iPads are great

[Paul Eggleton]

Love them or hate them, I've bit the bullet and bought one and its so cool.

That's all, thanks.:smokin:

[sailorbaz]

Sorry Paul, but I can't help but think they're a bit of a Novelty and if you've got an iPhone/Blackberry and a Laptop, that's all you need.

Glad you're having fun though. :thumbs:

[DazBlackCSL]

They don't replace anything, but just just do things better and quicker than both, easy to carry and you won't actually know you need one, until you start using it ;)

[shimmy]

I'd love one but IMHO I'm gonna wait until it has input capability

It could be soooooo much more useful then

[M5 Powered]

I'd love to buy one as an Apple MacPro and laptop owner, but as Apple won't support Flash on the iPad (as with the iphone) they will be quickly overtaken by Android driven Tablets which will be technically better and cheaper, much like HTC has on the phones.

Best

Jonathan

[Paul Eggleton]

Daz has hit the nail on the head. It's a novelty item around the house that is actually very useful for random quick web access, digital photo frame, and music. I haven't missed the lack of flash either.

You are right in that if you expect it to do more then you'll find it slightly wanting.

Streaming films from my pc is cool though, but I need a faster pc now :bigcry:

I justified it to the wife as an accessory to her new kitchen!!

[_Nathan_]

Wife has one, loads of web sites don't work (not talking about flash ones) and I dislike the apple censoring model when they dictate what you can and can't do with it but it does have it's uses. I much prefer a laptop though.

[alexk]

Apple has become a worse Microsoft.
At the same time, they became a fashion item... you are cool if you have an iphone or ipad.

They support their own formats, they don't follow the standards (like USB, multimedia card etc).
I am not buying Apple as I want compatibility with the basic interfaces and protocols of 2010...

I am a Blackberry user and the phone is simply awesome (had multiple HTCs with windows mobile which were also very good).
I will personally buy the HP one with Windows OS and full compatibility with EVERYTHING !

[alexk]

Forgot to add that friend of mine got the Samsung that is running android.
Very very good and by far better than an ipad.

But.... if you have an ipad you are supposed to be cool.
;)

[shimmy]

Sounds like solid advice Alex ........ Just a bit sensible !;)

Apple iPhone I've had for I think 3 years now. Granted some may have caught up and in some instances bettered it in certain departments but on release it was lightyears ahead in look, feel and display ideas. It was obviously built by people who could think laterally rather than engineers. Trouble is all the copiers are still engineers copying and improving. They haven't got the brief to provide something new.

iPad was a go at this but IMHO a bit like the itouch doesn't quite gut the mark. My gut feel is the next one will.

[alexk]

Sounds like solid advice Alex ........ Just a bit sensible !;)

Apple iPhone I've had for I think 3 years now. Granted some may have caught up and in some instances bettered it in certain departments but on release it was lightyears ahead in look, feel and display ideas. It was obviously built by people who could think laterally rather than engineers. Trouble is all the copiers are still engineers copying and improving. They haven't got the brief to provide something new.

iPad was a go at this but IMHO a bit like the itouch doesn't quite gut the mark. My gut feel is the next one will.

shimmy, what was innovative in the iphone ?
The fact that it couldn't do multitasking (introduced in iphone 4), it didn't have GPS, it had 2MP camera, it didn't have support for media cards (even today there isn't any) ?
Windows mobile was doing everything that the iphone 1 was doing 3 years earlier (multitasking exists since the first windows mobile devices...).
So the only thing that the iphone was much different (it's subjective if it was better in the iphone) is the interface look&feel and the device look.
A lot of people loved it and it was/is a desirable device.
A lot of people love the ipad for similar reasons which is respectable.

But if you want to buy the best thing out there, this is not the ipad

(imagine a CSL that only works with Shell v-power and no other petrol...or you can only fit Michelin CUP tyres and nothing else)

[glendog74]

You're so negative these days Alex :hahaha: :hahaha:

[alexk]

You're so negative these days Alex :hahaha: :hahaha:

I would say pragmatic mate :thumbs:

[shimmy]

Alex

How many phones did I have before the iPhone where the data and email was virtually impossible to set up or a company had tp do it. How many mobiles had small screens with poor usage and keypads instead of touch screens. How many could you download films onto for the kids to watch in the car, how many could my mum use as they were so obvious to operate, how many lasted 2 years without breaking ( my 2g is still going strong now after 3years)

It makes me laugh how people diss the iPhone esp circa 2007 iPhone as if you laid the 2007 phones in a line thecrest would be comparatively prehistoric.

Look at Wifi for example. The way it linked to a wifi and just asked for password was so refreshingly simple.

Look at Apps, fecking superb and arguably iPhones best feature these days.Games by the 1000 or 10000 free and millions of other items if free soft ware.

Battery life was reported as poor! Only because you can use it for everythIng from calls, email, calendar, music, games, photos, apps. If you use it 50% of the day battery is gonna suffer

[sailorbaz]

Opened up a good discussion here.

I as due an upgrade lately there and couldn't get an iPhone4 for love nor money. In the end, I got a BB Torch, which I'd read up while I'd been away last trip.

I was looking forward to getting into an iPhone, so to speak but I think that was more peer pressure than anything else. I've had BB's for the last 2 years and to be honest, couldn't be bothered learning another platform/menu system so stuck with BB.

I remember being sat in a bar with a load of mates once and out of the 7 of us, 6 had iPhone and most of them were all sat playing on them. I respect the iPhone and it's capabilities but to go to a pub and sit beside someone playing games is a bit juvenile if you ask me. Maybe that's just my circle of friends mind you.

The Torch seems to have move BB on again, thank god as the latest BB's before it weren't moving the game on.

Anyway, back to yer man's iPad...

[Deezer-D]

The Missus has one and it's dead handy for surfing and music etc but the lack of flash is irritating. I've had all the generations of the iPhone except 3GS so am used to not having flash - doesn't mean I don't want it though!

[shimmy]

Maybe that's just my circle of friends ..


Maybe it's just your electric company ........WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[sailorbaz]

Maybe that's just my circle of friends mind you.


Maybe it's just your electric company ........WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

:bigcry: You're a bully Shimmy! :birdman:

[alexk]

shimmy, I don't know with which mobiles you are comparing iphone with, but I was comparing with smartphones.

Yes, I will agree that iphone has many games, it's stupid-proof etc
BUT the simplicity it has also means lack of functionality.
I never had any issues setting up my email client in windows mobile or blackberry phones but it might be me that I know a bit more about computers.

As said, even today it doesn't support any multimedia card and it doesn't support flash etc.
And the ipad needs it's own Apple-specific SIM card :hahaha:
What a joke !!!

[shane@mbtech]

Depends what you want out of a phone.

I wanted an easy to use phone with decent camera, good surfing capability etc
I had a htc, it was good but for me a bit too slow, the iphone is just effortless for my needs. everything just flows.
Browsing is far easier. Email was easy to set up, it suits my needs perfectly


Written on my I phone 4

[Paul Eggleton]

I'm fortunate in that I work for O2 so I've had a fair play with a lot of phones. Before i had my first iPhone (only a couple of months ago in fact) i had a Palm Pre and I loved the OS and as i think someone mentioned above when HP launch their tablet using the palm OS I think it will be a winner. IF it's big enough. Medium sized tablets like the Galaxy or the Dell Streak do nothing for me and I have to say I've been caught hook line and sinker with apple stuff since using iPhones.

I think if you're looking for something that does everything then as said before, the iPad is not the tool for the job, but as a nice gadget around house and out and about it's very handy. We've started seeing a lot of people using them for business as well.

[glendog74]

As people have said, it all depends what you want out of it Alexk.

I use my iPhone for its basic uses: phone, text, internet, maps and apps. I don't use it for work/business and simply don't need it to be anymore capable or 'connected' than it already is...

You wouldn't buy a BMW 120d and then expect it to be a CSL now would you? You get what you decide to buy and pay for. :hahaha:

[DuncanR]

I would say pragmatic mate :thumbs:
Ooooo how many months ???:hahaha: