No, you don't understand despite mentioning you do with "No ****" (rage reduction, please). I've already said the current incantations of the devices aren't doing the job correctly due to some shortcoming. I'm simply saying they're not the last of their kind, as you seem to think by forsaking them entirely already. The device won't fail because of its lack of e-ink screen. But as a book reader? Yeah, it probably will.
Just because you can live without it doesn't mean it's terrible. Virtually everyone who has one of these things loves them, and they are selling like wildfire. And yes, the screen is a huge part of the reason. They aren't the fastest things in the world, but they don't need to be. They are meant for reading - generally, if you're reading, you're not in some kind of crazy rush to flip pages in a fraction of a second.
I can't believe Apple let the rumors flying like crazy without controlling it like they did last time with the iPhone 3Gs. To me and others in here, it's a BIG FailPad. But this is going to sell like cup cakes because Apple know how to market their products. By the way. NEVER buy the first generation product or wait for other companies to see what they have instore with a touch tablet. Or wait for Microsoft Courier Tablet that will be running Windows 7.
I don't know what people's expectations were looking at the Apple lineage -- they put out "better" products at a higher price. The iPod came out and was marketed as a "better" music player. It was considerably more expensive than its competitors. If cost was the same, 9/10 people would buy this iPad over the Kindle. It's not going to be the same price because 1.) it's a hybrid device that does more than one thing and 2.) it's an Apple device. It certainly won't "replace" e-readers in the short term, but many people will hold out purchasing a Kindle/Nook/Que who may have considered buying one now. That's because the expectations are much more for the e-readers -- better response time and COLOR screens. At this point some are going to view this as Palm coming out with a PDA after smartphones have been around a while. The Kindle/Nook/Que is already obsolete (in terms of technology).
exactly. why would i want to create powerpoint presentations on this? like wth..are we THAT MOBILE these days..?
Seems like a very niche product for gadget-geeks. I can't imagine masses of everyday people really wanting one of these. I can't imagine trying to do anything productive on something without a real keyboard that you have to hold or prop up (they're showing off iWork right now).
It's simply a matter of getting an idea right. Apple got the MP3 player idea correct with the iPod. Surprisingly, it got the smart phone idea right with the iPhone, too (believe me, there were smart phones prior to the iPhone). That's two products after 15 years of failures. That's hardly a quality lineage. They're completely different devices with completely different intentions. Comparing them is ridiculous. Comparing the iPad's iBook functionality with an e-reader's functionality is more appropriate.
Then get yourself a netbook and stop whining. The Kindle does what it suppose to do and at it's price range. Why don't you wait for the next generation Kindle?
that's the thing, this ISN'T for geeks. It does nothing my iphone doesn't. It's made for everyday people and I'm sure the Elderly.
Except the issue is with newspapers or magazines. Reading a book is one thing, but attempting to read multiple articles on that screen more rapidly than reading pages of a book just won't take off in my opinion. There's a reason why magazine, textbook, and newspaper publishers are giddy over this device -- it gives them a new way for lost revenue. The Kindle can't do what the publishers want.
Except if they were looking for an e-reader, they won't want this because it will suck to read things on it. It's the same reason that reading books on netbooks or laptops has never caught on.
Yes! We are that mobile! There is a reason why blackberries are call crackberries. The blackberry is probably is the most limited piece of junk out there but for some reason, I can't do my job without it. Apple figured it out with the ipod. You don't have to do everything well. You just have to do one thing that everybody needs very well and everything else adequately.
That's certainly true - but the vast majority of people who buy e-readers don't do so for magazines or newspapers. They do it primarily for books, so they are going to look at devices that are ideal for that purpose. There's no doubt if you want a general purpose device, the iPad makes more sense than a Kindle. But if you're looking to read on a device, the Kindle or whatever else (especially next generation ones) still would be the clear choice.
What a joke. You can buy a fully functional kickass laptop at that price point. And who wants to read on a full color LED screen. I sit in front of my computer for 10-15 hours a day at work. I don't need to do it on my free time. This is not easy on your eyes.
On the AT&T Network? Since the iPhone's introduction, data traffic on AT&T has multiplied by 67 - their network can't handle it at all and they can't grow it to keep up with the pace. Now they are adding more data to that network? Yikes.
