New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

could imagine getting this for my parents as a kind of old people's iphone/itouch

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damn that kindle is an ugly piece of kit

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if apple wasn't so damn secretive they'd have done better with this one

workhen xp

(considering there is nothing truly innovative about it)

looks like the funnest e-reader ever made

wd probly make a nice comic book reader
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so is stet the only one here who's getting one of these at 1.0 then? elvis?

Can't work it into my budget right now. I'm looking at replacing my laptop in the next couple of months (coming up on four years old) and since coding is where the $$$$ comes from then that gets priority.

yes, i agree. if positioned as an e-reader with iphone-esque bells and whistles, it looks more attractive.

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(considering there is nothing truly innovative about it)

innovation ain't a feature list. let's try the thing before we say anything we're gonna regret, k?

isn't this still cheaper than a kaosilator or monome whatever those electro DJ things are?

i swear this just happened: i was watching shep's show on fox news and they brought on some fox business channel schlub to talk about the ipad so i flipped up one channel to msnbc and a tampax commercial was playing

maybe being home in the afternoons warps your perception of excitement

isn't this still cheaper than a kaosilator or monome whatever those electro DJ things are?

Kaoss Pad is $400 (roughly?) Would rather have iPad controller.

Yeah, the prospect of interesting apps really changes my perception of what these things should cost. If it's another thing to browse the web on, y'know, fuk u I won't buy what you tell me. If it's a Kaoss pad, robust field photo editor, etc that also just happens to play music and surfs the web anywhere, then fuck yeah that's cheap as hell.

there are some amazing audio/synth apps on the iphone, there's a great potential for the ipad in this area..

to me this just looks like a cool fun thing to keep around the house or throw in my bag - not a replacement for my computer but a sort of sci-fi-style all-purpose entertainment/media/fuckin' around device. and i think there will be some really cool apps for it. not that different than a big ipod touch, no, but ipod touches and iphones have so much potential that is severely limited only by their screen space.

All said I'd still like to get this but I will be mos def waiting for 2nd gen.

To me the tradeoff on all this is pretty straightforward -- one reason why I like the iPhone a LOT is precisely because it is a phone, scaled as such -- something you just put in your pocket. In contrast I have never really felt any desire to haul something like a laptop around wherever I go.

^^^agree with all of that, slocki.

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for HI DERE

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To me the tradeoff on all this is pretty straightforward -- one reason why I like the iPhone a LOT is precisely because it is a phone, scaled as such -- something you just put in your pocket. In contrast I have never really felt any desire to haul something like a laptop around wherever I go.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:51 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

what if you wore it around your neck on a chain

This thing isn't for computing and it isn't for mobile internet.

it's for farting around in your underwear

It's for making videophonecalls from your bed like the My Two Dad's dude in Aliens.

what if you wore it around your neck on a chain

Cold Paddin' with S1ock

I kind of agree with slocki but then I think what if I'm browsing ilx at home and someone posts a sendspace? seems a bit silly to have to grab my laptop and so in which case why aren't I just browsing on it in the first place

http://jezebel.com/5458338/that-time-of-the-month-the-internets-best-period+related-ipad-jokes

what about those crazy harmony remote controls? I could see some dude with a $1000 remote control doing the math, though what kind of dude who can spend $1k on a remote control cares about saving $?

I kind of agree with slocki but then I think what if I'm browsing ilx at home and someone posts a sendspace? seems a bit silly to have to grab my laptop and so in which case why aren't I just browsing on it in the first place

― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:00 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i think what you're supposed to do in that situation is just start crying uncontrollably

i am already crying

If it's a Kaoss pad, robust field photo editor, etc that also just happens to play music and surfs the web anywhere, then fuck yeah that's cheap as hell.

Yeah, the presentation for this was actually kinda stodgy outside of the Brushes demo. Mail, web surfing, BFD.

Old-school Apple nerds getting older...

I presume you'll be able to control games on this using the iphone/touch?

has there been any chat abt multitasking coming to iphone in 4.0 btw?

Pornography
It's simple: You can hold something that weighs 1.5 pounds in one hand.

you want them to wheel out john mayer with kid606 playing 6 ipads simultaneously?

to me this just looks like a cool fun thing to keep around the house or throw in my bag - not a replacement for my computer but a sort of sci-fi-style all-purpose entertainment/media/fuckin' around device. and i think there will be some really cool apps for it. not that different than a big ipod touch, no, but ipod touches and iphones have so much potential that is severely limited only by their screen space.

― scent of a wolfman (s1ocki), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:49 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is otm

Yes.

qn: what happens when u watch game-changing film avatar 3D on this game-changing device

Dling sekrit "what's new" doc just now

what happens when u play video game adaptation (from app store) of game-changing film avatar 3D on this game-changing device

You will actually feel the Na'vi breathing in your ear.

qn: what happens when u watch game-changing film avatar 3D on this game-changing device

― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:18 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

probably a lot of games will change

A great consumer device, but the marketing is lacking as iWork for iPad doesn't really make it a laptop alternative.

I think they really needed to have more apps in development that they could soft announce, like Photoshop (lite) for iPad, etc.

That said, if Serato works out a way to run on this, I'll get it.

I already happily read books on my iPhone...

For now I'll enjoy my iPad mini.

i've got eucalyptus ON IPHONE and like it fine, but really it's just too small.

t/s: Min-iPad vs. Max-iPad