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Posted on 01/18/2011 11:21:21 AM PST by Swordmaker
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My iPad has pretty much replaced my Lenovo Netbook. I rarely find myself using it anymore. I carry my iPad around with me everywhere.
There have been tablets before. I only difference I see is marketing.
The tablet should do a lot of things. Apple has made mistakes of not including things that are important like printing in their initial release. The iphone cannot print, organize, or view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are apart of the operating system.
bought mine in Q4
Ask not for whom the Droid tolls ...
The iPad has its place and its market.
Watch for Droid tablets to put a hurt on the GROWTH of iPad sales, and start to (thankfully) put real pressure on MS.
Sorry, you are incorrect. You speak as someone who believes the incorrect information you read. The iPhone and the iPad both have iWorks apps that loads, edits, and creates Word documents (using Pages, a full Word compatible word processor), Excel documents (using Numbers, an Excel compatible spreadsheet) , or PowerPoint documents (using Keynote (a more powerful than Powerpoint presentation manager). These documents can be now be printed directly, displayed, or even projected from the iPhone or iPad, and could always be printed from a Mac or PC after editing or being created on the mobile device.
The main difference is a touch-based user interface designed for touch from the ground-up, not mouse- or pen-based with touch tacked on. It's ease of use, finally creating a simple yet capable computing appliance rather than a PC shoved into a tablet.
Apple has made mistakes of not including things that are important like printing in their initial release.
Apple is known for releasing first-generation products to establish the market and a platform to build on. More features follow. That's why I don't buy first-generation Apple products.
The iphone cannot print, organize, or view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are apart of the operating system.
As noted above, a major reason for the success of the iPad has been not trying to cram an entire desktop OS into a tablet. The people who made Windows tablets failed because they were saying things like "you need it to be able to print, organize and view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are a part of the operating system."
I don’t know why anyone would want to print anything anyway(especially from a mobile device). Printing is so 20th century. ;^)
One of my biggest pet peeves are people that print emails. It just kills me every time I see it happen. (no, I’m not a tree-hugger type)
I'm pissed there's no floppy disk, wah! Technology is constantly evolving. Apple is brave enough to advance the technology boundaries by pushing new features, while temporarily leaving others behind in a 1st gen. product. I'm tired of other companies complaining while Apple does the heavy lifting.
Oh, another thing - I have a sports car and a truck. Neither does everything I'd like, but each does what I want very well. If someone wants a machine that does it all, you end up compromising the ability to do it well. The iPad does a lot of things very well.
It is good to be able to print, organize, and view. Why would someone purchase something that is half complete? One needs that to make the product useful. I am going to spend x dollars and there needs to be a basic general set there.
You probably prefer everything to be stripped down and then you add later. Most people I imagine are not like that. They want to be able to do things right out of the box like print, etc. They do not have the time or money to waste to get the ability to print, organize, or view.
For example, I can imagine a car following the Apple logic. It would only have a motor and wheels despite the ability to do more that was more technologically available like seats and lights. These are necessary in a car.
Apple also knows that their fanboys will lap up anything they dish out and settle for less than than what Apple can immediately deliver.
They both have lights, seats, and a windshield. An Apple car would not have that. A general use car does more that what an Apple car would do.
Why would you not want to organize, iew, or print from an ipad or tablet when they first come out? The technology and knowledge is already there. Rush even commented on the lack of ability to print.
You didn't have to buy Microsoft Office to view, create, and print Microsoft Word documents on your computer? I think you did... and it cost quite a bit of money. Word processors have generally never been free. You get what you pay for, archivist—so don't expect to do it for free on other devices. iOS 4.2 allows you to print for free now to WIFI capable printers... and there have been free and paid apps that allowed you to print over WIFI.
More like the first version would be a complete game changer, having all other manufacturers scrambling to catch up. However, Apple may not have things such as satnav and climate control in the early versions.
The ability to print is way low on the list of things necessary for a mobile device.
I should not have to wait to version 4.2 to print. In addition, I have 4.2 and cannot print. I can now because I had to find an app and a printer enabling me to.
I do have Microsoft Office, but I should be able to view Windows notepad documents. I was not limiting my options to Microsoft Office documents. Notepad came with Windows. I never specifically mentioned Microsoft Office originally.
It will be a game changer according to their marketing campaign and hype generated from Cupertino. Can you name specifics on how different it might be different than cars today?
There are tablets and smartphones in the past and now, what is so different now? It is marketing and hype for a product that does not or may not do as much as what has been available.
Many people will support Apple no matter what they produce or support.
How would I know? I'm not Apple. Few can guess what Apple's going to do. That's why the rest of industry is always following.
There are tablets and smartphones in the past and now, what is so different now?
I've already told you. Before the iPad, it was desktop OSs crammed into tablets with pen interfaces, the public didn't like it. Before the iPhone the pinnacle of phone touch technology was the LG Prada, which was what we'd call today a feature phone, and which had a pretty crappy Flash-based UI anyway. The iPhone defined what a smart phone was to be, as evidenced by the myriad copies.
Your analogy totally sucks, and was not well thought out. I think when you were made, a few parts were missing (half a brain perhaps). My analogy about differences between a sports car and truck is much closer to the differences between an iPad and a desktop PC.
The iPad is like a sleek sports car. What it does, it does very well. I use mine daily for 90 percent of my tasks. I also have a couple dozen other computers, among them Macs and PCs.
By the way, I have several sports cars. I have them because I enjoy driving them. I use my truck when I need to haul stuff, but it doesn't get used like my sports cars. Maybe you should respect the right of others to enjoy multiple products, or perhaps just stick to your own and have blinders on your eyes.
Show us the all the other specifically mobile devices with direct to printer printing that preceeded the ipad/iphone in their early revisions, or even late ones, Archivist. In addition, show us any non-Microsoft OS that supports Notepad's proprietary file format... Since MS has kept that pretty close to the vest, instead of using a generic TXT, PDF, or RTF file format, which the iPad and iPhone could read, edit, and display from day one in NotePad and Mail...
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