Of course I knew about lack of flash, but didn't realise how many sites use it.
Yes I know new stuff is on the way but I want to look at sites now
A lot of holiday/hotels sites use it, as do estate agents. Also videos I want to watch (no not pron, just stuff from the states)
Not often you see a reasoned argument against the pad
There have been quite a few threads worth of reasoned arguments against on here over the past couple of weeks.
The "reasons" might not have been accepted / acknowledged by the iPad users 
but they are very real limitations in functionality for some prospective users...
I don't recognise any of the problems Houns witters on about. The YouTube thing doesn't make sense, either the link works on here or it doesn't, and when I watch a video then tap 'Done' I immediately come back to this page. Every time. Getting YouTube links is no hassle, I just do what I'd do on my computer, copy the video link, tap 'video' on here, then paste into the box, having deleted the http//: bit first, as that's already been copied. Flash? Christ, how many shonky sites do you visit that require such a crappy, outmoded piece of software. Anything that requires third-party plug-ins in order for it to be viewed on the Internet deserves to be ignored.
I don't have Flash on my computer, I refuse to install it. If I absolutely need it, then I use Chrome, which runs Flash natively.
As for reading I agree that holding it out in front of you like a book is not comfortable for an length of time.
I fold out the keyboard with the screen standing up and rest it in my lap. It is basically the same position you would use a laptop.
The screen is no better or worse on your eyes than reading off a computer so it fails as a reader.
aracer - Member
Seriously, those slagging them laptops off probably haven't used them. a nice cool lightweight one (you probably all have rubbish MBPs like eyeridetit)
FTFY
My MMP is a beast of a workhorse not one of these silly laptop things - it has a very stable system that is secure - I don't need virus software - it doesn't clunk - it hums. Yes it does get hot but when you've got GNARRR you break a sweat don't you.
Houns - Member
I've got one, had it for just over 2 months. Not impressed.Few things that are annoying, lack of flash, you don't realise how many sites you want to look at use it.
Sorry to inform you but FLASH IS DEAD, Steve was right. I've had my iPad for 12 months and not missed it - it's a bag of shite like most Adobe software. I'm speaking form experience because I use it every day. I've forked out £1000's for software that crashes a lot - especially Illustrator - GRRRR IT MAKES ME MAD.
Typing can be a pain, especially if you make a mistake, you can't touch the screen to make the cursor go to the middle of the word, you have to poke at it to eventually it goes to the end of the word then delete word and start again. It is a faff switching to numbers and symbols and back
You've not learned how to use it. Navigating around text is easy - just touch and hold. You can select words/all and even move the parameters around within the page of text.
four fingers to swipe between apps
five fingers to close apps
it's frikkin' amazing
I read on my iPhone at the moment, and I can happily read books for hours on it.
An iPad weighs about the same as a large hardcover but you don't need to hold the book open
built in error-correction knocks spots off of what I have to put up with on my computer.
Your just an apple fanboy by the sounds of things and good for you.
Fanboys of any description are generally not capable of reasonable judgement - they just see things through their fan boy glasses.
I'm an avid pc user but was willing to experiment with this and it failed.
When you spend that kind of money you want to like it - how many people hate their new bikes.
anyone who reckons a laptop/net book is a better ebook reader is out of their tiny mind
Ignore this, just testing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQsgE0L450&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Ok, clicking on the link above (not the embedded vid) takes me to this on YouTube
How do I get from there back to this page?
you push the big button to close youtube and go back to safari. It should open up on the same page where you left.
How do I get from there back to this page?
Double-click the home button and then press Safari.
eyerideit - Member
Sorry to inform you but FLASH IS DEAD, Steve was right
Nope, takes me back to my 'homepage' have open up safari again
That's what I'm doing three fish, it's blooming annoying
That's what I'm doing three fish, it's blooming annoying
It's two actions. It's not what one would call convoluted.
Frankly, anyone who reckons a laptop/net book is a better ebook reader is out of their tiny mind
There's much cheaper ebook readers, that are lighter still, and have a battery life that totally pwns that of an iPad an iPhone and a laptop combined many times over. (edit: or a galaxy tab and android phone combined too just for a bit of balance)
A laptop weighs five or six pounds
Not this one
, is hot
Not this one
the resolution is not high enough
This one has higher resolution than any iPad anybody on here has ever used
plus you can't put the whole of the UK OS maps on a laptop and take it out with you
You're just being silly now - I even have built in GPS and 3G on this one.
Funny,
Well done Scaredypants.
the resolution is not high enough
This one has higher resolution than any iPad anybody on here has ever usedplus you can't put the whole of the UK OS maps on a laptop and take it out with you
You're just being silly now - I even have built in GPS and 3G on this one.
What, a laptop with a pixel count higher than 2048 × 1536, the pixel count of a 9.3" iPad 3? I don't believe you.
A 17" MacBook Pro has a screen pixel count of 1920 by 1200, And weighs 6.6lb
A 27" iMac 2560 by 1440 pixels.
And I don't care whether your laptop has GPS and maps on it, unless you're doing field work, taking a laptop on a hike would be sheer madness, just trying to hold and manipulate the trackpad on an open laptop would be totally frustrating, and even an iPad would be a bit bulky for a lot of people, but a 10 hour battery far outdoes a laptop.
What, a laptop with a pixel count higher than 2048 × 1536, the pixel count of a 9.3" iPad 3? I don't believe you.
You'd used an iPad3 when I posted that? Or even when you posted that? 
(I presume being a fanboi you were posting from the queue outside the Apple store, so have one now and hoping to catch me out 
)
Presumably iPad and iPad2 are completely useless if that's your standard for a "high enough" resolution. It's amazing how we've coped for so long without the complete collapse of civilization - thank god the wait for a portable device with a resolution of 2048x1536 is finally over.
And weighs 6.6lb
So you're comparing with your rubbish hot, heavy MBP again? There are of course other smaller, lighter, cooler, more portable options in laptops (I mean your favourite company even makes the Macbook Air - though the keyboard isn't as good on one of those as my Lenovo).
And I don't care whether your laptop has GPS and maps on it
Well I don't care whether your iPad has GPS and maps on it - I'm no more likely to take one of those on a hike than my laptop, and I don't suppose most people on here, most laptop users, or even most iPad users are either. Seems a pretty rubbish idea to me. Of course you can put maps on a laptop and take it out if you want to, and you can get laptops with a 10 hour battery life. You're just being silly again.
You see, your arguments aren't that the iPad is better than a laptop, they're that the iPad is better than a laptop for you. Well I agree with you - an iPad is probably better than a laptop for some of the things you do, whoop-de-doo.
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