iPad Mega Review Round-Up

Standard Apple policy, strip the 1st gen device from basic essential features that every other device in the world has, and then add them one by one as you release 2nd 3rd and 4th gen variants once a year.
 
2nd gen Ipad: Now with multitasking --- oooh, amazing, incredible, wonderful

3rd gen Ipad, Now with flash support: oooh, magnificient, revolutionary, fantastic

4th gen Ipad, now with webcam and usb: oooh, marvelous, great, excellent

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dochmbi said:
2nd gen Ipad: Now with multitasking --- oooh, amazing, incredible, wonderful

3rd gen Ipad, Now with flash support: oooh, magnificient, revolutionary, fantastic

4th gen Ipad, now with webcam and usb: oooh, marvelous, great, excellent

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:), that is pretty funny
 
Interesting read from Gizmodo.
http://gizmodo.com/5506692/ipad-is-the-future
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Why do people want a world where Apple controls everything? What's so appealing about dumbed down and purposefully limited devices, and a single company that controls every aspect of how I use my computing devices? What's so great about only being able to buy software, music, movies and books from one place? What's so great about being unable to develop software without paying fees, and risk having it banned for stupid arbitrary reasons? I'm scared for the future if people are actually buying into this crap.

This is the 'future of computing' people want? I don't want to be a mindless passive consumer of whatever Apple tells me I want. I value my freedom and I will not be buying an iPad or anything else with an Apple logo.

If that article is accurate, then I'd rather slit my wrists than live in a world like that.
 
All these people just want to be trendy, nothing else.

Could give them a lump of poop, call it the iTurd and they would be all over it.
 
This is all driven by clueless tech "journalists" who've only ever use computers to type. Hence how they can get away with only using Macs.
 
For the longest time I've thought that most if not all journalists are worthless especially when it comes to tech.
 
Budzman said:
All these people just want to be trendy, nothing else.

Could give them a lump of poop, call it the iTurd and they would be all over it.
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Exactly. For some reason people think Apple is the best shit since sliced bread. My iPhone is nothing but a glorified iPod touch now. My Droid does everything iPhone could do only Droid does it better.

iPad is a device that isn't needed. Fortunately for Apple they have a shitload of suckers who make up the iCult and they will buy it. Oh and did you guys see this?

http://www.dailytech.com/IPad+Users...de+and+Then+Will+Have+to+Pay/article18011.htm

Apple talks about worthless shit like not having to get off the couch to check e-mail or do basic web browsing. I don't want to look at the web with big white spaces with tiny blue blocks and I'm not so lazy that I can't walk over to my desktop if I suddenly need to check something on the Internet. My Droid automatically notifies me of new e-mail so I don't need another piece of hardware to do that for me either.
 
christianw said:
no it doesnt have a webcam. no clue why thats a dealbreaker for some.

yes, it multitasks, there are apps that will run in the background already ready at launch (like pandora) and more coming with the iphone os 4 update. for the most part, the default view for ipad apps are single app view only. but again, thats going to change with the iphone 4 os update.

umm.. widescreen? if you turn it on its side, its widescreen, im sure you know this so im not sure what you meant by that. clarify?

you will be able to plug in digital cameras with a cheap adapter which im sure we'll find on monoprice for next to nothing within a month.

no it doesnt have flash, but its got mp4 support and html 5 support. but lets be honest. 90 percent of the people that use flash these days, use it only to watch youtube and hulu. a pay for hulu app is coming (apparently the whole site will be behind a pay wall soon for the most part). youtube isnt a problem. i think people are making flash a bigger deal than it really is.

anyway, just my opinion. theres so many great applications for the iphone and ipad. i cant wait to get mine. i say this, as a droid owner. i love my phone but googles app store doesnt hold a candle to all the fantastic things that are available for the iphone/ipad.

personally i like andy inhatko's review. andy has a reputation for being a stand up guy when it comes to reviews and doesnt tow the line like mossberg and pogue. leo laporte trusts his word and integity. thats the only reference i need.

heres a link to his review. mp4 format.

http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp4...deo/mbw/mbw0188/mbw0188_h264b_864x480_500.mp4
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1024 x 768 is not widescreen it is a standard 4:3 resolution, even if you turn it on its side. An already tiny screen does not need to have letterboxes on the movies.

Flash is REQUIRED! Do me a favor, uninstall flash from your computer and start visiting all your favorite sites, see how much is missing.

Running pandora in the background is not multitasking. Watching Hulu, typing a paper, surfing for porn, and encoding a movie at the same time is multitasking.
 
Don't bother pointing out any flaws in his argument, AdamNesvick. He's obviously very excited about getting his new iTurd.

SIEG HEIL, christianw!!!
 
I normally have a TV plugged in and running in a corner of my screen while i'm working on my netbook. How's that for multitasking? :D
 
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Loving all the "I don't get it" and "lacking functionality" comments as they are identical to the pre-iPhone comments.

"I don't get it," is the difference between a consumer and a gazillionillionare. The guy that did, "get it," is impossibly rich and.. well.. you're not.

I'm so getting one of these. I browse the net on my iPhone several times a day and having a multitouch interface on a larger screen is exactly what I want. As much as I love my Eyefinity setup for gaming, when the iPad comes out, I will be doing most of my browsing (50% of the time I spent at the PC) on that device, on the sofa. I've never owned a laptop or netbook in my life. They have never appealed, the iPad does.
 
Finkus said:
Loving all the "I don't get it" and "lacking functionality" comments as they are identical to the pre-iPhone comments.

"I don't get it," is the difference between a consumer and a gazillionillionare. The guy that did, "get it," is impossibly rich and.. well.. you're not.

I'm so getting one of these. I browse the net on my iPhone several times a day and having a multitouch interface on a larger screen is exactly what I want. As much as I love my Eyefinity setup for gaming, when the iPad comes out, I will be doing most of my browsing (50% of the time I spent at the PC) on that device, on the sofa. I've never owned a laptop or netbook in my life. They have never appealed, the iPad does.
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Getting one myself, can't wait to see the iBook store.
 
Thanks for posting these Steve, I've been wanting to see a nice summary since I'm not interested enough to read individual reviews. The iPad seems neat, but that's it. It doesn't seem to have any real functionality (yet), and since I already have a table PC, I really don't have a reason to get one. I do like the battery life, but the lack of basic features (flash, USB, and even though I don't use one, webcam) leads me to believe iPad v2 in a year or so will be much more appealing. I think the Kindle is in trouble though, considering the small price difference. One thing I could see the future holding would be having some iPad's on the floors in a hospital; I could see a device like this being invaluable for rounds and replacing the clunky tablets we have now.
 
If you think the iPad is worthless, you need to rethink how you look at the device. I'm no apple fanboi, but if you look at this device as a pure content-consumption device, there is nothing like it. If you try to put it into a netbook category, you're looking at it wrong, because it isn't a netbook. If you're thinking 'laptop replacement,' it isn't even close. If you're thinking 'iPod XL' you're closer, but limiting the scope.

Apple would never release something to replace or steal sales from their current product line now that Jobs is in charge. Apple feels that they have a entire new market section with this device, and I think they are right.

As a content-producer, the iPad is worthless. As a consumer though, it shines. With the sheer amount of digital content available today, for people only interested in checking their facebook, keeping up on RSS feeds, browsing the internet, reading ebooks, etc, this is what the ipad is for. On a 4 hour flight I would rather have an iPad, my lappy's battery wouldn't last.

It may take a while to catch on with [H]'ers, but Apple is starting a whole new market. I doubt the iPad will be as successful as the iPhone, but look what the iPhone did for the smart phone market. The iPad will certainly cause competitors to release similar solutions, and in a few few years, you will be seeing tablets all over the place.

As much as I hate apple for their ego about their products, the iPad will not be the fail we all thought after the announcement.
 
Since when is "Wicked fast" a measurement for cpu performance?

Browser performace: "Excels at browsing the web".... OMFG IT EXCELS AT IT


what the hell does that even mean?

This is the most useless review sheet ever created. Ever.



Ever.
 
I can't wait to get one :)

hopefully in the next couple of weeks. Any word on a jailbreak exploit yet?
 
AMD T-type said:
Since when is "Wicked fast" a measurement for cpu performance?

Browser performace: "Excels at browsing the web".... OMFG IT EXCELS AT IT

what the hell does that even mean?

This is the most useless review sheet ever created. Ever.

Ever.
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They're Mac users, what the hell did you expect? :p
 
geekosphere101 said:
If you think the iPad is worthless, you need to rethink how you look at the device. I'm no apple fanboi, but if you look at this device as a pure content-consumption device, there is nothing like it. If you try to put it into a netbook category, you're looking at it wrong, because it isn't a netbook. If you're thinking 'laptop replacement,' it isn't even close. If you're thinking 'iPod XL' you're closer, but limiting the scope.

Apple would never release something to replace or steal sales from their current product line now that Jobs is in charge. Apple feels that they have a entire new market section with this device, and I think they are right.

As a content-producer, the iPad is worthless. As a consumer though, it shines. With the sheer amount of digital content available today, for people only interested in checking their facebook, keeping up on RSS feeds, browsing the internet, reading ebooks, etc, this is what the ipad is for. On a 4 hour flight I would rather have an iPad, my lappy's battery wouldn't last.

It may take a while to catch on with [H]'ers, but Apple is starting a whole new market. I doubt the iPad will be as successful as the iPhone, but look what the iPhone did for the smart phone market. The iPad will certainly cause competitors to release similar solutions, and in a few few years, you will be seeing tablets all over the place.

As much as I hate apple for their ego about their products, the iPad will not be the fail we all thought after the announcement.
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No I don't have to rethink. iPad fills a market gap that doesn't exist and Apple is aiming squarely at netbooks with this piece of junk which is why it is compared with them. I laughed my ass off when his "holiness" Jobs said netbooks don't do much of anything during the iPhail announcement. iPad does LESS then a netbook can.

My phone already monitors e-mail, Twitter (NFL information only as it hits there first), News, Weather, and RSS/podcast feeds. I have a laptop sitting on my coffee table in case I need to use the Internet or I'll actually get my ass off my couch to walk the 50 feet to my desktop.

For long trips I take a netbook. They routinely get 300+ minutes of x264 720p playback and if it doesn't? Well that's what the user replaceable battery is for which is something Apple keeps forgetting. I can be productive with a netbook because I can actually multitask and I don't have to worry about a website not working due to lack of Flash/Silverlight.
 
Mr. K6 said:
They're Mac users, what the hell did you expect? :p
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Ed Baig, USA Today: Bottom Line: "Apple pretty much nailed it with this first iPad, though there's certainly room for improvement"




So what he's saying is... Apple didn't really nail anything at all?
 
If the iPad had a stylus, effective handwriting recognition, and good notepad software, then I'd really be excited; I'd carry it around everywhere and toss out my clipboard and oodles of post-it notes (in theory).
 
@SockMan!

You should check out the Gigabyte hybrid netbook/tablet I sold to someone the other day. It did all of that extremely well.

However, I'm sure it wouldn't be magical, wonderful, amazing, spectacular...
 
IronChef75 said:
Why do people want a world where Apple controls everything? What's so appealing about dumbed down and purposefully limited devices, and a single company that controls every aspect of how I use my computing devices? What's so great about only being able to buy software, music, movies and books from one place? What's so great about being unable to develop software without paying fees, and risk having it banned for stupid arbitrary reasons? I'm scared for the future if people are actually buying into this crap.

This is the 'future of computing' people want? I don't want to be a mindless passive consumer of whatever Apple tells me I want. I value my freedom and I will not be buying an iPad or anything else with an Apple logo.

If that article is accurate, then I'd rather slit my wrists than live in a world like that.
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You know, I thought the same thing back a few decades ago when manufacturers started delivering computers without programming languages. What good was a computer that you couldn't program without having to spend more money?

Same thing with cars. Ever driven a Model T, where you have to adjust the fuel mixture and spark timing on the fly, as you drove, with little levers on the steering column? What good is a car that does all this automatically for you? And whatever car you own now, the manufacturer is your primary, if not only, source of service and parts. And yet somehow people survive.

BTW, all of Apple's developer tools and programming languages, including the iPad dev kit, are completely free to download and use. You don't pay Apple a penny until someone buys the first copy of your program, and if you're developing for the Mac, you don't have to pay Apple anything ever. Let's see, how much does Visual C++ cost?
 
Unwarranted hype always pisses me off. Trying to rationalize other people's crazy behaviour can make you crazy. At least some of the people considering iPad on this site don't reek of zealotry.
 
Since the iPad is purely a "content consumption" device, I would expect it to support all major components of modern "content consumption". ie: flash. It's made to view photos? Awesome, tell me why it doesn't have memory card/USB support, then. I'm not for or against Apple, so I don't have any bias in any direction, but a device like this should be priced $200-$250, not $500. $500 is the range where you should have complete and total functionality, adequate for fully "consuming content" with use of internet, multitasking, expansion ports, physical keyboard, stylus compatibility, etc etc etc. With that said, the iPad would be much more tempting at $200-$250. In fact, at that price, it may just be well worth it. But even then, I think to myself...most cheapo cell phones can multitask, but an iPad can't?
 
dramsey said:
Let's see, how much does Visual C++ cost?
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You make it sound like Visual C++ is something imposed on me by my computer manufacturer or operating system vendor, and that I have no choice.

If you're an Apple user, let me introduce you to a concept called 'choice'. I know the almighty Steve may be angered, but in the world outside of the Apple App Store, I can source anything I want from where ever I want, and install it myself on the device of my choosing. And if it's something I have to pay for, I can pay the creator directly without giving Apple a cut. I know the idea of going out into the dark and dangerous interwebs can be scary without Steve holding your hand, but it's not so bad once you realise how rich and diverse it is outside the 'Walled Garden' (i.e. prison).
 
Vermillion said:
I can be productive with a netbook because I can actually multitask and I don't have to worry about a website not working due to lack of Flash/Silverlight.
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The iPad's no doubt a shitty productivity device. Maybe the iWork apps are at least passable for getting a little work done, but a laptop is a much better option for that sort of thing (I wouldn't really want to use a netbook for that kind of stuff either).

The iPad looks like a good media device, though. Web surfing, watching videos, playing music, playing casual games, reading books, comics, and newspapers and so forth. Things that aren't poorly-suited to netbooks, but things that can be done more simply and maybe more comfortably on a basic slate-type, touch screen form factor, with no real need for any kind of system maintenance or software incompatibilities and so forth.

I like the idea of the form factor more than the iPad itself (something as thin and light; not bulky like a tablet PC), but I also think the iPad is (potentially) a good execution on what a device this size should be about. Not a full-blown computer, but something more basic with enough features to be useful.
 
If you're wondering why the iPad is selling look no further than crave.cnet.com as an example. 7 of their 10 cover stories are iPad articles and the second page is more of the same. Imagine if any other product or brand got this much media whoring.
 
Blown 89 said:
If you're wondering why the iPad is selling look no further than crave.cnet.com as an example. 7 of their 10 cover stories are iPad articles and the second page is more of the same. Imagine if any other product or brand got this much media whoring.
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Exactly. It's either completely irrational or Apple is spendind a SHITLOAD of cash.
 
phide said:
The iPad's no doubt a shitty productivity device. Maybe the iWork apps are at least passable for getting a little work done, but a laptop is a much better option for that sort of thing (I wouldn't really want to use a netbook for that kind of stuff either).

The iPad looks like a good media device, though. Web surfing, watching videos, playing music, playing casual games, reading books, comics, and newspapers and so forth. Things that aren't poorly-suited to netbooks, but things that can be done more simply and maybe more comfortably on a basic slate-type, touch screen form factor, with no real need for any kind of system maintenance or software incompatibilities and so forth.

I like the idea of the form factor more than the iPad itself (something as thin and light; not bulky like a tablet PC), but I also think the iPad is (potentially) a good execution on what a device this size should be about. Not a full-blown computer, but something more basic with enough features to be useful.
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Slates have been out for a while now. Companies like Archos or Viliv have been making them. There's also going to be a bunch more showing up to market.

Every time a company has tried for this market, it's ended in failure. There just isn't much demand for it. Tablets came, went, came again, and went. Then came the UMPC. During the UMPC era, we pretty much saw slates in there. Companies in China have been selling actual slates since mid 2009.
 
I guess it looks ok but the reality for me is that it serves no purpose and even worse is it is apple thus you are going to be told and guided how to use the product you paids for and I hate that.
 
dochmbi said:
2nd gen Ipad: Now with multitasking --- oooh, amazing, incredible, wonderful

3rd gen Ipad, Now with flash support: oooh, magnificient, revolutionary, fantastic

4th gen Ipad, now with webcam and usb: oooh, marvelous, great, excellent

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You forgot "magical"!

:p :rolleyes: ;)
 
jimmyb said:
You guys seem really bitter about the iPad being popular.
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I think it's more that people are annoyed that supposed "tech" reviewers don't know shit about tech and have no idea what the fuck they're talking about, apparently.
 
krotch said:
Slates have been out for a while now. Companies like Archos or Viliv have been making them. There's also going to be a bunch more showing up to market.

Every time a company has tried for this market, it's ended in failure. There just isn't much demand for it. Tablets came, went, came again, and went. Then came the UMPC. During the UMPC era, we pretty much saw slates in there. Companies in China have been selling actual slates since mid 2009.
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Sad really that it takes a bullshit shiny toy like this to bring them to the mainstream. Slates and convertible tablets are great. I've had a couple over the years(which support flash and USB).
 
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