iPad Win

[MercuryJones]

I just don't understand your anger. Nobody wants, expects or requires you to buy an iPad. Clearly you don't need or want one. Nobody has ever suggested that it would be suitable to do any of the stuff you just listed. It's not a computer. Why are you so offended by it, and by others appreciation of it?

http://personalitydisorders.suite101.com/article.cfm/empathy

 

[MercuryJones]

apple's business modell either has to change or it will be their own end

They'll change. Or the world will. I've never pesonally known of any publisher to praise iTunes, but iTunes now accounts for 25% of the music market.

Please don't construe that as my praise of iTunes as a software model. I'm neither here nor there on it. But it is a remarkable success.

I haven't used either iBooks or Kindle on my iPad, though they're both there. My partner has, on his, and enjoys it. I can say that iBook store is shockingly lacking, but until it's better populated the Kindle will provide a bridge.

 

[andysayshi]

but there are other, cheaper machines which do the same.

I don't really agree with you there. There are similar types of things, but this is really the first all-touch device of its kind and size, with an OS and applications built specifically for touch. Every other tablet on the market has died a death so far. That will change, of course.

Like I said above, it has nothing to do with GBs or ports - it's about ease of use, intuitiveness, reliability and consistency. This is not like a computer that requires tech ability. It's a device, like a phone or a car. It needs to be easy and logical - for the masses.

and after having looked at a kindle, i never want to read an ebook on a regular display again.

My feeling is the opposite. I borrowed a friends Kindle for a week and hated it! The display looks awful, and you need a light on to read it - sucks in bed. What's more, I found it hard on my eyes because of the low contrast, particularly in low light. (It's much lower than real ink on paper. I was surprised by that.) I've read several novels using Stanza on my iPhone and never thought about eyestrain. I stare at LCDs at work ten hours every day. To each his own!

 

[MercuryJones]

New experiment: leaving for a long weekend at the coast and off the grid, without access to phones or Internet, for r&r with some work.

Instead of books and laptop, bringing the iPad loaded with books for personal reading, and all the work I need to do in Pages and Numbers. Let's see how I do with only the iPad.

Back on Sunday.

Back on Sunday.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

Im just surprised your acting as if this was an innovation.
Then again, it takes a fanboy to be impressed at Steve Jobs reinventing the wheel.

meanwhile im sitting here', on my netbook, watching 160gigs worth of movies, multitaskin', playin' games, USB'ing (x3), connecting it to large flatscreens, using a keyboard...all for < 300$. lol

sorry, i can't help but poke fun at people who enjoy being raped by Apple.

You're watching movies and playing games and posting on JUB all at ones?

Um... get your doctor to adjust your ADD meds.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

But don't forget to sync otherwise you'll have to re-purchase the same app on all your devices!

Um... no you don't.

once you buy an app once, you can download it for free if you lose it for some reason.

So I guess you don't really know all the things you're ranting about and are just going on to go on because you're bitter because you probably can't afford one.

Poor poor you.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

with a few exceptions my professors made their notes and the important parts of the textbooks available in digital form.
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OH, so you didn't REALLY have your text books in digital form.. it was just a few clipped/copied/pasted passages and stuff.

This is a world of difference with iPad offering full books, bookmarkable, easy to navigate around and full of the graphics and even embedded video if the publisher wants. How about hyperlinks to updated content?

I get it that the anti-Apple crowd is really enjoying making a big stink that some of us own a product that we like but really... it just makes me roll my eyes the same way I roll my eyes at Justapixel's anti-Obama blankie whining in the CE&P forum.

 

[Purplebic]

You're watching movies and playing games and posting on JUB all at ones?

Um... get your doctor to adjust your ADD meds.

I guess Apple decided multitasking wasn't important because their fanboys don't have the IQ to do two things at once.

Um... no you don't.

once you buy an app once, you can download it for free if you lose it for some reason.

So I guess you don't really know all the things you're ranting about and are just going on to go on because you're bitter because you probably can't afford one.

Poor poor you.

2 towers, 3 monitors, one laptop and a few extra TB's of storage. If you (can) do the math, it adds up to a few Ipads.

OH, so you didn't REALLY have your text books in digital form.. it was just a few clipped/copied/pasted passages and stuff.

You should purchase some sort of literacy app, because corny said "With few exceptions";

Im disappointed, your debating skills used to be much sharper than this.

PS. You could benefit from learning to use multi-quote.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

You should purchase some sort of literacy app, because corny said "With few exceptions";

And the "exceptions" were the entire books.

That's like saying you got "free books" in middle school because the teacher Xeroxed a few pages out of the encyclopedia.

He didn't get his text books as digital books.. he got text files of notes and a few passages. That's a pretty big "exception."

Im disappointed, your debating skills used to be much sharper than this.

Shall we talk about your statement that you have to re-purchase apps if you don't sync?

 

[Purplebic]

And the "exceptions" were the entire books.

That's like saying you got "free books" in middle school because the teacher Xeroxed a few pages out of the encyclopedia.

He didn't get his text books as digital books.. he got text files of notes and a few passages. That's a pretty big "exception."

And even if Corny had an Ipad in school, his documents would have still come in the same format, so i dont see how Apple's latest "marvel" would have changed anything.

Shall we talk about your statement that you have to re-purchase apps if you don't sync?

So i made a factual error. boo-hoo. At least i can admit it, and offer up (other) real arguments. You offer no arguments at all, you're just delivering personal attacks.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

And even if Corny had an Ipad in school, his documents would have still come in the same format, so i dont see how Apple's latest "marvel" would have changed anything.

Um.. what? You think the books in iPad format are the same as a text file?

ERg... ok... if that's what you think, no wonder you're so anti-iPad. The iBooks that are purchased through the iBook store or (as I prefer) the Amazon Kindle store are read using the Kindle app are more than just text files and stand-alone iBooks for iPad are incredible. The Alice In Wonderland one is one of the most jaw-dropping things I've seen. Graphics that you can move and manipulate yourself, animated illustrations... the format allows for embedded video and like any app you buy from the App Store, if they change it or update it, it will automatically update (or you can do it manually if you choose).

Really, it's hard to talk about things with people who don't even grasp the basic concepts they're talking about.

So i made a factual error. boo-hoo. At least i can admit it, and offer up (other) real arguments. You offer no arguments at all, you're just delivering personal attacks.

Honey all you've done is offer up your ignorance about the formats and business practices of Apple and iPad.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

Here's a couple examples...

Here's an interactive Periodic Table. I have a feeling this gives you a bit more than a copy/pasted text file.

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And although it's a kid's book, this shows a lot of potential for things they can do with text books.

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Imagine a music book that had notes you could touch so you'd be able to hear the tones.. or a keyboard that you can play the written music.. imagine an architectural book that would allow you to move around elements of a building to see if the structure could stay sturdy or a fashion design book that would allow you to experiment with different colours and textures and textiles all with the same article of clothing.

At the moment, it's just iPad that's doing these things. I'm sure other companies will follow suit.

Right now, I just really enjoy being able to have all 5 books I'm reading with me at all times, even when I'm at the local starbucks for a coffee.

 

[Purplebic]

Um.. what? You think the books in iPad format are the same as a text file?

Learn to read.
The professor would have given him the same file, CHM, PDF, TXT, whatever. It wouldn't matter what device or computer you're gonna view it with.

ERg... ok... if that's what you think, no wonder you're so anti-iPad. The iBooks that are purchased through the iBook store or (as I prefer) the Amazon Kindle store are read using the Kindle app are more than just text files and stand-alone iBooks for iPad are incredible. The Alice In Wonderland one is one of the most jaw-dropping things I've seen. Graphics that you can move and manipulate yourself, animated illustrations... the format allows for embedded video and like any app you buy from the App Store, if they change it or update it, it will automatically update (or you can do it manually if you choose).

None of which is unique to, or was invented by, Apple.

Really, it's hard to talk about things with people who don't even grasp the basic concepts they're talking about.

You make cheesy porn. What do you know about technology other than video editing software?

formats and business practices of Apple and iPad.

predatory, anti-competitive, shall i go on?

 

[Purplebic]

Here's a couple examples...

Here's an interactive Periodic Table. I have a feeling this gives you a bit more than a copy/pasted text file.





And although it's a kid's book, this shows a lot of potential for things they can do with text books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWJm7xNtRuI

Imagine a music book that had notes you could touch so you'd be able to hear the tones.. or a keyboard that you can play the written music.. imagine an architectural book that would allow you to move around elements of a building to see if the structure could stay sturdy or a fashion design book that would allow you to experiment with different colours and textures and textiles all with the same article of clothing.

At the moment, it's just iPad that's doing these things. I'm sure other companies will follow suit.

Right now, I just really enjoy being able to have all 5 books I'm reading with me at all times, even when I'm at the local starbucks for a coffee.

All of these things you can do with Flash. But wait! Steve Jobs doesn't like Flash.
You know why? Because if the Ipad was flash-enable, developers wouldn't need Apple's approval to put apps out there. It's all about controlling the purse-strings.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

You make cheesy porn. What do you know about technology other than video editing software?

I mean, I was a techno musician in the 90s and scored a lot of TV shows and commercials with Logic.

My husband is an architect who uses AutoCad.

I've done a lot of work with graphics for print work and I got into the industry originally as a web designer and got my first job in the USA mastering DVD menus.

There's a Dildo factory in my back yard that uses some rather incredible 3D imaging/ software to turn clay and wooden carvings into rendered images and then actual models.

And my best friend works for NASA and worked on the last Mars mission and is currently working on a rather odd project in China that I'd explain to you but I doubt you'd really understand it.

Although it's ALWAYS funny when someone tries to win an argument with me on a porn site by saying "yeah... well.. uh... YOU MAKE PORN!!!"

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

All of these things you can do with Flash.

Maybe (although Flash, as far as I know, doesn't have the ability to have things tilt and move when you shake your computer...it might, I haven't programmed in Flash in years) but none of them are done on a hand-held device.

And if it's so easy to do those things... how come nobody else is doing them?

Why is it Apple that's done it first?

 

[Purplebic]

I mean, I was a techno musician in the 90s and scored a lot of TV shows and commercials with Logic.

I've done a lot of work with graphics for print work and I got into the industry originally as a web designer and got my first job in the USA mastering DVD menus.

So you're an artist. (and like most people in the 90's, learned some basic HTML)

My husband is an architect who uses AutoCad.

There's a dildo factory in my back yard that uses some rather incredible 3D imaging/ software to turn clay and wooden carvings into rendered images and then actual models.

And my best friend works for NASA and worked on the last Mars mission and is currently working on a rather odd project in China that I'd explain to you but I doubt you'd really understand it.

I dont really care what your husband, friends, or pet dog can do. Unless you share some sort of collective consciousness with them, it doesn't complement your own skills much.

Although it's ALWAYS funny when someone tries to win an argument with me on a porn site by saying "yeah... well.. uh... YOU MAKE PORN!!!"

I can understand your reaction as you must get that line alot, but i was mostly implying that your skills are limited to video editing and producing paying porn sites.

Maybe (although Flash, as far as I know, doesn't have the ability to have things tilt and move when you shake your computer...it might, I haven't programmed in Flash in years) but none of them are done on a hand-held device.

If apple implemented Flash, which is a generally accepted standard, then you would see such apps. But Apple is a clo$ed platform.

And if it's so easy to do those things... how come nobody else is doing them?

Android. [Edit: on facebook im reading more and more about contacts ditching their iphones for android powered phones]

Why is it Apple that's done it first?

Doing what first? They are only just now beginning to implement multitasking. I wouldn't call that being ahead of the curve.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

So you're an artist. (and like most people in the 90's, learned some basic HTML)

Um... I know a lot more than basic html but I can see all you're trying to do is belittle me for sport. Poorly.

I can understand your reaction as you must get that line alot, but i was mostly implying that your skills are limited to video editing and producing paying porn sites.

and you're just making a complete tool of yourself while doing it.



Anyway.. we're just going back and forth about something that's been gone back and forth about to death.

Apple made device that I wanted... and bought... and enjoyed. You seem to get a big kick out of getting upset that someone else likes something they bought.

Which is kinda lame.

 

[Purplebic]

Apple made device that I wanted... and bought... and enjoyed. You seem to get a big kick out of getting upset that someone else likes something they bought.

Which is kinda lame.

Then enjoy it. Why bother posting about it if theres nothing to defend?...Just don't do like the OP and act like it brings anything new to the game because it doesn't.

Heaven forbid i should have opinions on technology...being my main field of interest and all.

 

[JasunStrikesBack]

Then enjoy it. Why bother posting about it if theres nothing to defend?...Just don't do like the OP and act like it brings anything new to the game because it doesn't.

Heaven forbid i should have opinions on technology...being my main field of interest and all.

Well no... Why do YOU bother posting in a thread about how the OP likes his new device?

I love mine.. find it a lot more convenient to carry around than my lap top, I find it a lot more convenient to read on in bed, it's great at meetings when I need something easy to use, I can (here's your chance to slag me for making porn again) show models porn ON it so they can get hard for still shots, I can play silly games while laying in the hammock outside my office on a break, I can use it as a GPS unit while I'm driving around Los Angeles and looking for something, I can post to my blog from it while I'm at the beach nowhere near an internet connection and yes.. it fits in my shoulder bag because it's smaller than a magazine.

15 minutes ago I was folding laundry and since I don't have any speakers down in my laundry room, I was using it as a portable iTunes player. I can watch HULU and streaming video on it, I can do my graphics work on it and I can read the newspaper on it while I'm taking a shit.

But you, apparently had to jump into the thread in post 2 and call the OP "douchey."

You really must be new.