Some unfortunate souls don't like the iPad! But that's democracy fo you
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Some unfortunate souls don't like the iPad! But that's democracy fo you
iPad's hardware is beautiful. Apple's software policy - not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan-app
I hear what you say when you say it wasn't meant to replace a computer - the thing is, the hardware can do pretty much anything a full sized PC can do - all the limitations are imposed by Apple. Its like being given the keys to a brand new Ferrari, only to find out Ferrari won't let you take the car out of first gear, and then being told "it wasn't meant to be a fast car". There's a big difference between "we designed a device with limited functionality in order to achieve some other design goal" vs. "we've designed a device and placed artificial limitations on it in order to further our company's business plan".
As for it being "just a large iPhone that can't make calls" - perhaps, but the extra size makes it soooooo much better than an iPhone - the extra screen resolution, real estate and an on-screen keyboard that you can actually type on (as opposed to the iPhone's on screen keyboard which is nearly unusable, IMHO).
I think that Apple will eventually have to relent on the iTunes versus file system issue, otherwise they will be swamped by the competition. This is not intended as an ongoing debate, the real debate will play out over the next few years in the market place. We will make our choice when buying a replacement for our current (and very nice) iPads. If there are devices around that are just as nice as the iPad and not tied to iTunes, I am reasonably sure that I know what my choice will be.Quote:
Originally Posted by 3rdfoundation
For the record, I think that the obfuscation of the file system is a legacy iPod issue and part of DRM, forcing us to load everything via iTunes. I think that Apple needs to rethink this. At the very least iTunes needs a new name and to be made more general for moving files around but really, they need to think seriously about exposing the file system.
The "It's just a big iPhone" argument is silly. Isn't your new plasma just a big TV? People like big viewing areas.
"It won't replace my computer/ It doesn't multitask/ no flash..." Yeah, well, I don't say that when someone tells me they just bought a new Playstation. That thing won't replace a computer either. It's a toy. It can go online and maybe do one or two other things besides play games, but just because something is a piece of computer hardware doesn't mean it's a computer. My phone doesn't replace my computer either.
"It doesn't have a camera or make phone calls" How inconvenient would this thing be as a camera or phone? Really. My phone is a phone, and it's a camera too, and it's in my pocket pretty much at all times. I also have another camera that's just a camera for using when I know I'll be taking a lot of pictures, or just want pictures nicer than my phone can provide. Not every electronic device in my house needs a built in camera. I already have too many devices that chime when I get an e-mail.
Thanks for saying so but your original post says otherwise. Each of the complaints about the iPad you mention are legitimate. That is how a free market society is formed, some people like one style, and some don't. There is no real reason to let it upset you, it will shorten yor life. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan-app
By the way, the greatest invention in history is the wheel, followed by the airplane and ice cream. ;)
Viva l'difference.
Contrary opinion, usage of fire far more important. Greater variety of foodstuffs greater environmental range etc.. Second the ice cream though.
Ah to hell with other peoples opinions, there are too damn many of them :)
Can't understand the obsession with file access and regard it more as a hangover from older computers and their insidious conditioning.
I don't care where my pdfs and photos live as long as the apps that use them see them. Why create a new OS and then jump through hoops to make it perform like previous OS's.
Really want to see computing go the way of appliances; on/off, just does it job with minmal user input. The computer is my slave I don't want to be it's.
That said iTunes is a dinosaur and slated for extinction.
Ooh ranting is such fun........must run defrag the hard drive, run the virus checker, back up and tidy up those naughty files..........
I'll say it before - beautiful hardware, nice OS but crippled by Apple. Its fun to read some of the Apple apologists in this thread try to rationalize Apple's consumer-unfriendly behavior.
When I am on my PC, I'm always trying to find files. For me that is a legacy behavior from wence I was a programmer on a mainframe. I recall using a file manager applet that helped me keep track of all the files I was working on and their version. Ahh the good old days!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasty
The simplicity of the iPad is breathtaking compared to where I came from. With folders, I just now have to remember what folder I put the app. Before 4.2.1, I had to scroll up to eight home screens.
But thanks for your apology anyway. It is fun to watch all those fanboys get hooked and come to the aide of the second largest most valued (by equity valuation) company in the world! You want to bet Apple isn't laughing all the way to the bank?Quote:
Originally Posted by MachThree
I must agree with above sentiment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasty
We are conditioned. I was conditioned by my PC to accept the internet as a dirty, virus strewn, petri dish of techno-Ebola forcing me to wrap my internet access in a triple layer of heavy duty digital condoms. I was conditioned (also by my PC) to need access to all the little privy bits of the OS because in ten minutes time the thing was going to crash and I would have to hit the red button and calll for a crash cart, stick my fingers into the faintly beating insides and scream, "CLEAR!!" to any bystanders.
Then I bought a Mac.
It took time to let go of the fears and neuroses I had developed at the hands of Bill Gates. Time and a goodly amount of Xanax. I learned that unless I was a programmer, tinkerer, fiddler - and I am none of these - that there really is no need to stick my hands into the faintly beating innards. As an end user, I shouldn't have to. It should work smoothly, cleanly, and all of time, without need of my utterly inexpert intervention.
The iPad is just another extension of this dynamic. It works without need of taking classes at the local community center or community college. And, with some judicious research and purchases of a few apps, none of which cost me more than ten bucks American, it is now an integrated part of my writing process.
I'm not a rich man. I'm an interpreter by trade and a right tight fisted ******* by nature, so believe me that I thought long and hard about the purchase of the iPad. I already had an iPod Touch, which in truth almost killed the idea of buying the iPad. I don't really care about the whole "it's a big iPod Touch" contraversy/touchiness/indignation.
So what if it is?
Seriously? SO. WHAT. IF. IT. IS?
So far as I am concerned the iPad is what the iPod Touch should have been, had the designers had human sized hands and eyes that were on the wrong side of 40 years of age.
And again, the device does what a completely non-tech-oriented person prays for. It works. It works cleanly, smoothly, and intuitively.