It’s the Apple iPad!

LOL! I was smiling when I found out about it ->> iPad? What a sucky name for an Apple product.

The server is overloaded with this news. Hope it’s traffic. But who’d use the iPad?

anung itsura ng micro sim?

No flash/multi-tasking/non-approved apple apps? Its pretty, nice UI and all, but too locked up for my taste. –> This reddit comment sums up what I feel for the device

Its too early to tell if i’ll buy one. but i think the price is great. Lets see if competitors can come up with a better product than this. was hoping for a PDF/Ebook Reader + HD Portable Media Player. Was a little disappointed though!

Meh I was way and I mean way way overexcited and I’m a bit disappointed.

imagine that with a keyboard like the one iphone has. its like typing on a flat surface. in iphone its bearable cause you use your thumbs. but how about all your fingers. hmmmm.

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The Vaio P looks sexier than this!

Sana mag-march na! Can’t wait.

Hehehe… I wonder if a Pinoy is part of the marketing/brand group of Apple that came up with the name iPad.

Maybe the next products will be iPone and iTats? :-)

I watched the video….wooowwww!!….what an incredible experience it will be! I want one!

The pricing seems to be a catch but the specs and functionality lacks excitement.

Akala ko imitation ng iPod dahil sa name haha :))

Hmm for the first time hinde lahat boto sa bagong release ng Apple ah. Gives me an idea for a post :D

The lack of multitasking and flash support sounds like a deal breaker. It’s priced the same as a high end 10″ netbook.

kelan lalabas ang iPad maxi and iPad with wings? :P

ewan ko, i can’t feel the ‘wow’ in this. even the latest iPod shuffle made me say ‘wow’ then ‘eh?’ after seeing it had no buttons. but still, it had a ‘wow’ for the size. iPad? wala. it looked like one of those digital frames sold in CDRking…

iLike!

The name iPad reminds me of my gradeschool Padpaper. Hmmm … the features seem promising but the price is simply outrageous. Well, that’s part of carrying the “Apple”. ;)

i wanna call it iLet (ibookLet)

phenomenal Browsing experience… “Steve Jobs” said.

IMO, it is useless. Netbooks/laptops can easily outdo this “iPad”. Yup, the name is really baaad.

Too pricey. I suppose Apple fanboys / fangirls are the only ones who would buy this. Well, maybe the filthy rich too. LOL.

basically, it just a super-sized iPod touch.. nothing out of the ordinary

Hhmm.. just an observation.. ilang editions na ang nai-release ng Apple sa iPod/Touch/Phone,.., at ngayon naman iPad.. Pero di pa rin nila nilalagyan ng Multi-tasking features ang product nila.. eh ang Android phones nga meron.. yun lang Android walang multi-touch.. hindi kaya agreement ng dalawang company eto? na sadyang di maglagay ng multi-tasking features ang iPhone/Touch/Pod at di maglagay ng multi-touch feature ang Android?? Kasi kaya naman nilang idagdag yung feature na yun kung tutuusin.

Nice Apple, but at that price I think the Lenovo x100 would be a more wiser investment for me. Not unless I’d win the lottery soon then I’ll get two ipads.

Mr. Jobs didn’t know that to some cultures, these words are pronounced identically. Kinda’ unimaginative. iPad, really!

Wait til you experience the real thing….malayo pa ang march…Ipad is all about experience…that’s why i’d rather not make a comment or comparison…except wow!

hahaha IPad… i thought it was IPirated, from china…

but i think i would like to have this in the future… :p

I think I’ll pass. Or will until an update arrives. for now. a tablet pc is a better choice for me.

cheers!

nice digital photo frame! :p

I listened to the live presentation this morning. Although it’s not that impressive the iBook feature is very interesting. The price point is also a big surprise.

I’m sure it’ll arrive here in the Philippines in the 25,000 price point (16GB,Wifi, no 3G). From what I read, it should arrive March or April.

I’ll just stick to the iPod Touch or the 5800XM (hehehe).

Leo’s correct. I’ve been reading its features and netbooks “do have some” of it din. And sabi nga, you can’t multitask on this tablet. Might as well wait for the iPad upgrade or ver 2 of it. Baka mas may bagong feature na lalabas.

matagal na yang i-pad na yan dito sa pinas. di ba that’s how we pinoys pronounce the i-pod? i-pad nano, i-pad touch! hahaha

Definitely excited about this. Been using an iPod touch for 2 plus years now and have been wanting something with the same experience but with a larger screen for a while now. My iPod touch (aka mini pad ugh) is great for net browsing and gaming around the house and especially in bed, but the screen is small. Netbook don’t cut it because of load times and they can be clunky. Respectfully, I think a lot of you guys are missing the point- it’s not meant to be a computer per se, but a great way to browse, read etc. with a tap of an icon. Haven’t seen that kind of ui on anything but the iPod touch- so I think it’s great.

in case my ipod touch stops working, i’d probably still buy another ipod touch and not an ipad, same specs in a smaller form :) and cheaper!

if you have an itouch or iphone, i don’t know why you’d wanna buy this one

big ass iPhone. Love the fact theat it runs iPhone apps. Another boost for the App Store.

@ayi

there is already a Microsoft Tablet.. (other than the tablet notebooks it offers) the HP Slate as showcased last CES

Too expensive for the feature set and specs. No multi-task? No cam? No native VGA? No external card storage? No USB? No voice mode on the 3G model? WTF?!? No thanks…. I’ll just wait for the Chinese knock-offs to come out.

pag labas sa singapore bili ako agad :)

my 3gs wins bigtime!

Pretty disappointing coming from apple, too much bezel for me (kinda looks like a digital picture frame), running Iphone OS 3.2??????, no multi-tasking, no cam, geez, the archos 9 comes out way nicer than this.

just my 2 cents.

For sure they have the version 2 of that lahat ng hinahanap ng tao dun makikita.. ganyan naman ang business technique ni Apple they dont give full blown features kahit pwede naman. They give it little by little.

Ipad if you will compare your technology to Kindle or Nook yes I will vote for you… for netbook… I dont think so.

I’d like it though, if they’ve just chosen OSX over iPhone OS :|

i agree, should have been OSX

kadisappoint..
netbook > ipad

And I thought the speculated ISlate was a bad name already. Hehe…

you guys might want to read this.

What’s missing from the Apple Ipad?
http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/ipad-whats-missing/

I agree with Yuga… what’s to hate with ipad aside from the name. faster, better and just give it a few weeks or months… developers will come out with a very very good apps that will make you want to say… “I want that!!!!”.

Remember.. apple is a hardware company and uses software as a leverage. This can be a new platform that they are bringing out, so developers can create that apps for touch screens that cannot be created on iphone or itouch.

What I don’t like aside from the name, is the bezel, its too large. ;) They should have atleast.. made it a little smaller.

And I thought the name would be iSlate… good thing is doesn’t have wings!!! heheheh

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matatawa lang ako sa mga taong bibili nyan… pang porma lang yan eh. Not all apple products must be a success… itong iPad pwede ba wag nang ipilit! ala namang silbi

imagine bitbit mo yan while listening to itunes hahaha

peace! :)

#1 Maybe the real “iSlate” is still under development?

#2 or maybe the “ipad” is the first stepping stone to become “islate”?

Let us see how apple evolve this kind of technology. Maybe they have a plan?

Btw, please count me in to those numbers who will “NOT” buy this “ipad”

What the hell? I love I-pad. I love its features and I believe APPLE will work on adjusting its specs just like what they did on their recent products. I also don’t compare its features on a laptop… so fuck this. I’m buying it. Maybe you’re just poor? hahaha

i tot iPad was just a coined word just for fun…i watched it way back then in the madtv…now it’s a tech stuff! hahha…brilliant steve jobs!

anyway, im gonna earn money for this…i’ll surely get one for my self…i wanna have the one with 3g and wifi…excited.

I’m just waiting for it to have a camera and flash in safari

I just have bought my ipod touch 3rd generation and the first thing that came into my mind is, i wish the screen is bigger. And that wish came true. Welcome to the woeld ipad!

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nag enjoy ako nung pinanuod ko live stream ng prescon nyan sakto birthday ko pa, hmmm sana makabili ako nyan haha

just when we thought it was gonna be called the “islate” since the domain name was reserved, they came out with ipad instead…

apples products are definitely geared towards applications sales and not on the hardware itself. so what applications best bring it off the ground to revenue-haven?

I wonder when will this be available dito sa Philippines?

i thought ipad ay isa lang gadget na hindi ganon katindi ng pagkagawa. have one if the price is not like the iphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! frustrating iphone to filipino users.

uh, jun, no the comparison is not between the ipad and the kindle. The kindle has a specific purpose and it achieves it very very well. The ipad on the other hand CAN be an e-reader but its much much more than that.

Only real techies know that you can’t compare the two and only real techies will go out and buy both.

end of discussion.

uh jun, if you read my post i said “The ipad on the other hand CAN be an e-reader but its much much more than that. .”

but you’re right, lets do a search just like you said.

http://www.businessinsider.com/good-news-amazon-the-ipad-didnt-hurt-you-much-2010-1

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358525,00.asp

http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/computing/hardware/the-ipad-is-not-a-kindle-killer-blame-the-display

http://www.openculture.com/2010/02/10_reasons_ipad_will_not_kill_kindle.html

If you’re still not convinced try this as well,

http://www.getaclue.com

Was looking forward to use this as a GPS device and music player at the same time, or reading books and listening at the same time.

Not happening

Tax: before iphone os4 came out those are the two examples where you CAN actually multitask. If you have a iphone or touch you would know that you can listen to music while doing pretty much anything else, mail, safari, games and many other apps.

that was all BEFORE iphone OS4

Now that is out, complete multitasking is ALL possible.

its all VERY much happening

Ipads are available npo dito sa Pinas via Great Gadget Shop http://greatgadgetshop.com

Free delivery within Metro Manila. COD or credit card installment po (bpi under SI program.

Ha! i think this device is useless.. somewhat the same as the archos 9 but i think this is cooler.. not to mention more popular than archos. anyway, i’d rather buy a tablet than buy this.. although it’s very thin, light, cool design, etc, yata yata yata, this and that, as a student, this is useless. Can you even install other applications here aside from the apple apps?? id rather stick with my pavillion..

Ha! i think this device is useless.. somewhat the same as the archos 9 but i think this is cooler.. not to mention more popular than archos. anyway, i’d rather buy a tablet than buy this.. although it’s very thin, light, cool design, etc, yata yata yata, this and that, as a student, this is useless. Can you even install other applications here aside from the apple apps?? id rather stick to my pavilion..

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It will be almost the same, according to Steve Jobs International iPads cost more because of the US tax

I finally bought an iPad after many weeks of going back and forth to the Apple store. Before, I thought of the iPad as a hypertrophied iPod touch. It still is, but with more functionality. Aside from being an e-book reader, gaming console, digital picture frame, and being able to surf the web, check emails, watch movies and TV, listen to the internet radio and you iPod music, and social networking, it offers more. In fact, more and more medical schools here in the US use this not only as, say, their atlas for anatomy, but also transcripts of medical notes (pdf and doc files). If you have so many pdf and doc files and books like me, this is a good gadget for you especially for those professionals who do not want to carry so many things. I use these functional apps for my work: Pages and Goodreader, to name a few. I got the 64GB wifi + 3G for $830 (of course, plus tax of 10%). My first choice was a 16GB wifi-only model, but Best Buy only has this top of the line model. What compelled me to purchase this gadgetry? I wanted to get rid of my Nokia Booklet 3G.

I love reading stuff – be it educational or otherwise. Reading my books on my iphone4 strains my eyes too much. I’d rather have the full experience of an e-book reader. It is also ideal for reading/ watching the news. By the way, months before, I was supposed to buy the Amazon Kindle. Good thing I did NOT buy it. I was contemplating on buying a Sony, Nook, or a Kindle. All of them disappointed me because they’re all TOO slow. Mind you, I really went to Barnes and Noble to try the Nook. Nook’s nice but is really slow and is known for its “hiccup” moments. I went to Best Buy to try out the Sony E-reader. It is slow as well. But with the iPad, the experience is totally different (it’s amazingly very responsive and fast especially on wifi). Does it cause eye-strain when reading? No, because you can adjust the screen brightness and the display (Sephia, Black, or White) to make it softer and more pleasant to the eyes while reading. I also use this to read the Bible (you have to download it from Amazon) be it in Church or at home.

What are the cons? Undeniably, cost for most. There is no built-in camera. You have to buy an Apple adapter for you to be able to use your camera. No SD slot, but Apple sells a separate adapter for the SD card slot. The iBookstore App is inferior to Amazon Kindle App for the ipad and iphone. I use the Kindle app more because they have more variety.

I tried to find the meaning in the alleged and seemingly “useless” device for some. In my opinion, this computer is very functional. In fact, I use my iphone4 less and less. The fact that this computer tablet is gaining ground in US universities, churches, and the business world, Apple and third-party developers will try to make it more and more purposeful.

Where can I buy iPad here in the Philippines?

i like it!so much..

During iPad’s birth, its use was questioned.
Look around now, it became one of the most loved device today.:-)

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