Anyone getting an iPad?

I'm waiting for iPad v2 :D. Remember the step change from the first iphone to the second. My betting is on similar styling to the iPhone v4.

And why dont they include internet tethering over Bluetooth to an iPhone - that would make a lot of sense.
 
Tobers said:
I'm waiting for iPad v2 :D. Remember the step change from the first iphone to the second. My betting is on similar styling to the iPhone v4.

And why dont they include internet tethering over Bluetooth to an iPhone - that would make a lot of sense.
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Because you can do that over wifi :p

Serious answer would be they stand to make twice as much money out if you with 2 contacts. It is a business after all.
 
I would buy an iPad but it doesn't have fuel injection, so it's not as good as the car I've already got.

I would have bought an iPad but it doesn't bark properly, so it's not as good as my dog.

I would have bought an iPad but it doesn't have a 500 GB hard drive / USB3 / FW800 / a 24" screen / a proper keyboard - so it's not as good as a laptop.
 
jontucker said:
Yes you would think that, if that were the case, which it isn't.
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But it is a device that would be so much more powerful/functional if it did have it though, sod dropping 5 tonne on something that could hold only a few videos, limited software and doesn't allow for much else other than using the iPhone applications on another platform

the possibilities for it are endless, but Apple, in my eyes, have limited them somewhat, I bet you there are people out there gagging for it to have more stuff so that they can use it how they want to, not how the app store says they can.

Massively clever marketing ploy that has sucked in all the apple fans IMO

grumble grumble grumble
 
501cards said:
£20 for 6 Months Internet, with very few restrictions and no contract, doubt there is anything out there to get close

http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/services/payg/boosters/

Above is a link to the info on the t-mobile website, if anyone wants to see the cut down sim to get an idea of where to trim it let me know.
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Excellent tip - thanks - and would be keen to see what/where to cut

Sectionate said:
you would think that something that is meant to emulate a laptop, it would have more memory etc. I would only consider one if they made it with a Firewire port (the quick look in the shop didn't reveal one)...

But then again, even playing with it, I can't help but feel all that they have done is taken an iPhone and stuck it in an enlarging device...
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It is not meant to emulate ANYTHING - it is a tablet device - a device in it's own right that is designed to accompany a laptop or phone

mid_gen said:
If you are comparing the iPad to laptops and mobile phones, then I'm afraid you are simply unable to grasp the point of the device.

The fact it is NOT a laptop, and NOT a mobile phone, is the reason it's flying off the shelves.

I was a sceptic, albeit a sceptic with enough money to buy such toys on a whim....but after using it a while you see it's real value. Playing with it in a shop won't change your preconceptions.
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Agreed :thumbs:

Tobers said:
I'm waiting for iPad v2 :D. Remember the step change from the first iphone to the second. My betting is on similar styling to the iPhone v4.
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Why wait for the next version - you could be enjoying the current version. Life is too short to be forever wanting something better/newer/faster

hollis_f said:
I would buy an iPad but it doesn't have fuel injection, so it's not as good as the car I've already got.

I would have bought an iPad but it doesn't bark properly, so it's not as good as my dog.

I would have bought an iPad but it doesn't have a 500 GB hard drive / USB3 / FW800 / a 24" screen / a proper keyboard - so it's not as good as a laptop.
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I assume you can't afford one or are not allowed to buy one :wave:

I guarantee a fair proportion of the people who have slated the device fall into one or the other groups.
 
bl0at3r said:
I guarantee a fair proportion of the people who have slated the device fall into one or the other groups.
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I can afford it and bought the top spec unit but had the feeling of touching my toes when I handed over the money

I spent nearly 30 years designing top-spec electronic kit & can spot a platform that the manufacturer has put in artificial limitations. The iPad could have been so much better for no extra cost :shrug:
 
Sectionate said:
Massively clever marketing ploy that has sucked in all the apple fans IMO
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I'm not an Apple fan in the slightest....whenever I see Jobs' face I just want to punch it...and all the drivel he comes out with....but the products are good....over-hyped yes...but still good.

I've been there and done that with big laptops, small laptops, netbooks, PC, Mac, Linux.....the iPad goes with me everywhere and gets used far more any of them.
 
bl0at3r said:
I assume you can't afford one or are not allowed to buy one :wave:
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Au contraire. I was one of the first in the UK to get one. I didn't worry about all the things - car, dog, laptop - that it wasn't. I'd already played with one and knew that I would love it.
 
mrgubby said:
I can afford it and bought the top spec unit but had the feeling of touching my toes when I handed over the money
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Same here....it irks with me that Apple kit is usually crippled in some way to extract money from you....it does indeed feel like you're being bent over when you buy them.

Sadly their kit is usually better than everyone elses! Although in the smartphone space the competition is very very good now so I'm looking forward to jumping ship to Android in a few months.
 
What Apple will tend to do is restrict functionality on their early launches, then gradually add the desired functionality back in, keeping existing users keen and breaking down the resistance of the nay-sayers until they cant take it any more and cave in to buy one. The iPhone is a good example.
 
Well, I couldn't hold back any longer; God knows why :shrug:

Officially, they're supposed to be released in Saudi in July (not sure when in July); but today the bug just got to me. Started searching for one from early morning, and thanks to a good friend, found a 64GB 3G model for a very good price.

It now sits happily next to me, getting synchronised while I happily type this out.

:)
 
Sweet. Didn't think it would be long Wail.
Enjoy it. Check out the ipad apps thread.

Prepare to be on TP even more and use the Internet anywhere!
 
I'm on that thread, and I see the expenses starting to pile-up.

Next, it'll be the cases, then the additional attachments, then ... God forbid, the whole family will want one, each :bang:
 
I got mine yesterday. UPS delivered at lunch time but I did not get to play until after 11. Initial impressions were frustration at having to update itunes before I could do anything but once I got over those traumas things started to breeze along lovely. Even my wife acknowledged its 'coolness'

Am I right in assuming that when uploading pictures the optimising means the software is resizing images ready for ipad use - or is this something I should be doing in PS before hand?

Spooks
 
Spooky said:
Am I right in assuming that when uploading pictures the optimising means the software is resizing images ready for ipad use - or is this something I should be doing in PS before hand?

Spooks
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Damien Lovegrove has put up an iPad resizing action with some explanation HERE ... HTH :)
 
hollis_f said:
Hmmm, interesting. Almost identical to my Lightroom export settings for images destined for the iPad.
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I know it is a cheek but any chance of sharing the settings for LR?

Spooks
 
Tobers said:
What Apple will tend to do is restrict functionality on their early launches, then gradually add the desired functionality back in, keeping existing users keen and breaking down the resistance of the nay-sayers until they cant take it any more and cave in to buy one. The iPhone is a good example.
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Dang. Caved in and got one as well. 32gb non 3G. Very nice it is too. I'd classify it as a "sofa device" at the moment - very easy to use reclined with a beer on the sofa. Just need the camera kit and I'm sorted. Very impressed apart from the inability to tether to my iPhone to get Internet whilst mobile.
 
Spooky said:
I know it is a cheek but any chance of sharing the settings for LR?

Spooks
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I just export my LR pics to iPhoto, as I prefer the full screen view and also the ease I can then post them to FB, Flickr and email.
 
That T-Mobile is very good value, wish vodafone did something similar.
 
I am perhaps in the "dislikes anything Apple" category.

The only Apple products I ever used was one of their early computers (back in the 80's) which used orange text on an orange background - they really were second rate back then compared to the IBM's - and so I avoided anything Apple like the plague.

I almost succumbed to buying an Ipod, but instead opted to buy a Zen - sure it doesnt have the same memory as an Ipod but my music is safe, has never been deleted and I can copy it from PC to Zen and back to another PC without demands from over protective DRM software. In addition to this my Zen has never gone wrong, whilst everyone around me who owns or has owned an Ipod has found it dead after owning it for 370 days.

Apple products have always seemed overpriced to me, and yes there may be a point in saying this is the first product of its kind to market. I am sure many others pads will follow in the coming years, and so Apple screws the consumer because they know they will have to bring the price down and perhaps wont be able to compete when more reliable offerings come to town.

That said - it does look cool, and if the price were halved I might even sell my £170 netbook and grab one for myself - I just hope Skype is allowed to receive incoming calls and will run fully in the background while running other apps.
 
Airscene said:
I am perhaps in the "dislikes anything Apple" category.

The only Apple products I ever used was one of their early computers (back in the 80's) which used orange text on an orange background - they really were second rate back then compared to the IBM's - and so I avoided anything Apple like the plague.

I almost succumbed to buying an Ipod, but instead opted to buy a Zen - sure it doesnt have the same memory as an Ipod but my music is safe, has never been deleted and I can copy it from PC to Zen and back to another PC without demands from over protective DRM software. In addition to this my Zen has never gone wrong, whilst everyone around me who owns or has owned an Ipod has found it dead after owning it for 370 days.

Apple products have always seemed overpriced to me, and yes there may be a point in saying this is the first product of its kind to market. I am sure many others pads will follow in the coming years, and so Apple screws the consumer because they know they will have to bring the price down and perhaps wont be able to compete when more reliable offerings come to town.

That said - it does look cool, and if the price were halved I might even sell my £170 netbook and grab one for myself - I just hope Skype is allowed to receive incoming calls and will run fully in the background while running other apps.
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Couldn't agree more, we Apple users are third rate scum. As for Skype, it doesn't at the moment but Skype are updating their iOS app to use the new multitasking API's in iOS4 and the iPad will receive an update from iPhone OS 3.2 to iOS 4 in the Autumn which will enable the functionality you're talking about. Until then I'll just have to use my third rate scum mobile phone.
 
Airscene said:
I am perhaps in the "dislikes anything Apple" category.

The only Apple products I ever used was one of their early computers (back in the 80's)
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So this dislike of everything Apple is based on a lot of experience of their products and a rational decision-making process.


Or not.
 
Airscene said:
I am perhaps in the "dislikes anything Apple" category.

The only Apple products I ever used was one of their early computers (back in the 80's) which used orange text on an orange background - they really were second rate back then compared to the IBM's - and so I avoided anything Apple like the plague.
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That strikes me as a very odd standpoint.

Things have moved on a little since the 80's - so to dismiss everything made since on the basis of something you used 25 years ago? Really?
 
hollis_f said:
So this dislike of everything Apple is based on a lot of experience of their products and a rational decision-making process.


Or not.
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jamesoliverstone said:
Sat typing this in the pub beer garden on my 64gb 3G :D
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Nice that's the way to do it :thumbs:

Radiohead said:
That strikes me as a very odd standpoint.

Things have moved on a little since the 80's - so to dismiss everything made since on the basis of something you used 25 years ago? Really?
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:bonk:
 
Can anyone confirm if there is a way to connect a modern camera with live view and watch full screen live view on the ipad?
It would be superb for accurate composition, focusing and metering, using the ipad's large screen. Something like a view camera?
 
Radiohead said:
Things have moved on a little since the 80's - so to dismiss everything made since on the basis of something you used 25 years ago? Really?
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My rationale behind avoiding anything Apple is perhaps best explained by my preferred description as "tat" - Apple products are just so unreliable.

BUt like I said - the Ipad does look cool and I would seriously reconsider my standpoint if the price dropped.
 
Dimitri said:
Can anyone confirm if there is a way to connect a modern camera with live view and watch full screen live view on the ipad?
It would be superb for accurate composition, focusing and metering, using the ipad's large screen. Something like a view camera?
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Think the short answer at the moment is no, It is not possible. The USB camera adapter essentially works as external card reader of sorts. Shame though as would love this feature, and I'm sure maybe in time it'll happen but not until Apple remove some API restrictions.
 
Airscene said:
My rationale behind avoiding anything Apple is perhaps best explained by my preferred description as "tat" - Apple products are just so unreliable.

BUt like I said - the Ipad does look cool and I would seriously reconsider my standpoint if the price dropped.
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Wouldnt say that was true at all, I have an Ipad, Iphone and Macbook pro, as well as the girlfriend having an Ipod touch and and my office have 3 desktop macs (as well as 3 windows based machines) and in the last 3 years of using Apple, I've had one device in for repair for a battery issue. I think they are just as reliable as most other devices on the market, But guess it'll all be personal preference
 
I didnt see the point really, but got it just as a web tablet and Ebook reader, but use it for alot of things from Video watching when i travel for work, gaming, drawing and photo viewing.

I'd hate to be without it now
 
chrisforshaw said:
I'm an Apple fan, I've got an iMac, Iphone, ipod you name it..... but I just can't get my head around the iPad at all. It just seems a bit pointless at the moment.
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I was the same till I got mine. Now, I only use my laptop for photo editing and 'work related stuff' and the ipad for browsing round house, games and showing pics.

It is an expensive luxury I guess, you probably dont need it but when you have it you dont want to put it down!
 
It just takes a slight shift in thinking - thats all. Think of the iphone/ipod touch as a small ipad, rather than the ipad being a larger ipod which a lot of (non users) have been saying.

Since getting mine the time sat at my laptop has been cut by 2/3rds, and the less time sat at a desk the better :)
Prices are still a bit OTT, but if you've got the cash to blow its a great little device.
 
Airscene said:
My rationale behind avoiding anything Apple is perhaps best explained by my preferred description as "tat" - Apple products are just so unreliable.

BUt like I said - the Ipad does look cool and I would seriously reconsider my standpoint if the price dropped.
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I would agree with this, I kow people will say why have you still got an iPod, but in the past three years, I have had four of them simply stop working. I also know a number of people in the IT industry who aren't to keen on them.
 
Airscene said:
My rationale behind avoiding anything Apple is perhaps best explained by my preferred description as "tat" - Apple products are just so unreliable.
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They are? Yet you haven't owned or used one for 25 years.

So far here:

3 iMacs. 5 iPods of various flavours. 1 Macbook. 1 Macbook Pro. 2 iPhones. 1 iPad.

Not one problem with any of them.

Dell laptop - died
HP desktop - died
Compaq laptop - died
 
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