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iPad already available in the UK!?
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I've just clocked that atleast 2 hops are selling the iPad already.
Is it worth buying it now though? Surely the price will drop when more and more retailers start stocking it?:chin:
Is it worth buying it now though? Surely the price will drop when more and more retailers start stocking it?:chin:
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No? Imagine you have a complete technophobe, someone who is terrified of computers. The iPad hides the OS, hides the folders and files. They can surf the internet, listen to music or watch videos on a portable device that doesn't scare them or need much of an investment to get over the skill hump.
I'm baffled that people don't understand the appeal of the iPad. It's not intended to replace laptops, it's a different beast. It's a portable entertainment device; it'd be easier to go on the internet or watch videos on it in bed than it would be on a laptop. And it's more portable than a laptop. Every laptop I've ever owned gets hot as hell if I put it on my knee. There's an extra layer of portability that just appeals to me.
I don't need one. I probably won't get one for awhile. But the whole 'it's just a bigger iPhone' thing...well fucking duh. But the iPhone is awesome. And the iPad has the potential to be.
ETA: I'm already hearing things about stage managers using the iPad to keep tracks of things during rehearsals and shows. That's pretty cool.
They aren't marketing it yet.
And I'll bet if you showed your Dad the iPad, sat him down with one and let him see what it was, he'd think it was great. And far less intimidating than a PC.
Hell maybe Apple are going to follow the Malcolm Gladwell mavens approach to marketing. Let tech savvy kids sell it to their parents and relatives. Who knows?
I just think it's cool. Don't need one, but it's cool. And I still think John Gruber is right:
"Used to be that to drive a car, you, the driver, needed to operate a clutch pedal and gear shifter and manually change gears for the transmission as you accelerated and decelerated. Then came the automatic transmission. With an automatic, the transmission is entirely abstracted away. The clutch is gone. To go faster, you just press harder on the gas pedal.
That’s where Apple is taking computing. A car with an automatic transmission still shifts gears; the driver just doesn’t need to know about it. A computer running iPhone OS still has a hierarchical file system; the user just never sees it.
That’s not to say there aren’t trade-offs involved. Car enthusiasts (and genuine experts like race car drivers) still drive cars with manual transmissions. They offer more control; they’re more efficient. But the vast majority of cars sold today are automatics. So too it’ll be with computers. Eventually, the vast majority will be like the iPad in terms of the degree to which the underlying computer is abstracted away. Manual computers, like the Mac and Windows PCs, will slowly shift from the standard to the niche, something of interest only to experts and enthusiasts and developers."
You've lost me.
You said they weren't marketing it to people like your Dad. I said they're not doing that yet.
"They aren't marketing it yet."
That reads pretty clearly to me.
Ah well.
www.paceblade.com
According to Wiki, tablet PCs dated even further back than 2003.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablet_PC
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/04/20/ipad-uk-price-outed/
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/03/08/ipad-uk-price-leaked-by-play-com/
All it was, were a picture of an iPad on someones lap, and the Apple logo... Nuff said really, Apple doesn't need to do more.
They sold 300,000+ On the first day in america, every Apple store in america, has about 30 of these out on the shelf to play with, and well everyone is in there playing with them.
As for marketing, i think Apple have enough captive audiance to sell this without any specific effort. Considering they're the leaders in the MP3 and Phone market, and catching up on a lot of other things too... Soon probably the Tablet market.
Just wait till they arrive in the UK. Even will the crappy exchange rate, while i was in america they were only £330, so hold out for a cheaper price.
Screen quality should be comparable or better than other laptops out just now.
The only downside really is the price. It's a premium gadget, so will be sold as such.
But then you wouldn't be part of the fad
If you look up, that average netbook is £200, i've no idea about tablets. And a decent laptop is £350
iPad is going to be somewhere near £350 price, i'm no apple fan boy here. But i just think that apple have the right idea about a lot of things.
Flash looking goods, iPod+iTunes amazing idea, works a treat. They make items, well that look good, work great and fast. Amazing functionality and are a fasion item and good to show off.
I'm in the market for a new laptop, but considering i've got my PC, and little laptop. I'm just going to buy an iPad - they're so useless and portable
http://www.neowin.net/news/uk-ipad-pricing-revealed
Sorry, what country are you in? In the UK very few cars are automatics.
I was quoting John Gruber.
He's American.
Oh and surprise-surprise the UK is ripped off by a very dubious exchange rate on something electrical again.