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I don't understand some of the negativity here. My credit card is already tingling in my pocket ready to pre-order at the first opportunity. The proof will be

by adamt 17y ago

I don't understand some of the negativity here. My credit card is already tingling in my pocket ready to pre-order at the first opportunity. The proof will be in the pudding - but a device with a decent screen size, with 10 hours battery life, that I can use for browsing the internet from the bed/living room is great. I have an iphone, I have an MBP, I have an Acer Aspire One (running Linux) But all of these are not quite perfect. The speed improvement of the 3GS over the 3G makes a big difference, but it's still not quite the perfect browsing device. My Acer never gets used - I agree with Steve Jobs that it's worse at everything. The MBP is pretty good - but it's a bit heavy at 2KG versus < 1KG iPad and most of the time the keyboard is redundant. I want one :-)

jacquesm 17y ago
If you're halfway smart and not just one of the 'I got it first' crowd I'd advice your credit card to solidly cling to the inside of your pocket for the next 6 months. Let others deal with the inevitable 1.0 bugs. When dealing with new technology second best is best.
- adamt 17y ago
  Apple's history with the iPhone/iPod though is that the hardare is generally pretty good at launch and all bugs are in the software/firmware which can be fixed. It won't be a business critical tool for me - I will happily deal with some of the teething issues. Still want one ;-)
  - jacquesm 17y ago
    There were quite a few hw related problems with early iPhones, off the top of my head, 3G issues, battery life, screen tint (not sure if that one was device or firmware related), touch screen dead zones.
raganwald 17y ago
I bought a Toshiba Portegé TabletPC and it was killer to surf the Internet and read books on the couch or in bed. I will buy an iPad for reading alone. Throw in the ability to watch my collection of movies that are already in my iTunes, read my books that are already in pdf... I'm an early adopter, so "The plural of anecdote is not data." But I don't need much more to want one.

by adamt 17y ago

jacquesm 17y ago

If you're halfway smart and not just one of the 'I got it first' crowd I'd advice your credit card to solidly cling to the inside of your pocket for the next 6 months. Let others deal with the inevitable 1.0 bugs. When dealing with new technology second best is best.

adamt 17y ago
Apple's history with the iPhone/iPod though is that the hardare is generally pretty good at launch and all bugs are in the software/firmware which can be fixed. It won't be a business critical tool for me - I will happily deal with some of the teething issues. Still want one ;-)
- jacquesm 17y ago
  There were quite a few hw related problems with early iPhones, off the top of my head, 3G issues, battery life, screen tint (not sure if that one was device or firmware related), touch screen dead zones.

raganwald 17y ago

I bought a Toshiba Portegé TabletPC and it was killer to surf the Internet and read books on the couch or in bed. I will buy an iPad for reading alone. Throw in the ability to watch my collection of movies that are already in my iTunes, read my books that are already in pdf... I'm an early adopter, so "The plural of anecdote is not data." But I don't need much more to want one.