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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk

Point to where I said this. I stated a fact: Apple apps can multitask, therefore it has multitasking capability.

Im going off what the article said, and it said no multi-tasking. The guys and gals at gizmodo are pretty well respected, and have had their hands on the product. The author of the article I linked (and pasted) said NO MULTI-TASKING. You are saying that it has Apple approved mutli-tasking, so that leads me to believe that only Apple software can multi-task.


Point to where I or anyone said that? The initial starting price is $499. There's nothing but fact there.

The iPhone is $600 if you get it without a phone plan. Hell, as far as Apple is concerned it's $600 period, cause even with the phone plan AT&T makes up the difference. Thus, doing some simple math I came to the conclusion that the iPad is less than the iPhone.



If you consider me to be a fanboi, I hate to see what you think of the people more rabid than I.

I think the utter devotion that macaphiles have to apple is insane. Same for Microsoft whack jobs. Both companys have good products, both have shitty ones. This just happens to be a shitty one.



Doesn't mean they're wrong.

I'm not saying they're wrong, I'm saying they're right.



What I am saying IS True. It's true now and has been for a long while.

And you know this how? Do you have your hands on one? This is not an iMac it will not function the same way, and from the sounds of it, should not be considered anything more than a color e-reader.


Again, not true. Plenty of apps available. Of course, multitasking is probably what you're referring to but nonetheless it's misleading.


Sorry should have put "Mac Approved Software". Which apparently, Mac doesn't approve of Flash. On top of that, those iPhone apps will run at the same size they do on the iPhone. So yeah, pretty small window on your nice new tablet. F'ing Lame.

Man, don't let your true fanboi shine!



Actually, I thought the same thing. Until I read some articles and commentary from people who had hands on. Rick's post was pretty spot on with what I heard. You have to play with it to really have any say on it. It's screaming fast.

There really isn't a tablet market right now. There have been tablets but no one really has done anything worth while in the market. Best thing so far is Courier by MS but as always it's vaporware.

I think you underestimate the power of a large iPod Touch. It's not for me, at least right now. I'll wait for a couple revisions before buying. A) the software will mature B) Apple always increases specs and features without raising price and C) if you look at the iPod generations they got increasing features that made upgrading look good, I bet this follows suit.

It's funny cause this morning on my way to work they had the editor from http://techmeme.com/ on the morning radio show. And he was pimping the iPad. Saying that this is the future here today. But his arguments were this

1. You could leave it on your dinner table so you could read the paper or a magazine in the morning.

2. When not in use, you can prop it up and have pictures play on it, like a digital photo-frame.

3. Bonus to the Kindle over this is the EA lighting of the screen which looks more like a page than the back lighting of the iPad that looks like a computer screen.

4. Bonus of the iPad over the Kindle, is its in color, HD (720) and will be better for reading magazines such as Maxim.

5. Much like getting your iPhone wet or dirty and causing that device to wig out, the same will happen to the iPad. So maybe keeping it on the dinner table while eating is not such a good idea.

This guy who was avid about this device could not come up with any justifications on why to buy it. As I said before, this is a joke, that people will waste their time and money on.

On top of that, you are not even bothering to comment on anything else t he article said. No Flash, really? Needing adapters to connect devices to it, hell needing a special adapter to connect USB to it? F'ing Really?

On top of all that, I still stand on this

No Multitasking
This is a backbreaker. If this is supposed to be a replacement for netbooks, how can it possibly not have multitasking? Are you saying I can't listen to Pandora while writing a document? I can't have my Twitter app open at the same time as my browser? I can't have AIM open at the same time as my email? Are you kidding me? This alone guarantees that I will not buy this product.

If this is true, then this device fails.