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  • 01-27-2010 1:45 PM In reply to

    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    It bores me. 64GB is not enough for any serious number of lossless CDs and I don't think it can stream wireless to my stereo.

    It was "video kills the radio star" and now Jobs takes a 2nd stab at that by pushing low quality music onto our ears.

     

     

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  • 01-27-2010 1:45 PM In reply to

    • Tom
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    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    Ah, you beat my by seconds! Devil

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 01-27-2010 1:46 PM In reply to

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    The iPad is a half-inch thick, weighs 1.5 pounds, and has a 9.7-inch LCD screen. It's run by a custom-made 1GHz CPU, and comes with 16, 32, or 64GB of flash storage. For connectivity, it has 802.11n, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1. Jobs claimed it will get up to 10 hours of battery life.

    In addition to the built-in Apple apps, the iPad will also run third-party software. Senior Vice President Scott Forstall said that the tablet will run most existing iPhone apps unmodified, right out of the box. Those apps can run at their existing size in a black box or can be doubled to run in full-screen mode. Apple is also making a software development kit available to developers, to help create apps specifically for the new device.

  • 01-27-2010 1:53 PM In reply to

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    jk1002:

    It bores me. 64GB is not enough for any serious number of lossless CDs and I don't think it can stream wireless to my stereo.

    It was "video kills the radio star" and now Jobs takes a 2nd stab at that by pushing low quality music onto our ears.

     

     

     

    Oh, come on. Be fair. I highly doubt playing or streaming music is the killer app for the pad. It's so much, much more. Besides that, who would want to pay the price for 256 or 512 GB flash in the mass market today? If anything even slightly near to the abilities of the pad would be introduced by Struer the servers of beoworld would collapse under the tons of cheering posts. Not that the Danes are able to...

     

    .b

     

  • 01-27-2010 1:53 PM In reply to

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    Yup!

    And I can't wait to order one!!!

    -Andreas

     

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  • 01-27-2010 1:53 PM In reply to

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    this will be my new remote etc etc

    In my dream B&O will do a app that can pilot all my B&O gears with IpadStick out tongue

  • 01-27-2010 1:54 PM In reply to

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    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

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

    Generally speaking, you aren't learning much if your lips are moving.

  • 01-27-2010 1:56 PM In reply to

    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    iPad = What the Beosound 5 should have been, with a Beomaster 5 a'la Mac Mini hidden somewhere.

    -Andreas

     

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  • 01-27-2010 1:58 PM In reply to

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    mr_anders_son:

    this will be my new remote etc etc

    In my dream B&O will do a app that can pilot all my B&O gears with IpadStick out tongue

    B&O won't do it, because they can't... Keith might make one!

    -Andreas

     

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  • 01-27-2010 1:59 PM In reply to

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    >>h, come on. Be fair<<

     

    Note that I have Ipod Nano for gym, Ipod Touch for Travel, Macbook Air for Work, IMac fro Home. No Windows here. What I need is a decent way to get my music onto my Beolabs. Think a stylish Sonos.

    I was hoping this is it, but its just a bigger Ipod Touch. I don't need that.

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  • 01-27-2010 1:59 PM In reply to

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    Puncher:

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

    Puncher you do realize it's not as big as seen on the picture above?! Erm LaughingLaughingLaughing

    -Andreas

     

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  • 01-27-2010 2:00 PM In reply to

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    I see someone's easily bored.

     

    This reveal over at Engadget is very good - begin at the bottom. The iPad is a transformative device.

     

    http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/

  • 01-27-2010 2:04 PM In reply to

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    bayerische:

    iPad = What the Beosound 5 should have been, with a Beomaster 5 a'la Mac Mini hidden somewhere.

     

    Just my thought.

     

    .b

     

  • 01-27-2010 2:08 PM In reply to

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    It looks a bit squat, or is it just me?

    Beoworld's twenty-eighth ninth prize winner and fifty-first second prize winner. Best £30 I've ever spent!

  • 01-27-2010 2:09 PM In reply to

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    jk1002:

    >>h, come on. Be fair<<

     

    Note that I have Ipod Nano for gym, Ipod Touch for Travel, Macbook Air for Work, IMac fro Home. No Windows here. What I need is a decent way to get my music onto my Beolabs. Think a stylish Sonos.

    I was hoping this is it, but its just a bigger Ipod Touch. I don't need that.

     

    I know you are mac-friendly fellow. What about the pad in combination with the mac mini server? Losless music on the mini (with the calming comfort of a raid 1 device), delivering music digital to beolab 5 (still to buy Devil), controlled by the pad. I am sure something like this will be possible. And adding the infinite possibilities of the pad, even more with 3rd party apps. Nothing beosound 5 comes even close...

     

    .b

     

  • 01-27-2010 2:25 PM In reply to

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    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    Jobs talks about an international release in June. Will that be worldwide or not???

    Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Berthold Auerbach

  • 01-27-2010 2:35 PM In reply to

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    It´s unbelievable good value (read: cheap).

    .b

  • 01-27-2010 2:45 PM In reply to

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    I have an Apple TV today so I can use Remote. I can deal with the slight delay even though an always on would be nicer. I am willing to manage my videos on my portable device, but I don't want to have to decide what music I carry with me. Neither do I want to manage multiple library.

     

    I don't care if I have to pay 699 or 999 to be frank. I want something that just works. I like the idea of the Beosound 5 as a device that does one thing, it just doesn't do it that well as again it would force me to manage multiple libraries which gets old very quick.

     

    I am a slave of content management I guess ......

     

    P.s. Rather then upgrading my Ipod Touch I probably buy this though.

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  • 01-27-2010 2:46 PM In reply to

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    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    I'd look at this as a device with possibilities -- I'd guess if Struer were to build a new 'Beosystem' type device, it'd  look something like this, with accompanying devices. The iPad would be the Master Control Panel 6, the iPhone/iPod Touch would be the Terminal 6, and all information would be exchanged via wireless (WLAN or Bluetooth) instead of infrared transmissions.

    We can always whip up custom 'third-party' apps to give total control of our Beosystems from this thing. Just get the interfaces working. Wink

  • 01-27-2010 2:47 PM In reply to

    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    Already hit apple.com...

    Notify for order time is available.

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  • 01-27-2010 2:49 PM In reply to

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    jk1002:
    I am a slave of content management I guess ......

    There are rumors of this coming to an end in the (near?) future via Apple...

    Uploading content once to a cloud and syncing anything anywhere in the Apple world.

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  • 01-27-2010 2:49 PM In reply to

    Re: iPad is here!!!!!

    Assuming that most pople wil not be using the iPad for bulk storage the built in memory seems perfectly adequate.

    At this price you could achieve multi-room by having an iPad in each room connected to multi-terrabyte NAS solution for less than the cost of a single Beomaster 5/Beoound 5 combo.

     

    Simon

  • 01-27-2010 2:56 PM In reply to

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

  • 01-27-2010 3:01 PM In reply to

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    jk1002:

    P.s. Rather then upgrading my Ipod Touch I probably buy this though.

     

    Gotcha Devil!

     

    .b

     

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