iPad vs the oPad

[SpiritAlight 1]

The iPad is revolutionary.

There is no doubt about this.

If anyone thinks otherwise, they just might be having some twinges of envy.

Face it.

The iPad is NOT a laptop replacement.

What it is best at is like a take-away from the mother ship...the space pod...the away team.

Hee, hee.

Oooou I like that analogy.

(pats self on back)

You have your home computer and/or laptop that you do not fell like dragging around and you can

bring and showcase your portfolio to clients,

browse the net like you never imagined you could,

play games (for those who are inclined to such activities) with the incredible motion sensor/feeler,

enjoy emailing, posting, facebooking, photo sharing, watching movies (on the go), music/videos, iBooks...in colour!!!! etc etc etc in a way that is a delight!

And more!!!!!

It is not a larger iPhone...it does not make and receive calls...well, unless you get the Skype app, and then that is possible too.

It is not a larger iPod Touch, because it runs software, like iWorks (check THAT out).

Do yourselves a favour and stop reading reviews, and just go and try something for yourselves.

Enjoy!

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

The iPad is revolutionary.

There is no doubt about this.

If anyone thinks otherwise, they just might be having some twinges of envy.

Face it.

The iPad is NOT a laptop replacement.

What it is best at is like a take-away from the mother ship...the space pod...the away team.

Hee, hee.

Oooou I like that analogy.

(pats self on back)

You have your home computer and/or laptop that you do not fell like dragging around and you can

bring and showcase your portfolio to clients,

browse the net like you never imagined you could,

play games (for those who are inclined to such activities) with the incredible motion sensor/feeler,

enjoy emailing, posting, facebooking, photo sharing, watching movies (on the go), music/videos, iBooks...in colour!!!! etc etc etc in a way that is a delight!

And more!!!!!

It is not a larger iPhone...it does not make and receive calls...well, unless you get the Skype app, and then that is possible too.

It is not a larger iPod Touch, because it runs software, like iWorks (check THAT out).

Do yourselves a favour and stop reading reviews, and just go and try something for yourselves.

Enjoy!

And yet it cannot access 75% of web content.

[SpiritAlight 1]

There are 150,000 apps (applications) available and counting.

By Saturday night (iPad launch day), over one million apps were downloaded!

Admit you are in awe by such facts.

Which 75% cannot be viewed?

Have you tried a game on it (or on an iPod Touch for that matter)?

Even Pacman is fun with the motion sensor instead of using a mouse/keyboard/joystick.

(I am not a gamer.)

Have you seen what apps are available?

The categories are endless.

Even astronomy! It maps the night sky, ands shows "live" moon cycles.

Google Earth in your hands!

So much cool shtuff!!!!

Do check out iTunes and or the App store and see.

It's mind boggling!

Edited April 8, 2010 by SpiritAlight

[The_Dude 1,142]

The iPad is revolutionary.

There is no doubt about this.

If anyone thinks otherwise, they just might be having some twinges of envy.

Face it.

The iPad is NOT a laptop replacement.

What it is best at is like a take-away from the mother ship...the space pod...the away team.

Hee, hee.

Oooou I like that analogy.

(pats self on back)

You have your home computer and/or laptop that you do not fell like dragging around and you can

bring and showcase your portfolio to clients,

browse the net like you never imagined you could,

play games (for those who are inclined to such activities) with the incredible motion sensor/feeler,

enjoy emailing, posting, facebooking, photo sharing, watching movies (on the go), music/videos, iBooks...in colour!!!! etc etc etc in a way that is a delight!

And more!!!!!

It is not a larger iPhone...it does not make and receive calls...well, unless you get the Skype app, and then that is possible too.

It is not a larger iPod Touch, because it runs software, like iWorks (check THAT out).

Do yourselves a favour and stop reading reviews, and just go and try something for yourselves.

Enjoy!

The iPad is far from revolutionary. Hell, it's not even really original. Tablet computers have been around for a while, yet nobody has taken them to the market en masse. But Apple has a built in market who will buy anything they produce. Is it a neat gadget? Yes. Is it an essential piece of hardware? absolutely not.

Edited April 8, 2010 by Rob and Mel

[SpiritAlight 1]

The iPad is far from revolutionary. Hell, it's not even really original. Tablet computers have been around for a while, yet nobody has taken them to the market en masse. But Apple has a built in market who will buy anything they produce. Is it a neat gadget? Yes. Is it an essential piece of hardware? absolutely not.

A multi touch screen and motion sensors.

And it's cheap for all of that.

True, not essential at all.

A wonder-full toll and gadget, yes.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

There are 150,000 apps (applications) available and counting.

By Saturday night (iPad launch day), over one million apps were downloaded!

Admit you are in awe by such facts.

Which 75% cannot be viewed?

Have you tried a game on it (or on an iPod Touch for that matter)?

Even Pacman is fun with the motion sensor instead of using a mouse/keyboard/joystick.

(I am not a gamer.)

Have you seen what apps are available?

The categories are endless.

Even astronomy! It maps the night sky, ands shows "live" moon cycles.

Google Earth in your hands!

So much cool shtuff!!!!

Do check out iTunes and or the App store and see.

It's mind boggling!

Apple's iPad -- a broken link?

Posted by Adrian Ludwig on January 27, 2010 5:00 PM

As I drove by Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco this morning, I couldn't help but be impressed. Apple certainly has the ability to excite people with great products, and with the iPhone they even managed to generate momentum for an entire product category. So it's no surprise that the iPad looks like it's a pretty good new device.

It was really exciting to see some of the technologies that Adobe has contributed to, like PDF and ePub support, taking center stage in the launch. Adobe technology is at the center of virtually every print and digital workflow, so undoubtedly a lot of what you¹ll see getting delivered to the iPad will have originated in Adobe creative software.

But, as a picture posted on Engadget shows (below), and many others have reported, there's something important missing from Apple's approach to connecting consumers to content.

iPad Flash Plugin Error

"It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple's DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers. And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.

If I want to use the iPad to connect to Disney, Hulu, Miniclip, Farmville, ESPN, Kongregate, or JibJab -- not to mention the millions of other sites on the web -- I'll be out of luck."

[SpiritAlight 1]

Oops, I meant to say tool not toll in my last post.

Yes, Flash thingy is a problem.

It does so much other shtuff though.

So maybe Adobe and Apple will get married in the near future.

Who's to say?

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Not very likely....

Steve Jobs didn’t mention it onstage this morning at Apple’s iPhone 4.0 press event at the company’s Cupertino headquarters. But Apple has made a change to the wording in the company’s iPhone Developer Program License Agreement, to which all aspiring app developers must agree.

The new wording says:

“Applications may only use Documented APIs in the manner prescribed by Apple and must not use or call any private APIs. Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs (e.g., Applications that link to Documented APIs through an intermediary translation or compatibility layer or tool are prohibited).”

Apple pundit John Gruber translated the legalese to English: No Flash. Previously, developers were allowed to use conversion tools to build iPhone apps from pre-existing Flash games. Now, they’ll need to develop explicit iPhone versions.

Adobe’s upcoming Flash-to-iPhone compiler seems to be the target of the change. “It could hardly be more clear if they singled out Flash CS5 by name,” Gruber wrote.

[image: MSLK]

Beyond Flash, the new rule may also be used to block cross-platform app maker software such as Appcelerator’s Titanium or Unity 3D. As always with Apple’s app review process, we won’t know what’s going on until the first few apps are accepted or rejected, which could take weeks.

http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/08/apple-bans-flash-to-iphone-conversions-in-apps/