mr_anders_son wrote:

but I dont understand the screen format?? 4:3? it´s not widescreen 16:9!!!

jk1002 wrote:

Just note though that the Ipod application is probably weakest. Why can I download from Itunes store but can't grab anything from my own library?

Just one example. Why does that great UI experience ends there? why do I have to get up and dock it and then use my mouse to sync a piece of my own content .....

wirralsimon wrote:

I am hoping it has suitable  video outputs, watching a movie on a ten-inch screen doesn't sound very appealing in widescreen or 4:3!

soundproof wrote:

And yes, all B&O need do is collaborate with PhilLondon in developing a Linkplayer App to run on this, with a B&O skin and perfect integration to B&O peripherals. They'd be smart to do so.

macjonny1 wrote:

Yes it can only do one thing at a time, just like an iphone.  There is NO MULTITASKING.  I'm a mac fanboy if there ever was one but this ipad could be a lot more.  Hopefully this will evolve in to what could be a truly great product.

alenvprekrsku wrote:

PC guy: So how is the Ipad
Apple guy: F**k you I didn't know that most web sites use flash and now it is used as photo viewer
Stick out tongue

nmartin771 wrote:

Puncher wrote:

Hurrah - a giant iPod Touch........just what I needed.

😂

For the first time I'm with you Pounc on this !

Don't take me wrong, I'm a huge Apple fun ( typing this from iMac 🙂 ) ... But come on !!!

in design business we have one sentence " if you can't make it good make it BIG " ....

 

 

SWMBO wants one

'nuff said

Puncher wrote:

nmartin771 wrote:

Puncher wrote:

Hurrah - a giant iPod Touch........just what I needed.

😂

For the first time I'm with you Pounc on this !

Don't take me wrong, I'm a huge Apple fun ( typing this from iMac 🙂 ) ... But come on !!!

in design business we have one sentence " if you can't make it good make it BIG " ....

 

 

link

My initial reaction is that Apple now has its own N-gage... but then again, there are a lot of people who will buy anything as long as it made by Apple so it may have the required momentum to catch on, we'll see.

The lack of multitasking - does it work so that other tasks are suspended on the background while one is being used, or do you need to close them altogether to be able to do something else? The former would be silly, but the latter a total disaster, back to the '80s...

Thanks for the link, Pounch.

Very level-headed look at it.

In my use, I don't see it as a ereader -the Kindle is that. The flash WILL BE resolved, short of sites pulling the feature as was mentioned. Multitasking is not a killer for me, after all, jumping in and out of apps on the iPhone/Touch is fluid and you don't get lost with what frames, etc... are open. With that said, I think we will see some sort of multitasking established prior to release, especially with the advent of the new iWork "lite" apps!

All in all, my take is that it is: Touch XL (as some have mentioned) but with a more comprehensive interface, and exactly what I am looking for. I am definitely going to get one. Just how it will completely integrate w/ my other gear will be sorted. My prelim thoughts are that I would use it as command center to control content on the G5/Network, and then relegate my Touch(es) as "link room" style remotes. Just picture it sitting in its dock on your bar, perhaps on a lazy-susan, and everyone enjoying it! The funny thing is that I love my Touch so much, that I was planning some sort of mod to push it to a touchscreen for the bar... now, I don't have to!

Again, this is just the tip of the iceberg!

I will wait a generation or two before I think about buying one. Right now I dont see the value a $400 .

My old 2GB iPod Nano with the upside down fuzzy screen is still serving me well.I would probably just spend the extra $200 bucks and buy a new Mac Mini.

Eugene1960 wrote:

I will wait a generation or two before I think about buying one. Right now I dont see the value a $400 .

My old 2GB iPod Nano with the upside down fuzzy screen is still serving me well.I would probably just spend the extra $200 bucks and buy a new Mac Mini.

It would make no sense at all to use  the iPad as a portable music solution - it is way too big for a start -  so it won't be replacing your iPod Nano.

That said your iPod Nano doesn't speak to the outside world except via iTunes. Where the iPad  may well get very interesting is if it catches on with developers as it has the potential to do a great deal with the right applications, even with the limitations that have already been referred to.

Simon

Simon

It would make a splendid controller for an DAW - I can't see the

elephant wrote:

Other thoughts:

• look closely at the demonstration of the photo app and the multi-pick of other items they demonstrated ... then apply those principles to the table(t)-top and other applications, imagine: 
  • looking at your library of albums displayed in cover art, then go touch ... touch ... touch (hmm no maybe not that one, untouch) ... touch, now bundle, now drop onto a speaker, now sit back and listen . . . . . 
  • your collection of "to do" notes and post-its ... touch, touch, bundle, drop onto the calendar entry for tomorrow . . . . . 
  • your collection of photos, etc ... touched, bundled, and dropped onto "pages" of a medium,  ... now slide them around, twist some to interesting positions, resize others, and presto you have something you can publish: a photo album, wall calendar, blog page, or whatever . . . . .
  • playing an MMORPG ... touch where you want to go, it's direct it's immediate it's intuitive ... twist / pan the surface so you look where you want to look ... tap an opponent to knock them down ... pinch an object to pick it up . . . . .

I think once developers and content providers get their heads around the space they now have to play within we will see an explosion of creativity.

Ed

Ed,

Sounds like you are describing an advanced version of "Bumptop" from 2006/7:

http://blog.ted.com/2007/06/bumptop_demo_fr.php

tournedos wrote:

Puncher wrote:

nmartin771 wrote:

Puncher wrote:

Hurrah - a giant iPod Touch........just what I needed.

😂

For the first time I'm with you Pounc on this !

Don't take me wrong, I'm a huge Apple fun ( typing this from iMac 🙂 ) ... But come on !!!

in design business we have one sentence " if you can't make it good make it BIG " ....

 

 

link

My initial reaction is that Apple now has its own N-gage... but then again, there are a lot of people who will buy anything as long as it made by Apple so it may have the required momentum to catch on, we'll see.

The lack of multitasking - does it work so that other tasks are suspended on the background while one is being used, or do you need to close them altogether to be able to do something else? The former would be silly, but the latter a total disaster, back to the '80s...

Mika, as it's based on the iPhone OS, the other applications are "suspended" not closed down. You start where you left.