I find the idea of one very appealing, but as my income stream is ... err, reduced I'll hold out for now, at least until March... But, I have an iPod touch and NO mobile phone. That means that a lot of the handy features such as looking up maps or being able to get online when I'm out and about are difficult or impossible for me at present. Given that a lot of my trips out mean I have my backpack as a matter of course and an iPad + 3G data would slip in there without me noticing and give me all of those very handy things it starts to look rather good. I have a iBook G4 but I don't carry it out and about a lot because a) It seems very heavy for what I use it for b) It's WiFi only so same problem as above c) All the useful iMac info I need isn't on it, though it is on my iPod.
There is of course the aspect of it that is beyond tech specs which is the fact that it will feel like a very different experience due to the size of the touch screen and that intangible 'feel' is what makes so much Apple stuff so good. Finally, I laughed a lot when I saw this rubbish on the BBC site today: Industry watchers say Apple's long-awaited iPad tablet could reverse the fortunes of the tablet PC industry. Microsoft introduced a tablet computer in 2001, but it failed to catch on. However, advances in touchscreens and wireless technology mean that the market could now be right for products such as the iPad, analysts said. "Tablets have been around for a long time and tablets have failed for a long time. This is a winning product," said analyst Van Baker of Gartner Research. So, let me see if I've go this right. a) Analysts says "Tablets have been around for a long time and tablets have failed for a long time." b) Microsoft introduced a tablet computer in 2001, but it failed to catch on. c) Apple has now created something unlike any other tablet computer before it - form factor, multi-touch, battery life and applications d) Analysts believe that the iPad, is a "winning product" e) ... and these analysts believe that Apple's product "could reverse the fortunes of the tablet PC industry". Not Apple's fortunes, not sales of the iPad note, but the "tablet PC industry". And they have reasoned that how, exactly? I'd love to be an "analyst" - it seems that you can come out with any old stuff and get it printed and get paid! Nice work if you can get it ... Regards, Stephen On 28 Jan 2010, at 08:18, Tony wrote: > Having woken up somewhat grumpily I'm surprised to find myself wishing > I could pre-order an iPad, 32GB with 3G, for delivery asap. It > wouldn't render my White MacBook completely redundant and it will stay > at home for the most part but I can see it moving around the house > with me wherever I go in much the same way as a book does now except > it is much more versatile. You wouldn't lug a laptop around like that > now, would you? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > “If the climate was a bank, they would already have saved it” - Hugo Chavez -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
