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I'm can't wait for the new i-wheel...apparantly it's the next big thing and will somehow provide a means of transporting goods on a sleigh even when theres no snow!! Insiders say the i-wheel will be designed to simply attach to an existing sleigh and can be "rolled" to provide forward and backwards motion!!!!
Early prototypes can't change directionlike a conventional sleigh but the boffins at Apple are working on a "steering" mechanism, whatever that is !!!
You gotta hand it to these guys they are ace
ffs
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Using logmein on my iphone i can drag and drop when connected to my macbook.
so you need a laptop with you to export files easily?
its not what i was hoping for
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WTF are you on about bigrich?
What does "drag-and-drop" mean to you? To me it means a user interface interactions where you can drag interface elements around and drop them on other elements.
No?
What does that have to do with exporting files?? Exporting files to where?
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Can't believe this thread has run to 6 pages already! If you don't like them, don't buy one. Sheesh.
Maybe this thread should be preserved somewhere for posterity, then in two years time half the posters can feel very smug and the other half can admit they were wrong..... oh hang on, this is STW, posters are always smug and no-one ever admits they were wrong.
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i'd rather spend about £280 on a hackintoshed mini dell with a 120gig drive and full OS
Likewise... So nearly have done at many points over the last few months, but for lack of funds and "no real need" other than it'd be nice to have...
no surprise there really. Apple devices work well because they are a closed system. A USB port means you can attach anything from a USB AirSoft Turret to a USB Ghost Detector.
Whoah! I NEED that USB Airsoft Turret! That is sooooooo cool! Shame I'll have to plug it into my computer though eh!
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i'd rather spend about £280 on a hackintoshed mini dell with a 120gig drive and full OS
Which I'm sure makes you just the kind of buyer Apple are aiming the iPad at - not!
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so you need a laptop with you to export files easily?
Eh? All i was saying was it is possible to drag and drop using a touchscreen interface.
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Considering the amount of random USB stuff out there, Windows does a pretty good job of making it all work nowadays.
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It does have a camera connector accessory which allows you to import photos either from an SD card or via your camera's USB connector. I wonder what would happen if you plugged other USB peripherals into the USB camera connector?
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Considering the amount of random USB stuff out there, Windows does a pretty good job of making it all work nowadays.
Indeed, but it does often involve drivers etc, which means dodgy third-party code, security holes and system instability (sometimes).
People often talk about liking Apple stuff because "it just works". Limiting what you can do with it is one way they make sure that the things that it does do "just work".
I wonder what would happen if you plugged other USB peripherals into the USB camera connector?
I'm guessing it'll just say - that's not a camera, **** off.
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that's not a camera, **** off.
Now there's a pop-up I'd like to see
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Eh? All i was saying was it is possible to drag and drop using a touchscreen interface.
so if you are eg in the states for two days, (where you pack a suit, two shirts and some pants cos its lightweight and you dont have to check baggage) instead of your pad and a usb stick, you need a laptop, pad, and stick. or a laptop and stick
i'd like a portable work/entertainment device please, not just a pad to watch star trek in low def downloaded from itunes.
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Nope. Still don't know WTF you are on about bigrich, sorry.
i'd like a portable work/entertainment device please
So that'd be a laptop then.
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you obviously dont have to work, yet waste time on the move then. seems its a toy. no thanks
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I'm guessing it'll just say - that's not a camera, **** off.
That would be on the iRish iPad
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you obviously dont have to work, yet waste time on the move then. seems its a toy. no thanks
We get the idea, you won't be buying one.
If Apple are right however, you don't represent their target demographic, LOTS of whom will buy one.
Are you going to get this cross every time you see someone using one? Maybe you have "issues" and should consider anger management classes?
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not angry, just saying it doesn't fill my need. and theres lots of peeps who are in the same boat.
disappointment is not anger. why did you assume i was angry?
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why did you assume i was angry?
[Robert de Niro circa Taxi Driver]You talkin' to me?[/Robert de Niro circa Taxi Driver]
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If Apple are right however, you don't represent their target demographic
Who are their target demographic exactly? I'm fairly sure it's not iPhone owners in general, most of whom already own a laptop, so who?Posted 2 years ago # -
I don't think it's supposed to be a laptop replacement.
I own a laptop, but I can still see the attraction of having an iPad for casual surfing, games, reading and other stuff. The laptop is unwieldy, slow to boot, relatively heavy, has poor battery life and is generally overkill for that kind of casual use, the iPhone is hampered by the small size of it's screen. The iPad fits neatly in between.
Besides there is no rule that says once you have a laptop in your household you aren't allowed any other computer devices. It seems like an iPad would be an ideal casual use device (if it's cheap enough) for households with less laptops than there are users.
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Lots of jumpy folk defending a flawed jumped up ipod touch, getting offended because people pointed out the short comings of a piece of kit
that doesn't multitask
is closed system
with no cameras
that isn't widescreen
and has no usb/sd/hdmi. Wasted oportunity to leap ahead of everybody with usb3 too.
This is a terribly named shiny piece of shiny that didn't really need to exist. The market is saturated with better focused tech.
Now Microsofts' courier seems like a usefultoolPosted 2 years ago # -
ChrisS +1
I keep describing it to people as a "digital magazine". It's something you can pick up and have a browse through while you're lying on the couch.
you obviously dont have to work, yet waste time on the move then. seems its a toy. no thanks
I still genuinely don't understand what you're on about regarding drag-and-drop, exporting files, usb sticks and needing a laptop.
But if you're saying that you were disappointed because you were hoping for a portable device with USB ports and a keyboard then I have some good news for you...
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you cant easily work on it. therefore you need a laptopits well trendy. get onePosted 2 years ago # -
you cant easily work on it. therefore you need a laptopFFS, how many times, IT'S NOT DESIGNED FOR WORKING ON, that's not it's primary purpose.
its well trendy. get one
What's the point, having ignored reasoned argument you now resort that kind of comment.
I'd forgotten just how pointless attempting to have a reasoned discussion is on this bloody forum.
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I keep describing it to people as a "digital magazine". It's something you can pick up and have a browse through while you're lying on the couch.
But I have books for when I want to read a novel, why would I want a magazine?
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fair enough, marvelous interface , not fully utilised.
have considered anger management whatsits?
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if it's cheap enough
I guess the question is whether "from £400" is cheap enough for a casual use device. Presumably for the target market the answer to that is yes (personally I think if it was a lot cheaper it would be easier to overlook its shortcomings, but then Apple is never going to be cheap).Posted 2 years ago # -
But I have books for when I want to read a novel, why would I want a magazine?
Exactly, magazines are rubbish. Yeah sure, they're shiny, pleasant to look at and easy to hold, but most are less than 100 pages, they don't have hard covers, chapters, a proper index or long involved plots. Magazines will never catch on.
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from £400
Didn't think they'd announced the UK pricing yet? $499 is more like £299 at current exchange rates. Although obviously they could just do $1=£1 like so many others do....
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bigrich, what kind of work do you need to do when your away, just out of interest?
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http://www.macworld.co.uk/mac/news/index.cfm?newsid=28478&pagtype=allchandate - though I originally got that from some shop with a pre-order page somebody gave a link to. Given Apple says "at a price that's well within reach", they at least think it's pocket change to their target market.
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bigrich, what kind of work do you need to do when your away, just out of interest?
it's science, and there always something to add at the last minute a long way from home.
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fair enough if you need dedicated software for that, then this obviously isn't going to work for you in a business sense, if you watch the keynote speech, the iWork demo's were pretty impressive so it is feasible for some that they could work on this away from home, just depends what sort of work you need to do.
I see a lot of potential for the apps, the demo's that had been worked on for just two weeks were a good intro, hopefully with a few months to work there will be some truly useful apps in there.
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