has anyone bought, used, or seen one ? looking to buy one hard to decide what size or wether to get a 3g one or not?
An oversized iPhone without the phone, usb, bluetooth and probably more. Save your cash and buy an iPhone.
Saw one on the TV the other day.
Looked to me like an IPhone for people with arthritis, mobility issues or a visual imparement.
Which, in itself, probably isn't a bad idea.
I work in advertising and the guy in the pink suit who get's paid lots of money, drives a porche, and does very little in his day bought one from America some months ago.
I think he's a complete dick - but his ipad was fantastic and I want one. I will wait for the second generation though - can't wait.
I checked one out in a shop. Its not a bad device. If you like reading then it has a good e-book reader. However the lack of connectivity as Oliver describes is a downer. Why can't you plug in your 3G USB modem into it? Why? Testra won't get its cut.
If your work pays for it, and the phone connection then no worries. The non 3G version is okay as long as you don't need always on connectivity. I too will wait at least for v2.
Go on brainless n00bs go get one... all the "cool" people have 1.
I own 0 Apple products... even when they're given to me they immediately go on ebay.
Apple is an evil company who's primary goal is to lock the consumer in.
MS try locking companies in.
People buy Apple products before trying out/comparing other products it's like they've been brainwashed in to needing it.
What everyone said...it certainly has its shortfalls..and is basically a giant iphone. However there are adapters available for your USB and SD cards.
You'd be be better taking a punt on the knock off iPED for $200 for starters. Atleast it has USB and SD inbuilt...and more importantly Flash!http://iped-tablet.com/?gclid=CMmPlqfcnqICFYEtpAod0WNbwA
You can pretend you have an iPAD no one will know.
Then maybe when the next gen ipad comes out get that.
I got one a few weeks back. Fu$&@n love it. Suits my needs perfectly. What do you want to do on it?
2 big for ya pockets .. 2 big for a womens hand bag??
so ya gotta take a slammer version of a laptop case .. y not get a ****** laptop
^^ zeitgeist. Simple as that.
Laptop = yawwwnn... like soooo 90s.
igad(get) = hey I'm so kn funky I paid more for less and here is the proof! All worship me!! 
Prepare for dazzling solar rays as i bend to tie my shoes.
all i want is something that i can download music and movies on thats not gunna cost alot of money what does flash actually do?
I had a play with an iPad before they were released over here, I couldn't see the point for me, although there is one function that would be very cool...
You can use it as an external screen for a laptop.
So imagine this: You run an iPad as an external screen in a holder on your desk. You want to go watch TV but not bring your laptop... pick up the iPad and you're on the couch, surfing when you need to
As your only computer though, it would get pretty frustrating very quickly, at least for me... Look at all the ads for it, one hand is always holding the damn thing.
It'll take a heap of movies and music and the screen is good. As far as always having to hold it, if you get the folding cover for it and it sits wherever you put it. If you are going to be using as your only computer you would probly be left wanting, as a mobile extension of you home/office computer it's a killier piece of gear.
And get the 3g, worth the extra if you need to be mobile.
aS far as the download issue goes, you can check your useage in the settings and keep track that way. With movies I guess you would down load onto iTunes at home then transfer from there? Yea USB would be great but then you would be getting too close to laptop territory, not a good thing business wise for apple. Most of the files I handle on it are relatively small so I just email them and transfer that way.
We are about to swap from pc to mac for the home office, we need to keep using myob and the invoicing program which are both ms only. Does any one have experience with parallels or fusion to run the ms versions on a mac?
AccountEdge is the mac version of MYOB... we use it at work.
I use Parallels at home for the odd pc program, it really works well, very seamless transition between the two. You can even open windows programs as if they were mac programs, with no windows desktop at all if you want. That's just too freaky for me, I keep it inside the windows desktop thanks
Wah Wah Wah...
The misses has one, uses it for work - I've had a play, they're good fun and great for travel.
Hey dan I was more talking about hardware etc which admitedly is not as bad these days (I used to be a Mac snob for audio).
Having no USB on the i-flacid is plain dumb and bound to lead to painting you into a corner to only use overpriced otpions. No USB in this age - seriously how desperate are people for a new toy?
Hey if you love it, or your work pays for it go for gold. I can't see the point for my needs tho.
I am actually reminded of how hard I laughed at the zeitgeist guy here at work (you know 40+ single and spends way too much time/$$ on shiny tech stuff ) when he paid $500 for an original (2Gb from memory) i-plod. Ba ha ha ha, battery probs, only apple interface and expensive hardware, piddly 2Gb space - so taking good sounding CDs down to sh!tty low-res mpegs?? WTF??
8 yrs later the new music players (hell even i-plods - but i won't buy Apple) rock and are great value.. now.
The best thing about the i-flacid I reckon is that it will expand the market for better/cheaper tablet PCs and readers.
Look around it is not hard to find better/cheaper music players, tablet PCs or readers. Or follow the white cabled flock.
^^^funny as hell photostrip!
In keeping with the theme...bought 2 'mp3' players for the kids Xmas pressies @$15 ea from Aldi's...they're great! just copy/paste from folder to folder, no I-store or I-tunes. Simple enough that a 4yo can work it too! (still not simple enough for me unfortunately
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