Anyone get an iPAd yet?

you get better photo experience, ok(your right 100%, unless it's not a jpg or a picture that needed adjustments to be viewed - probably an app can also let you make light adjustments to view not so perfect image taken by a pocket or point and shoot camera).and the ipad does scrub through images really fast.

if it was a good picture to begin with, you will get a much better photo viewing experience than a netbook or a laptop.

you get better web and email experience, really?, can you really get a better web experience.

without mentioning flash, can you really open that many tabs in your browser, use your browser in conjunction with your operating system and other apps without slowing down the system.

do you really get a better email experience, do you get a funny joke every time you open a new message in your inbox or something.
 
ATL Media Group said:
For me, I think that's the crux of it.... I don't want a better experience in ANY of those areas! LOL... I find it FUNNY that any device needed to be made to accomplish that! LOL.... I have NEVER not once... ever... sat with a netbook or laptop and said.. "Man.. I wish this was easier to read/send email with.." Or "Man.... Hopefully someone will improve my experience with firefox.."

ROFL....
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Yeah, but you're a nerd! :P The rest of the world might feel different :)

NO JOKE HERE - I remember 10-15 years ago watching a comedian on TV bashing the internet. He was saying how it was the "information age" and more information would now be available to everyone. Making fun of the concept, he went on to joke "Right, because you always see people running around screaming 'I need more information! Someone give me more information!' ...

And even for the nerds... myself included... you won't really feel this way until you spend sometime with the iPad and catch yourself saying "wow, this is actually pretty cool...

Though the point isn't to say the iPad exists just to do basic tasks better. I still maintain that the impressiveness is in the 3rd party apps and capabilities.

Amr Rahmy said:
can you really open that many tabs in your browser, use your browser in conjunction with your operating system and other apps without slowing down the system.

do you really get a better email experience
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Yes, though it's not called tabs. You can have many pages open at once and cycle between them. You can save pictures and files to the device, copy/paste text, and it does not slow down the system. I love accessing my email in a more convenient way, even just after a day or so. A 1.5lbs device with 30 day standby time that you just grab from the coffee table, flick through the mail, etc. Until you use it, you don't realize how easy and convenient it is... I think I'll be using my laptop much less for any web based tasks, and relegating it more to on the road heavy duty work (field shooting/capture, edit, etc.)

ChipG said:
Zaza iPee'd himself?
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That's why Zaza needs the iPad :D
 
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by many pages is that closer to 5 or 50 or 500.(is it really fast to switch between the pages)

but i do like the impressive ability to stay on standby for a month, so if your not running apps in the background and the display is off, it will last a month on standby.

that's like turing the thing off, it's not an ability.(if you turn it off for a month it will be an older model of the ipad by the time you turn it on again)

most devices have stand by and hibernate options.

an ability would be something like a fast start up.
 
300,000 sold so far.

Woops, much less than the 700,000 expected but the 300,000 were by midnight April 3rd.
 
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I woke up yesterday with no intention of buying an iPad. I read a few reviews, talked to a couple of friends who had them, and ended up buying one by lunchtime.

I've loaded up 720p versions of many of my projects, along with a portfolio of photography and tons of music, and it isn't even half-full. Just as a test, I bought two books at the iBookstore yesterday, and reading them is a great experience on the iPad. (They're T.C. Boyle's latest and (naturally) "Cinematography" by Kris Malkiewicz).

I'm actually typing this on it right now, which is really pretty easy on the on-screen keyboard, but if you do a LOT of typing a bluetooth keyboard would be better. I also read that Final Draft is working on an iPad version, which would be really cool.

The screen is gorgeous. The speaker actually sounds good. And the battery life is astounding.

Honestly, I can see how this thing could change the way many people use computers. If it's goal is to take the tasks that most people spend 95% of their time doing and make them easier and more intuitive, they've certainly succeeded.
 
This thread really isn't about the iPad is it? It's the age old Mac vs PC debate. Most Mac users seem already impressed and to us PC users we remain confused and skeptical as to what the big deal is?

I don't get the bonus of having a lighter faster "laptop" that is missing some key laptop functions. Considering that this is meant for portability, what if you need to bring that iPad along on a day when you are going to need to rely on laptop features? Doesn't the iPad's portability now cancel itself out when you now need to bring with you the iPad AND your laptop? Now you are chained to TWO computers. Does it even have a kickstand so you can prop the thing up?

I think both camps are guilty of our own personal self-affixed blinders and biases. We PC users think its ridiculous that Mac fanboys of all ages will line up to buy something "cool" which we admittedly haven't even used. Heck, we don't even want to develop an appreciation for the product because it's APPLE. So, we PC guys can surely be dicky about the whole thing. And, most of us know this. But, you Mac guys are guilty too. You say some pretty rose-colored things no matter how bogus the spec sheet...which, I'm sorry, does matter. Let's be honest. This iPad is predominately a toy. It's cool looking. It's fast. It's got great touch response. But, it's a product that no one really needs. Which is okay. Noone needs an ipod either but many of us have 'em, love 'em and can't imagine going to the gym without one. But, let's call it what it is. An expensive toy that isn't going to revolutionize anything. So, it's hard for us PC guys to understand what all the fuss is about.

The one thing that does pique my interest in the iPad's battery life. Perhaps they should figure out a way to utilize that technology and stick it into a laptop for those of us who like the extra features and usefulness that a laptop provides.
 
Hey Rick I was thinking about what I wanted to say as you beat me to the punch! You're post wasn't even up when I started this... I just did an edit to post this very sentence... I grabbed another cup of coffee and you grabbed my thunder :)


I'm surprised people are so passionate either way about the mac/pc thing. I don't get it. I'm typing on a macbook right now... and later I'll be editing video on my PC with vegas.

I thought the iphone was simply "cool" but I wasn't overcome with the desire for one until I played with one... but I still haven't got one yet.

If it's really good then the marketplace will prove that out... just like the iphone did. I never understand the passion AGAINST apple products... OR the occasional snobbery of some mac-types.

I'm a pc... and a mac... and in my experience it can be a love/hate relationship with either.
 
Rick Meyer said:
This thread really isn't about the iPad is it? It's the age old Mac vs PC debate. Most Mac users seem already impressed and to us PC users we remain confused and skeptical as to what the big deal is?

I don't get the bonus of having a lighter faster "laptop" that is missing some key laptop functions. Considering that this is meant for portability, what if you need to bring that iPad along on a day when you are going to need to rely on laptop features? Doesn't the iPad's portability now cancel itself out when you now need to bring with you the iPad AND your laptop? Now you are chained to TWO computers. Does it even have a kickstand so you can prop the thing up?

I think both camps are guilty of our own personal self-affixed blinders and biases. We PC users think its ridiculous that Mac fanboys of all ages will line up to buy something "cool" which we admittedly haven't even used. Heck, we don't even want to develop an appreciation for the product because it's APPLE. So, we PC guys can surely be dicky about the whole thing. And, most of us know this. But, you Mac guys are guilty too. You say some pretty rose-colored things no matter how bogus the spec sheet...which, I'm sorry, does matter. Let's be honest. This iPad is predominately a toy. It's cool looking. It's fast. It's got great touch response. But, it's a product that no one really needs. Which is okay. Noone needs an ipod either but many of us have 'em, love 'em and can't imagine going to the gym without one. But, let's call it what it is. An expensive toy that isn't going to revolutionize anything. So, it's hard for us PC guys to understand what all the fuss is about.

The one thing that does pique my interest in the iPad's battery life. Perhaps they should figure out a way to utilize that technology and stick it into a laptop for those of us who like the extra features and usefulness that a laptop provides.
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The iPad is not for you. Period. Move along.

It's not a PC or Mac thing, either. It's about how and why we compute. The fact is that if you're a member of this forum, you probably use, no…depend, on your computer to do things that 95% of people not only don't need to do, but have no interest in doing.

And to be perfectly honest, the iPad may not even be for me.

But for non-power-users, people like my wife, my parents, my brother and sister, and most of my non-filmmaker friends, the iPad does EVERYTHING they use their laptop for, and does it well.

Specs are irrelevant to them, the user experience is all that matters.

Will I keep my iPad? Maybe. Possibly. I do believe that in time, clever developers will find ways to make the iPad do things people never thought it could. When that happens, and apps are more iPad-focused than simply ported from the iPhone build, we'll really see what iPads are capable of.
 
stephenmick said:
people like my wife, my parents, my brother and sister, and most of my non-filmmaker friends, the iPad does EVERYTHING they use their laptop for, and does it well.

Specs are irrelevant to them, the user experience is all that matters.
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My mom is 75. She wants me to get a really old computer going at their house for the internet. My girlfriend is in the market for a laptop right now... and I doubt she wants it for much more then the internet as well. They're the first two people I thought of for an ipad.

I've even thought I might enjoy one... but the only thing I wonder is if my neck would get tired from looking directly down at it while typing... and/or if an ergonomic typing position is even possible with it, because don't you have to either hold it in front of you, and poke it like an ATM touchscreen... or have it on your lap, with your neck craned at a 90 to your body? (okay... THAT makes me laugh, but seriously, what is your body position when you're typing?)
 
I've got a case for the iPad that keeps it in a decent typing position, certainly better than typing on a phone of any kind. For times when I have lots of typing to do, a Bluetooth keyboard would cdrtainlys make things easier, but wouldn't be totally necessary.

Right now the iPad is in the case on my lap, and while I am looking down at the screen, it isn't terribly uncomfortable. The keyboard does take some getting used to, however.
 
I'll be getting one for work.

I'll have it set up to the side of my laptop in a somewhat upright position. I will use it to access a critical work website that I use all the time while having my database open on the laptop. Should be great for what I need. It will also be nice to read books on it as well or to have when I'm in the backyard and don't want to lug out the laptop.

Hell, I could see myself figuring out a way to attach one to the front of the fridge someday. Two strips of Velcro maybe? My wife uses recipes off the net all the time. :)

I own an Mac and PC gear.
Love my iPhone though.

MAH
 
stephenmick said:
It's not a PC or Mac thing, either.
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Oh, but it is. I'm sure you can find MAC users who aren't interested and conversely PC users who are...but I'm willing to bet that most in the pro-iPAD camp have been APPLE users all along. That's all I'm saying. This thread's debate is really about the differences of the two camps. And, it almost always gets heated. Even your tone was a bit snarky which doesn't bother me. It just illustrates my point.
 
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