iPad

[Belmit]

As an iPhone owner I can't see any advantage to having one of these. At best, I could have a bigger screen for the things I normally use my phone for. Except the phone part.

[Mark]

Of course, as an iPhone owner, all the Apps you bought will 'just work' on the iPad. For free. In theory, anyway.

Wonder how long it'll take to get jailbroken.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Mark

Why, oh why, didn't they integrate an SD card slot.

Because then everyone would buy large capacity SD cards rather than shelling out on the 16GB or 32GB models

[Piggymon]

Originally Posted by Mondo

This thing will kill the Kindle and Sony E-book market, it costs a tiny bit more but it does a shed load more.

This won't take much away from the netbook or laptop market, if you already have one of those then you'll really need a good reason to get one of these, like pete, who can use this to show clients photos a LOT easier. Sit around the coffee table and pass it around, rather than turn the laptop around and hope they know how to use the touchpad on your macbook without deleting half the HD.

Me, I don't have a netbook, or a Kindle....so i'll be getting one ! lol

Can you make sure you get it by the time we meet so I can have a play please

[Mark]

Originally Posted by divine

Because then everyone would buy large capacity SD cards rather than shelling out on the 16GB or 32GB models

Not necessarily - Only allow copy to/from the SD card, which is all the camera owner needs anyway.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Mark

Netbooks *are* cheap slow laptops running PC software.

Indeed, where as the iPad is an expensive slow half laptop running phone software

Originally Posted by Mark

Not necessarily - Only allow copy to/from the SD card, which is all the camera owner needs anyway.

Then you have a function which is even more niche than the market the entire device occupies already, something much better served by a buyable add on

[Mark]

Originally Posted by divine

Indeed, where as the iPad is an expensive slow half laptop running phone software

Complete with the CPU that'll be in the next gen iPhone. Possibly.

Then you have a function which is even more niche than the market the entire device occupies already, something much better served by a buyable add on

Tell that to the hundreds of millions of compact camera owners. They'd be the main market. Pros would find use, undoubtedly, but try uploading your photos to the nearest publication on an iPad.

[divine]

Originally Posted by Mark

Tell that to the hundreds of millions of compact camera owners. They'd be the main market. Pros would find use, undoubtedly, but try uploading your photos to the nearest publication on an iPad.

All of whom likely already have another device which they use the camera with anyway, i'm not convinced the iPad would see big take up from people wishing to use it to upload photos to facebook even if it did have an SD slot.

I think for most people a device such as the iPad will be too much of a novelty to warrant spending £500 on, ultimately it is a limited, completely closed system, no real power behind it, pretty compromised in many aspects... I think you'd need to have a really special use in mind, or a lot of disposable cash to justify one of these.

I'm also not convinced this is really any more portable than a Samsung netbook tbh, the only real advantage it has is battery life and possibly weight, but a netbook isn't exactly hefty.

[Mark]

Originally Posted by divine

All of whom likely already have another device which they use the camera with anyway, i'm not convinced the iPad would see big take up from people wishing to use it to upload photos to facebook even if it did have an SD slot.

Sounds like I've lost this argument, and with Apple's notorious habit of omitting ports - Macbook Air, anyone - I shouldn't have been surprised. More frustrated, I guess. If one happens by an Apple store at the same do, I'll certainly have a play, but right now it's a device looking for an excuse to buy for me, and I've got better things to do with my money than buy excuses.

[Desmo]

Originally Posted by petemc

So you'd buy it and then go "I'm outraged! I have to buy this extra bit so it does exactly what I can already do with something else?"

Nope, I'd just not buy one

Originally Posted by petemc

Its not a laptop replacement. Its for those times when you don't want a laptop but want a bigger iPod Touch type device.

I just can't think when that would be. OK, so I'm not everyone, but I'd say I would be in the key market area for Apple products but I just can't see how it will fit in to what most people want.