Author Topic: iPad...meh (Read 96642 times)

Plugabugz · « **Reply #250 on:** May 08, 2010, 06:56:05 PM »

The UK prices announced: £430!!!!!!! No.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #251 on:** May 08, 2010, 07:23:37 PM »

Isn't that like $275 US dollars though?

(I'm bad with currency)

or do I have it backwards and it's more like $675 US Dollars?

Plugabugz · « **Reply #252 on:** May 08, 2010, 09:10:41 PM »

At current rates: $627. And that's just for the standard wifi model.

And to make it better Orange is offering an unlimited* *800mb 3G data plan. Fail.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #253 on:** May 09, 2010, 12:12:40 AM »

Is AT&T's "unlimited" plan for this also locked to 5GB like their phones? If so, that's really lame. You basically buy this thing for...nothing but the internet, I could use up 5GB in one day easily.

noname2200 · « **Reply #254 on:** May 09, 2010, 01:38:12 AM »

Quote from: Plugabugz on May 08, 2010, 09:10:41 PM

At current rates: $627. And that's just for the standard wifi model.

Isn't that about what it goes for in the US?

ShyGuy · « **Reply #255 on:** May 09, 2010, 01:49:09 AM »

The US version is $499 to start. Still too expensive.

Shaymin · « **Reply #256 on:** May 09, 2010, 11:05:16 AM »

I'm almost scared to see what the carriers here will offer for data plans. It's probably going to be something like $30 for 100 megabytes.

gbuell · « **Reply #257 on:** May 09, 2010, 12:58:31 PM »

Quote from: Brandogg on May 09, 2010, 12:12:40 AM

Is AT&T's "unlimited" plan for this also locked to 5GB like their phones? If so, that's really lame. You basically buy this thing for...nothing but the internet, I could use up 5GB in one day easily.

Don't forget the 3G model also has a wifi antenna, and internet access via wifi obviously doesn't go toward your 3G data usage. If I were to get the 3G model, the vast majority of my internet usage would still be via wifi. I probably could live with the cheaper 250 MB 3G data plan!

Regardless, I haven't heard any reports that the 3G model has a 5GB limit on the "unlimited" plan.

gbuell · « **Reply #258 on:** May 09, 2010, 12:59:31 PM »

Quote from: ShyGuy² on May 08, 2010, 06:37:59 PM

So I tried one of these at Best Buy today, it does have a nice screen, but it had a hard time detecting rotation. In reality, this is a $200-$400 value item, nothing more.

So it should be the exact same price as an iPod Touch, even though it has 4 times the screen real estate and longer battery life?

ShyGuy · « **Reply #259 on:** May 09, 2010, 01:05:18 PM »

ipod touch is also overpriced.

gbuell · « **Reply #260 on:** May 09, 2010, 09:23:19 PM »

Fair enough.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #261 on:** May 10, 2010, 12:38:07 AM »

Extremely overpriced. The portability aspect of the iPad is it's biggest draw (right?), so I would typically use one everywhere that is not connected to WiFi...since I could just use a real computer most of the time.

gbuell · « **Reply #262 on:** May 10, 2010, 02:35:48 PM »

Quote from: Brandogg on May 10, 2010, 12:38:07 AM

The portability aspect of the iPad is it's biggest draw (right?)

Not as I see it - the biggest draw is the UI and the app store in my opinion. If I someday get one, I'd use it at home 95% of the time. I'm currently doing the majority of my casual web browsing, email checking, and Twitter/Facebooking on my iPod Touch in bed or in my living room. An iPad would be a nice upgrade for that kind of usage.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #263 on:** May 10, 2010, 03:07:31 PM »

Casual tasks? Zero productivity.

I totally understand now. Apple users.

gbuell · « **Reply #264 on:** May 10, 2010, 03:18:59 PM »

Sorry I'm not "productive" when I'm browsing the web, posting on forums, checking email and social networking sites at home, I'm sure when you do the exact same things at home on your real computer you're SUPER productive.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #265 on:** May 10, 2010, 04:21:05 PM »

Well, the iPad/iTouch/iPhone OS is fairly limited when it comes to productivity apps, but most people don't produce anything 90% of the time when they are on a PC anyhow.

Only things I need in a portable unit like the iPad are: web with Flash, music playback, and word processing. Since I need word processing that limits me from getting any pad system unless they are super cheap.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #266 on:** May 11, 2010, 07:07:24 PM »

My iPad was supposed to come yesterday, then supposed to come today, but it just kept showing up as being in Connecticut. Now for some reason it was shipped to Alaska, when I'm in Pennsylvania. I have no reason to not believe Zach Miller is somehow involved in this.

Halbred · « **Reply #267 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:09:22 PM »

I admit nothing.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #268 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:50:21 PM »

Apparently I fail at geography (not good, as I'm taking that this term), since Connecticut is CT, not CN. I also fail at paying attention, because, in hindsight, I probably should have realized that Shenzhen didn't really sound like the name of a city in Connecticut. This situation makes considerably more sense now. It's still probably Halbred's fault.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #269 on:** May 11, 2010, 09:18:49 PM »

CN is Cartoon Network

ShyGuy · « **Reply #270 on:** May 11, 2010, 09:32:53 PM »

Quote from: NinGurl69 *huggles on May 11, 2010, 09:18:49 PM

CN is the empty husk of what used to be the Cartoon Network

fixed.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #271 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:05:50 PM »

is ipad absorbent?

gbuell · « **Reply #272 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:09:35 PM »

Is the Wii warm and yellow and smelly?

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #273 on:** May 11, 2010, 11:31:00 PM »

Only when it's dehydrated.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #274 on:** May 12, 2010, 09:33:35 PM »

Flash caused me to Force Quit Firefox just as I was about to sync my iPad for the first time. That'd be hilarious if it weren't infuriating.

This thing is so awesome. I'd take a picture of how pretty it is before it gets all covered in fingerprints, but the only camera I have is my iPhone camera, which sucks.

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