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on a serious note - it's a cool product. it's cool that it can be fixed with keybord, like a desktop, as well (on work trip in the hotel for example). Price is nice
it will need time to get used too
+1 i was skeptical about iphone until i tried it. so this may be a new generation mobile device
it will need time to get used too
+1 i was skeptical about iphone until i tried it. so this may be a new generation mobile device
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Unlimited 3G data for $30 per month with no contract and no commitment combined with massive enhancements to what was already the best current mobile internet and mobile computing experience (iPhone OS and mobile Safari)...
My credit card is out and ready to drop $829 as soon as Apple sees fit to add these bad boys to the online store.
Awesome product.
My credit card is out and ready to drop $829 as soon as Apple sees fit to add these bad boys to the online store.
Awesome product.
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Awesome product but lacks a camera and multi-tasking. Kind of a deal breaker for me so i'll have to pass til they sort it out.
PS: No flash too!
PS: No flash too!
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I would imagine a future 4G version would include a camera and video calling capability, as will most cell phones.
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yeah, although multi tasking should be a feature requiring little more than a software-enable. The iPad is running OS 3.2 but OS4 is already being spotted in the wild and may well be released before these devices hit the shelves - who knows if extra features may be added before we even get our hands on one. As for Flash, the world is moving away from it and migrating to HTML5 but right now I do agree it would be nice. There is a Java-based Flash emulator that runs on the iPhone OS already, with the extra horsepower in the iPad that may also be a viable option. Adobe has always done a piss-poor job with Flash on the Mac and to some extent I suspect that's driving Apple to dig in their heels.
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Just like the F10 and the PM function on the new forum version (
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yeah, multi tasking should be a software enable only, the iPad is running OS 3.2 but OS4 is already being spotted in the wild and may well be released before these devices hit the shelves. Who knows if features may be added before we even get our hands on one. As for Flash, the world is moving away from it and migrating to HTML5 but right now I do agree it would be nice. There is a Java-based Flash emulator that runs on the iPhone OS already, with the extra horsepower in the iPad that may also be a viable option. Adobe has always done a piss-poor job with Flash on the Mac and to some extent I suspect that's driving Apple to dig in their heels.
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Might not be as easy as a sw issue - it seems to me that the issue is lack of proper hardware for things like flash and multi-tasking... also feels kinda like a marketing scheme - release a version of a product that is lacking some major functions, but sell the crap out of it and then release a second version of the product with the functions available - sell twice as much.
Don't forget this is a proprietary system-on-a-chip design (actually Apple's own, they bought PA Semiconductor and this seems to be one of the first fruits from that acquisition) and we've yet to see the full specs of the A4 processor. That said, based on the demos shown today the hardware has plenty of horsepower, easily enough to handle multi-tasking. Apple suggests battery life as the primary reason for no background tasks other than system applications and I think that's a legitimate position to take. Then again, users probably ought to decide for themselves whether or not to trade one for the other. Either way, this device seems to have plenty of headroom built in to the hardware.
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Don't forget this is a proprietary system-on-a-chip design (actually Apple's own, they bought PA Semiconductor and this seems to be one of the first fruits from that acquisition) and we've yet to see the full specs of the A4 processor. That said, based on the demos shown today the hardware has plenty of horsepower, easily enough to handle multi-tasking. Apple suggests battery life as the primary reason for no background tasks other than system applications and I think that's a legitimate position to take. Then again, users probably ought to decide for themselves whether or not to trade one for the other. Either way, this device seems to have plenty of headroom built in to the hardware.
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