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  • iPad - got one

  • Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
Somehow, we still tolerate each other. Eventually this will be the only forum left.
 #146093  by Julius Seeker
 Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:26 am
Not a bad piece of hardware for the price. I doubt I'll be very productive with one of these; but it is an excellent web surfing device. What really shocked me was how good the touch screen is at this size. A lot of apps are a lot easier to play with it; though they appear a little blurry. As a web-browsing device, far superior to a net-book. Games using virtual d-pads suffer though due to placement.

I can TOTALLY see a lot of clumsy people breaking the glass screen on these =P
 #146097  by Blotus
 Thu Apr 29, 2010 6:23 pm
For a moment there I was going to chastise you for paying so much for an oversized Touch until I realized I've got a very expensive Macbook Pro on the way.
 #146100  by Julius Seeker
 Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:15 pm
Well, it wasn't really expensive even with the shipping; especially when you consider the high resale value of mac products. While it has many of the same functions as a touch, it's more in the realm of a netbook. Though I think I will use the iPad more for surfing/apps, and the netbook more as a word processor machine.
 #146115  by SineSwiper
 Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:59 pm
Certainly better than paying $5000 for an iPhone.
 #146117  by Flip
 Sat May 01, 2010 1:01 am
Blotus wrote:For a moment there I was going to chastise you for paying so much for an oversized Touch until I realized I've got a very expensive Macbook Pro on the way.
Fanboy!
 #146120  by Julius Seeker
 Sat May 01, 2010 9:26 am
SineSwiper wrote:Certainly better than paying $5000 for an iPhone.
I got mine for something around $200.
 #146129  by Blotus
 Sat May 01, 2010 3:32 pm
Flip wrote:
Blotus wrote:For a moment there I was going to chastise you for paying so much for an oversized Touch until I realized I've got a very expensive Macbook Pro on the way.
Fanboy!
We'll see! It's only the second Apple product I've ever purchased (after an iPod).
 #146139  by Julius Seeker
 Sun May 02, 2010 7:13 am
Image
Caption: screeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaeahhhhhhhhh (Translation: That one! Over there! Bought an apple product!)
 #146144  by SineSwiper
 Sun May 02, 2010 10:21 am
Julius Seeker wrote:
SineSwiper wrote:Certainly better than paying $5000 for an iPhone.
I got mine for something around $200.
You missed my Gizmodo joke.
 #146147  by Julius Seeker
 Sun May 02, 2010 4:05 pm
Ah, I did miss that one =)

I wasn't thinking about the iPhone 4/Gizmodo thing (the guy's house got raided by the cops), rather I thought you were pulling a Zeus and listing some $X000 number about Carrier Smart Phone service as being part of the price of the iPhone.
 #146151  by Flip
 Sun May 02, 2010 7:38 pm
I wish the PSP had a better browser and they should invest in getting a faster one working. That would essentially eliminate my need for a tablet/netbook... which im not sure is really needed anyways. But, lets face it, the internet is a huge part of our lives now and i do find myself looking up stuff on my phone all the time, but it isnt really that fast.