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01-27-2010, 09:57 PM
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damn i cant wait for the iphone on verizon now
01-28-2010, 12:51 AM
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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.
'iBooks' is only available in the US, so again, you eliminate its 'raison d'etre'. Isn't that the main feature? You also need to buy an additional keyboard dock to connect a keyboard to it, there's no usb ports, memory card slot, the max resolution is only 1024 x 768 and you can't load web pages that have flash in them. To me, that's too many features missing to justify the purchasing of it in the first place...
I'll pass..... (and I have plenty of Apple stuff)
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01-28-2010, 04:25 AM
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I definately think there should be a camera on the front for video calling, but the US is still behind the power curve with that, and AT&Ts 3G network would barely support that if at all. I would have also liked to see a projector built in, but after all, they managed to get the price of this baby to an incredibly more then reasonable amount and it has an INCREDIBLE battery life. Multi Tasking and Flash are a must. i dont know what the hell they were thinking with that.
I would imagine a future 4G version would include a camera and video calling capability, as will most cell phones.
I would imagine a future 4G version would include a camera and video calling capability, as will most cell phones.
Given them two years and the camera will be in it. They are going to hook the early adopters and the general public on the first version. Then, they will come out with upgraded models with "new features" that cause the early adopters to upgrade their perfectly good units to the newer models. You'll see the lines at the apple store.....it will be just like the iPhone....
01-28-2010, 04:30 AM
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I tend to agree... if that were the case then why can't you do more than one task on the iphone.... not so bad on a phone, but kind of silly to pitch something that is a computer/phone hybrid that cannot do computer type things.
'iBooks' is only available in the US, so again, you eliminate its 'raison d'etre'. Isn't that the main feature? You also need to buy an additional keyboard dock to connect a keyboard to it, there's no usb ports, memory card slot, the max resolution is only 1024 x 768 and you can't load web pages that have flash in them. To me, that's too many features missing to justify the purchasing of it in the first place...
I'll pass..... (and I have plenty of Apple stuff)
Cheers
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'iBooks' is only available in the US, so again, you eliminate its 'raison d'etre'. Isn't that the main feature? You also need to buy an additional keyboard dock to connect a keyboard to it, there's no usb ports, memory card slot, the max resolution is only 1024 x 768 and you can't load web pages that have flash in them. To me, that's too many features missing to justify the purchasing of it in the first place...
I'll pass..... (and I have plenty of Apple stuff)
Cheers
John
1024*768 is a perfectly decent resolution for a 9.7" display. The iPad and iPhone have the same pixel density (162 PPI) and web pages that looked fine on the iPhone will look great on the iPad - the same browsing experience as the iPhone without the need to zoom or multi-touch to view larger web pages.
The bookstore will come to global markets just as the iTunes store itself started out as a US-only offering before expanding globally. Word is that Apple only concluded many of the content licensing deals this week, just before the event. Cross-border IP licensing is easier said than done but ultimately the copyright owners want their content available globally as much as Apple wants to sell it - on more favorable terms than Amazon's Kindle incidentally - so this will be a non-issue in short order.
Safari on the iPhone/iPad will load any page, it's not accurate to say you can't load web pages that have flash. Granted, flash content won't display, but ask yourself what comprises the majority of flash content for most web pages? Annoying animated ads. I can live without those, although the advent of HTML5 will make that moot as the annoying ads will render natively without a plug in. As for the other major use for flash on the web, I am reliably informed that there is plenty of porn available in formats that are natively supported by the iPhone and iPad
01-28-2010, 05:21 AM
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Don't worry, it's not to late to get on the apple bus. I wasn't apple fan at first. then I got an iPhone and I am a complete junkie. 
Regardless of whether you like apple or care for the product, you have to admit this is an incredible product for the money. one can be had for $499! This thing is a multimedia marvel @ that price! I am actually going to buy this instead of a new laptop, and it will be a quarter of the price, and have a better battery life then any laptop out there.
For those worried about typing on the touch screen:
Regardless of whether you like apple or care for the product, you have to admit this is an incredible product for the money. one can be had for $499! This thing is a multimedia marvel @ that price! I am actually going to buy this instead of a new laptop, and it will be a quarter of the price, and have a better battery life then any laptop out there.
For those worried about typing on the touch screen:
01-28-2010, 05:32 AM
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01-28-2010, 05:43 AM
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01-28-2010, 06:21 AM
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gonna wait 'till they make it better lol...would like a bigger hdd..definately multi-tasking...i also believe next gen will be cheaper...alot of ppl will hold out getting the first gen.
01-28-2010, 06:23 AM
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There's no hdd - it's all flash based. Next gen will definitely have more flash storage, should be 128GB+.