iPad: guess what I found?

[cieply]

Guys, we all know by now that iPad is shit. Every person with at least a bit of good taste and resistance for advertising is aware of that.
Besides, anyone who picks iPhone over any android based telephone is out of their mind. Maybe we won't get a button that farts on droid but we get all for free. Free apps ftw!

I just hate apple becouse it destroyed good competition in terms of quality and price of product. Instead apple started competition in advertising. AMD vs Intel is good competition. GeForce vs Radeon is good. Mac vs PC or iPhone vs Droid makes me want to puke. Making a phone trendy does not make it better!

Me being a student and needing a lot of books and all, I thought this could be quite useful - afterall, despite it being rather bulky its still better than carrying about 10-15 books in my bag all day.

You can already have this, buy a normal, cheaper and better ebook reader and forget about fashion. You're a man god dammit!

 

[Sixties Spidey]

So? No multitasking. No USB. No USB. No E-ink. No Slot Card. No Camera. It's probably the biggest waste of money that Apple has ever made.

Hopefully the Homebrew community will find a way to make this at least worth a fuck.

 

[cieply]

Besides, reading on an LCD screen hurts eyes in the long run, buy a good epaper device instead. Or just buy a palmtop, a device that will actually do shit.

So? No multitasking. No USB. No USB. No E-ink. No Slot Card. No Camera. It's probably the biggest waste of money that Apple has ever made.

Hopefully the Homebrew community will find a way to make this at least worth a fuck.

Yeah, basically the more you read about it the more amazed you become at it's stupidity. My HTC has more options (and fits in my pocket)

 

[Simalacrum]

Guys, we all know by now that iPad is shit. Every person with at least a bit of good taste and resistance for advertising is aware of that.
Besides, anyone who picks iPhone over any android based telephone is out of their mind. Maybe we won't get a button that farts on droid but we get all for free. Free apps ftw!

I just hate apple becouse it destroyed good competition in terms of quality and price of product. Instead apple started competition in advertising. AMD vs Intel is good competition. GeForce vs Radeon is good. Mac vs PC or iPhone vs Droid makes me want to puke. Making a phone trendy does not make it better!

Me being a student and needing a lot of books and all, I thought this could be quite useful - afterall, despite it being rather bulky its still better than carrying about 10-15 books in my bag all day.

You can already have this, buy a normal, cheaper and better ebook reader and forget about fashion. You're a man god dammit!

Ok, mate? We all know your right about the iPad but this is just plain old flaming. Plesse, please PLEASE don't flame on The Escapist. That shit aint welcome here.

 

[cieply]

Ok, mate? We all know your right about the iPad but this is just plain old flaming. Plesse, please PLEASE don't flame on The Escapist. That shit aint welcome here.

I've got 99 problems but flaming ain't one.

If you took it so personally then sorry, I have a habit of voicing my opinion aggresively and in a mockery-like manner, that may sound like flaming so sry if you felt taunted, no offence. Still, how useful can be an LCD ebook reader (becouse as it was pointed out before iPad has no more usefulness than a phone)?
To be constructive, I'd roll with that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cktgAwu3AE
or wait for the responce of competition.

I don't want to flame but god, I hate apple.

 

[SmartIdiot]

Damn us Americans hogging all our technologies.

We've had hover cars for years!

And Jet Packs! And rocket boots! I'm not sure why we need both!

Because both are DAMN COOL.

Also to rub it in those Brit's faces.

Oh I hope you're all joking or I'm going to be very upset.

[sub]Been after that stuff for years![/sub]

 

[Superbeast]

I really don't get the point in the iPad. I can understand the iPod/iPhone - and I'm sure I'd probably get one of them if I could afford to (actually...I hate the touchscreen on the iPhone, and I don't like the contract packages in the UK).

This really sums up my thoughts on the iPad in a little over a minute:

 

[Baneat]

Get your hands on the stanza app if you have a touch or iPhone. Convert pdfs to epub using calibre software on PC.

 

[Hashime]

From an article I read on slate.com:

"In Stogdill's telling analogy, you "aren't buying a computer when you buy an iPad, you are buying a 16GB Walmart store shelf that fits on your lap?complete with all the supplier beat downs, slotting fees, and exclusive deals that go with it?and Apple got you to pay for the building."
http://www.slate.com/id/2250993/

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

"iBooks only available within the U.S."

Don't you know that America is the only country on the planet?