Comments | jon_leonard: Electronics report: iPad

jon_leonard

Electronics report: iPad

Jan 26, 2011 01:33

Beth's had an iPod touch for a while now, and when the 4th generation (with cameras! and high-res screen!) came out, we both got those. Given my usage habits, I was also tempted by the larger screen of an iPad ( Read more... )

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kirinn January 26 2011, 14:20:20 UTC

The music app is also called "iPod" on the iPhone; presumably that's their preferred name for it but it looks weird to have an iPod app on an iPod.

Seems odd that they would include maps and leave out weather.

nemene January 26 2011, 21:23:07 UTC

What I find odd is having two seperate apps for "iPod" and "iTunes".

jon_leonard January 27 2011, 06:58:30 UTC

That's probably it on the naming: I haven't played with an iPhone, so I'm inappropriately using the iPod touch as my baseline.

I suspect that the maps thing is about the data source: It's pretty clear that they're getting the stock and weather feeds through Yahoo!, and the maps data from Google. I suspect that Yahoo's contract fees were enough to get the "Well, you can just use the web browser..." response.

The calculator thing escapes me, though.

kirinn January 27 2011, 14:47:36 UTC

That halfway makes sense... but Google has stock feeds. And in general I'm surprised if there's not various smaller companies that would jump at the chance to have Apple use their feeds in an app for a smaller fee.

nemene January 26 2011, 21:26:01 UTC

I got an iPad for Christmas and have had a similar experience. I find myself looking for new uses for it (new apps etc), because I enjoy using it so much. I also got the base model, but for most purposes that is sufficient, I probably wouldn't want to pay for the 3G service anyway; besides now that we have a Clear 4G+ mobile hot spot for our van, wifi is usually enough...