Get a Netbook Instead

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Apple laugned their iPad today.  Here is an article about it.   Here is another article about how the stock when down when it was released :smileyvery-happy:

The screen is about the same size as a 10" netbook (a bit smaller), and with a netbook you get a keyboard.

No price on the article, but knowing the fruity company, it will be expensive. 

10" netbooks range from $300-$400 unless you go through a phone/internet company.  My widescreen 10" was only $300 (marked down and works great).  Has 3 USB ports, perfect for anything I need to use, like my SanDisk Fuze, which does work on the Netbook.  And no fruity company I have to deal with.

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Much potential for jokes with the name of the device, too.:smileyvery-happy:

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I ordered mine today. I want one. Make fun of me if you want but its gonna be an invaluable asset to my small business.

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That’s okay, not towards you (just other users… just kidding).  I thought (for a moment) of the ipod touch because of the PDF viewing capabilities.  My cell phone doesn’t have that.  Although I did see the Env Touch cell phone has a Document Viewer, so that may be my next phone… Droids look really nice, although they are still too expensive for me.  I have until the fall unless I give in (I just got an e-mail with phones on it).  Sometimes my netbook is just too much to carry with me.  Although I wouldn’t trade it just yet.

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@marvin_martian wrote:
Much potential for jokes with the name of the device, too.:smileyvery-happy:

Some jokes just write themselves.

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

Message Edited by gwk1967 on 01-27-2010 05:18 PM

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If I wanted a “pad” that badly I would just buy one of those laptops with a swivel screen.

*swivel* It’s a fully finctional laptop. *swivel*  It’s a pad. *swivel* It’s a laptop.

 

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I’ve read posts where people have made their laptop/netbook/notebook in to swivel tablets.  Lots of work and you have to know what you’re doing, but doable.  I’m not doing it though…

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gwk1967 wrote:

@marvin_martian wrote:
Much potential for jokes with the name of the device, too.:smileyvery-happy:

Some jokes just write themselves.

 

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

 

 Message Edited by gwk1967 on 01-27-2010 05:18 PM

 Just found this one in another forum today…

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“Can I get the ‘period tracker’ app for free?”

" Is leakage protection included in Apple’s warranty?" 

“Did the prototype come with a belt?”

“Is there a scented model for days when my data doesn’t feel so fresh?”

“Will iffy Wi-Fi coverage be called iSpotting?”

“Can I say, ‘That chick is on her iPad’ and not be called a pig?”

“iPads are for eighth-graders. I’m holding out for the iTampon.”

I’m sure there’ll be more to follow. :stuck_out_tongue:

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“Can I get the ‘period tracker’ app for free?”

" Is leakage protection included in Apple’s warranty?" 

“Did the prototype come with a belt?”

“Is there a scented model for days when my data doesn’t feel so fresh?”

“Will iffy Wi-Fi coverage be called iSpotting?”

“Can I say, ‘That chick is on her iPad’ and not be called a pig?”

“iPads are for eighth-graders. I’m holding out for the iTampon.”

No doubt there’ll be more to follow. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I see it (the iPad) comes with a 10 hour-rated *gasp* non-user replaceable lithium battery too! :dizzy_face:

Oh, the humanity!

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Tapeworm wrote:

I see it (the iPad) comes with a 10 hour-rated *gasp* non-user replaceable lithium battery too! :dizzy_face:

 

Oh, the humanity!

Is there an iGenerator offered to recharge it?:stuck_out_tongue:

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iDont know.  The iPad cannot handle Flash, either.  This has the makings of a kludgy Internet experience.

The open iPad screen surface is unprotected.  A netbook makes more sense by the minute, and it will have Sansa compatibility too, with those handy USB ports. One can buy a pair of netbooks at that rate.

Bob   :smileyvery-happy:

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neutron_bob wrote:

iDont know.  The iPad cannot handle Flash, either.  This has the makings of a kludgy Internet experience.

Nor can it multi-task. One thing at a time is all it can handle.

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neutron_bob wrote:

iDont know.  The iPad cannot handle Flash, either.  This has the makings of a kludgy Internet experience.

Nor can it multi-task. One thing at a time is all it can handle. Very limited when compared to current computing standards and consumer demands.

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Really Tapey? Come on you are kidding… you must be…

That’s insane!!!

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Peregrine wrote:

Really Tapey? Come on you are kidding… you must be…

That’s insane!!!

 

Tapeworm is correct. If you want to listen to tunes on Pandora, that’s all you can do…unlike a proper computer which would let you do that and something else at the same time.

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They added the prices on the first link, from $499 to most expensive model $829 (with WiFi and added 3G).  3G is $180 aditional on any model. :dizzy_face:

I was trying to see because I thought it said it could multitask.  But if not… that’s not good at all.  Even though my netbook has 1gb of RAM, I can listen to music and surf the web and even have word processing program open.  Sometimes two or three websites up (done that).

And with USB ports and a card reader/writer I don’t need more then 1gb internal (4gb flash sticks are around $12 now).

Message Edited by Dalaug234 on 01-29-2010 10:36 AM

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It does have a compass though.

That will surely be useful . . . like when you’re lost between Starbucks and you’re lonesing for a latte. :stuck_out_tongue:

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It does have a compass though.

That will surely be useful . . . like when you’re lost between Starbucks and you’re jonesing for a latte. :stuck_out_tongue: