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why we need a real iPad killer and quick
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| May 12, 2010
| Mike Elgin
Posted on 05/15/2010 3:52:04 PM PDT by Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
What's an iPad??????????
Do women use them?
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posted on
05/15/2010 3:53:58 PM PDT
by
2aberro
To: Swordmaker
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posted on
05/15/2010 3:58:59 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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Why Mike Elgin, anti-Apple zealot exraordinare, thinks we need a real iPad killer right now! PING,
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ipad Killer Wanted
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:01:05 PM PDT
by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
To: Little Pig
To: 2aberro
“What’s an iPad??????????
Do women use them?”
How’s it going Mr. Gump?
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:16:06 PM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
To: Little Pig
LOL, I guess you missed the 2010 27" iMac:
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:21:10 PM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
To: Little Pig
Your sequence, although humorous, actually does point out the direction Apple is likely to go in. The next step will be to put in iPad-like capabilities into Apple's iMac desktop machine.
And yes, there WOULD be people who would pay for wall-mounted 50+ inch iPads.
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:25:08 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: PreciousLiberty
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:31:41 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: Swordmaker
Remind me again just what is an iPad good for? Seems to me to be a product looking for a market, looking for a reason to exist. Some of the specs/features (or lack thereof) I've read for it make it seem extremely limited. Seems like an overgrown iPod touch. My son calls his iPod touch "an iPad-nano" only half-jokingly.
Why kill or compete with a product that seems to be going nowhere, capable of not much? Don't make an iPad clone, make something useful.
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:36:06 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
To: Swordmaker
Nobody does total product integration like Apple...period.
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:41:27 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Anyone pushing Romney must love socialism...Piss on Romney and his enablers!!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: PapaBear3625
Close. Not wall mounted.
Think iDesk...
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:45:17 PM PDT
by
piytar
(Ammo is hard to find! Bought some lately? Please share where at www.ammo-finder.com)
To: PapaBear3625
Yes, the MagicMouse looks pretty cool, I may have to try it when I get my next Mac. So far, my 24” iMac is working nicely enough. =:-D
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:56:00 PM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
To: PreciousLiberty
Whats an iPad?????????? Do women use them? Hows it going Mr. Gump?Many Freepers do not even watch TV,,, we reject all the high tech crap... I figured this was something akin to Maxi Pads.........
PS, I have a 25 yr old Sony TV with rabbit ears, and I get about 3 channels on a good day.
PSS, I also have over a 1/2 mil in the bank.
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posted on
05/15/2010 4:58:40 PM PDT
by
2aberro
To: ThunderSleeps
“Remind me again just what is an iPad good for?”
Sure - making Apple a LOT of money.
For the consumer, providing a handheld platform for information consumption - books, movies, and games.
There’s never been anything like it before, no doubt there will be imitators but they will likely fall where the imitators of the iPod and iPhone have landed - short.
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posted on
05/15/2010 5:01:12 PM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
To: 2aberro
“PSS, I also have over a 1/2 mil in the bank.”
Good deal, don’t invest it you don’t understand current markets.
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posted on
05/15/2010 5:02:12 PM PDT
by
PreciousLiberty
(In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.)
To: PreciousLiberty
Good deal, dont invest it you dont understand current markets.you are very right... I don't. I found the lowest interest bearing account I could find to keep the tax down. Screw Obama.
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posted on
05/15/2010 5:08:59 PM PDT
by
2aberro
To: PreciousLiberty
To: Swordmaker
Why do we need an iPad killer? If the thing works, more power to Apple. If it doesn't work, it will kill itself.
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posted on
05/15/2010 5:25:34 PM PDT
by
JoeFromSidney
( My new book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, now available from Amazon.)
To: ThunderSleeps
Why kill or compete with a product that seems to be going nowhere, capable of not much? Don't make an iPad clone, make something useful. Primarily because it's an extremely profitable product that's selling as fast as Apple can manufacture it. HP, Google, and Sony already have their copiers cranked up.
MS may end up being the odd man out here. They've had little luck in scaling their products into a small light footprint. HP killed the Slate, but will probably bring it back with the Palm OS. This could be interesting. If Palm had leveraged their Pilot into a phone they could have had the iPhone quite a few years before the iPhone. HP has the ability to make it work.
I do not believe these tablets will be a fad. The head of Nintendo recently told his company engineers that the competition is not Sony. He believes they've won the battle with the Playstation. He believes the next battle for the gaming platform will be with Apple.
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posted on
05/15/2010 5:28:29 PM PDT
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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