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Old 27-01-2010, 08:20 PM
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How cool is this!!!!

http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Maybe I'm just a sucker for Apple stuff, but I so want one!
Old 27-01-2010, 08:22 PM
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Nice, but I don't really see where it "fits in"? I have an Iphone and love it, and a pc for when i am at home, mrs has a nice laptop we both use.... Just seems a bit of a bigger iphone really. Very nice though, and i'm sure I would have one if I was minted, but just seems a bit of an odd size/product.. But I will reserve judgement until I get a play with one!
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Yeah we're the same, but we were considering buying a new laptop, but this would seem to be a better bet as the laptop we've got now is most often used for the net and watching films. We've an iMac for proper computer stuff, so this would fit in nicely.
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Woohoo! An oversized iPod Touch!

Don't get me wrong, I like Apple stuff - I think the iPod is one of the greatest gadgets ever made, and has totally revolutionised how I listen to music - which is huge for me as music is the most important thing to me!

But c'mon, other than the iBook feature, this is basically an overside iTouch!

It's even LESS useful than the MacAir, which when that came out I thought was a bit poo : no optical drive, limited SS hdd - then this comes along and doesn't even have removeable storage inputs! No self contained/stand alone OS; you HAVE to use another computer to manage it...

I'll stick to having an iPhone for mobile and a computer for home. And a laptop if I need to have mobile computing. I just see no reason, or place, for this...
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Me neither, but I still want one
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I might be more interested if it was bigger - it has a smaller screen than I thought it would...
Old 27-01-2010, 09:06 PM
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What a waste of time. Too large to be truly portable, too small to be a computer.

IMO.
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It's definitely going to polorize opinion that's for sure.
Old 27-01-2010, 09:08 PM
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I'll just stick to my iPhone/laptop combo I think.

Whats it retail at?
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it looks awesome and will sell for sure.

It will be made as well as all the other mac stuff, although i tend to agree i would prefer to buy a macbook pro. (a lot cheaper though)

Ill probably buy one though, Replace my ipod touch with it.
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Originally Posted by timrud
I'll just stick to my iPhone/laptop combo I think.

Whats it retail at?
No uk prices announced, but the basic Wifi one is $499 raising to over $800 for the largest capacity 3G one. Whatever you think of it there's no denying they're going to sell shit loads if the prices are similar over here
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Originally Posted by DanW@FastFord
No uk prices announced, but the basic Wifi one is $499 raising to over $800 for the largest capacity 3G one. Whatever you think of it there's no denying they're going to sell shit loads if the prices are similar over here
yep!
Old 27-01-2010, 10:04 PM
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Be good for when you're having a shit

Pointless for anything else though lol
Old 27-01-2010, 10:18 PM
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That looks awesome, im gonna buy it lol
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