back and thinks she wants one.I guess if you're just gonna surf the web and e mail it would be fine for that.I know she loves her I phone,so maybe I'll look more into them when they hit the stores.
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that would be a cool idea.

And morphius according to Gizmodo they will have adapters for USB and SD

What about the new HP Windows Slate?

It's a visual media device. I'm still out on the reading part.

Pundits saying the ebook reader itself blows kindle out. Like I've said missing the point, but maybe there's some truth to it.

Eh, call me an Apple fanboy but I prefer both OS X and their multitouch compared to Window's version.

I would have to try it out before I bought it. Also trying to find some specs on the slate and I don't know if it is locked down or not. It is supposed to run Windows 7 though.

True, it does have a full featured OS on there.

I wonder if bluetooth headsets work with this.

Yeah, it also blows away a no screen, $30 mp3 player, yipee!!! Do they want a pat on the head?

The specs say it has bluetooth

Wireless and Cellular

Wi-Fi model

• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

Wi-Fi + 3G model

• UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• GSM/EDGE (850, 900,1800, 1900 MHz)
• Data only²
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR technology

From my POV: does it blow it out of the water?

So do Touch 2/3Gs. Problem is, it only transmits sound rather than receiving it. You can't hook up a bluetooth headset to a Touch and RECORD sound. You can play music to it, but no dice on recording.

It does have a microphone, though.

I'm betting no camera because 3G can't handle video conferencing yet.

Its wifi capable though so it should have a camera.Hell even the cheap cell phones have cameras.

Different type of camera and cell cameras generally face out so no video chat, which was the major point.

I know but I'm just saying I think it should still have a camera if you're gonna pay $500 for it.

if the iphone wasn't around, this would have been the best thing since sliced bread though.

As a college student, can I buy any of my textbooks on any of these products yall have talked about?

Yes, I think text books are the big area, here. That and print media (magazines and newspapers).

It's inherently an edu device.

Yeah, AT&T's network would implode. Would be real nice for WiFi though.


I'm also not crazy about how much Apple controls the device. The central control through the App Store limits so much. I'm not sure I want to spend the money to buy one just to have Apple tell me one of the apps I want to download is against there policies.

That remains one of my biggest nerves with Apple. I loathe it. Imagine if all desktop computers had that lockdown.

I'm hoping they're going to drop it at some point. Except for the porn/illegal apps. (Then again, torrents wouldn't and couldn't be considered illegal. If they are, web browser is too.)

Friggin Geeks!:cuss:

http://i.gizmodo.com/5458382/8-thing.../full+(Gizmodo)

Summed up nicely

Yep. I definitely am not going to buy one. And it seems alot of people are bashing this product especially its name.

The #2 trending topic on twitter is iTampon.

if there anyway they could set it up so you could switch back and forth between lighting styles?

reading mode
browser mode

Yes, what in the sam hell were they thinking with the name??

A group of people had to approve it...it's just bad, very bad.

heh

This leads me to believe that there will not be multitasking on 4.0 OS. This thing is running on 3.2. If multitasking was available on 4.0, they would have waited until 4.0 was ready before they showed this to the world.

I know it's humor and all but it's woefully wrong.

The iPhone and iPad (and iPod touch) CAN multitask. It just has to be an Apple app doing the multitasking. It just doesn't have 3rd party multitasking.

What exactly do they mean by wide screen? It is too a widescreen as it plays horizontally too.

Ugh, I can't continue.

I was hoping for Apple Canvas.

Color e-ink is just around the corner, I think. Which basically makes both of your points.

LED can't.

Very "meh" for me. The only thing it's got going for it is price, really.

Who ever thought that statement would be made about Apple?

Both have truth to them.

Thinking about it, I think it takes 3 revisions and it'll be a killer product. Of course, competition will be there by then.

I'm not even sure the price is all that great.Not for me anyway.

Well, they were actually smart. I'm sure they leaked all those high prices, so we'd feel amazed and positive about a $500 entry point. That being said, that will be a good value on a more developed machine, 2g or 3g, machine.