Apple iPad

No where in my post did I say that typing would be fast on an iPad, soo.
Videos / Movies can be converted via iTunes or purchased via iTunes.
iWork is $9 for the entire suite.
Accessories are not overpriced compared to netbook/pc. $30 is not expensive.
iWork is not a waste of money.
hTML5 videos can be run on an iPad, what are you talking about.

The iPad is a consumer product. Netbooks are useless, just buy a laptop if you're going to get a netbook. All you're going to do on it is type or casually browse the internet, you may as well get something like the iPad. If you want to play games or do heavy-intensive things you'll need a laptop or a desktop.

For the price i could get an iPad, I could also get a pretty decent netbook or laptop, even desktop computer. In price comparison iPad fails. Actually, it fails in almost every category, besides being shiny, of course.

HTML5lol. Flash isn't going anywhere soon.

NOte: Only thing apple is good at is Apps... oh wait, they don't make the apps, people do.

what is th epoint it is just an ipod but really big

oh god the jokes dont stop

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I don't. Casual users don't type huge essays everyday on a tablet.



No, it wouldn't be more convenient. Dragging and dropping is already very convenient. The casual consumer does not torrent or pirate movies, they use NETFLIX or go to a store and rent movies or buy them. Purchasing from iTunes Store for cheap will not be a problem. Typing Speed would not be a valid comparison because you are not going to be typing papers on an iPad.

Uhh, what do you mean it doesn't mean anything? It means everything. Videos that can play HTML5 will be able to play on the iPad.

IRC, IM and posting on forums would not be a pain at all. Millions of users do it on the iPhone easily.

iPad = $499 + iWork for $10 only.
Netbook = $350ish + all the software for hundreds.

Casual Consumers do not pirate everything. You do not understand who this product is for.

You're wrong about not pirating, unless by casual consumers you mean my gramma.

Go read up on HTML5 please. Videos are still decoded by the machine that it's run on. YouTube works on the iPhone because all the videos are specially converted for it. HTML5 isn't magical, if the video embedded in an HTML document isn't encoded to the iPad's liking, it won't play.

Your equations isn't a fair comparison. Netbook can get OpenOffice at no cost, which is a fair substitute iWork. If you're going to talk about "all the software for hundreds" you need to include that for the iPad as well.

So at the end, iPad = $510 + tax, Netbook = $350 + tax.

This post is about 140+ words long, would have taken at least 5 minutes to type on an iPhone, given the iPad's got a larger screen, you're still typing with your two thumbs. Quit being a fanboy.

You're wrong about not pirating, unless by casual consumers you mean my gramma.

Go read up on HTML5 please. Videos are still decoded by the machine that it's run on. YouTube works on the iPhone because all the videos are specially converted for it. HTML5 isn't magical, if the video embedded in an HTML document isn't encoded to the iPad's liking, it won't play.

Your equations isn't a fair comparison. Netbook can get OpenOffice at no cost, which is a fair substitute iWork. If you're going to talk about "all the software for hundreds" you need to include that for the iPad as well.

So at the end, iPad = $510 + tax, Netbook = $350 + tax.

This post is about 140+ words long, would have taken at least 5 minutes to type on an iPhone, given the iPad's got a larger screen, you're still typing with your two thumbs. Quit being a fanboy.

QFT, everyone pirates software. EVERYONE other then middle class brain dead consumer americans (this means the "american" mentality ofcourse, p.s if you don't know what I mean. look for "george carlin ; Life is worth losing " )
and sure theres enough dumb people to sell them enough copies to make a buck, but its still useless and way over priced. i mean WAY over priced. we all know macs are pricey because its a show off name. but really, this thing only exists for people to be "seen with it" nothing more. its an oversized Ipod touch.

I'd much rather buy a netbook/laptop for the same price. and I can still get internet anywhere on a much better network on a netbook. most ISP's have a little adapter you can plug into the side of your netbook and pay like 15$ or so a month for unlimited access anywhere.

so it just FAILS. p.s I don't hate mac or anything like that. I own an Ipod classic . so don't go and say somthing like " you just hate apple" or some stupid pomegranate like that.

humm /end rant

thanks to apple and their ipad, ebooks are going from $9.99 -> $15. awesome!

thanks to apple and their ipad, ebooks are going from $9.99 -> $15. awesome!

Or it could just be that the price hasn't gone up in years, and now seems like a good time to raise the prices on them? They've been $9.99 for as long as I can remember. Correlation does not necessitate causation.

Or it could just be that the price hasn't gone up in years, and now seems like a good time to raise the prices on them? They've been $9.99 for as long as I can remember. Correlation does not necessitate causation.

Technically, it is because publishers wanted to set their own prices for published e-books; prices have always been at $9.99 because that is what Amazon wants the selling price to be. Publishers are pushing for higher prices, so have incentive to sign up with Apple instead of Amazon.

At that time, Apple CEO Steve Jobs made a point of saying that publishers could set their own prices and pay Apple a 30 percent cut for distribution, similar to how the company handles its App Store offerings. Jobs knew what he was doing, too, as this is exactly the model that the publishers have always wanted. It was the perfect opening for publishers, and it just so happens that the companies that have begun to push back on Amazon have signed on as partners for Apple's iPad launch (Macmillan, Harper Collins, and Hachette, we're looking at you).

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