Comments on: Padded applause

By: Vernon

Vernon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:42:28 +0000

Totally Agree,

Thanks for keeping us up to date…. Enjoyed the TwitTV last night…

I think this link has perfectly summarized it…

http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-a…

Will await the next version release in +-200 days ??

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:15:53 +0000

I have been thinking exactly the same thing. I won't be able to do the stuff I need to do on this alone which mean I have to keep my Macbook Pro (Maybe clever thinking by Apple). But they again I also have and iMac at home with I could use because all the heavy work I do is at home so the iPad would be nice to have as a mobile computer. And it does iWork which is great. I think it will be a rip off here, so I'm going to get it from the states. would have been so nice if they had just put at least one USB connection. I want to know if the USB adapter will be able to use with a printer…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:10:37 +0000

My solution for a 3rd device comes in the form of a 4 year old IBM Thinkpad x60. Solid build, small and light, Dual Core Processor, 12″ 1024×768 screen. Bought in perfect condition off Gumtree for R4000 and bought a new 6 cell battery for R1000 (6hrs battery life). Running Windows 7. Can a modern day netbook beat that?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:30:04 +0000

There was a touch of wishful thinking in my prediction of price – but I was also indicating what it _should_ cost. Not what it will…

By: Alan Alston

Alan Alston — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:17:43 +0000

You probably have to realise that you are not the target market (as you (and me) already have all that Apple gear). My mom and my gf, however, are the target market: no Apple gear (yet), struggling with their itty-bitty netbooks (they only want email/Facebook and photo management) – these users are the target audience, and the iPad is the perfect 'bridging' device for them into the Apple universe, same as the iPhone is for all my accountant/finance friends.

I'd rather them spend R5000 in a product (I tend to make these decisions for them) that gives them the Apple experience than drop the same money on yet another crummy laptop struggling to run XP, throttled by McCafee and other haggles – and the only apps they use are Firefox and Picasa.

And that way I get to play with it too, a little bit.

By: justinspratt

justinspratt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:08:16 +0000

netbook contrast and travel… nail, head. spot on

By: Greg Priday

Greg Priday — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:00:02 +0000

I'd be amazed if we see it at R5k. Using the 32 gig iPod touch as an exchange rate benchmark ($299 = R3,999 so $1 = R13) we'll be looking at around R6,500. Core will probably charge a novelty tax. So I'm expecting R6,999

In terms of its usefulness. I don't think anyone knows what its killer app (or apps) will be. I remember everyone saying the iPhone was just an iPod you could make calls on. When Apple opened up the app store, it suddenly became a whole lot more.

By: haroon meer

haroon meer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:19:40 +0000

nice post. I think the big thing to note is the moves Apple make towards converging desktop OS X and iPhoneOS. An app store that gives you iWork for ~$10 that runs sandboxed apps (that require signing) _does_ offer increased security but comes at the price of total control of your device to Apple.. (We didnt complain when they came for our phones.. )

An exec who is loving his iPad, will manage his company towards the model (locked down devices and tight cloud integration (which is a necessity on such devices)) much faster than geeks who thought it was cool could..

Its writing on a wall.. and the stars seem well aligned for this to be a major inflection point..

/mh

By: Justin Stanford

Justin Stanford — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:09:14 +0000

Nice summary Simon, I think I completely agree.

I'd be interested to spend a week with one (definitely 3G enabled) to see the impact it would have on my daily life, supplanting my MacBook Air.

I can certainly see it being a bit easier to carry around to meetings and use on the go for typical things, but then what about when you hit something that it can't quite do? The 10 hour battery life is intriguing though as it should then last a whole working day.

Only thing is... will Vodacom care enough to come out with MicroSIMs..?

By: mrb13676

mrb13676 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:46:18 +0000

I think that if it went for anything less than R7000 I would be very surprised. But I agree with you Simon, I can't see a role for this device in my practice at the moment. Unless it has very easy uploading of pdf files from my macbook (I have 5GB of medical journal articles) I don't see how I would use it…