# Apple Presser Discussion Thread: iSlate? Verizon iPhone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661 "2010-01-27T17:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/61 "2010-01-27T20:14:09Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > I think Steve Jobs may have just saved the world. When he announced the price so much jism flew into the air that it blocked out the sun, temporarily halting global warming. > > What can’t Steve Jobs do? Been browsing the Fark thread? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/62 "2010-01-27T20:14:28Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > It’s getting killed on the name. But then again, Nintendo got killed for the name Wii and we saw how that turned out. True, but it’s still an odd mistake to make. The Wii succeeded despite its name, not because of it. Apple is normally very careful about branding - they dropped the ball here. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/63 "2010-01-27T20:15:35Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Been browsing the Fark thread? 😉 No, I posted something similar there. The comment you saw was almost certainly mine, I just refined it for you guys. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/64 "2010-01-27T20:38:51Z")
This is horribly anticlimactic. If I wanted to carry around an iPod, I’d carry around an iPod. I think Jobs took a lesson from Dean Kamen. I really do. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/65 "2010-01-27T20:54:54Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > I think a slightly larger iPhone is exactly right - and I think there’s a real niche for that. The iPhone is a portable computer - the iPad just emphasizes the computer parts of the iPhone’s design. It’s sort of like the distillation of the Apple approach: limited hardware but so slick to use. > > I have to say, I think bringing the app store approach to computer software makes a lot of sense. And I say that as someone who takes a lot of pleasure out of tinkering with the guts of my computer. It only works on tightly controlled hardware models like this. But I bet fifty years from now, computers will work more like this than the wild west hardware thing we have today. I like that the iPad can use the app store. Certainly some of the music apps could use some scaling up. Plus while it’s good for web-surfing in a pinch, web content on the iphone/touch is just too little for me and zooming in is a hassle (when it works). It’s an iPod touch for Baby Boomers. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/66 "2010-01-27T21:09:25Z")
> [@mack](#): > > It’s an iPod touch for Baby Boomers. This right here. My mom would like it. And Jobs’ opening statement that “netbooks don’t do anything well” is funny. With no multitasking or Flash, the only thing the iPad has over any netbook is prettiness and price. ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/67 "2010-01-27T21:34:38Z")
How hard is it to get the iPad to support flash? Couldn’t they just do it with a software or firmware update? [QUOTE=Cleophus] With no multitasking or Flash, the only thing the iPad has over any netbook is prettiness and price. [/QUOTE] Well, you get all the functionality of a touchscreen and less bulk. I could set an iPad on my little piano music stand like any music book. I couldn’t very well do that with a netbook (but that’s just me). ---
**Author:** ![TheFifthYear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@TheFifthYear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFifthYear)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/68 "2010-01-27T21:49:09Z")
> [@mack](#): > > How hard is it to get the iPad to support flash? Couldn’t they just do it with a software or firmware update? From what I’ve read, it would be very easy to support it, but it is (apparently) the single biggest cause of application crashes in OS X, and Apple has no control over the way it works so they can’t fix it, so rather than release a device that crashes all the time (or hear complaints about how mobile Safari crashes all the time), they have chosen to leave it out. They’re trading some functionality for a better user experience. ---
**Author:** ![MissMossie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@MissMossie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissMossie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/69 "2010-01-27T21:56:00Z")
> [@mack](#): > > How hard is it to get the iPad to support flash? Couldn’t they just do it with a software or firmware update? > Well, you get all the functionality of a touchscreen and less bulk. I could set an iPad on my little piano music stand like any music book. I couldn’t very well do that with a netbook (but that’s just me). Oooh, and imagine how easy it would be to write music on one, given the right app. I’m imagining an app that would let you write the music and then hear it with various instruments. That would be pretty awesome. I have a friend who is currently undertaking a rather large music project and there’s a definite clumsiness with the software interface that I think could be rectified with the touch screen. I think the ipad looks pretty awesome. What I dislike about laptops is that they aren’t really portable. Yeah, I can take it to the coffee shop with me, but then I have to pack up my laptop bag and carry something extra. I’m awesome and tangling the strap of my laptop bag with my purse strap. It’s like my secret power or something. This looks more along the lines of my old EeePC, which I loved because it was actually super portable. I could toss it in my purse and take it with me, no big deal. The ipad isn’t something I would use for my primary computing needs, but it would be great for traveling and what not. I loved my EeePC, but I had one of the first ones out and it had its downsides. It was itty-bitty and not as quick to respond as I would have liked. The ipad looks a bit zippier and definitely has a larger screen. I could definitely see me getting one and using it as a cross between a PDA, an iPod, and a netbook. I’m not making any plans until the second generation comes out though. That ought give me enough time to save my pennies. ---
**Author:** ![Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian_s_Wall)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/70 "2010-01-27T22:02:50Z")
I’m so glad that it’s named the iPad, that ways it’ll be very hard to confuse it for something that women use… ---
**Author:** ![mack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mack)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/71 "2010-01-27T22:09:07Z")
> [@MissMossie](#): > > I’m not making any plans until the second generation comes out though. Yeah you, me, and 50 million other people. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/72 "2010-01-28T00:22:57Z")
> [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](#): > > I’m so glad that it’s named the iPad, that ways it’ll be very hard to confuse it for something that women use… :rolleyes: [The iPad](http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2010/01/ipad_official_10.jpg) [A maxipad](http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50281545/Maxi_pad_Ultra_Dry_Sanitary_Napkin.jpg) “Want to see ‘The Air Up There’ today? Let’s look up movie times on the iPad.” " I need to stop the flow of my menstrual fluids - let me get a pad." Yeah, I can see the confusion. If use of the word “pad” sets you off into a fit of giggles, you are in the vast minority of the population. ---
**Author:** ![eno801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@eno801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eno801)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/73 "2010-01-28T05:30:03Z")
geez don’t get your panties in a wad. juvenile humor is alive and well on the internet. someone was going to make that joke. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661/74 "2010-01-28T06:09:47Z")
Its just a big iPhone, when it should have been a small macbook. This thing could have run a scaled down version of OSX with an iphone emulator for existing apps. And without multitasking, it is not practical. No USB… how are you supposed to open up iWork files? How do you hook up a camera to it to browse your photos? I am very disappointed, although I had little hope for it in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-presser-discussion-thread-islate-verizon-iphone/526661.md?page=3)