The one thing I saw that made me think this has a chance is the data package. Sure, you have to pay $130 to get one that is 3G capable, but you can get a data package for $15/month, without a contract. That’s instead of a data package for my phone, which adds $30/month. To bad it’s only available from AT&T.
So this is an ebook reader married to an Ipod Touch, with the 3G capability. If they had put USB ports on it, I would be tempted to get one when my netbook eventually expires.
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But the Newton didn’t have an “i”! A device has to start with an “i” to be successful!
250 mb is per month. That’s 15 bucks, or so. Unlimited is $30. I am guessing they have the 250 set up for people who are signing up for just a few days use. I can’t imagine they will get many takers for that when 15 dollars gets you so much more.
No, you completely missed my point somehow, being that you can run more than one program at a time on a netbook. I don’t have to log out of chat to write an email–just one of dozens of examples. Running more than one program at a time is not a “weird” feature–in fact, it’s perhaps the biggest complaint regarding the iPhone/Touch.
I didn’t see that, thanks. Hopefully the case/stand will be sturdy enough when using the touch screen.
Doesn’t look much cop to me in its current incarnation. It’s the form factor: it’s all wrong. The device is A5 sized: too large to fit in a purse or pocket and too small to display a full page at full size. If it’s going to be carried in a case, you might as well make it a useful size.
That said, I can see it being a success in specialised areas: hospitals, production lines, and the like.
college text books, too
I find this confusing lol. I tried looking up At&Ts cellphone dataplans for comparison. there was 4GB, 5GB, and 4MB. The latter would seem to be only good for texting and perhaps some emails. Your guess as to the point of the $15 plan seems to be the most likely.
I do not see what need it is filling for that price.
Actually I got your point loud and clear… I even said “Is true multitasking the only thing you can come up with?”
You don’t have to log out of a chat to write an email, not at all. Chat programs will stay logged in as long as you’d like them to. If you’re not in the program when you receive a message, you’ll get a push notification or a badge on the chat icon next time you look at your app screen. You can listen to music as you work. You can move between apps seamlessly, saving and copy/pasting between them. I do not see what major benefits “true” multitasking would serve against a standard netbook.
Also for the record, push emails and checking for emails happens at regular intervals no matter what app is in the foreground. The only “real” benefit I can see to true multitasking would be what you mentioned, listening to internet radio or similar while working.
I suspect you’d be hard-pressed to find something a netbook can do that this can’t (short of video conferencing, which I admit I am shocked and disappointed isn’t included; and Flash which sucks anyway).
Yeah, almost no one uses Flash :rolleyes:
And push notifications? Please. Those are an terrible way of conveying notifications and an even worse method of trying to cover-up for lack of multi-tasking.
On my computer at home, I’m running 5-10 programs at any given time, switching between them constantly. If the iPad is anywhere near as cumbersome as the iPhone is when it comes to app management (and all indications suggest this is the exact case), I have no interest in the device at all.
I will take a netbook any day over the iPad. Other reasons beside multi-tasking include an actual keyboard, non-proprietary USB bullshit, more ergonomical for typing, and better price-value ratio.
ETA: Oh, and no Chrome. I’m not content with crash-happy Safari (on both my Mac and my iPhone).
I agree. I have a MacBook, an iPhone and a Kindle, and I don’t see that the iPad would provide any features I don’t already have.
Not just a no, but a giant “Hell no.” Seriously, I at least thought it was going to be a tablet Macbook, you know, like other tablet PCs that currently exist… Alas, it’s an oversized iPhone minus the phone. Color me unimpressed to say the least.
I see Apple ingeniously disregarded a shit-ton of features so they can screw early adopters with “upgrades” in future models. What good is browsing the web if the browser can’t do Flash?
Per month, assuming it’s the same as the other data plans. If you’re planning to load it with video, you’d want to do that over Wi-Fi.
Flash won’t be going anywhere for a while, and it’s stupid for Apple to ignore the large percentage of internet sites that utilize it in one way or another.
Did he suggest that? Nope. Or did he suggest that Flash sucks? Nope - he actually said that. Why are you trying to put the words “no one uses Flash” in his mouth.
A notification is a bad way of notifying? Please enlighten.
I think it is absolutely certain that Apple is not attempting to replace your home computer with this. Isn’t it odd that, in a desire to come up with something a netbook does that the iPad doesn’t, you use an example from a home computer?
There you go. All legit reasons (except the USB thing - I don’t see a big deal when there are already 30-pin to USB adapters available cheaply). I could also care less about a keyboard - that’s the whole point of this.
Like the iPod, most people are initially saying, “I don’t see the need for it.” With both a laptop and an iPhone, I don’t see a need for it myself. But I think that once we start seeing it out in the wild, it’s going to become apparent how easy it is to type on it and use the multitouch, and how portable/versatile it can be.
I’ve seen video of it in action and it’s a very fast, slick device. That said, it’s too big for me. If it had a 5-inch screen and no bezel, so I could carry it in a jacket pocket, I would line up to get it.
I didn’t put words in his mouth (though I’ll concede my response wasn’t the most direct). His argument that it “sucks” was being used as justification for not having it. It’s a dumb argument when a vast portion of the web uses Flash–whether it’s shitty or not is irrelevant. And regardless if he’s cool with it, I’m not. It’s not like you have to run flash on a netbook either, but they have the courtesy of providing the choice.
A notification that pops pops up and actively interferes with the task-at-hand is a piss-poor way of conveying said notification. Closing prompts constantly is annoying as hell when you’re trying to read, let alone doing anything productive. And if you do actually want to switch over to the messenger program in question, you had better hope you’re in an app that saves its current state, otherwise you’ll have to navigate back to what you were originally doing.
I run the same programs on my parents netbooks whenever I visit home. What was your point again?
This isn’t about what you care about–particularly as I wasn’t even addressing you before. This is about what I care about. If you want it, great–don’t let me stop you. But conversely, that’s not going to stop me from thinking this thing is a giant piece of over-priced shit (for my needs, at least–I’m not speaking for anyone else but myself).