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hkiphone · 01-29-2010, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by k88dad

Okay, I'm a little more wowed, post-live event. The price is lower than I thought. [/EAT CROW] A 32 GB model is $600 or $730 with 3G capability. The data plans are reasonable and optional. If I heard correctly, the thing comes unlocked. No AT&T requirement here in the US. Did I hear that right?

Essentially, it's a double-sized Touch at twice the price. Add 3G if you wish. I'll stick by my assessment that it's no netbook and that I'll still wait for the second generation.

The new $10 iWork apps add some nice road warrior capabilities. This appears to make pointless all of those "helper" front-end apps. Why use Wikipanion, the NY Times app or the IMDb app when the real web sites will now be quite useful?

The real story is yet to be written. Will new types of games appear? Will there be "killer apps" for the medical community, or salesmen, or some other profession that I'm not even thinking of? Will textbooks go mostly digital? This has the color capability to make textbooks workable.

I can see myself setup with non-smart mobile phone, iPad and desktop computer. No iPhone and no laptop. That seems doable.

Hi K88Dad,
Sorry missed your edited post! As per my other posts, I also expect there will be some really radically different apps built specifically for the iPad. This was also hinted by Scott Forstall when he said that iPad apps would get featured "front left and centre", and this would "set off another gold rush for developers".

My jaw dropped at the mention of low dataplans (no voice) and even better, NO CONTRACT! That's just awesome. And yes, its officially unlocked - your new provider just needs to make sure that they can issue out the new "micro SIM cards".

JCman7 · 01-29-2010, 01:05 PM

I agree completely hkiphone nice posts! Being a college student right now I am loving your explanation of the ebooks. I would love that and the ebook versions right now are much cheaper then the textbooks itself so it would also help save a ton of money. I had to buy a Calc textbook for $180 (only chapters 11-19) And you can get the whole book as an ebook for around $60 Can you believe that! Its crazy and a thing like the iPad would be awesome for this!

hkiphone · 02-02-2010, 01:46 AM

Interesting article from PC World on the the iPad's UI. Particularly since they're traditionally wintel supporters. Here's a little extract from there:

"But as good as the Mac is, Apple realized that it wasn't good enough. Take the mouse, for example. There's a reason that Apple has insisted upon a single-button mouse for the last quarter century, even as its competitors have added extra buttons, scroll wheels, variable tracking, and more: Have you ever watched a complete novice try to learn to use a mouse? Before you even get to clicking--or right-clicking or scrolling--you have to learn how your movements translate into the movements of an arrow that flies around the screen. It makes a sort of sense, but I'd argue that much of that sense comes only because we're now used to it.

While PC makers tried to push computing forward by adding extra buttons and controls to try and provide more options for telling a computer what to do, Apple went in entirely the other direction, asking itself: how do we remove a layer of abstraction between the user and the computer?"

Having tried to train my father to use the mouse, which he's finally getting used to, I can totally understand where this author is coming from.

URL: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...evolution.html

02-02-2010, 01:46 AM	#13
hkiphone Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 214	PC World: iPad making life easier for users Interesting article from PC World on the the iPad's UI. Particularly since they're traditionally wintel supporters. Here's a little extract from there: "But as good as the Mac is, Apple realized that it wasn't good enough. Take the mouse, for example. There's a reason that Apple has insisted upon a single-button mouse for the last quarter century, even as its competitors have added extra buttons, scroll wheels, variable tracking, and more: Have you ever watched a complete novice try to learn to use a mouse? Before you even get to clicking--or right-clicking or scrolling--you have to learn how your movements translate into the movements of an arrow that flies around the screen. It makes a sort of sense, but I'd argue that much of that sense comes only because we're now used to it. While PC makers tried to push computing forward by adding extra buttons and controls to try and provide more options for telling a computer what to do, Apple went in entirely the other direction, asking itself: how do we remove a layer of abstraction between the user and the computer?" Having tried to train my father to use the mouse, which he's finally getting used to, I can totally understand where this author is coming from. URL: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...evolution.html

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01-29-2010, 01:05 PM	#12
JCman7 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NY Posts: 456	I agree completely hkiphone nice posts! Being a college student right now I am loving your explanation of the ebooks. I would love that and the ebook versions right now are much cheaper then the textbooks itself so it would also help save a ton of money. I had to buy a Calc textbook for $180 (only chapters 11-19) And you can get the whole book as an ebook for around $60 Can you believe that! Its crazy and a thing like the iPad would be awesome for this!