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M'ktakh
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Posted - 2010.04.16 22:49:00 -
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I'll admit, I'm biased against I-anything, I saw the Ipod as an overpriced mp3 player for bored and rich idiots, and the whole marketing approach of Apple makes me want to puke.
Still, I have been shown to youtube vids, on a dog and a cat interacting with this new ting called Ipod, and apart from it making funny noises and some animation, I dont really see any purpose for it. Or is the whole selling point/gimmick the "touch feature"? I dont know about you, dear OOPE readers, but I don't want my screen to be touched by greasy fingers, even if they happen to be mine.
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Dan O'Connor
Cerberus Network
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Posted - 2010.04.16 23:04:00 -
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 Originally by: M'ktakh
I'll admit, I'm biased against I-anything, I saw the Ipod as an overpriced mp3 player for bored and rich idiots, and the whole marketing approach of Apple makes me want to puke.
Still, I have been shown to youtube vids, on a dog and a cat interacting with this new ting called Ipod, and apart from it making funny noises and some animation, I dont really see any purpose for it. Or is the whole selling point/gimmick the "touch feature"? I dont know about you, dear OOPE readers, but I don't want my screen to be touched by greasy fingers, even if they happen to be mine.
Well since my iPhone 3G broke due to raindrop damage, I'm not the greatest Apple enthusiast anymore. However, to be fair, to my mind, the iPad could have some interesting uses. I think most of all to read books. Like on the airport or so, might be nice to just turn on the iPad and start reading (plus you could change font-size etc). For the rest... iPod touch/iPhone seem to be the better choices for music and stuff. Would you really carry the iPad around to listen to music? Don't think so. I'm not super-impressed by it. But it was inevitable that it would come. Just my opinion.
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Posted - 2010.04.16 23:05:00 -
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Behold, the next generation iProduct, the iPad mini |
Crumplecorn
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Posted - 2010.04.16 23:36:00 -
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Everything tablet computers are good for.
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Minmatar
Rosa Castellum
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Posted - 2010.04.17 00:43:00 -
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It's the computer use while your iphone is on the side table and your laptop is too far away in your study. I think you use the iPad while walking down hallways or waiting in the foyer... or maybe while on the toilet. |
Nachshon
Caldari
Tribal Liberation Force
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Posted - 2010.04.17 00:52:00 -
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Originally by: M'ktakh
I'll admit, I'm biased against I-anything, I saw the Ipod as an overpriced mp3 player for bored and rich idiots, and the whole marketing approach of Apple makes me want to puke.
Still, I have been shown to youtube vids, on a dog and a cat interacting with this new ting called Ipod, and apart from it making funny noises and some animation, I dont really see any purpose for it. Or is the whole selling point/gimmick the "touch feature"? I dont know about you, dear OOPE readers, but I don't want my screen to be touched by greasy fingers, even if they happen to be mine.
How about governing Norway?
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Posted - 2010.04.17 01:09:00 -
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Originally by: Nachshon
Originally by: M'ktakh
I'll admit, I'm biased against I-anything, I saw the Ipod as an overpriced mp3 player for bored and rich idiots, and the whole marketing approach of Apple makes me want to puke.
Still, I have been shown to youtube vids, on a dog and a cat interacting with this new ting called Ipod, and apart from it making funny noises and some animation, I dont really see any purpose for it. Or is the whole selling point/gimmick the "touch feature"? I dont know about you, dear OOPE readers, but I don't want my screen to be touched by greasy fingers, even if they happen to be mine.
How about governing Norway?
sure. Because a cell phone.. or.. oh gods. a laptop computer wouldnt do the same thing. And twice as well.
Originally by: CCP Shadow
Have you ever wished you could have prevented a train wreck before it actually happened? I need to stop this one before the craziness begins.
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Atomos Darksun
The Maverick Navy
IT Alliance
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Posted - 2010.04.17 01:55:00 -
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I like the idea of it because it does the same typical use things a tablet can do, at a fraction of the price. I think of it as a portable notebook (the paper kind), with internets. And music. And some games. And it can function at an ebook reader.
Originally by: Amoxin
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BeachParty
Caldari
Semi Precious
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Posted - 2010.04.17 04:51:00 -
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When they put a camera on it I will buy one or two to use as a dedicated skype phone for the California Ranch.
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Culmen
Caldari
Macabre Votum
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2010.04.17 05:15:00 -
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Pad!
HUUHHH!
Good God Ya'll!
What is it good for?
Absolutely NOTHING!
Say it again...
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Florio
Blue Republic
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Posted - 2010.04.17 07:49:00 -
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Edited by: Florio on 17/04/2010 07:49:25
I think it, or products like it, will be highly successful, especially if a cheap stripped-down version appears (web browser only, for instance).
Your wife is in the kitchen stirring the simmering curry, or sitting up in bed with the baby and bored, or something comes up on the telly she wants to lookup, or you're chilling out in the bedroom but too knackered to read your novel - these are exactly the times when she/you could switch on the *pad and do some casual browsing.
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Taua Roqa
Minmatar
Sebiestor tribe
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Posted - 2010.04.17 08:39:00 -
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we've become addicted to information. any information.
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Dray
Caldari
Euphoria Released
HYDRA RELOADED
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Posted - 2010.04.17 17:54:00 -
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It's pointless, for the cash buy a Win 7 laptop, or if you absolutely have to have an Apple product, pay the extra for an entry level MacBook, the Ipad is a luxury item, a bauble, anyone who says otherwise is an Apple fan boy or worse, a moron.
If it sells well it's a testament to the strength of the Apple brand not the quality of the Ipad.
Before I get some Apple fan boy hate, I own a MacBook Pro and an Ipod touch both of which are superb, I just didn't buy into the whole Apple myth of a rock solid OS of the gods that is virus free and style over substance, I use the mac for general pc gubbins, web, email, etc and my gaming rig is a Win7 based system.
Sometimes I think Steve Jobs could cover his turds in brushed Aluminium and the "more money than sense Notting Hill chinless wonders" would buy it in their thousands.
Apple products in most cases are very good but that comes at a premium, they aren't cheap, the Ipad I'm afraid, just isn't in that category.
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illford baker
EVE RONIN
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Posted - 2010.04.17 18:59:00 -
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next up, the iTV (AKA, giant iPad)
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Dan O'Connor
Cerberus Network
Dignitas.
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Posted - 2010.04.17 19:01:00 -
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Originally by: illford baker
next up, the iTV (AKA, giant iPad)
iTV was the code-name for the AppleTV 
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Koro Sarum
Amarr
Combat Support Associates
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Posted - 2010.04.19 05:16:00 -
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****
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Chaos Incarnate
Faceless Logistics
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Posted - 2010.04.19 05:47:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn
Everything tablet computers are good for.
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You could play a mean game of crayon physics. Apart from that...
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Posted - 2010.04.19 11:14:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn
Everything tablet computers are good for.
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except multitasking.
To answer the title, looking shiny and showing how hip you are when you flash it around
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Aerine Diamond
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FREE GATES ACADEMY
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Posted - 2010.04.19 15:37:00 -
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Edited by: Aerine Diamond on 19/04/2010 15:37:31
Okay.
If you have an iPad, you should check out this:
Link.
If you don't have one, all the more reason to check it out and laugh!
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Danton Marcellus
Nebula Rasa Holdings
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Posted - 2010.04.19 15:47:00 -
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It's the emperors new clothes.
The 'I' represent you and is there as a crutch to steady the frail ego.
Should/would/could have, HAVE you chav!
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Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
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Posted - 2010.04.19 20:38:00 -
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My i~epeen engorges itself at the sight of all this ihate. 
I have a MBP, an iphone 3G, and I'll be buying the largest wifi ipad in a couple of weeks. Why? it's great for games and reading books, I can lighten the load I carry by replacing books, magazines and other crap with an ipad (weight issues area lot for me, as drag my stuff around with me for work).
I don't care that it doesn't have a camera - my mac has that, so does my iphone. My new iphone will have 2 of them
I don't care that it doesn't use flash. HTML5 should solve that. I can watch movies via netflix, or stuff that I rent or buy from the itunes store. I'd like for a non-flash version of hulu to be available, and I suspect with the way ipad sales are doing, such a thing will exist soon if it doesn't already.
The star chart app alone is enough to make me want it.
I can afford itoys.
I like well designed, light weight, sturdy toys. Not plastic crap that breaks and cracks easily, as I must drag my stuff through airports, to hotel rooms and on airplanes.
I like my machines to run non-fail OS's. Oh sure, win7 is nice. Meh. I installed a partition of it on my Mac to play around with it (since CCP can't seem to get off their asses and make a native Mac client, I figured I'd try it) but it's not OSX.
I used to be a PC, but now ~ I'm a Mac. My **** just works. I like that.
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Crumplecorn
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Posted - 2010.04.19 20:55:00 -
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Originally by: Zedic
it's great for games
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Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
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Posted - 2010.04.19 20:58:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn
Originally by: Zedic
it's great for games
Hmm..
I can't tell if you're trolling, or just impervious to the reviews or the sales figures. 
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Crumplecorn
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:01:00 -
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Originally by: Zedic
Hmm..
I can't tell if you're trolling, or just impervious to the reviews or the sales figures.
Reviews won't give it a gaming OS, gaming peripherals, or gaming processing power.
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Blood Ghost
Caldari State 1st Protectorate
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:03:00 -
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Originally by: Zedic
My i~epeen engorges itself at the sight of all this ihate.
I have a MBP, an iphone 3G, and I'll be buying the largest wifi ipad in a couple of weeks. Why? it's great for games and reading books, I can lighten the load I carry by replacing books, magazines and other crap with an ipad (weight issues area lot for me, as drag my stuff around with me for work).
I don't care that it doesn't have a camera - my mac has that, so does my iphone. My new iphone will have 2 of them
I don't care that it doesn't use flash. HTML5 should solve that. I can watch movies via netflix, or stuff that I rent or buy from the itunes store. I'd like for a non-flash version of hulu to be available, and I suspect with the way ipad sales are doing, such a thing will exist soon if it doesn't already.
The star chart app alone is enough to make me want it.
I can afford itoys.
I like well designed, light weight, sturdy toys. Not plastic crap that breaks and cracks easily, as I must drag my stuff through airports, to hotel rooms and on airplanes.
I like my machines to run non-fail OS's. Oh sure, win7 is nice. Meh. I installed a partition of it on my Mac to play around with it (since CCP can't seem to get off their asses and make a native Mac client, I figured I'd try it) but it's not OSX.
I used to be a PC, but now ~ I'm a Mac. My **** just works. I like that.
http://www.filehurricane.com/photo-viewer/235
I was almost thinking this was a serious post, but the 'star chart app' and 'non-fail OS's' was too obvious, 8/10 for making me smile though
Originally by: CCP Shadow
It's over, Prime. *click*
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Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:09:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn
Originally by: Zedic
Hmm..
I can't tell if you're trolling, or just impervious to the reviews or the sales figures.
Reviews won't give it a gaming OS, gaming peripherals, or gaming processing power.
It's not for Eve, or Crysis FFS. LOL. 
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Dan O'Connor
Cerberus Network
Dignitas.
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:12:00 -
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Originally by: Zedic
Originally by: Crumplecorn
Originally by: Zedic
Hmm..
I can't tell if you're trolling, or just impervious to the reviews or the sales figures.
Reviews won't give it a gaming OS, gaming peripherals, or gaming processing power.
It's not for Eve, or Crysis FFS. LOL.
Speaking of CrySis...
I think we all gotta ask. The iPad... does it run CrySis?
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:14:00 -
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Originally by: Zedic
"great for gaming"
"oh but not those games"
lolmac
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Irida Mershkov
Gallente
Capsuleers of Doom
Opticon Alliance
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:23:00 -
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Absolutely nothing.
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Zedic
Amarr
Universalis Imperium
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Posted - 2010.04.19 21:27:00 -
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Originally by: Crumplecorn
Originally by: Zedic
"great for gaming"
"oh but not those games"
lolmac
Yup. You suck at trolling. LOL.
(I'm WAY better than you it seems) 
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