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Well, my first thought was how exciting it was to realize that I
already own Apple's iPad Nano.
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Subject: [apple-iphone] Thoughts on the new iPad
Author: Charles
Date: 1/28/10 12:20 PM -0500

>I'm assuming the relative quiet of this list is due to the stunned
>reaction to Apple's revelation of the new Apple iPad yesterday. :-)
>
>I too am not sure if I am disappointed or excited. I think it's a
>little of both.
>
>I have been waiting for something non-laptop, but with laptop
>capabilities, to replace my PC with. I really wanted to like this
>iPad. Ok, I DO like it. I wanted to LOVE it, and I am not sure I
>can. It seems almost like a very large iPod Touch - some
>additional capabilities, but nothing really spectacular, other than
>a larger viewing screen......
>
>I gave away my old laptop as a charitable donation, as we have 2
>desktops at home (we need both - 5 kids, 3 adults in the home - one
>of the children has her own laptop, but still uses the PCs from
>time-to-time), and the iPhone had given me the capability to websurf
>and check email while away from the PC via Wi-Fi. The problem is
>that getting PC time is tough at times, for syncing the iPhone, and
>also, the portability of the PCs is non-existent. This is where the
>iPad would have been great, if I could replace the PC with it. But,
>it seems as if it too would need to be synced with a computer of
>some sort, just like an iPhone or iPod Touch.
>
>Here are what I see as pros:
>-Large display compared to iPhone; comparable to a small laptop or netbooks.
>-Ease of use / Familiar to those of us with iPhones and iPod Touchs.
>-Ability to run the same apps that the iPhones and iPod Touchs run.
>-Great *ADVERTISED* Battery life (wonder if it will be as good as they say?).
>-Better price than expected.
>-Does much more than the Kindle, at a starting price that is not
>much more, and it's COLOR.
>
>But, the cons:
>-Not a true laptop - no ability to run regular MAC or PC programs.
>-Not a device that I can replace my PC with (i.e. run all the
>programs that I cannot with the iPhone, that I need a computer for).
>-Not able to sync my iPhone to iTunes with the iPad - still need a computer.
>-No built-in camera (ok, NOT a big con for me, but it should have one, IMO).
>-Extra fee for 3G usage - and why get it without 3G if you can take
>it with you. This would not be an issue if I didn't already have an
>iPhone, but I do, and I wouldn't be using both at once anyway. Add
>to that, the lack of 3G in my area, and it is basically on EDGE
>outside the home, or Wi-Fi in the home.
>-No stereo speakers, just mono sound. Most laptops have stereo; who
>wants to watch a fantastic movie like Star Trek (the one Apple uses
>in their advertisement) in mono?.
>-Only 64GB memory. I guess this isn't that bad, since it is not a
>fully capable machine, although the next iPhone is likely to have
>that same capacity, and the iPod Touch does now.......
>-STILL no "Flash". A true web surfing experience is still not
>available; you'd think that with a larger screen, and the intended
>use as a websurfing machine, that would be here for the iPad, even
>if not available for the iPhone or iPod Touch. I expect it will
>come someday, but I don't know that I'd buy it until it arrives.
>-No way to hook up an external hard drive (which is moot since it
>doesn't have many of the capabilities that you need the drive for
>anyway).
>-No way to hook up a CD drive (to import CDs into your iTunes).
>-An external USB would be useful for the above items, as well as
>adding photos/music/etc. via a thumbdrive.
>
>
> These pro/con lists are not all inclusive, and what is a pro/con
>to me may not be important to you.
>
> I love my iPhone; I am really wanting to go completely Mac, and I
>would like a device that I could replace a PC with completely. I
>would like iPad to iPhone syncing, among other capabilities. I
>would like to run MS WORD, or a MAC equivalent of WORD, that I could
>export to my work PC (they are all WORD, and they're not going to
>change for me, and we use forms and reports formatted for WORD).
>
> Basically, I am thinking that if I had an iPad, I wouldn't need
>an iPhone (blasphemy) or iPod touch; just a regular cellphone for
>phone use, the iPad for surfing and email, and a PC/Mac computer for
>syncing.....
>
> Add to all of this, we yet don't know what the new iPhone will be
>capable of.......
>
> Thoughts?
>Chuck F.
>NE PA
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