The young un is 16 months old and has been using a Samsung PT1000 for a few months now plus an iPhone4. Knows how to start and stop applications, watch videos, play some games and is starting to understand that the battery runs out and no amount of crying will recharge it. The advantage the Samsung has is that being much heavier he cant throw it very far, the iPhone can easily be tossed 5 feet before hitting the wall. A cracked screen costs about $60 to replace on the iPhone.unperson wrote:My baby boy needs one (he is 4 months old already and I feel he could be missing out on a good start in life without one!)[/i]
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From wikipediaKhmerized wrote:This one is just stupid. You're comparing a keyboard-less PC with stylus (!) to a Tablet. No further comment.
The term tablet PC may refer to:
Tablet computer, a kind of mobile computers, usually having a touchscreen or pen-enabled interface
A tablet personal computer, a class of tablet which runs an adapted version of a desktop operating system
Microsoft Tablet PC, a class of Microsoft Windows-based tablets
The tablet concept has been around since the late 60's, the Dynabook being one of the first fully described.
A tablet is simply a keyboard less PC, which due to the development of touchscreens became useful.
The iPad may also be used with a stylus, especially useful if you want to do detail.
Apples Styli
One of the reasons the iPad is successful is the Internet, without the massive amount of content now available it would be as good as the stone. Facebook alone is now the size of the Internet in 2004.
3G didn't come out in the US until mid 2001 and probably didn't have much market penetration.
That HP built a device with more functionality, allowing for the limits of technology at the time, than the iPad 7 years before is quite remarkable.
The iPad was simply in the right place at the right time.
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I agree with most of what you wrote. The iPad was at the right place and right time, and I would argue that Apple actually created the right time. The iPhone was responsible for the App Store's success (and vice-versa), and Apple knew how to utilize that in order to successfully launch the iPad. Just like Android used the iPhone's success to massively improve. Saying that the iPhone's success is due to the internet is like saying an airplane can fly because air exists - no kidding.dv8inpp wrote:From wikipediaKhmerized wrote:This one is just stupid. You're comparing a keyboard-less PC with stylus (!) to a Tablet. No further comment.
The term tablet PC may refer to:
Tablet computer, a kind of mobile computers, usually having a touchscreen or pen-enabled interface
A tablet personal computer, a class of tablet which runs an adapted version of a desktop operating system
Microsoft Tablet PC, a class of Microsoft Windows-based tablets
The tablet concept has been around since the late 60's, the Dynabook being one of the first fully described.
A tablet is simply a keyboard less PC, which due to the development of touchscreens became useful.
The iPad may also be used with a stylus, especially useful if you want to do detail.
Apples Styli
One of the reasons the iPad is successful is the Internet, without the massive amount of content now available it would be as good as the stone. Facebook alone is now the size of the Internet in 2004.
3G didn't come out in the US until mid 2001 and probably didn't have much market penetration.
That HP built a device with more functionality, allowing for the limits of technology at the time, than the iPad 7 years before is quite remarkable.
The iPad was simply in the right place at the right time.
The greatest, most sophisticated device is useless if there is no realistic market application, and this is precisely what Apple excels at. Look beyond the pretty design and sexy features, you'll find an immensely realistic and pragmatic philosophy.
Regarding the definition issue: as far as I concerned, my phone is a computer. It doesn't have a keyboard. Does it mean that it's a tablet? - No. Tablets, regardless of the strict definitions, are devices designed for easy media consumption, an intermediary between phone and PC. Who cares who made the first of anything? It's who makes the most useful thing that matters.
I'm just saying that no one, nowadays, would buy a tablet that requires a stylus for operation - sure, you can use one on the iPad, but you don't need to. That makes the whole difference.
The ipad, ipad 2 & ipad 3 also comes in wifi only or wifi + 3G(4G) versions so how do you figure there's no comparison? You're not making any sense. And who the fuck needs a quad core in a tablet you ask? I'll be sure to quote you on that when Apple releases ipad 4 next year with another marginally improved product. They already have a quad core GPU in the ipad 3, so the natural progression would be to upgrade to a quad core CPU on the ipad 4.Khmerized wrote:Your chart can not be accessed.
The 700 LTE seems nice, but who the fuck needs a quad core in a tablet?
The TF700T doesn't even have 3G, so no comparison.
I have no problem accessing the chart from 3 different computers, but here it is again :
You said ipad 3 was the superior device. It is not specs wise. Whether or not it is the superior device re. 'user experience'* is a subjective matter. I think it is not. You think it is. It's your point of view, not fact.Khmerized wrote: The thing is, not once have I experienced lag on the iPad. Graphics-intensive games like Infinity Blade are perfectly smooth, so I'd rather have a incredible screen and the whole App Store ecosystem to my disposal that a few more MHz. I mean seriously, tablets are not about specs - it's about the apps you run on it, the user experience.
I would also like to point out that just like OS X, iOS has been developed specifically for a handful of devices. The OS is perfectly tailored to the hardware, reducing the need for higher specs. With the fragmentation that Android is experiencing right now, having high specs is more important.
*user experience indeed :
Apple iPhone Apps vs Android Apps: Apple's Crash More Often:
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Right.. Who needs flash anyway.. It's not like it's much used on websitesKhmerized wrote: Oh, and I guess the extra resources are needed when you use that old piece of outdated software called Flash.
That apple refuses to use flash is more about money than anything else. That has been pretty clear since the launch of the first ipad.
It's the the greed, arrogance and fascist behaviour I abhor in Apple. No freedom of choice. No customization. Overpriced gadgets with underwhelming specs for the indiscriminate masses.. If Apple was a country in Asia, it would be Singapore. There is a good reason I chose Cambodia. FREEDOM. It is the very same reason I do not choose Apple.article from cultofmac.com wrote:...Why is there no Adobe Flash on the iPad? ...It’s because Apple is protecting revenue streams derived from content like movies and games. If users could watch free TV shows on Hulu, they wouldn’t buy them through iTunes.
...It’s pretty clear if you connect the dots: the issue is about revenue...
...if Flash were available on the iPad, users could watch TV shows on Hulu for free instead of buying them through iTunes. Likewise, users could play some of the hundreds of Flash games on sites like Miniclip, instead of buying games through the App Store, on which Apple takes a 30% cut of every sale...
...Apple has eliminated any way to get content on the device that they don’t own, Apple is keeping the device closed to protect their revenue streams...
..other companies’ technologies that could be used to serve content or games are also excluded — Java, Ruby, Python and .Net.
...it’s not just Flash that’s not working. They’ve blocked a whole lot more than that… It’s a universal restriction.”
Nothing addictive about ipad to me. Once again it's a matter of subjective opinion.Khmerized wrote:The iPad is the more elegant, simple, easy to use, addictive device.
Alcohol is necessary so that a man can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed by the facts
Apple just got Samsunged! ...Those on the side of the tablets have won me over.
Done a bit of research of my own, and it seems the Galaxy Note 10.1 is worth waiting for. I'll get one.
Done a bit of research of my own, and it seems the Galaxy Note 10.1 is worth waiting for. I'll get one.
Still doing of bit a research and...
Looks like Samsung would disagree:Khmerized wrote:Who cares who made the first of anything? It's who makes the most useful thing that matters.
I'm just saying that no one, nowadays, would buy a tablet that requires a stylus for operation - sure, you can use one on the iPad, but you don't need to.
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Khmerized, the problem is that all your pics are not vs PCs but vs Microsoft. There's a big difference. Macs are decent machines but they charge about double the price for the hardware you're getting. So people are paying a ton of money for an OS. I like some of their innovations (magnet powercord is one) but the fact of the matter is, two weeks ago I got a laptop that's about as powerful as a Macbookpro for 600$...
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