Not that I read, but the book store will also be non-existant it seems for a little while at least.

I used to play quake3 in 3d wearing funky 3d glasses with a long wire going to the back of my PC, do you think I cared what people thought of me doing it? No I did not, especially since people used to come over & want to play quake3 in glorious 3d for themselves.

I wouldn't want to buy an iPad though, sounds like a womans sanitary product imho and a laptop/tablet pc would be far more useful.

what whoop said.

Apple took the plunge, and damaged their brand in the eyes of the IT savvy.

I'm talking to mates who are wanting to ditch their iPhone now that they realise it's embarrassing to do the Apple fad s*** now

people are installing Win7 on their Macs these days, and realising it's just a cheapie entry level sub-$1k PC.

I'm talking to mates who are wanting to ditch their iPhone now that they realise it's embarrassing to do the Apple fad s*** now

That makes no sense whatsoever. Everyone has iPhones, I hardly believe its a fad anymore, maybe a legitimately good phone?

I'm talking to mates who are wanting to ditch their iPhone now that they realise it's embarrassing to do the Apple fad s*** now

Life must be so stressful and tough as a trendy ... not sure how they survive.

I'm talking to mates who are wanting to ditch their iPhone now that they realise it's embarrassing to do the Apple fad s*** now

What the f***? Who spends a grand or so on a phone over its 'fad' status?

How can a telephone be 'embarrassing'?

Actually I knew a bloke who had one of these but I don't think the iPhone is quite there just yet.

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Apple took the plunge, and damaged their brand in the eyes of the IT savvy.

I don't think it changed many peoples opinions either side. Haters are still haters, lovers are still lovers, iPhone lovers who hate apple are in between.

Just wait till blizzard announce multitouch starcraft 2 for it :)

people are installing Win7 on their Macs these days, and realising it's just a cheapie entry level sub-$1k PC.

What Mac can you buy, and what version of Windows 7 can you then buy and install on it, that makes it under <$1k ?!

I think he means that they realise that their more-expensive-than-1k Mac is overpriced.

How can a telephone be 'embarrassing'?

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Yeah, I think the iPad will find more appeal amongst the less tech savvy people, but I also think the price is going to put those same people off getting one. My brother for example, heard about it on the radio and saw some stuff on tv about it, thought it sounded pretty cool and was going planning on getting one, till I told him the price, and that turned him completely off the idea.

its actually pretty funny, i almost got rejected from a club because i wasn't "alternative" enough, and the stupid door bitch was saying it while she was looking at her iphone and dressed like she was a beatles sidekick. (all i had to do to get in was button up a shirt.. ha!)

hypocrite bitch.

another thing i just noticed, if you type in" iphone" spell check recommends it to be spelt "iPhone"... so i think it's pretty embedded into world culture now.

till I told him the price, and that turned him completely off the idea

What price did you quote?

$499 US for a device like the iPad isn't that bad... We really have no idea what it's supposed to cost anyway cause the "touch screen tablet" market is pretty close to brand new

$499 US for a device like the iPad isn't that bad... We really have no idea what it's supposed to cost anyway cause the "touch screen tablet" market is pretty close to brand new

I certainly wouldn't pay $500 for what is essentially a giant ipod. What I would pay $500 for would be something like that which had a fold out keyboard and that ran either a decent OS (one you can install programs on, not this bulls*** "apps" business) or let you install your own OS onto it.

What does a decent netbook go for these days? One that can do all that the ipad can do minus the wank factor of a touch screen. I can see where the touch screen might be useful if you have a disability and have limited movement in your hands or no hands at all but in reality you could probably use a normal laptop touchpad too.

$499 for the bare bones model, with the smallest hard drive, asif thats the one you'd get.

What price did you quote?

I told him it was $500 US, so it would probably be at least $600 by the time it comes out here for the absolute, bottom of the line bare bones model. Then its all up from there.

$499 US for a device like the iPad isn't that bad... We really have no idea what it's supposed to cost anyway cause the "touch screen tablet" market is pretty close to brand new

I've seen a few people make similar observations elsewhere, but as far as most people are concerned - US$500 is a lot of money for a computing device that cannot replace your laptop. Its actual "worth" in terms of the construction costs is irrelevant as a consumer. Its the same argument pro-PlayStation3 people made, but the market reacted the same way.


I would be quite surprised if we saw a launch price below AU$699 , which I think may be too high for broad adoption. Of course I guess its likely Apple already know this and figure well, you have to start somewhere. Its not like the iPod was hugely popular right from the start.

What the f***? Who spends a grand or so on a phone over its 'fad' status?

To the kind of person that buys an iPhone for that reason, it's not 'a grand or so', they see it as more like free with their call plan.

For a lot of people like that, they've been spending close to $100 a month on a mobile phone bill for years anyway - so it's just a matter of switching of the nokia-xxxx and signing another form.

$499 for the bare bones model, with the smallest hard drive, asif thats the one you'd get.

Well, it depends what you plan to do with it :) The more exxy models add 3G (yeh that's not gonna be too useful in AU) and more memory which may or may not be useful, I have a hard time filling my phone as it is.

... Well, aside from "Other Data" haha

Remember Apple have retarded pricing, they add hundreds of dollars for extra flash memory. If its gonna be a lounge room convenience toy then I'm not sure that I need 3G or more gigamabytes.

One that can do all that the ipad can do minus the wank factor of a touch screen.

I might be wrong, but I think you've entirely missed the point of iPad.

Dan - if people don't understand that they pay for the handset as part of their contract then they're stupid heads. Can't fix stupid.

I can look at gps while listening to music, take a call, and when its finished, go back to my gps and music playing on my iphone. In saying this, that ipad looks like a bloated piece of s***, only supreme wankers would buy one imo.

In saying this, that ipad looks like a bloated piece of s***, only supreme wankers would buy one imo

Only a c******* would make a judgement call over something as banal as a f***ing gadget.

^
I could call anyone who would spend $1000+ on an instrument a supreme wanker too, because all it does is play music?
but then again, I'm not hating on other peoples s*** just for the sake of it, as people tend to do with anything apple make

oh and the instrument wouldn't even play music by it's self, you have to do it f***ing manually omg!@!@@!

Well I have been looking at some videos of Ipad. And one thing that the apple guys all say is that 'you can hold the internet in your hands'. Yeah maybe... But I have been hearing rumours about the Ipad not having flash player!! :O

Seriously, what the f*** would be the point of holding the internet in your hands if you can't look at videos of adult catigorees?!

420.

I can look at gps while listening to music, take a call, and when its finished, go back to my gps and music playing on my iphone. In saying this, that ipad looks like a bloated piece of s***, only supreme wankers would buy one imo.

agreed, but wern't you an iphone uber hater??? or am I thinking of someone else? must be someone else :/

Pretty sure the iPad will be the motivation for me to finally learn how to use iWork. I have it on my work computer, but have only tried out Pages so far, which is great. I hear amazing things about Keynote, but that excel is superior to Numbers.

The other thing this will be awesome for that I realised last night is digital comics. Finally a form-factor and an interface that will allow us to get comics online!

Yea because a $300 DSi is sooo much better then an ipod touch...

Goddam I wish nintendo would just sell apple pokemon, that would be the best app ever. Yet pokemon is one of the only good games I've seen on DS besides the Mario franchise, so that probably wont be happening, ever :(

actually yes a $300 DSi is a lot better than an ipad which costs at least $700

im pretty sure the ds can do every the ipad can.

he said ipod touch, not ipad uFag
there is no way a dsi is better than an ipod touch, let alone an ipad

totally can't read. still a dsi can do everything the ipod can.

im pretty sure the ds can do every the ipad can.

Wow, you must have buried your head really deep in the sand to say something like that.

for once i agree with billy.

ds is pretty much a nintedo 64. it only has about 64mb of onboard ram... it's impossible to even view a pdf on a ds because of the lack of memory.

dsi i think they upped the ante a little bit, but not enough for it to even vaguely compete against the ipod touch on anything important.

It's just a giant iPod Touch! It would be funny if you could make calls from it so it was like a novelty giant iPhone. Imagine using it on the train, getting it out of your giant pants pocket. hehe

I am quoting myself! When I say it, no one cares. When nintendo man says it, it's news. By my calculations, I am eligible to run Nintendo because we think alike.

http://obamapacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Apple-iPad-price-expensive-chart-for-that-ebook-competition-comparison.png

Wow, you must have buried your head really deep in the sand to say something like that.

DS homebrew.

There's a whole organised app store for homebrew iPhone/iPod Touch stuff, just sayin.