What’s the deal with the Apple iPad?

Great take on the misgivings of iPad, i completely agree. Steve Jobs knows how to play his game. Hmm…do you like the name, iPad?

iPad and iPod. parehas ang pronounciation.

netbook killer daw…. sus

@maxmailpc
“there was just too much hype on what the ipad would have even before its release”

But that’s how Apple’s products are released… the iPhone received the same hype.

@lolipown
yeah you’re right about that. i just don’t get how Mr. Jobs belittled netbooks before introducing the ipad when what he is about to introduce is for me, more inferior and less capable than this ion netbook i am typing on right now.

kuya abe, kinain ni akismet yung comment ko. waah. :(

Haha mga bro first time ko to na mag-follow ng isang Apple gadget tapos halos lahat ng tech sites at forums ang daming sobrang na-disappoint sa ipad na to. kindle lang ata kaya nitong talunin. pano pag naglabas na ng mga tablet ang hp at iba pa na may windows 7 eh di mga sosyalista na lang bibili ni to.haha peace man

there are lots of things it doesnt have.
but what it does have, what it can do, what it changes is amazing. imagine one in every household. my 3 year old could use this. its a game changer. its doesnt give you everything you need. when was the last time you needed everything?

This means that the HP slate is way bettah.. Make the hp slate snappy and then u got a gadget to beat.. Imma switch back to windows if that is the case..

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i’d rather stick with my ipod touch. even though the apps are somewhat downsized in terms of functionality at least kasya sa pocket ko haha.

“Apple is creating a device for a non-existent market and that’s the biggest challenge”

what market is this anyway, a market for oversized iPod Touches.

If its trying breakthrough the Tablet-Slate market, i can honestly say that its not doing its job properly.why? this “thing” is not a PC, or even a computer

http://www.youtube.com/user/emonegro#p/a/u/0/8eF0y0IfpPU

^lol

What tasks for a portable device would be worth spending a couple hundred bucks for?

This would be good for e-book readers, but for everything else? No flash, no multi-tasking? Iphones doesn’t have those but then, that thing fits right into your pocket, unlike this.

I am having a hard time thinking of this iPad’s use other than reading e-books. Convertible tablet pcs give you the touchscreen experience + computing needs. Netbooks gives you the portability you need. Iphone gives you the phone + ultra portable multitouch experience as well. If anyone can give me a situation where this iPad would be of good use (and worth its price), I’d be happy to hear that.

im not sold out on the iPad but im not hating it either. wait and see lang what the apps created for iPad can do. baka mapabilib kayo. :)

when the new shuffle came out maraming nag-isip na hindi maganda yung voice-over controls pero upon using it a lot of people changed their mind.

people just need to temper down their expectations for the Apple Tablet. Besides, it’s really not for everyone.

5 reasons why the iPad doesn’t suck

Rumors:

*You can use your iphone camera on the iPad via adapter using wifi/3g/bluetooth. It may support any kind of phone w/ camera w/ 3g/wifi/bluetooth support

*Gamepad controller for games

i wish somebody out there will put up a company that will sell affordable products and will enable us to create and assemble gadgets by our own liking, customize with our own design, features and capabilities that we really want.

what i think of the situation:

– Apple iPad SHOULD NOT CLAIM that it belongs to a SEPARATE ISOLATED Category other than Tablet PCs. Why? Because Apple cannot admit that they came late in the “tablet” industry… Moreover, the only way they can justify this lapse is to present the iPad as belonging to an entirely new category. I THINK THIS IS A FRAUD!!!!! A CAPITALIST ATTEMPT TO FOOL CONSUMERS!

Hmmm…

iPOD…iPAD

Let us take the names literally.

The iPOD gives you the notion that is pod-like. Say pea in a pod, in a way, initial thought as something small or somewhat the size of a pea pod ( 1st generation iPOD ). Where the peas are the music and the gadget itself is the pod.

The iPAD, well, literally is a PAD! Yes, an oversized iPOD, grown to the size of a pad. “How I wish I had a bigger screen,” says one user on his iPOD/Touch. “Okay sir, here you go!” replied Steve.

What I am contemplating on is one other meaning to “pod”:

POD, noun
the part of a space vehicle that can be separated from the main part

Whereas, APPLE will market and pair the iPOD with the iPAD – can interact as one gadget yet can still be used separately. If utilized as one – they will call it as the iFUSION or following the “P”.. the iPLAY!

YEAR 2010

Son: Dad can you buy me an iPAD?!
Daddy: You already have an iPOD boy, and besides it just an oversized iPOD.
Son: No Dad, i need to fuse it with my iPOD, so me and my other friends can do with it as iPLAY.
Daddy: You lost me there sonny…
Son : Get me one and I’ll show you…

…A FEW YEARS LATER

Yahoo! Finance : APPLE, INC. posts double digit profit!

Yahoo! Autos : APPLE inks partnership with Ford Motor Co. iKEY software integrated into latest generation iPOD Touch and Play

THINK TANK!

My wife has an MSI netbook which she uses mostly for MS Word, browsing the web, watching videos, and playing music. She never used the built in webcam.

After seeing the iPad, she’s willing to give up all the other functionalities of the netbook to have a better user experience where it matters to her. This is the kind of user the iPad is for.

We power users are better off with the latest laptop and smartphone combo.

No doubt people would buy it, for the bragging rights, for something to talk about with their friends. But from the standpoint of device as tool for efficiency and progress and even of beauty, the iPad is the Cupertino version of a Quiapo cure.

And imagine how Pinoys are going to pronounce this thing without sounding like they want an iPod. Isang iPaaad, yung malaki ha.

kahit bigyan ako nyan baka hindi ko magagamit. puede cguro pang display. siempre mas pipiliin ko parin desktop ko dyan kesa sa iPad na yan hehehehe. nagsasayang sila ng pera.

this is for all the people who dont use computers or dont know how to, or find it too complicated. you can practically take this anywhere, use it on the road etc, no need to fiddle with a mouse or track pad etc. it just works.

its like how the wii changed things in console gaming.

sure this is not a new idea and others are coming out with it

but who has done it better so far? its not about apple ruling the world, its about apple changing how the world works.

As if naman kung maganda ang product name ng iPad eh bibili kayo nito. The comments about the product name issue is rubbish.
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Well, sorry to all apple fans out there. But for me, apple products are not really user friendly. I don’t like installing i-tunes in my system.

my bad! eto pala link just remove the quotation marks: “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs”.

first of all, iPad is a terrible name. lacks creativity. secondly, i think that iPad is overrated. why? because the iPad isn’t doing anything new for the market. i feel like it’s stuck between a kindle and a low-end netbook/tablet and has major identity crisis. it is trying to get “the best of most worlds” so to speak by providing us with more of the same functionalities we’ve seen of thousands of gadgets before but in a lighter version.

but to give credit to apple, they will certainly sell a lot of these to a lot people. why? simply because it has their name on it. and many companies have been doing that for years now. i’m not anti-apple and i do wish i can have some of their gadgets, but i don’t like it when companies think they can sell us crappy products and get away with it. here’s hoping that this is one those times when apple dives in and lands face first. but then again, it’s apple we’re talking about..

let us not compare the ipod to the ipad – its a false paradigm. with that in mind – the ipad is a fail.

i thank you.

Please correct the notion that “no multi-tasking means” you can’t listen to music while doing something else (reading an ebook, surfing, emailing on the thing).

You definitely CAN on an ipod touch — hence you can on an ipad.

I think its multi-tasking in the context of smartphone / computer multi tasking. Yes the iPod Touch / iPhone can play your music and run a single app over that. But thats it. People are looking for real multi tasking like the one found on the Pre. The iPhone can take a call and run another app – only one and thats it.

The name iPad really sucks – remember that 2006 MADTv skit? Thats the iPad.

People will really compare this with the iPod Touch – there’s no way to avoid it. It really seems just like a scaled-up Touch to me. And people are lookig for a scaled down Mac.

It really looks like a win for Apple with Yuga’s observations but how about for us? For the end-user, will it be justifiable to cough up $499+? Only time will tell. The iPod got its own share of criticisms when it came out around a decade ago and look at it now.

This can be another iPod or another Apple TV.

2ng klase lang ng tao ang bibili nyan eh.. yung mayaman, at tsaka yung gustong may ipag yabang. haha. :PEACE OUT!

sana magkaroon na ng ipod touch with camera. dati wifi lang, ngaun me bluetooth. camera na lang talaga kulang. don’t need the phone. gawin kong digital organizer. =)

if you have an iphone or ipod touch, then ipad is a redundant product. for non-apple product users, its a fine product esp. as a go between a laptop and a smartphone and as your first apple device(again you can opt for an ipod touch here, cheaper and larger storage and better portability.) but if you already have a netbook, again its a redundant device unless you want to upgrade/downgrade to ipad. ipad is more of a toy than a productivity tool and designed for a casual computer user. but then again, if you got cash to burn,redundancy is irrelevant.

I think that the point here is not hardware or gadgets as most of you are commenting. It’s all about CONTENT!Steve wants to be King of the World – the digital world that is! King Steve wants to be the digital content provider of the world. Music, video, ebooks, newspapers, magazines, games – he wants to put his hands on everything digital. A digital middleman in short. King Steve wants to put Apple at the center of it all – for a fee of course! Because everything passes thru itunes! This guy’s dreaming BIG!

The question is, will the public buy it? Will the competitors allow it? Abangan!

Just my 2 cents worth…

IBM started with the Pad names, remember their laptops, “ThinkPad”. Sa game console, Nintendo Wii, pero naging mabenta. Wala siguro sa pangalan yan.

^ I’ll wait for this Abe.

Yes it is over-hyped, I’ve been waiting for this and blogged about rumors of the “Apple Tablet” many times.

Tumaas lang ng tumaas ung expectations ng mga tao dahil sa rumors kaya ang daming naisip na kulang.

I was expecting that it will be priced at around $750 for the entry level but I was surprised because of the $499 price tag.

It really depends on what you do and I might give the iPad a shot when it arrives here in the Philippines.

Try it first before you decide.

If you’re in a market for an ebook reader, this is a colored alternative (great for emagazine reading)

If you wanted to get one of those archos media player in the past, this is a thinner alternative.

If you still don’t have a psp, this is a bigger size alternative. Maybe the gaming experience is not for pro gamers yet though.

If you have been delaying your purchase of an ipod touch (not for music itself but for the web surfing experience on the go or presentations or something. While standing or walking (corporate clients like med reps or real estate agents.

Me, i’ll wait for the third generation when the minimum capacity is 124 gig already, with camera and even cheaper.

Swak na swak sakin to dahil mahilig ako magbasa ng libro habang tumatae, eh kung iPad gamit ko makakabrowse na din ako hehe at pede pang manuod ng movie hehe.. seriously it has some other uses, like in a car… just dont think of it as a netbook replacement just like jobs said. More of a “reader” as someone said, not as a content creation thing. loved what I can do with my iPhone, i think iPad will be better because of the size and power(speed).

I never liked MAC as a desktop pc, never will I buy one, well maybe pag i dont care about money anymore. but i think this gadget will fits me well.

Di nyo paren ba naiintindihan kung baket binuo ang iPad? check my blog about what i think iPad is.

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remember its in between a laptop and a smartphone (iPhone)/iPod Touch iniisip nila na mali ang concept ng netbook

comments here made me laugh ! im not an apple fan but i own an iPhone 3gs and ipod . its worth the money but it lacks the feature of adobe flash where you can play videos from sites.(selected sites)i would buy an iPad if it has adobe flash.
for those haters 5 stars!! cause you cant afford this things or gadgets from apple so stick with you old fashion big remote control nokia`s.

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.

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