Thoughts on ipad?

[nibbler]

http://i.engadget.com/2010/01/27/liv...reation-event/

[nibbler]

I personally think an IPS display is impressive but it's just a big iphone. No need for it really, far less practical than a net top for typing on the go for instance.

[Krakkenbus]

I think it looks retarded, kinda like an obese and weirdly large iphone

[Mutley]

Not impressed. A big iPhone in most respects, down to the OS.
And the name?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image...dda58/340x.jpg

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[Singh400]

Video coming soon: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/a...irst-hands-on/

But seriously, no multitasking and no flash! Not that I was going to buy it anyway.

[Terbinator]

More Apple iShovelware.

[floppybootstomp]

Nexus, Blackberry, iPhone, Netbook, Laptop - acceptable.

iPad neither one nor the other.

It won't fit in your pocket neither is it functional enough to be a serious contender.

Not for me.

[stevencage7]

No, i will just pass on this icrap, as it been said million times: no flash, no multitask, no sd, no camera, no gps=no interest!

[mightymouse]

first impression, I think it sucks that they just created another devise to suck money outta us and what the heck is an A4 chip. Why recreate the wheel? or are they just wanting to profit more?

would have been nice if it was just a normal osx ipad, would have been way more impressed than just simply enlarging an iphone to force us to pay more for apps.

but that's just from me watching their presentation.. might go crazy once they are in store but really skeptical right now.

[circuitmonkey]

I can't believe it, no gps, no camera, no multitasking!
This has been available in Unix since 1969 FFS!
It's like a bigger and less useful iPod touch
Anyone who buys this should just go ahead and have a frontal lobotomy because they're not using all of their brain anyway

[dangel]

I'm happy - Apple have made it very easy for me not to choose the iPad and go with a proper slate PC based on atom/ion2 later this year.

[Zak33]

/blush's at coming into an Apple forum for the first time without intending to throw pooh at the weird Apple lovers.

/cough

/blush

My mother in law loves Sair's iPod Touch but it's too small to see properly for her. She doesn't want a laptop in her living room, it's too slow and slouchy, with boot times, etc.

This could be the total kiddy for her. I mean.. it's gonna have a web browser, will be lightning fast to do stuff like an iPod Touch does, have loads of useful apps that work 1000 times faster than going on line with a Vista/W7 lappy.... and it'll fit in the magazine rack or slide under the sofa easily.

If an iPodTouch were larger, she'd use one. This is larger than an iPodTouch. I see this bad boy selling pretty well to the 50-70 year old market.

[matty-hodgson]

How are you supposed to hold this thing while you're using it? Cos with the iTouch, you grip round the edges, but this thing is 9", no-one has hands big enough to grip round one of these. Do you just rest it in your hand and hope it doesn't slip? Do you have to rest it on a table? I just don't understand it tbh.

[nibbler]

Jobs has been out of the picture for the best part of a year and he has this piece of rubbish to launch when he gets back. I don't envy him

[circuitmonkey]

How are you supposed to hold this thing while you're using it? Cos with the iTouch, you grip round the edges, but this thing is 9", no-one has hands big enough to grip round one of these. Do you just rest it in your hand and hope it doesn't slip? Do you have to rest it on a table? I just don't understand it tbh.

Actually my hand-span is 9.5", but yes, its to large to use in that manner.

[Funkstar]

How are you supposed to hold this thing while you're using it?

A bit like this?