The "Apple Inc." Thread iPad Mini

[AcidLameLTE]

Apps on phones can be handy but a lot of them are just a waste of time.

[AcidLameLTE]

On the subject of the iPad, one of the criticisms thrown at the device was the fact that it doesn't support Flash, here Jobs once again threw out his toys, along with a couple of insults.

"They (Adobe) have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don't do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon. Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy", he is reported as saying. "Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it's because of Flash. No one will be using Flash".

Source: https://thefrontline.v3.co.uk/2010/02/jobs-rants-at-g.html

[BlobVanDam]

Funny, I've never had problems with Flash on my PC.

/obligatory post

[Sigz]

"They (Adobe) have all this potential to do interesting things but they just refuse to do it. They don't do anything with the approaches that Apple is taking, like Carbon.

That's because no one gives a shit about them.

Funny, I've never had problems with Flash on my PC.

/obligatory post

Edit: man he came off like a total dick in that story:

According to a write up on Wired, Jobs suggested that Google may need to change its mantra from 'don't be evil' to something far less flattering, during a rant about the iPhone. Wired got the skinny from someone attending a big Apple meeting, reporting that Steve said this, "They entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them. This don't be evil mantra: It's bullshit."

Wow, someone sounds a bit paranoid. Although another Apple'er has popped into the comments to inform us that Jobs actually said that the mantra was 'crap', we think thats just nit picking. The message is the same, whatever the choice of words. 'How dare someone else try and sell a phone'.

Jobs is of course reacting to the release of Google's Nexus One, which has apparently angered him by being fairly cool, and by actually having a decent reception - unlike a cetain iPad.

[Sigz]

Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled Apple's new tablet computer, the iPad, during a presentation in San Francisco last week. Here are some of its features:
Awkward name enables Twitter users to make the same joke over and over and over again
Super slick design makes it impossible to hold, pick up, or stop from sliding down the street
Softly whimpers if left alone for too long
Maureen Dowd New York Times column generator
Photo album of the Jobs family summer vacation in Aruba
Free pair of black-rimmed glasses, turtleneck, and position at New York City architecture firm
Can withstand breezes up to 3 mph
To ensure that its users receive the constant public attention they crave, the iPad will emit the phrase "Hey, does that guy have an iPad?" every eight minutes

https://www.theonion.com/content/infograph/apple_finally_unveils_ipad

[emindead]

I was gonna post that! DAMN YOU, SIGZ FOR SUBSCRIBING TO THE ONION ON FACEBOOK!

[Sigz]

lolpwnt

[ariich]

That's brilliant.

[Arch Benemy]

[emindead]

[ariich]

[AcidLameLTE]

 

The HP Slate appears to be the one to go for:

[emindead]

[antigoon]

[Chino]

I'm guessing Rudess will replace his visual set up with this.

I also heard that apple wants to make an ipad nano....they says its gonna be capable of making phone calls

[antigoon]

Hm, I bet they'll call it The iPhone!!

[BlobVanDam]

*snip*

This is the most amazing thing in the history of ever.

[kári]

I just realized how much better it would have worked if they first released the iPad and then the iPhone.

[orcus116]

It still doesn't make the iPad not completely useless.

[ariich]

It still doesn't make the iPad not completely useless.

Well, obviously it's not completely useless. I think it's more the fact that it's less useful than a lot of other products on the market, including the iPhone.

[Scurvy!Dreams]

But it's not meant to replace a smart phone or a laptop. Fair enough if you don't see the appeal in the device, but to slam it for not having the features of a different product category is stupid.

[ariich]

But it's not meant to replace a smart phone or a laptop. Fair enough if you don't see the appeal in the device, but to slam it for not having the features of a different product category is stupid.

Well, actually most of us are slamming it for not having the features of other tablets that have been around for longer.

Also, wtf at you being the least cynical person in the thread. I think we must have hit a time vortex or something.

[Fiery Winds]

But it's not meant to replace a smart phone or a laptop. Fair enough if you don't see the appeal in the device, but to slam it for not having the features of a different product category is stupid.

I think we're slamming it because we're questioning why this product category even exists. 

[Scurvy!Dreams]

You mean those completely unsuccessful tablets? They really should be trying harder to emulate those.

I'm less cynical because I understand what they're going for, and that it's not a device for dopey geeks who somehow find humour in a device running the iPhone OS over OS X. Also, that it's these same geeks who've manufactured the hype they're so tired of. Apple just has a press conference. The 2 years of speculation and hype are what made it a big deal.

[emindead]

Get a PC.

[sonatafanica]

Scurvy, it would appear that you have received a visit from the apple version of Aunt Irma, in which case it is my pleasure to announce that the very same company have recently manufactured just the device to implement.

[AcidLameLTE]

But it's not meant to replace a smart phone or a laptop. Fair enough if you don't see the appeal in the device, but to slam it for not having the features of a different product category is stupid.

I'm slamming it because it doesn't have features that even my phone has. Not having multitasking is pretty piss poor for a tablet. They said they wanted to create something between the smartphone and the computer but it's pretty much just a scaled up smartphone (size wize, not feature wise).

[Sigz]

https://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/04/why_i_am_not_getting_an_ipad_becaus.html

looks like Apple is having supply issues and gave the iPads to retail stores instead of the pre-ordered folks

Stay classy, Apple.

[sonatafanica]

Quite a dick move, if I do say so myself.



Then again, who would even want one of those.

[emindead]

Fuck, I was looking for my thread and apparently Sigz did find it. Thanks!

This is the interior of the iPad!

[Chino]

 

[emindead]

[MetalJunkie]

[rumborak]

Hmm, I just don't see the iPad solving something that Netbooks or tablet PCs already couldn't. The iPhone was revolutionary, and it was clear at the first sight that it would be. The iPad, I don't know.
IMHO, the technology just isn't there yet (but it soon will be) that solves the size problem: Bigger than letter size to read comfortably from, and smaller than a postcard to carry it around.
And just using the iPhone OS is a very weird decision.

rumborak

[blackngold29]

Honestly, as cheesy as this may sound, the "big" iPod Touch is actually pretty cool. It was underestimated how much cooler the big makes it.

I would use this instead of a laptop.