Comments | phrogg: iPad: The Good, the Bad, and the Silly.

phrogg

iPad: The Good, the Bad, and the Silly.

Jan 27, 2010 17:00

Today, Apple announced its new product, the iPadTablet PC's aren't a new concept, but they've never really taken off. Many manufacturers have released them, and then rapidly discontinued them due to poor adoption and sales. Can Apple succeed where so many others have failed ( Read more... )

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angelpsalm January 28 2010, 14:51:26 UTC

I lost interest at "no multitasking."

phrogg January 28 2010, 15:08:31 UTC

Yeah, it's a real bummer.

aipaloovik February 3 2010, 03:07:03 UTC

Jailbreak and use Backgrounder (on your iPhone, that is). Works like a charm havin' Pandora on while doin' anything else. I tried it playin' Wolfenstein RPG. Jailbroken > Stock. By far, dude.

brynne January 28 2010, 16:45:18 UTC

I'm sure a number of people will go out and buy one because it's a Mac product, and Macs are the in thing right now. Especially among teenagers with rich parents and too much time on their hands.

I'm not sure if it will survive the open market. I, too, lost interest at "no multitasking". If it's meant to be a COMPUTER, that's a huge flaw. I think that it'll be the deal-breaker for lots more people than just you and Psalmy.

tenyjah January 28 2010, 17:03:39 UTC

i have bee outta the mac loop since the ipod..thouhg this ting looks cool, I really dont think i'd get it but since i have techno freak brotehrs..from the description.. the price and the no multi tasking will not have them blowing near 6 bills for this...yet.

Thanks for the breakdown thouhg, it was cool to have the techno stuff broken down in english for me :)

ezma January 28 2010, 17:42:53 UTC

I don't know what brand it was, but while I was slamming my head against the desks in college last year, one of my classmates had something similar. It was pretty cool to take notes on (with a stylus), and the screen flipped around so you could use it as a laptop or a tablet ... other than that feature, I have no idea what else it did. However, since I'm all PCed up, I would get something like that if it was compatible with my 6 yr old Dell that has my entire life on it.

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phrogg February 8 2010, 16:53:21 UTC

Planning an EECB already? Preparing for a preemptive strike, are we?

phrogg February 8 2010, 17:10:25 UTC

Got it, dude. Posting it here so it's handy if things boil over.

http://consumerist.com/2008/04/email-addresses-for-best-buy-execs.html