http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=890366

I noticed that in weak WiFi areas, it does not hold the signal as good as my laptop and freaquently drops out. I also bought a dock thinking that I could connect my BeoLab 4 PC speaker. But the dock only has a line-out so you dont have volume control and would only be useable when connected to a stereo system. You could of course connect speakers via the headphone jack, but that solution is not very elegant.

Christian

Can't the volume control on the iPad be used.

Not when speakers are connected directly to the line-out socket of the iPad Dock. Only when connected to the headphone socket on the iPad can I use volume controll.

It will generate billions in revenue and for a company that is in the free market, thats pretty useful.

 Although out of the reach technically for B&O to achieve, at least one small music company Cowon have tried to compete with an alternative. Although as it is a little half cocked it is probably a good example of, if you can't compete then don't. With their MP3 players i believe Cowon are doing exactly what B&O should have tried to do to enter this massive market. The best sound possible and beautiful design.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/cowon-s9-review/

Chris

Russ wrote:

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That was outstanding! Thanks!

beaker wrote:

As the Ipad is now out in the US I thought I would ask what they actually are. Why do you need one. What does it do that an Iphone can't. I know it has a bigger screen but it has no camera or phone so what is its use apart from being a big heavy thing to cart around.

The iPad is something between an iPhone and a laptop.

When steve Jobs introduced it he said Apple would only release a product in that gap if that product could be better at some tasks than the iPhone or a Laptop.

The iPhone is cool, it is internet + music in your pocket with a great interface, but its screen is small.

Laptop has a big screen, is very versatile, but can still be a bit big and the interface is more complex than the iPhone.

The iPad is not the device you'll carry everywhere (unless you use it professionaly), it will probably stay near your sofa and will shine in tasks like internet browsing, viewing photos, and to read books/magazines. The experience is more immersive, and more social than using a laptop for the same tasks.

I am an Apple fanboy...

At home, I have several Apple products running constantly, but I have found over the years that I have slowly moved from desktops to laptops to my Touch.

My take on the iPad is that it will be a better Touch. Convenient, capable, and with a nice BIG screen.

While my only thoughts have swirled around in home use, I am being more and more swayed that this may just be an outstanding personal companion for business/roadtrips.

Though I have not ordered one yet... It WILL replace my laptop when the time comes (she won't die).

I think I will wait until GEN2 to see if they do anything with an inbuilt camera (better be d@mn good!), either on the front, the rear, or both. For now, having to tether w/ a "camera kit" is a bit clumsy, but perhaps it is not such a bad idea for the sake of better shots.

With that said, I'll probably give in! 😂

I'll probably give in too. I like to have the ABC and Netflix app, I like the form factor. 

I like to get videos onto it without going trough itunes but tend to believe that this is possible through apps.

jk1002 wrote:

I'll probably give in too. I like to have the ABC and Netflix app, I like the form factor. 

I like to get videos onto it without going trough itunes but tend to believe that this is possible through apps.

 

The Netflix app is amazing.  I think that ultimately videos may be distributed outside of iTunes but the iTunes videos especially those in HD look great.  The Amazon Kindle app lets you buy books through the Kindle store outside of iTunes.  Other apps surely will do the same.  Some of the apps are expensive for no apparent reason.  One issue of Time magazine is $5.  There are others.

I purchased my iPad at the Michigan avenue store in Chicago at about 6:30 pm.  I went at that time figuring the store wouldn't be too crowded.   How wrong I was!  I didn't have to wait too long to buy an iPad but judging by the pace of sales, you would think they were giving them away.  The purchase took about 3 minutes.