iMode created the smart phone market 15 years ago. 10 years ago java came in and improved upon it. there are several billion Java phones today thanks to NTT Docomo and Sun Microsystems (now Oracle). the future is bright with many options available today with variety and exciting new products appearing from manufacturers every month.
It's a bunch of hype. I think you can get a 11.6" MacBook Air that is comparable in portability to an ipad2 for the same price as an ipad2 right now. And the MacBook Air kills the iPad in terms of functionality.
I am 6'1", so not exceptionally tall, but if someone reclines on a plane (and they all do, much to my chagrin), I can't look at a laptop screen. It's impossible. If they don't recline, I have to hunch over and type with my elbows at my armpits. A tablet is much easier for me, and I think it would be easier for anyone.
The other thing about the iPad is battery life - laptops are a pain in the ass for that reason. That's why you see people at the airport sitting on the ground with their laptop plugged into the wall.
You can't do anything productive on a tablet. Try word processing or programming or using a spreadsheet.
dean moriarty wrote:
I am 6'1", so not exceptionally tall, but if someone reclines on a plane (and they all do, much to my chagrin), I can't look at a laptop screen. It's impossible. If they don't recline, I have to hunch over and type with my elbows at my armpits. A tablet is much easier for me, and I think it would be easier for anyone.
The other thing about the iPad is battery life - laptops are a pain in the ass for that reason. That's why you see people at the airport sitting on the ground with their laptop plugged into the wall.
iPad starts at $500, MacBook Air starts at $1,000.
How the hell can you know what "productive" is for each individual? Are you implying word processing or spreadsheet work is the only way to be productive?
IPad 1 looks like a bargain now. Besides the camera and a little speed, are you sacrificing much by getting the older model?
[quote]asdcvb wrote:
IPad 1 looks like a bargain now. Besides the camera and a little speed, are you sacrificing much by getting the older model?[/quote
No there is no significant upgrade in iPAD2.
The iPad line like all Apple products are designed to minimally improve their product but still sell like crazy because JOBS knows there are moronic fashonistas out there who get off on looking cool and edgy.
Here are your Letterman top 10 reasons for getting an iPAD:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/03/16/david-letterman-runs-down-the-top-10-reasons-to-buy-an-ipad-2/
The faces of the iPAD are:
Perez Hilton
Lady Gaga
Cast of Jersey Shore
I used to use a laptop and smartphone and therefore think I had no use for an iPad. I got an IPad 2 and love it. I am a grad student and spend a lot of time reading PDFs and writing short notes. The PDF annotation apps combined with dropbox and Evernote make keeping track of my papers and notes easier. Reading long documents on the ipad is really a lot lot nicer than on a laptop.
Writing papers with the Bluetooth keyboard is also very manageable.
Typing anything on the IPAD is much more annoying than doing it on a laptop.
How is reading a long PDF better on an iPAD, particularly to the point that it is worth $600?
How is it easier to keep track of documents on an iPAd versus the desktop of a laptop?
GGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOO iPAADDDD!!!!
Yeah I tried at work. It's clumsy to use the iPad and Xoom. I still prefer to use my $350 Tosh netbook with Intel Atom Dual Core (with Win 7 Home since Win 7 Starter sucks). Sure Win 7 BSODs in my face at least 3 times a week, but at least I can use Excel and Photoshop when Win 7 does run ;-)
The future however is very bright and promising for tablets and smartphones. Soon they may converge and become the same thing. Android runs the Linux kernel and is extremely reliable. With the SoC chip technology easily available to manufacturers, pads/tabs/SPs engineers are free from the scourge that Microsoft imposes on the worldwide PC/notebook/netbook markets. I can't wait for Linux, Ubuntu, and Java to appear on SoC platforms (aka pads, tabs, Sps).
SoC wrote:
Sure Win 7 BSODs in my face at least 3 times a week...
I will give you the benefit of the doubt and presume that you aren't blatantly exaggerating. If that actually happens, no offense, but you really need to be freed from the scourge that insufficient IT configuration management imposes upon your Tosh netbook. As a point of comparison, my team manages networks that include over 9,000 Win7 Enterprise workstations. In the last six months, we have seen a grand total of two BSOD during that time thanks to a faulty third-party driver from our friends at McAfee.
Thanks for the advice, but used to work as an electronics technician in the Air Force and can fix computers myself. I carry a spare 750GB SATA 2.5 so when Windows 7 walks over the c:/drive I can immediately open the netbook, swap drives, and get back to work.
SoC wrote:
Thanks for the advice, but used to work as an electronics technician in the Air Force and can fix computers myself. I carry a spare 750GB SATA 2.5 so when Windows 7 walks over the c:/drive I can immediately open the netbook, swap drives, and get back to work.
I don’t doubt your skill set. However, if that's the method that you typically use to get back to work, you aren't really addressing the root cause of the problem. To quote an old friend of mine, you are "hunting roaches with a shotgun."
I already referenced numbers (above) that would seem to indicate that there is an anomaly with your system: a potential hardware problem, Windows itself wasn't originally configured properly by the OEM, etc.
Don't worry. There's no person on earth who can the MS crap to work. Not even you in spite of the lies you tell.
SoC wrote:
Don't worry. There's no person on earth who can the MS crap to work. Not even you in spite of the lies you tell.
Troll. I haven't seen a BSOD probably in 5 years and I've used XP, Vista, and Win7. You must be the biggest dipshit that has ever walked the Earth if you are getting BSOD several times a week. Haha!
Buy a Mac. No BSOD here.
Forgot all about the fact that Android and Apple tablets work, iPhone and Android smart phones work. That's been missing with XP, Vista, W7 which crash and burn.
I am no fan of MS. To be fair. You are comparing one type of OS against another. MS has Windows 7 phone, which still seems rougher around the edges than other phone OS offerings. MS Still has some work to do with the phone OS, and then build something for the tablet market.