Posts by jubtastic1

Depends

Right now it's worth a bundle, Monetizing the users will start it down the slippery slope to irrelevance, but with 500 million users it's a goldmine of a slippery slope.

Wait too long and something cooler will come along and make the decision for them.

Just played with one of these in the store

CPU is more than perky enough for what it is, and there's a suprising amount of screen real estate once you shift the dock to the side like it should be.

Touch pad is noticeably smaller than the 13" models but the profile of the machine is awesome, no cutting into your wrists, it's more like a standalone keyboard ergonomically.

It's light but not as light as it looks, but thats only because it looks like it's going to float away.

Lack of sleep light I can understand given the month of standby but omitting the IR sensor and keyboard backlighting is a bit of a downer.

Finally, just want to say a big thank you to whoever fixed up the mobe version of this site, fantastic job sirperson, may I buy you a beer?

Actually

Apple.com doesn't work on Safari 3.1.2 either, had to use chrome to browse the site, I think the man from moz is having a moment if he thinks Apple is trying to sabotage the web though.

Mac App store is interesting, I wonder how many machines can be registered to a single account? can't see some of the big names being too pleased about one sale being used on five machines like iPhone apps can.

Needs Context

1.7 Million sold in 3 days.

Show me a forum thread stuffed with 170 angry people and I'll show you a product with a 0.01% defect rate.

Voice & Data

Until Verizon has a network that can support voice & data simultaniously I can't see it. Of course the 4G Network will be capable but coverage will be spotty and there's no 3G network to fall back on.

Lastly, I'd imagine branding to be a major sticking point, I can't see Apple ever allowing an iPhone out the door with someone elses logo plastered on it.

Don't forget to also install

A flash blocker, for all those tasty flash ads you've been missing.

This is actually a step forward

It means we're past the stage where the Telco's thought they had so much bandwidth they just advertised it as unlimited. Now we're at the stage where they'll compete on bandwidth packages.

It's just another step in the path towards dumb carrier status like the ISP's.

It's about the iPad

Very few people not armed with microscopes are going to notice the difference between 160 and 320 dpi on a 3" screen.

Almost everyone will notice how much better an iPhoneHD app looks running on an iPad, bigger buttons for sure, but they'll be as crisp as the native iPad apps rather than current 480x320 apps which are pixel doubled to drop the iPad display down to an apparent 80dpi.

Can't argue with IPS though, that's just pure win.

Don't you people recognise

Linkbait when you see it?

Too many choices

If you're looking at an iPhone/iPad you know when it was released and when the next better one will be released, buy it when it's released and you'll have the top of the line product for a year.

Compare with the android market where a plethora of choices mean the top of the line phone/pad is debatable and is supplanted every month or two regardless.

In the new mobile business it's only Apple and HP (since aquiring Palm), that can offer this to consumers, everyone else is on an upgrade treadmill with Android and (assuming it gets finished), WMP7S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/your-money/27shortcuts.html

Massive savings

"Prices include VAT. At current exchange rates, the £429 iPad is priced at the equivalent of a sales tax less $536, so you may still be better off buying in the US - it costs $499 plus sales tax"

Which would be $543.29 (New York City). a saving of minus $7.29, and I guess you'll also get to save a further minus £50 in import duties when you fail at petty smuggling.

Want one, can't afford it, hopefully later in the year I'll have more cash to be easily parted with.

The Mother of all non Issues

Anyone with a 2G is well out of contract and can just get the new one as a free upgrade in June.

Which is what I'll be doing, assuming it holds out a few more months, WiFi's dead, and there's a band of dead pixels on it's 3 year old screen, Battery is still good though.

The thing is

If I were El Jobso and I'd had to endure another company's buggy shitty code making my products look bad for an entire decade, I'd bury the wankers the first chance I got as well.

You would have to be retarded to trust that company to not screw you over again no matter what they promise.

I just want to say

That was Awesome, more of this sort of thing please