iPad

[Del Lardo]

Just received an e-mail from one of my friends with the subject iPad.......

I'm in iTunes HQ in regent street (above the apple store) and been playing with one for the last 30 minutes...

this is written on the ipad so here is a quick review....

I WON'T BE BUYING ONE.

- It's too pretty to let it get scratched whilst in your bag.

- It feels a pound heavier than I'd want it to be and you can't get comfortable with it 9it may not seem alot but I think it is whilst holding it)

- I currently have it flat on my lap as two minutes in my hands got tired holding it with one and moving **** around with the other...now my neck hurts.

- I can hardly see the screen as every time it moves the lights in the ceiling turn it into a big reflective wash of white.

- My macbook pro laptop is open beside me and the battery is going down about 70% faster on the iPad

- Nobody in the apple office wants one, they think it's awful although they are all testing them and using them in presentations (but they'll never say this in public of course!)

- It's bloody uncomfortable to use....bored with it and turning it off now

[Aboobie]

I tell you what does spark my interest though...

Have a gander at this interface video for Microsofts upcoming 'courier'... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlpftPSuXe4

The idea is it opens / closes like a DS/filofax. They could be on to a winner here...

[petemc]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

- It's too pretty to let it get scratched whilst in your bag.

Whoa, iPod 1st gen flash back

[cheets]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

Just received an e-mail from one of my friends with the subject iPad.......

Most apple products are like that.

[petemc]

Originally Posted by cheets

Most apple products are like that.

Most modern products with a screen are like that Most cars are also like that. Most humans too, well the pretty ones anyway

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

Just received an e-mail from one of my friends with the subject iPad.......

Sure he works at apple. Sounds liek standard chain mail rubbish.

To heavy and goes on lap. Does he never read books. It is less than a hardback book.

Scratch resistant is easy buy a case, you'll need one anyway to protect screen.

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

Sure he works at apple. Sounds liek standard chain mail rubbish.

To heavy and goes on lap. Does he never read books. It is less than a hardback book.

Scratch resistant is easy buy a case, you'll need one anyway to protect screen.

He doesn't work at Apple, he was just visiting their offices

When he reads hardbacks he is generally holding them in two hands rather than one which is a requirement to use the touch screen.

I haven't bought a case for any of my iPods, phones or laptops and I'm not about to start now

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo;

I haven't bought a case for any of my iPods, phones or laptops and I'm not about to start now

laptop is in a protective case and a phone has a tiny screen, so much less chance of smashing it. It would be foolish to get a device and not get a case when out and about.

[Del Lardo]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

It would be foolish to get a device and not get a case when out and about.

I couldn't disagree more, I think that a device should be designed to cope with day to day life without doubling its volume or risking destroying it before the guarantee expires. I shouldn't need a case to protect a device while it is in my bag

[petemc]

Originally Posted by Del Lardo

I shouldn't need a case to protect a device while it is in my bag

Shouldn't but do. My Canon G9 got pretty badly scratched from putting it in my bag without a screen protector. Got one straight away for my new Panasonic GF1.