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pcernie
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:53 pm |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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I know, I always consider changing the headlines of the things I post, if it's really bad I change it slightly or put something extra in brackets, usually 
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belchingmatt
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Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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You're quoting and linking to someone else's headline, why bother changing it.
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Tue Feb 02, 2010 3:28 pm |
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pcernie
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Not much more I can say than I already have 
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Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:38 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Some iPad apps will be worth paying extra for, especially if they are at a higher resolution hence better suited for the iPad. Though the price differential will probably be minimal, or they will impact sales.
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Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 pm |
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big_D
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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More than €999? Don't think I'll be buying them! Even the €99 for the TomTom software is a bit steep for me. 
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:40 am |
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Amnesia10
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It might sound a lot but compare to a dedicated GPS unit I think that it could be useful. Pricing is a difficult matter. Considerably lower and it will be on huge numbers of machines.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:28 am |
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LaptopAcidXperience
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Joined: Fri May 08, 2009 10:01 am Posts: 433 Location: Harrogate
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I know you're a fanboy but surely you don't believe that marketing bullsh!t for a second. Furthermore how are you going to use an ipad as a gps it's far too big for a prius/geewhiz/mini/beetle/range rover dashboard.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:58 am |
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veato
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:17 am Posts: 5550 Location: Nottingham
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Wasnt the whole point of making the iPad 4:3 rather than 16:10/16:9 so that it can scale iPod/iPhone apps? Apple are extracting the money. And the piss.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:19 am |
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jonbwfc
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I'm not sure what the reason was but I doubt very much 'double scaled iPhone apps fit exactly on the screen' was top of the list. More likely it's for cost or aesthetic reasons - 4:3 touchscreens may be cheaper and/or if you take a widescreen display and turn it on it's side it tends to look quite 'thin'. In the end though it doesn't really matter. It is what it is, take it or leave it. I doubt Jobs will sleep any less well on his mattress stuffed with thousand dollar bills either way. Oh and GPS? Of course, nobody could ever come up with an application for that that WASN'T driving a car. In fact, that's the only thing it can possibly be used for. Any other application would be just silly.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:29 am |
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Amnesia10
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I am no fan boy. I have been known to criticise Apple's policies and actions. Likewise I have been known to be a fair critic of Microsoft than many Windows users. I do not accept their marketing spiel as gospel. I will always look at a product and see if I actually need it or if it fits my needs. A GPS enabled iPad with Tom Tom software would while impractical as a dash board attachment may make an excellent passenger aid for map-reading.
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:41 am |
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bobbdobbs
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm Posts: 5490 Location: just behind you!
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Come on Amnesia10, like any passenger given an iPad is going to be doing map reading Driver "so is it this turning we need to take?" Passenger "eh?" Driver "I said, is this the turning we need to take?" Passenger "umm, I dont know but there is this really cool web site!" Driver stops car and throttles passenger 
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Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:47 am |
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Amnesia10
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Well it was one possibility. Though I would imagine the numbers would be small.
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