iTampon as referred to on Twitter..
Anyone else wanna spend more money on a data plan for the iPad 3G?
Your question confuses me..?
Couldn't agree more. Just for a quick glance and a scan of the article it looks like a big ass PALM. Web Browser, Apps, Calendar, Email, yada yada - just big, bulky and expensive. Plus the battery life (10 hours) sucks.
The main picture shows a tabloid. I got my wife a Kindle2 for Christmas and the battery on that thing will easily last a week+ and she reads about a book every 2 days.
I dunno man... the touch screen has a place - not every place.
That battery life K2 is 10hrs of use. It has a stanby life of 30 DAYS! But I am with you on the full touch screen, but who knows till you try it. :top:
Not to mention I HATE fingerprints on my screen, can't imagine using my monitor as a touchscreen and having smudges all over it all the time.
Klint, the screen will have the same glass that the iphone has, which alleviates the amount of marks on the screen due to the material its composed of. These screens are not that of a plexiglass or polarized glass type that a normal lcd monitor has.
I'll say like I said on Twitter earlier:
Apple's business model is to create a bunch of hype, disappoint, sell it to all the fanboys/suckers/early adopters (whatever you want to call em), then they slowly deliver on whatever disappointments were there and re-release as a new cheaper product.
It works for them without fail, this is just a continuation.
Wow man, harsh words. Would you consider this customer feedback? and where is it wrong to improve a product and charge less? Customer feedback is a must for new products (as most of apples products are new to us) isnt that better than changing the model number slightly after you have made minor adjustments and then charge more. Come on.... Consider r&d into a new product, especially one as advance as this, and tell me you wont try and make that back. I do not feel that is was apple is trying to accomplish here. Do they glorify their products beyond most, yes, but who the fawk wouldnt at a business standpoint.
At this point, I stand in the middle of this arguement. I am out weighing the pros and cons (ipad vs laptop). This product is not for the more moderate computer user, and apple and steve jobs defined that at the very beginning. They are merely trying to find a middle ground with a budget. It comes down to facts and specs, NOT opinions for me at least.
Edit: one more thing. The data plan is not required. Do you have a data plan for your laptop? :rolleyez:
