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Author:  mikepgood [ Fri May 28, 2010 6:28 pm ]
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went into PC Woe(rld) and had a play. Dont internd to buy one, but thought I should have a feel.

They were connected to the PCW wifi. The interface was good, as much so at the touch/phone, so no surprise there.
Seemed a bit slow loading maps/ satalite photos on the goog;le maps type app, but the gps located quickly.

Nice to hold, didn't seem too heavy. Pretty but I feel it's still basically a toy

Author:  Geiseric [ Fri May 28, 2010 7:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: IPads

We love toys :D

Author:  petermillard [ Fri May 28, 2010 8:21 pm ]
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I've had an iPad for less than 24hrs.

Today, amongst other things, I've checked an address and confirmed the directions and parking restrictions nearby (Maps), visited a potential customer and gathered the data for a ~ £2k quote (Numbers), read a book (Kindle App - picked up reading where I left off on my iPhone) and bought another (Kindle store, delivered directly to my iPad), watched some Telly (TVCatchup) and a few snippets of some movies (killing time - and because I could), listened to some music, answered a few emails, contributed to a forum or two whilst watching telly, read some blogs, sorted through some photos and emailed a couple to my sister, played a game or two of air hockey (Touch Hockey) with my teenage son. All of this done in situations I would never have had a laptop with me. 

Is it perfect? Of course not; emailing documents to yourself is an insane way of doing things, and if the on-screen keyboard had cursor keys it would make life a lot easier. I haven't tried out Pages yet, but Numbers mangles some of the formatting on the simplest of documents - but it works, and as imperfect as it is it's streets ahead of what I was using before e.g. searchable, and with backups. 

And of course, if you just want to play with it, it's a perfectly servicable toy.

Cheers, Pete 

almost forgot:-

Sent from my iPad ;)

Author:  forquare1 [ Fri May 28, 2010 9:07 pm ]
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My Head of Department has one that I played with today. Felt nice.

When I first heard Apple were doing a tablet, I didn't want the iPhone OS on there, but after a play I've come to realise that for such a device, you need a simplified interface.

T'is good. I want one, just maybe wait until the second generation...Oh, and until I have some money :P

Author:  DaftFunk [ Fri May 28, 2010 9:20 pm ]
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I know the other half got me one but I would certainly have paid for it.

I love Wired magazine on it, although an option to subscribe would be good, also you can't really archive as each edition is 500mb but it's a really great way of reading a magazine. Even the adverts are interesting, a film review mag would be great with trailers and stuff.

What has surprised me is I've not altered my browsing, but I've not come across one website I've need flash for, for me flash can die a crashy buggy death and I wouldn't even notice. I'm pleased.

Author:  koli [ Sat May 29, 2010 8:12 am ]
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Wrong section maybe? Why do you have to annoy good members of this forum with this apple junk? ;) :lol:

Author:  timark_uk [ Sat May 29, 2010 8:17 am ]
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Don't feed the troll, peeps.

Mark

Author:  DaftFunk [ Sat May 29, 2010 8:19 am ]
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timark_uk wrote:
Don't feed the troll, peeps.

Mark


Well put

Author:  koli [ Sat May 29, 2010 8:20 am ]
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Oh, come on man! All I did was I tried to suggest that this belong to apple hardware. Or am I wrong? Jeez, so stale in here :roll:

Author:  Nick [ Sat May 29, 2010 11:46 am ]
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Quote:
All I did was I tried to suggest that this belong to apple hardware.


All those in favour say aye

"Aye"

Author:  forquare1 [ Sat May 29, 2010 11:53 am ]
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Nick wrote:
Quote:
All I did was I tried to suggest that this belong to apple hardware.


All those in favour say aye

"Aye"


The problem is that, if you stick something in the Apple hardware forum, you won't get every member's opinion. Some things are good to put in here, it gets more coverage, for the good or for the bad...

Author:  steve74 [ Sat May 29, 2010 12:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: IPads

<pedant>
Well, technically the forum category is "Mac Hardware" - not "Apple Hardware" - and as iPads and iPods aren't Macs, they don't necessarily need to be put in the "Mac Hardware" category (although there are some iPad/iPod posts already in there). I think considering the iPads were launched in the UK yesterday, it's more relevant in this instance to put it in The Meeting Place to discuss.

Author:  mikepgood [ Sat May 29, 2010 12:26 pm ]
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Just a comment as OP, I don't do macs, but son does. Put here to give an opinion for edification/discussion in a wider "meeting place"

Plus, was in PCW at the time

In the mac section you seem to be preaching to the converted.

Author:  pcernie [ Sat May 29, 2010 12:40 pm ]
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forquare1 wrote:
The problem is that, if you stick something in the Apple hardware forum, you won't get every member's opinion. Some things are good to put in here, it gets more coverage, for the good or for the bad...


+1

Author:  pcernie [ Sat May 29, 2010 3:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: IPads

Quote:
'Had it crashed? Or was it being sarcastic?' Charlie Brooker on the iPad

The iPad: the world's most expensive rectangle. The Guardian wanted me to write a first-impressions review on launch day – but how? I could borrow one from an early adopter, but that wouldn't be the same. I don't like poking round other people's computers. It's like snooping through their medicine cabinets: quite quickly you can stumble across something you wish you hadn't seen. I needed a new one, straight out of the packaging. A new one I could keep.

But this being launch day, iPads were bound to be scarcer than cats' eggs, right? Disappointingly, the Guardian picked one up from the Tottenham Court Road branch of PC World without having to kill anyone.

Typically for Apple, the packaging virtually places the device in your hands with the grace of a well-trained butler. The iPad itself is surprisingly heavy: about the same as a hardback book. It gave me mild arm ache almost immediately. Maybe there's an app that can tell you how many calories you're burning just by holding it. The best solution is to adopt a self-consciously casual crossed-legged sitting position, and prop it up with your thigh. Fanboys who wet themselves may cause a short circuit.

The display is extremely glossy, so the first thing you'll see on your screen is a reflection of your face from an unflattering angle. It also doubles as a fingerprint collector, which means you'll spend the first hour obsessively wiping it clean on your T-shirt before giving up and ordering an adhesive screen protector from Amazon (which, if the iPhone equivalents are anything to go by, will be impossible to apply without contemplating suicide at least twice). At this price, Apple – nice, friendly Apply – could at least include a couple of free screen protectors and some kind of carry-case, no? Of course not.

You're required to use iTunes during the setup process, which is like being forced to eat a handful of mud. iTunes is twice as awful as any software crime Microsoft ever inflicted on the world. Up popped a progress bar which turned out to be a work of satirical fiction – lodging fast at 7/8ths complete while making random claims about how long it was going to take to finish. It was impossible to tell if it had crashed or was just being sarcastic. I was scared to pull the sync cable out– and I'm a nerd. So much for Macs being easy to use. Eventually a nice man from MacFormat magazine saw me moaning about it on Twitter and gave me some personal assistance. Your experience may differ.

Eventually it was up and running. And yes, if you've used an iPhone, it's a bit of an anticlimax, although toying with it is undeniably pleasant. The display is supernaturally crisp; the seamless, intuitive interface becomes second nature almost immediately. Once you've got used to the weight, it's perfect for browsing websites while lounging on the sofa. I don't mean that dismissively: it's quite an achievement – especially since "browsing websites while lounging on the sofa" is what the vast majority of laptops are currently used for.

So websites look great on it. As does video. The BBC iPlayer is particularly impressive. But books? Here, I'm less convinced. Kindle owners can download a free app which lets them access their books on the iPad; Apple also has its own rival iBook service. In both cases the screen looks superb, and swiping a finger across the screen to flip the page gives you an undeniable futuristic thrill. But the display, luminously gorgeous when replaying video, is simply not suited for reading articles at length.Yes, you can adjust the brightness, but it's still firing light into your pupils, unlike an ebook screen, with its poncey "electronic ink".

I doubt many readers will persevere to the final page of a novel, unless it's a book in which the lead character squints a lot, in which case you'll have a certain empathy.

Magazines and newspapers, with their shorter read times, may be a different matter. The Guardian's Eyewitness app, a free interactive gallery of recent photojournalism, looks and feels like the future. If print media really wants to make the transition to devices like these, thinking long and hard about the visual, it needs to think long and hard about the full visual potential.

So do you actually need one? Having used one for the past few hours, I can confidently state that you can safely wait until it's lighter and cheaper. At the very least, wait until they bring out an app that turns the iPad into a talking Lord Lucan mask which you can hold up in front of your own face and talk through. If there isn't one already.

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