Apple's iPad...

[Footbag]

It's here. Given CA's love of discussing Apple products, I thought it deserved a thread.

Well here's some preliminary info...

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/l...eation-event/1

[Mugen910]

[ucla695]

Originally Posted by Mugen910

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It'll help Apple to absorb their competition.

[Mugen910]

I read somewhere it looks like an iPhone for Giants... but I will say at $499 starting it'll give Kindle and e-book type devices a run.

[T.G]

Originally Posted by Mugen910

And it comes in colors.... Colors everywhere... Like a rainbow... It comes in COLORS....

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Originally Posted by Mugen910

I read somewhere it looks like an iPhone for Giants... but I will say at $499 starting it'll give Kindle and e-book type devices a run.

Where did you see $400? I heard $800 or $1000 depending on the "plan". Not sure whether the plan is internet or what. At $400 it would give net books a run for their money.

Edit: Just found it. At $499, it will open up a whole new market for Apple. Very interesting.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Footbag

Where did you see $400? I heard $800 or $1000 depending on the "plan". Not sure whether the plan is internet or what. At $400 it would give net books a run for their money.

Just found it. At $499, it will open up a whole new market for Apple. Very interesting.

Staring at $499. On the engadet live coverage (among many others).

[JE3146]

I'd only be interested in it for note taking if it could link with my MBP, but since I'll be done with school soon, I won't have any use for it.

Cool idea, I just don't see the need for it. I read through that article and noticed they dodged one important fact (unless I just couldn't find it). What's the battery life? If it's anything less than 2.5 hours, this is a useless gadget. Period.

[aich75013]

Originally Posted by JE3146

I'd only be interested in it for note taking if it could link with my MBP, but since I'll be done with school soon, I won't have any use for it.

Cool idea, I just don't see the need for it. I read through that article and noticed they dodged one important fact (unless I just couldn't find it). What's the battery life? If it's anything less than 2.5 hours, this is a useless gadget. Period.

10 hrs.

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Originally Posted by aich75013

10 hrs.

One month standby as well.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by aich75013

10 hrs.

How's it worded though?

Odds are that's not factoring in WiFi activity.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Footbag

One month standby as well.

Originally Posted by JE3146

How's it worded though?

Odds are that's not factoring in WiFi activity.

I thought the same thing. It says 10 hours. My thought was 10 hours of doing what?

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Originally Posted by AD720

I thought the same thing. It says 10 hours. My thought was 10 hours of doing what?

My guess is that it's 10 hrs of the screen being on.

[AD720]

Originally Posted by Footbag

My guess is that it's 10 hrs of the screen being on.

Or just maybe ebook reading and music. Video and games are going to chew up battery a lot faster. Add WIFI and/or 3G in the mix and I can't imagine the battery could last that long with a screen that big.

[aich75013]

"What is the battery life like? We've been able to achieve 10 hours of battery life. I can take a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole time. And it has over a month of standby time."

Flight time is 9hrs?
Of course there will always be a disclaimer saying depending on use.
Same goes for any device. My laptop boasts 7 hours. I doubt I can get 7 hours unless I am surfing the web and doing nothing else.

[JE3146]

Originally Posted by aich75013

"What is the battery life like? We've been able to achieve 10 hours of battery life. I can take a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo and watch video the whole time. And it has over a month of standby time."

Flight time is 9hrs?
Of course there will always be a disclaimer saying depending on use.
Same goes for any device. My laptop boasts 7 hours. I doubt I can get 7 hours unless I am surfing the web and doing nothing else.

Video output on a screen that size will require minimal processing depending on the codec/algorithms. So battery will more or less be entirely dependent on the backlight.

So essentially they're saying you can keep the backlight on for 10 hours and run minimal processing while doing so.

Odds are that's still not factoring ~250mA a pop for WiFi data pulses. That will drain it dead quickly.

[replicant_argent]

I imagine myself cracking that big screen because I dropped it on its face or something else as dorky.
With the touch, you can put a rubber armor case on it, and the real estate left exposed is fairly small. With the larger screen, it would be like dragging around a small lcd tv, and one mistake multiplied by chance and squared screen size would leave me with a paperweight.

[markem]

It will be interesting where this really shakes out at in terms of usability. The touch screen keyboard is a solid idea and I think that Apple has had enough experience with these to really make them solid. But in the end, it will be the applications that make or break it. If it really is the iPhone OS, then the current iPhone apps should work, at least in some fashion, unless idiosyncrasies of the hardware are exposed to the app.

It is too big to put in your pocket or carry just about anywhere, which means that the iPhone still has a solid edge for many applications. As a DVD player it is overpriced, but the e-book feature combined with video capability and internet capability may give it an edge. Amazon has lost a bundle on the Kindle - it will be interesting to see how much of its stock price Apple is betting on being a better Kindle.

As a netbook killer, well, we'll see. As I said, it is all about the apps.

[Footbag]

Originally Posted by JE3146

Video output on a screen that size will require minimal processing depending on the codec/algorithms. So battery will more or less be entirely dependent on the backlight.

So essentially they're saying you can keep the backlight on for 10 hours and run minimal processing while doing so.

Odds are that's still not factoring ~250mA a pop for WiFi data pulses. That will drain it dead quickly.

They rarely quote battery life with WiFi on.