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Subject: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:57 pm
I think it looks cool, but apparently it is a tablet computer that functions like an iPhone. It can also play iPhone/iPod Touch games.... how that would work effectively I do not understand. The one major draw for this though, or most people, is it is an Apple product. Me I would kinda prefer a Windows 7 Tablet... but whatever. What do you think about this piece of technology?
scarboy6693 Seaman Apprentice
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:09 pm
Its Great but I think you'd look a tad strange playing games that rely on the accelerometer.
Plus pricing is a bit of an issue anywhere from $500-$829
Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:06 pm
Why would anyone want a giant iPhone? It's not a real computer.
You can get a netbook for a fraction of the cost of an iPad and it will have way more memory and all the functionality of a full sized laptop. Seriously, if you already have a smartphone or even an iPhone you can already do everything the iPad does and it fits in your pocket. The iPad is redundant, expensive, can only run iPhone apps, doesn't work as a phone, and is too big to fit in your pocket. With a netbook you can at least close it and safely throw it in your bag, but the iPad doesn't have that kind of protection.
Kendo Ensign
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:23 pm
343_Guilty_Spark wrote:
Why would anyone want a giant iPhone? It's not a real computer.
You can get a netbook for a fraction of the cost of an iPad and it will have way more memory and all the functionality of a full sized laptop. Seriously, if you already have a smartphone or even an iPhone you can already do everything the iPad does and it fits in your pocket. The iPad is redundant, expensive, can only run iPhone apps, doesn't work as a phone, and is too big to fit in your pocket. With a netbook you can at least close it and safely throw it in your bag, but the iPad doesn't have that kind of protection.
I agree. Or how about a Windows 7 Tablet. I recommended to the principal in our school to instead of using these iPads (schools might get them I guess, not confirmed but is likely) to get Windows 7 Tablets. Lol.
DemonWolf Four Star General (Moderator)
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:27 pm
It's cool but I don't see the point.
handkerchief Master Chief Petty Officer
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:54 pm
i dont know i have never tried an ipad because i dont have a vagina.
Noelol Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:15 pm
matrixrory wrote:
i dont know i have never tried an ipad because i dont have a vagina.
And this is why companies never should reuse their names of their products.
joe11 Ensign
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:22 pm
i think it will be a waste of time
Mr. Project Natal Force Master Chief Petty Officer
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:35 pm
STUPID! Just when you think Apple couldn't get any more lame with their product names, along comes the iPad. Just a fail like the naming for the Playstation consoles. If sony can survive for another 10 years, we will have the Playstation 6. YAAAAY!
ghost23 Four Star General (Moderator)
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:31 am
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DustinDutRank Petty Officer 1st Class
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:58 am
It doesn't even have flash support so it's pretty much an iPod Touch XL. Hardly a "computer" tablet.
Kendo Ensign
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:02 am
DustinDutRank wrote:
It doesn't even have flash support so it's pretty much an iPod Touch XL. Hardly a "computer" tablet.
Agreed. If I wanted an iPod Touch. I would get... you know... an iPod Touch, maybe eventually though. Also the fact that most of the apps on the iPad are also on the Touch make it pointless now. It looks cool, but it is an iPod Touch, so I would just get that.
scarboy6693 Seaman Apprentice
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:48 pm
Although I have got to say, at first it might seem overpriced but it isn't. Its main competitor is the Kindle DX, which is $450 and For an extra $50 you get a Color Screen, 1GHz Processor, 16GB Built in Memory, and one of the best Media Experiences
Kendo Ensign
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:16 pm
scarboy6693 wrote:
Although I have got to say, at first it might seem overpriced but it isn't. Its main competitor is the Kindle DX, which is $450 and For an extra $50 you get a Color Screen, 1GHz Processor, 16GB Built in Memory, and one of the best Media Experiences
Though you could get a slate PC with Windows 7 for that price... maybe a bit more but still. The iPad is an iPod Touch/iPhone just bigger.
Stoney Lieutenant, Junior Grade
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:16 pm
It looks horrible.
Mr. Project Natal Force Master Chief Petty Officer
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:01 pm
DustinDutRank wrote:
It doesn't even have flash support so it's pretty much an iPod Touch XL. Hardly a "computer" tablet.
No Flash? Is it a 300 gb iPod?
Kendo Ensign
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:11 pm
Project Natal Informer wrote:
DustinDutRank wrote:
It doesn't even have flash support so it's pretty much an iPod Touch XL. Hardly a "computer" tablet.
No Flash? Is it a 300 gb iPod?
No, its 16, 32, and 64 gigs.
Angel In Black Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Wed Mar 03, 2010 12:33 pm
Yeah, the lack of flash support really hurts it. Not much of a web browser without it IMO.
Lt Xplosi Four Star General (Moderator)
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Subject: Re: Your Thoughts on the iPad! Wed Mar 03, 2010 1:02 pm
should give it more time the windows desktop computer is awsome though