ipad

[Lew]

think it's safe to say he's having a lark ;)

I'm a bit gutted we aren't living in a Blade Runner world yet. I mean... we done even have Back to the Future style hoverboards  :roll: So things like the ipad get my interest :D

[gingataff]

I think this is a great app for the iPad
http://www.midipad.de/Website/Info.html

[juansolo]

Can anybody explain (briefly) what they're actually for?  I can't be bothered wading through Apple's marketing shitee.

Essentially they're a computer for people who don't use computers. It allows them to do the basics (surfing, e-mail, simple word processing) and that's about it. Gonna buy one for my dad when they finally release them.

[Lew]

Erm, no. You've not looked through the apps, then? + it uses all of the iphone apps as the OS is just a modded iphone OS. Not sure where the confusion is coming from, it's simple. It's a touch screen computer that fits in between an iphone and macbook  8)

[Dmoney]

well i wouldn't want to sit typing at one.
browsing the net would be ok on it, maybe using it as an eBook or whatever.
using it as a tool... i dunno. Might be handy to have one with a VNC client on it for example, but you could probably do the same thing with the iphone and it would be more portable.

[Philly Q]

Thanks guys, but I'm none the wiser.  Safe to say I won't be buying one.  But then I still have a black & white mobile phone.

[Johnny Mac]

Thanks guys, but I'm none the wiser.  Safe to say I won't be buying one.  But then I still have a black & white mobile phone.

What about a colour telly? 

[Philly Q]

Oh yes, I'm very nearly cutting-edge on the telly front Johnny.  :lol:

[Ian Price]

Thanks guys, but I'm none the wiser.  Safe to say I won't be buying one.  But then I still have a black & white mobile phone.

I'm not so sure Philly. You do have a Blu-Ray player 

[Dreichlift]

Didn't Jean Luc Picard use one of these doohickies in Star Trek?

[FELINEGUITARS]

As I said before - the iPad is a platform for great practical useful programs
It will be the app developers that will make this item a must have for many users
Obviously Apple will make a bundle from % commission via the app store as it sells these great apps


Here is just one app that whilst a USA based one will be just one of many practical uses for this multi function tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLz72XErN8U

This will just be the start for more and more touchscreen devices
In a year or two we wont be able to believe that we lived without them before


Just watchout for SKYNET!

[Dr. Stein]

As I said before - the iPad is a platform for great practical useful programs
It will be the app developers that will make this item a must have for many users
Obviously Apple will make a bundle from % commission via the app store as it sells these great apps


Here is just one app that whilst a USA based one will be just one of many practical uses for this multi function tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLz72XErN8U

This will just be the start for more and more touchscreen devices
In a year or two we wont be able to believe that we lived without them before


Just watchout for SKYNET!

 :? Maybe I'm missing something here - this app seems to turn it into a tv remote? The keyboard to search I understand as an advantage, the 'invite a friend' thing seems like a good way to impress your grandparents I guess... Would this really improve the experience you get from your TV?

I wonder what skynet would invite us all to watch...

[FELINEGUITARS]

Yes but the point is that there will be thousands of apps - and you may end up with dozens of really useful ones on the same iPad - thus making it like a "swiss army knife" device - capable of loads of useful tasks.

It's a total chameleon device

[Alex]

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

[JDC]

if you buy an ipad your going to need one of these!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdAkKKxOvu4