New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

its really so people can do nude face time.

padroutlette

orrite, because this is a massive fanboy thread I am going to allow myself to be giddy for a minute. I am ordering one of these mofos (black, green case) the second pre-orders appear, and I will <3 it and caress it and probably push it up my bum. Apart from screen res (pie in the sky tbh) and weight this thing basically meets/exceeds my expectations in every way. Bit worried that we've not heard about the RAM (256 Mb is ridic) but I don't think Apple ever announces iphone/ipad memory so it could still be 512.

It'll probably need to be 512 to run iMovie. I've just sold my iPad and will be using £->$ currency to get the iPad 2 for about $50 or so over what I got for it, so quite happy there!

Damn good point. iDevices all seem to increase in ram every year (iphones went 128->256->512 over three contiguous releases) so it makes sense that the new ipad will be 512 for that reason too. I'm just worried that all this price-chasing has rendered ram a casualty.

seriously considering getting a first-gen ipad now. price has been cut to €379 from (I think) €499 on apple.com/ie.

been thinking about getting one for a while now... I would love to have some touch-sensitive flying faders for music production and decent ones are so damn expensive (e.g. €885 for the Euphonix MC Mix on Thomann) that the ipad seems like kind of a great deal by comparison.

anyone used an ipad like this? would love to hear how effective it is.

tempted by ipad 1 now

256MB RAM? Is that all?

That's all the current one has got. The iphone 4 has 512. I know.

obv old news, but WSJ did a decent write-up that prolly validates most rumors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176052060365770.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories

also of note, it apparently has been written tomorrow.

does this have flush headphone jack

Still not convinced by the iPad and won't be buying one just yet. iPhone 4 is great for my travel needs and I still prefer a laptop.

I'll probably cave in by iPad5.

Generally what happens among people I know is they say they have no idea what they'd use an iPad for, they use one for a half hour, and suddenly they buy one and mysteriously have a use for it.

When it first came out everyone I knew who got one used it for about a month then relegated it to watching-movies-in-bed status. Probably more an early adopter curse than anything else.

Kind of funny I posted that today. I transferred some music to my iPad that I didn't move anywhere else so I'm using it as an oversized iPod right now

watching movies/reading books/surfing the web in bed/on plane is prob 95% of ipad usage atm - im sure thatll change as the platform matures/industry shifts tho

The iPad would be more useful if I spent a lot of time on the subway/bus, or if I could justify the 3G subscription cost. But my iPhone will do 85% of the iPad's tasks (directions, Safari, time-wasting games) and for most tasks the iPhone can't do I'd rather have a real keyboard, etc..

It makes it kind of outsized, but I got the iPad case from incase that is a carrier for an iPad, the Apple bluetooth keyboard, charger, etc. and it comes with a pretty nice little stand. I've used it as an easy laptop replacement, and I have the camera connection kit so it's pretty sweet to use for a quick photo review session

so i am having the hardest time deciding between the 3G and wifi. I commute by subway (underground, so neither service would work then) in NYC... so I'm sure I could find WiFi spots around if I got that option, but I'm not sure how convient it is.
anyone with an ipad have issues with just the wifi? wish they got 3G? vice versa? etc etc?
what about you guys getting the ipad 2 - wifi or 3G?

I think wifi + boingo is a pretty decent option.

I gave a 3G and used the 3G all the time when I had a commute. Now I have no commute and I never use the 3G.

Gave = have = evidence I have an iPad

I'll prob just get wifi. If I want 3G on it, I'll just upgrade my phone plan for the hotspot/tethering feature.

If you have a phone that will act as a wi-fi hotspot (e.g. the iphone 4 in a few days, if you're in the US and on AT&T) you could probably manage with a wi-fi ipad, although you wouldn't get GPS.

argh xp

what is boingo? link?
also, the hotspot was a decent option i was considering. I have an android phone until i can upgrade in december to IPHONE5OMG, but i just was curious if people used 3g all the time. wifi seems to make more (economical) sense

boingo is a 10 bucks a month pass to a pretty wide spectrum of hotspots worldwide. (goboingo.com I think)

nice, I'll check that out. Thanks!

boingo is the devil

Just had a look at an Apple video showing people using this thing. It really does look quite spectacularly thin. If loads of these things snap in half on day one I will lol.

bunga bunga

3G has been super handy when I don't have usual broadband. I got mine on Orange though, which has way better coverage than the O2 of my iPhone.

I think it would have jsut been an expensive toy until I started taking it to work, where it replaced a giant binder full of paper. It's much better to take to meetings etc -- you can take notes where a laptop ins't really acceptable. It's good for quick demos of stuff as well.

Got a lot less useful when MacBook Air 11" came along tho, which beats it at just about everything else thanks to its novel concept of "windows" which allows it to do more than one thing at once.

Yeah. If you want a computer an ipad is all but useless to you. I think loads of people think an ipad will replace their laptop, and then they spend about three months trying to shoehorn everything they do into a chunk of glass without a keyboard or USB ports.

can you sync photos from computer to ipod/iphone without iphoto?

Don't think so. Apparently there's an SD card adapter coming that lets you suck photos off the card into the ipad but I dunno who'd use that in the real world.

Um, you can set a directory to sync, and iTunes also works with Aperture, and on Windows there's obviously no iPhoto to sync with.

The SD card adapter (which also comes with a USB adapter) came out in May 2010. I mentioned having one a few posts back. It's handy.

ah sorry yes, I misread your question cozen.

my ipad is relegated to surfing in bed in the morning & reading longform journalism

Gruber

last year Apple didn’t yet understand the iPad. They knew it was good. They knew it had potential. But they didn’t know what it was.

fucking figures as i just bought the original a month ago.

poops, people have been able to return and/or get $100 off newly purchased ipad 1s by going into the apple store.. officially you can return or get the discount within 14 days but some stores are letting people do it within 30. worth a try!

How have I only just discovered that swiping up or down on any of the IPad home screens brings up the search box??

Bloody hell, it works on the iPhone too.

Wait, what?

right, so should I get an iPhone today, because my 3G is so slow and unstable that I am going to lose my mind. I read the rumors about iPhone5, and I don't know what to do.

The 4's pretty good. The 5 will most likely be out in June/July but honestly it'll probably just be a speed bump.

What makes you say that?

I read a rumor today saying the 5 might be delayed until september. The speed bump is maybe important to me, because my 3G is so freaking slow now. Like half of the apps out there don't even run on the phone. They are unworkably slow or crash.

Maybe get a 4 on an 18 month contract, if that's available? That way when it runs out you'll probably be back more in sync with the release cycle.

Apple rumours are ridiculous, safe to ignore 99% of them. Apple's iphone cycle is June/July.

Alba: There'll be a new enticing factor but it's unlikely (obv I don't know for sure) that there'll be a new design until next year. It's selling well, many people have two-year contracts and public attention's on the new ipad.

Bloody hell, it works on the iPhone too.

Up = right, down = left, swipe-wise. On the home screens. Bleeple bloop.

Alba: There'll be a new enticing factor but it's unlikely (obv I don't know for sure) that there'll be a new design until next year. It's selling well, many people have two-year contracts and public attention's on the new ipad.

Agreed. If there will be any change to the iPhone this year, it'll probably only be a change to the A5 processor. Design/features won't change much (if at all)