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[CaptainDesslock]

tbh,

I really don't think at all that in 2 years a $600 digital tablet will be necessary to our way of life. 

[Bird]

It is merely a useful platform .
what will make it indispensable will be whatever apps get developed for it

There are already some interesting dedicated iPad apps coming through

+1

[Bird]

IMO the IPAD is overpriced for what it does... not much really!!!

?? not much??... more than a million sold in the first month so some people have found a use for them.

I like that app that turns the iphone or ipad into a remote. It's meant for people who are using a server for media as part of their home theatre.. as opposed to cable tv cr@p. Then you can control your home theatre with one remote. And it's wifi so it doesn't require line of site to work if you have heaps of children's toys or movies piled around your setup.

[Johnny Mac]

Hello Bird!  :D Long time dude, how you been?

[Johnny Mac]

tbh,

I really don't think at all that in 2 years a $600 digital tablet will be necessary to our way of life. 

That's what the cynics said about mobile phones  :P

[Bird]

Hello Bird!  :D Long time dude, how you been?

Doing well thanks. Still trying to get a handle on this whole guitar playing thing ;)

[CaptainDesslock]

tbh,

I really don't think at all that in 2 years a $600 digital tablet will be necessary to our way of life. 

That's what the cynics said about mobile phones  :P

mobile phones are relatively cheap and are  "necessary" to a teenagers life because of the social communication it provides.  the ipad is kewl, atm its hip, but I don't see it being a staple.

[Tellboy]

Seems pretty useful .......What sort of valves does it use? .........EL84s or 6L6s ?

[Alex]

IMO the IPAD is overpriced for what it does... not much really!!!

?? not much??... more than a million sold in the first month so some people have found a use for them.

I like that app that turns the iphone or ipad into a remote. It's meant for people who are using a server for media as part of their home theatre.. as opposed to cable tv cr@p. Then you can control your home theatre with one remote. And it's wifi so it doesn't require line of site to work if you have heaps of children's toys or movies piled around your setup.

Which you can do with the Iphone as well! And use it as a mobile, which everyone seems to need nowadays anyway.

[ToneMonkey]

tbh,

I really don't think at all that in 2 years a $600 digital tablet will be necessary to our way of life. 

That's what the cynics said about mobile phones  :P

mobile phones are relatively cheap and are  "necessary" to a teenagers life because of the social communication it provides.  the ipad is kewl, atm its hip, but I don't see it being a staple.

Dunno, I remeber someone on tele a loooong time ago predicting that we'd all have these little "tablets" that we'd carry around.  I think that once the touchscreens can be rolled up and you can put the thing in your pocket (not too far in the future) then nearly everyone wil have one.