My iPad sucks, everyone who recommends them.... WHY?!

[Marcos]

I had the same feelings about touchpads -I could see a use, but the cost was way too much - which was why I jumped at the HP firesale (wish I had bought two!)

Easy to watch videos - no keyboard half to get in the way, the touch keyboard is good for e mails and stuff. Would I pay £400+ for one? No But £150 or £250, maybe (and at the price I got thre HP - a no brainer)

I see the logic, but, i think that £200 saved is going to come back round when you have a tablet whose software doesnt keep up with the times. The ipad itself is only marginally the best tablet out there, but the software selection is miles ahead, ive had a blast dredging through all the App threads trying out all the recommended apps and found a lot of gold.

Anyway, i could burn a lot of calories convincing people its the way to go. Its a bit like phones before the iPhone, your yearly upgrade didnt really matter, you take your sim card and contacts across and to the next phone and then use the new phone's features, no sweat. If the App Store wasnt around, it probably would be a bright idea to get the bargain Touchpad for its out-of-the-box features, but now the software is much more important than the device it runs on.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

I heard operating system upgrades tend to speed up mobile devices over time!! Its true!!

[peterb]

I see the logic, but, i think that £200 saved is going to come back round when you have a tablet whose software doesnt keep up with the times. The ipad itself is only marginally the best tablet out there, but the software selection is miles ahead, ive had a blast dredging through all the App threads trying out all the recommended apps and found a lot of gold.

Anyway, i could burn a lot of calories convincing people its the way to go. Its a bit like phones before the iPhone, your yearly upgrade didnt really matter, you take your sim card and contacts across and to the next phone and then use the new phone's features, no sweat. If the App Store wasnt around, it probably would be a bright idea to get the bargain Touchpad for its out-of-the-box features, but now the software is much more important than the device it runs on.

That is a risk, but in the last week there have been two upgrades of the OS and a load of apps released. Nowhere like the number for other platforms, but there is an active developer community. There are lots of rumours about the future of webOS, including the purchase by Samsung.

There is also an open source community working on it (pre ware) and there are also plans to port some version of Android to it, so while the future may still be uncertain, there is some sort of future for the existing hardware.

Meanwhile, I am enjoying using it!

[pollaxe]

I still use my first gen iPad though my other half is the predominant user of it now. Things I loved about it were: instant on, epic battery life and the sheer convenience for browsing and emailing. Things I didn't love were my big, stubby fingers made typing/editing a bit of a pain. The fingerprints, the locked-down nature of iOS making it difficult to do stuff that should've been easier (network file interaction in particular.)

I now have a current gen MacBook Air. Expensive but very nice - the only thing I miss with the iPad is the battery life.

[Bunjiweb]

I wish this thread was in the Mobile Phone forum to drive more traffic over there and justify my appeal to change the name to "Mobile Devices"...

Ben

[Butuz]

If you buy it and you are aware of it's many limitations then you will be happy.

If you buy it and do not research or care about it's many limitations then you will be sad!

Mine does exactly what I need it to do. I am typing this now on it!

Butuz

[0iD]

It still tickles me that you succumbed & got one Animus, divine justice

Mwahahahaha Expensive suckage.

[peterb]

I wish this thread was in the Mobile Phone forum to drive more traffic over there and justify my appeal to change the name to "Mobile Devices"...

Ben

But you can't use them to make 'phone calls (well, only though some VoIP service)

[Marcos]

Starting to get into Flipboard for my news too, just presents it really well. I cant stand TV anymore and its nice to get my news without all the depressing stuff and dramatics.

I might even get into reading books

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Seriously? no RAW pics can be viewed and edited on a ipad2? Deal braker for me as i was thinking about getting one for my dslr photography

[TheAnimus]

You first off need to buy the extra camera connection kit, and then someone was saying this:
http://pirawnha.com/screenshots/
is almost not quite useless, but for me, on pentax, it is, useless.

I would also say I knew the most renowned limitations, just surprised by how badly it handles the basic stuff, like wifi, web browsing, launching apps etc.

[peterb]

I wish this thread was in the Mobile Phone forum to drive more traffic over there and justify my appeal to change the name to "Mobile Devices"...

Ben

All things come to those who wait!

[Steve]

My girlfriend has an iPad.

The other day I changed my router to a Linux box. Hostapd had sha256 enabled as a key management scheme... the iPad did not like this. My laptop and our phones had no such issues. Debugging this annoyed me.

However, the iPad is fun to play Monopoly on.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

However, the iPad is fun to play Monopoly on.

Apple thinks so too!!

[peterb]

Apple thinks so too!!

Yup, they certainly learned a lot from Microsoft! (Although, IIORC, Microsoft has been a (non-voting) shareholder of Apple.)