I left my iPad up at the cottage and I’m bummed.
But that's exactly what it is.
Right. I can control every Mac/PC and server in my business from almost anywhere in the world and very rarely now actually need to sit at my desk, but it's only an "over-priced shiny mediocre device"? What kind of crack are you smoking.......lol...I think I should get me some of that......
So it works for you and your applications. It would not work for me and it's way too expensive.
Errr... But couldn't you do that from a $300 Acer? Or any Smartphone? Perhaps I missed something, but there isn't anything unique about the iPad that makes your use of it as a remote terminal feasible on it and it alone is there? I mean telnet is a basic part of the infrastructure of the internet...
I'll tell you what, Monk, I don't give a flying f**k how useful you think the iPad is... IT IS NOT FOR ME!!!!!
Again you daft aussie.....lol......when did I actually do anything other than REFUTE your claims that the iPad is USELESS??? I don't want you to get one......hell you wouldn't even know how to use one if it fell into your lap obviously! geeeeeeeeez
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FOR THE FINAL TIME STARKERS!!! RE-READ MY POSTS!!! I HAVE NEVER TRIED IN ANY WAY TO CONVINCE YOU THAT AN IPAD WAS FOR YOU!! OH MY GOD......I HAVE SIMPLY REFUTED YOUR BS CLAIMS THAT AN IPAD IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SHINY PIECE OF SHIT. WOW YOU AUSSIES CAN BE OBTUSE......OMG!
That was only ONE of several things I presented as ways to prove the iPad is in fact MORE than a "shiny mediocre consumption device". That is all friend.
btw.....I do have a $300 Acer ONE netbook and a 3G data-stick, as well as (if you had read my other posts you'd know this) an Xperia X1 "smartphone" but my point being......doing so from the iPad is that much more user-friendly and done with so much more ease one forgets the netbook and the 3 inch smart-phone in a jiffy!
You don't need to continuously enter a password, and the signal is already detected while it "sleeps". Instant-on.
You are right, it is probably not for you, but to say it is a "mediocre" device is nonsense.
Functionality aside (it's been beaten to death), when has anyone stood in Best Buy and heard another say "show me the tiniest flat panel TV you have"? How many folks pine for their 12" (or smaller) monitors? Even laptops have gotten larger (netbooks the notable exception). It seems consumers gravitate (for the most part)to as big as they can afford, or can carry.
So why the I-Pad or netbooks for that matter? IMO a big part is the cool factor, you don't really need a big screen to check e-mail, but let's face it when it comes down to it, do you really want to view your photo album on a Blackberry or watch "Avatar" on your I-Phone (yes, I realize the I-Pad is larger)? IMO this is just a gadget for someone that has to have it, for whatever personal or social reasons. As mentioned, it can't, in it's present form, sufficiently replace the things we do rely on daily. I'm sure if the I-phone is any indicator, Apple has banked on its faithful customers to buy I-Pad gen 2 the moment it comes out. This seems to perpetuate the feeding frenzy.
IMO it's unlikely to replace laptops that can be had for less than half the price. Cool if you want or have one, for me it would just be a partially redundant, unnecessary piece of hardware. Might be great for the 007 types. We'll need to give it a few more years to see if it improves enough to consistently impact more conventional hardware available , its best features (quick connect?) are shamelessly cloned elsewhere, or if passes as a fad. Nothing can really be bad as long as it advances ideas for the future.
Monk, now you're just being downright insulting and obnoxious... all because I don't agree with your assessment.
Never mind... we're done here.
that art was awsome!!..... thanks for the link natas.... and my bad.
nope, never heard of him, but wikked artist for sure, thanks for the link....then again i should have known it would have a brush app......
my bad..
No problem and no worries. Interestingly enough, at least to me anyway...I went to school with his wife, who is a fine artist in her own right. We shared many, many art classes together, from Junior High all the way through HS. You should Google him and check out some of his other paintings. The guy is incredible. His stuff looks SO real.
What?!?
starkers,
You've done nothing in this thread but claim that an iPad is not "reasonably usefull".
I called you on the fact that it seems rather pointless for you to spew BS claims without actually having used one (all you do is regurgitate shit you read on the internet) and showed you how a person can actually find it to be "reasonably useful"......you respond with "I still don't want one".
You're so obtuse you don't even realize it. I never tried to get you to buy an iPad, I never cared if you agreed with me or not. All I cared about was to show that your BLANKET-claims that an iPad is not reasonably useful are in fact FALSE. PERIOD!
the Monk
Does Apple still have that two iPad lifetime limit?