Jandyt:

Can you ring people up on an iPad?

Surely your head's not that big!

Puncher:

Jandyt:

Can you ring people up on an iPad?

 

Surely your head's not that big!

Depending on its heat dissipation characteristics... you may just get an iron out of it as well!

>>What exactly didn't they nail?  What exactly should it have been?<<

Did you see the UI for the Ipod Application? It doesn't even have coverflow. It is reduced to a list of covers. Since it doesn't stream to an Airport Express that brings us to the remote.

Note that I am using the Ipod Touch remote today with my Apple TV. It's nice and maybe even the nighest way right now to enjoy digital music at home but that Ipad could have done so much more. The sluggishness that you have with "Remote" today will stay. 

When you hear designers talk about beosound or apple products, they usually talk user experience and that a product should be inviting. It should be fun to pick up and to use. What is fun about the Ipad apps Mr jobs demoed when it comes to Music? That was very minimalistic and less then what an Ipod touch or phone does.

The IPAD as is has in my opinion no relevance for Music or Video at home. Who sits on the couch with earplugs or crappy internal speaker when he has a Beovision Beosound Beolab setup? I sure won't.

jk1002:

>>What exactly didn't they nail?  What exactly should it have been?<<

Did you see the UI for the Ipod Application? It doesn't even have coverflow. It is reduced to a list of covers. Since it doesn't stream to an Airport Express that brings us to the remote.

Note that I am using the Ipod Touch remote today with my Apple TV. It's nice and maybe even the nighest way right now to enjoy digital music at home but that Ipad could have done so much more. The sluggishness that you have with "Remote" today will stay. 

When you hear designers talk about beosound or apple products, they usually talk user experience and that a product should be inviting. It should be fun to pick up and to use. What is fun about the Ipad apps Mr jobs demoed when it comes to Music? That was very minimalistic and less then what an Ipod touch or phone does.

The IPAD as is has in my opinion no relevance for Music or Video at home. Who sits on the couch with earplugs or crappy internal speaker when he has a Beovision Beosound Beolab setup? I sure won't.

First, the iPad is in its infancy...

Second, I don't think anyone has the intent of using this as an iPod replacement, I sure don't. An interface to your iTunes? yes.

I've had an iPod Touch as a remote in the listening room for almost two years now. I have never attached a pair of earbuds to it (and I own a couple of A8s, so it's not that.)

Always used it as a remote, and to check e-mail, surf, when listening.

That's also how I would use the iPad, while also being able to mirror the desktop of my Mac mini, etc. Will be simply excellent.

Who has ordered an iPad?

I have. 

From where?

It´s not available yet for ordering!!!

mr_anders_son:

From where?

It´s not available yet for ordering!!!

Sorry I have "pre" ordered it from www.verkkokauppa.com.

wich one?

I am thinking of wi-fi + 3G 16GB or 32 GB

mr_anders_son:

wich one?

I am thinking of wi-fi + 3G 16GB or 32 GB

64GB WiFi. Don't think I'll have any use for 3G. Might have use for 3G when traveling, but the roaming costs are crazy.

ok

yeah I dont know if I need 3G. Do you think I can use my iPhone 3GS as modem??

mr_anders_son:

ok

yeah I dont know if I need 3G. Do you think I can use my iPhone 3GS as modem??

That would be a nice feature...

bayerische:

64GB WiFi. Don't think I'll have any use for 3G. Might have use for 3G when traveling, but the roaming costs are crazy.

Prepaid data sim in the destination of your choice.  Problem?  Solved!

dilznik:

Prepaid data sim in the destination of your choice.  Problem?  Solved!

Emphasis on "might" here. Most likely not, I would never get the prepaid data sim at the destination... I'm too lazy.

99,9% of hotels has WiFi nowadays anyway... The iPad will indeed be a great traveling companion.

I think iPad is perfect iphone for me !

dilznik:

bayerische:

64GB WiFi. Don't think I'll have any use for 3G. Might have use for 3G when traveling, but the roaming costs are crazy.

Prepaid data sim in the destination of your choice.  Problem?  Solved!

 

 

mr_anders_son:

ok

yeah I dont know if I need 3G. Do you think I can use my iPhone 3GS as modem??

Nope.  Not yet anyway.

 

The Ipad uses micro sim cards that are not very common ... well in North America anyways.... 

bayerische:

dilznik:

Prepaid data sim in the destination of your choice.  Problem?  Solved!

Emphasis on "might" here. Most likely not, I would never get the prepaid data sim at the destination... I'm too lazy.

99,9% of hotels has WiFi nowadays anyway... The iPad will indeed be a great traveling companion.

Totally agree with your there ... I see no real reason to have the 3G in it anyways. The Ipad is not a cell phone replacement.

oops double post

Please disregard

cooldude:

The Ipad uses micro sim cards that are not very common ... well in North America anyways.... 

True but the actual important part of the sim is the same size.  If you REALLY want to use 3g with someone that doesn't have micro sim, just cut the extra plastic off the normal sim.  Personally I think the 3g will be handy for me since:

1. I commute an hour each way and I can see myself using the iPad so much I'll go blind.  I'm already going blind from iPhone overuse so maybe the bigger screen will slow the blindness

2. Australia is sort of backwards. You rarely find a free wifi network anywhere and when you do, like McDonalds, it's dog slow anyway.  And the two friends I have in this new town don't have wi-fi.  Meaning the only wi-fi I'm likely to see in the course of any given day is the one in my apartment.  So yeah, 3g would be handy.  I have a telstra 3g data service anyway.  I'll just cut the card and use it.

If you are annoyed by the iPhone OS limitations, you could of course run full OS X on a Nokia N900

(if you're not in a hurry)