Anyone own the iPAD?

[Doug_Steele]

I live in a three level house so I have a Mac Pro on one level, a Macbook on another level, and the iPad in the living room on another level.  I’ll also use it when traveling (flying).

How much stock do you have invested in Apple? 

[BIG ACH]

I bought an ipad 3G 64gb for my dad last week, he asked me to pick one up for him, and then called me yesterday and asked me to pick up a second one.   The first one is sitting on my desk waiting for him to come into town and pick it up.


I'm not an apple fan at all personally, but it looks like a cool product.  Apple products get so hyped up though and have become so fashionable and trendy.





I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea!

[Doug_Steele]

I bought an ipad 3G 64gb for my dad last week, he asked me to pick one up for him, and then called me yesterday and asked me to pick up a second one.   The first one is sitting on my desk waiting for him to come into town and pick it up.


I'm not an apple fan at all personally, but it looks like a cool product.  Apple products get so hyped up though and have become so fashionable and trendy.





I'm a PC, and Windows 7 was my idea!

 

[Jizzacked]

not an apple fan but I have been tempted to get one after playing around with one at best buy.  however...

I am really looking forward to seeing the Notion Ink 'Adam' come to market in the next couple months.... has all the ports you could want (usb, hdmi, micro SD, etc) and the pixel Qi display is just awesome... check out the demo vids on youtube to see what I mean.  

http://www.notionink.in/adamoverview.php

[El Diablo Blanco]

The problem with this shit are the finger prints and screen smudges.  Watching that youtube video from Notion you can see how dirty the screen gets.  It gets to a point where even windex can't clean the greasy paw prints off. 

[Hulkster]

iPad?

isn't that what a woman puts in her Xbox once a month?

[Jizzacked]

The problem with this shit are the finger prints and screen smudges.  Watching that youtube video from Notion you can see how dirty the screen gets.  It gets to a point where even windex can't clean the greasy paw prints off. 

the adam has a touch system on the back of the device to alleviate this issue.  probably takes a little getting used to, but a nice alternative to having to wipe the unit down all the time. 

[Captain Equipoise]

For the guys complaining about fingerprints, it's called a rag or towel...try it, does wonders..

if it's extra smudgy use some windex! , btw. installed an incredible app yestarday by Autodesk (makers of AutoCAD)

it's basically photoshop for Ipad (yes it has layers) about 300 different brushes, fucking amazing app, best $10 I've spent on software! the depth of this program is crazy you can make drawings/sketches from scratch or edit your photos like in PS..

[TacoBell]

Meh, so I picked one up (on it now), gotta say so far not impressed.  This is my first apple product besides an older iPod for gym music. 
Replying to peoples posts isn't terribly easy if you're quoting..... And you can't watch porn from websites....so those are two big negatives to overcome right there.
Also, apps are expensive, do people really dump hundreds more dollars on these things???

[HTexan]

Meh, so I picked one up (on it now), gotta say so far not impressed.  This is my first apple product besides an older iPod for gym music. 
Replying to peoples posts isn't terribly easy if you're quoting..... And you can't watch porn from websites....so those are two big negatives to overcome right there.
Also, apps are expensive, do people really dump hundreds more dollars on these things???

What apps do you want to buy that are so $$$. .?

[TacoBell]

What apps do you want to buy that are so $$$. .?

Don't know, just seems like they're $5 a pop.....

[balight]

iPad will burn out you eyes after some hours of reading. The whole point of the readers is the special display, what really looks like a book page, and it doesn't vibrate. Very good for the eyes. When i first saw an reader i thought it is just a promotional machine, and it isn't functioning. Then i discovered, that it is actually turned on, and what i see isn't a piece of paper behind a glass, but a working display - but i couldn't tell the difference for the first sight.

[Aerian]

Don't know, just seems like they're $5 a pop.....

...and $5 a pop is alot?  I have probably bought about 40 apps and easily provide more entertainment then what that $5 spent elsewhere can provide.

Maybe you need a better job if you are really concerned by a $5 app.

[Doug_Steele]

...and $5 a pop is alot?  I have probably bought about 40 apps and easily provide more entertainment then what that $5 spent elsewhere can provide.

Maybe you need a better job if you are really concerned by a $5 app.

Dude works at Tacobell....Give him a damn break.

[bodybuilder1234]

i heard the ipad doesnt have flash player
So that means you cant actually see a shit load of videos on it

[TacoBell]

Dude works at Tacobell....Give him a damn break.

Tacobell where I live pays better than anything in michigan 


It's not that five dollars is a lot, but I can't imagine loading 100 apps on this thing to make it a better piece of equiptment than a normal computer...

[Army of One]

Tacobell where I live pays better than anything in michigan 


It's not that five dollars is a lot, but I can't imagine loading 100 apps on this thing to make it a better piece of equiptment than a normal computer...

Then just jailbreak it and get them all for free.

[Doug_Steele]

Tacobell where I live pays better than anything in michigan 


It's not that five dollars is a lot, but I can't imagine loading 100 apps on this thing to make it a better piece of equiptment than a normal computer...

Physical Therapy pays me more then your Tacobell job.   What are you 16?

[BIG ACH]

I'm headed over to the store tomorrow to buy a THIRD ipad (and once again its not for me) LOL

For a NON-Apple fan, I'm really racking them up, need to bolt up my apartment door and set up an alarm security system, its like gaurding gold! LOL  Can't wait til they get picked up!


I own a tablet laptop, a Lenovo X61t (not my primary laptop), the one with the foldable keyboard to use the tablet, can be used by finger touch or stylus.


But If I was to get a full on tablet with no keyboard, I would go with the Archos 9 running Windows 7:

[TacoBell]

Then just jailbreak it and get them all for free.

Now this I like.  How do I know which minority can perform such a task?

[Aerian]

Tacobell where I live pays better than anything in michigan 


It's not that five dollars is a lot, but I can't imagine loading 100 apps on this thing to make it a better piece of equiptment than a normal computer...

I agree to an extent.  This is a pure entertainment pad that is a bit of a luxury/novelty then a practical device and no one shoudl get it to replace a laptop or PC, but it sure has made my downtime at where ever i am at, much more entertaining, then what my Droid was able to provide.

[Aerian]

I'm headed over to the store tomorrow to buy a THIRD ipad (and once again its not for me) LOL

For a NON-Apple fan, I'm really racking them up, need to bolt up my apartment door and set up an alarm security system, its like gaurding gold! LOL  Can't wait til they get picked up!


I own a tablet laptop, a Lenovo X61t (not my primary laptop), the one with the foldable keyboard to use the tablet, can be used by finger touch or stylus.


But If I was to get a full on tablet with no keyboard, I would go with the Archos 9 running Windows 7:

Where are you buying them?  In Houston you cant get one anywhere (any best buy or apple store in city )and have to order them from Apple direct.  Atleast this was the case when i tried to get a co-worker one last week.

[HTexan]

iPad will burn out you eyes after some hours of reading. The whole point of the readers is the special display, what really looks like a book page, and it doesn't vibrate. Very good for the eyes. When i first saw an reader i thought it is just a promotional machine, and it isn't functioning. Then i discovered, that it is actually turned on, and what i see isn't a piece of paper behind a glass, but a working display - but i couldn't tell the difference for the first sight.

Yeah if you want just an ebook reader, get a nook or kindle. Your can still read those books you buy on a iPad too.