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Author:  Midgen [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 12:28 am ]
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Are all of our Apple cultists too busy meditating with their new toys to post about it ?
Author:  FarSky [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 2:55 am ]
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I'm holding out for the 3G-enabled model at the end of the month.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:41 am ]
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I still don't get it.
Maybe if I try one. About the only thing that excites me is its potential as a comic reader, but my local library stocks graphic novels and iPhone comics are expensive at 2.99$ a pop. Combine that with a 500$ reader and... well, why?
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:56 am ]
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SuiNeko wrote:
iPhone comics are expensive at 2.99$ a pop.

Holy crap! Why on earth would somebody do this?
Author:  Katas [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:41 pm ]
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I have held it and stroked it but it was not mine to meditate upon.

I sought to eradicate desire and achieve nirvana.

Instead, I am now painfully aware of grunge and Courtney Love.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:07 pm ]
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Its partly an artifact of the UK prices being established when the Dollar<->Pound exchange rate was different, I think, and partly companies experimenting with pricing. Some are 99c (59p), but they tend to be short, indie comics. Longer content marvel and big name stuff tends to be 1.99+, and I can *easily* read a 30 issue series in an afternoon. I read all of the Captain America ones up to the point the Shield lady shot him when unable to sleep in Bangalore at one point ;-p
Author:  Caleria [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:13 pm ]
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It's interesting enough for me. But at the moment, I don't have the money to throw around on what would really be an expensive toy. If I had plenty of extra cash, I'd totally get one. But I suppose I'll just have to wait.

However, the footage of some guy playing Crisis on his iPad has certainly piqued my interest.
Author:  NephyrS [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:32 pm ]
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I would buy it if it had stylus/handwriting support.

It would be fun to play with, and I would use it a lot for reading/annotating papers.

As is, however... I'll wait for the Courier.
Author:  Vindicarre [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:18 pm ]
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Courier...wow. Thanks for that Neph; I didn't know it was in the works.
Author:  Jocificus [ Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:37 pm ]
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Yeah, at this point the courier makes the iPad look like a joke, hopefully it's not too far out.

I don't get iPad's really, but those that like them I hope they are everything you wanted.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:59 am ]
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I'd be sceptical of an unreleased product making a released product look like a joke, in general. A lot of usability is in the detail of implementation... Win6 sounds better than many competing systems, as did WebOS for palm, etc, but they're having they're lunch eaten for not being quite successful enough at what they do to be sufficiently usable for a sufficiently large number of people.
Author:  LadyKate [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:25 am ]
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I still don't understand how the iPad is anything more than a glorified iPhone without the phone. And its a lot bigger so you can't tote it around in your pocket.
Also, how do you protect such a large screen? The logistics of that bother me too. With a laptop you can just close it which takes all of 2 seconds. With the iPad you'd have to take it in and out of a case constantly.
Does any of us actually have one?
Author:  Darkroland [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:44 am ]
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I hadn't even heard of the MS courier... that thing looks niiiice.

Found an engadget article on march 5th about this thing, has some videos of the user interface:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/
Author:  Müs [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 10:59 am ]
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LadyKate wrote:
I still don't understand how the iPad is anything more than a glorified iPhone without the phone.


Because it isn't?
Author:  Midgen [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:39 pm ]
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Hey!

It BLENDS!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/will ... d-edition/
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 12:52 pm ]
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That guy has the coolest job in the world.
Author:  Leshani [ Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:56 pm ]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGUppxoJUVg
Author:  Midgen [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:17 am ]
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iDamn!
Author:  Taskiss [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:34 pm ]
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At first I thought I'd never want one.

Then I thought about just how much time I spend just consuming content.

$800 isn't all that much, if the 3G contract works as advertised.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:48 am ]
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Shuttupshuttupshuttup you apple SHILL. I - do --not - need!
Author:  Taskiss [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:20 am ]
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SuiNeko wrote:
Shuttupshuttupshuttup you apple SHILL. I - do --not - need!

But... it's shiny!

Just think about it.
Author:  Micheal [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:32 am ]
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Ooh, shiny!

I'll wait at least six months to see how they're working out and wait for the inevitable Apple post-release price drop.
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Author:  Timmit [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:00 am ]
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I wasn't interested the last time people got all excited about tablet PCs, and that hasn't noticeably changed now ;)
Author:  Micheal [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 11:05 am ]
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Author:  Taskiss [ Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:20 pm ]
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The best place for me to read is in a hot tub - the iPad won't replace books any time soon for me!
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