Anyone ? Ipad question

[jakethewho]

I am Planning to get an ipad , while browsing on youtube, I spot this CG novel anyone think it's a good idea to get this?

[Che]

I'm waiting for the iTampon to come out. Never really was a fan of pads.

[Joe]

I'm just curious how the iPad will hold up in the blue liquid test.

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[Furore]

If it's not too expensive, it might be alright to get (preorder prices here though lead me to believe there are TONS of other similarly sized products that do more at considerably cheaper prices).

I think the strength of the iPod Touch and iPhone was the size, zooming up a device that can't multitask and has a software library limited to what Apple will allow (unless you want to jailbreak) wasn't the best move when you look at it's competition.

[Sean]

There's an Asus netbook running a full OS (Windows XP, upgradable to 7) with a swivel touch screen that you can swing around and fold flat and use it as a Tablet PC. It's incredibly light, but the drawback is the keyboard is pretty small (being only a 8" laptop)

It's hardware (and software) are better than what the iPad has to offer, and it's over $100 cheaper.

I'd still rather type on a real keyboard than some damn touch screen any day of the week; this is what keeps me from buying "smart phones" that don't have built in QWERTY keyboards, that touchscreen typing BS is for the birds.


Anything built on the Intel Atom architecture is > that stupid wannabe shit Apple produced for the iPad. I also have serious problems with proprietary operating systems (that aren't Windows) with massive DRM issues.


Not to mention you pay out the ass for a decent amount of storage. Granted SSD technology IS expensive, and Apple's not using the cheap slow shit a lot of people find as their SSDs for netbooks/tablets, it's still ridiculous. Give me an HDD any day of the week, I don't care if it's a battery whore, I don't need more than 4-5 hours off a plug anyways.

The lack of Flash is also utterly BS too. Granted the built-in Safari browser supports HTML5, the futuristic replacement for Flash, but it'll take YEARS before HTML5 becomes mainstream and overtakes an over decade old browser multimedia plugin.