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The iPad has Arrived

Posted on 04/03/2010 6:27:44 AM PDT by Glenn

And it is amazing! UPS was here at 9 AM sharp! I am truly a beautiful device. I'll be twittering at @ipadhacker about my experience with it.


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To: Glenn

How do you hold it and type on it at the same time?


21 posted on 04/03/2010 7:05:37 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: COUNTrecount

Put it on top of your lap.


22 posted on 04/03/2010 7:27:02 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: Glenn
Are you a techno junkie?
23 posted on 04/03/2010 7:27:32 AM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
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To: Gadsden1st

So it’s really a lap top.


24 posted on 04/03/2010 7:28:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount (Barry...above his poi grade.)
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To: Glenn

Yawn


25 posted on 04/03/2010 7:30:47 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: PreciousLiberty

My wife has a kindle and the two things that impress me are

1. The display. Yes, it’s just black and white, but she can read it outside by the pool in daylight. I cannot do that with any notebook and I wonder if the iPad display will do that.

2. Battery life.. it’s incredible..


26 posted on 04/03/2010 7:31:40 AM PDT by tje
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To: COUNTrecount

Except that it can’t do all the things a Lap Top can do.

It’s a silly device, costly, novelty only.

That is not Apple bashing...I own an iPhone, etc, but this device is a novelty only.


27 posted on 04/03/2010 7:32:12 AM PDT by SideoutFred (B.O. Stinks...it really does)
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To: COUNTrecount

Without the hard keyboard hinged thingie that supports the screen so you type on the screen.


28 posted on 04/03/2010 7:32:16 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: SideoutFred

Business idea...looking for investors...A remote keyboard and support device to plug an iPad into.


29 posted on 04/03/2010 7:36:39 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: Gadsden1st
A remote keyboard and support device to plug an iPad into.

Already done. Available day 1 of iPad.
30 posted on 04/03/2010 7:42:24 AM PDT by Tzfat
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To: Glenn

Oh goodie now the government can track you even better where ever you go. Enjoy


31 posted on 04/03/2010 7:48:09 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: Glenn

waiting for mine! keep us posted on your impressions :-)


32 posted on 04/03/2010 7:51:51 AM PDT by warpsmith (Nauthannem i ned ol renainnen.)
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To: Glenn

Red Eye has first review of “ipad” via their Las Vegas Techie, Donnie Davis, who reviews his own ‘iPad’

http://video.foxnews.com/?playlist_id=86926#/v/4136393/ipad-preview/?playlist_id=86926


33 posted on 04/03/2010 7:55:14 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Glenn

Could you let me know if my books are available on it?


34 posted on 04/03/2010 8:08:59 AM PDT by Marak (I don't deal with reality.)
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To: PreciousLiberty

No ports....no USB, etc.....pretty much rules it out for me.


35 posted on 04/03/2010 8:11:15 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: newfreep
Innards review from Anandtech:

Apple iPad: The FCC Dissects it So We Don't Have To


36 posted on 04/03/2010 8:17:52 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Gaffer

No USB ports????

WTH is the point of the thing then?


37 posted on 04/03/2010 8:19:59 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

That seems to be what I’ve been able to gather. My impression in reading articles, etc. that is if you want to ‘get’ something loaded on it, you need to get it from Apple like on the iPhone for APPs.


38 posted on 04/03/2010 8:21:42 AM PDT by Gaffer ("Profling: The only profile I need is a chalk outline around their dead ass!")
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To: Gaffer

Apple is not interested in making things easier for the user. Their job #1 is to make money.

Which is why I will stick my my MS laptop.


39 posted on 04/03/2010 8:25:02 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

Most reviews I have read say it is the best way to consume content around (provided the video you want to watch comes from a source with an iPad app or HTML5), it is however, not great at creating content.


40 posted on 04/03/2010 8:27:33 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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