This iPad that was demoed is not a replacement for a computer. It requires that you already have a computer (Mac or PC). It will sync to a computer just like the iPhone or iPod Touch. It IS an iPod touch with a big screen.

And that is good. The iPhone and the Touch are limited for many useful purposes by their tiny screens. There will be a ton of apps coming soon for the iPad. It will turn out to be much better suited for professional and business uses. All the other features are a bonus. It will replace tools that cost several times as much. It’s amazing that most people don’t get this, and instead are lambasting missing ports, camera, etc.

Remember, they were working hard to get the cost down on this thing. Apple is sitting on a mountain of cash. They just need to get this out, get a user base, and then all the extras which should be standard now will come in the 2nd and 3rd gen ipad just like the iPhone. I’m still impressed they have the base model so cheap.

Keep the iPad news commin

nice analogy though it does nothing to negate my point. How many computer makers will be coming out with something that looks like this in 6 mnths? How long till Microsoft releases their version? Face it apple has changed the game once again. Like it or not this is the computer of the future. Wait and see. The iPod was gonna fail. The iPhone didn’t do this and that…..didn’t seem to matter though, huh?

Damn I can’t sleep anymore, I NEED my ipad!!!!!!!

and if apple would have been active in henry fords times, they would have introduced a very pretty, shiny horse which can do less than a regular horse, since it will only run on predefined routes.

the sad fact is that the majority of the population is borderline retarded and does need someone to tell them what to do. Didn’t Henry ford once say that if he gave the ‘people’ what they wanted, they would have gotten a faster horse? I’m paraphrasing a bit I’m sure but my point is that people tend to have no vision whatsoever and stick with what is safe and known until someone comes along and shows them the way.

It seems pretty apparent that while a lot of consumers are on the line (by one poll, about half are neutral), developers are very interested in the iPad. If this were not based on multitouch capacitative technology, the iPad wouldn’t be as big a deal. But, it’s the cheapest, largest multitouch touchscreen ever available, with a heavily patented UI, and the cheapest, most consumer-friendly 3G data plan ever available. And, one thing that Apple seems to be consistent about is that all of the apps you own can run simultaneously on the iPhone, Touch, and iPad. That means all the app notifications that appear on your iPhone can also appear on the iPad simultaneously.

I know no one will be convinced by some lines of text, but the iPad is more a secondary mobile device than a third or fourth computer device. Since I’ve had the iPhone, I rarely need to bring a computer with me when I travel. However, there are still things that come up that can’t really be done on the iPhone, and the iPad fills that gap.

I find Hewitt’s comments about client side freedom to be very interesting.

And if screensize was his biggest gripe with the iPhone, then he shouldn’t have talked too much about other apple policies as the reason to jump off the ship.

all of this doesn’t make any sense to me: if the iPhone sucked because of apples policies, than the iPad will suck for the EXACT same reason.

And the workaround with webapps can be realized on iPhone too, just take a look at google voice. So this is not an exclusive iPad workaround either.

He may be the iphone app facebook developer, but that doesn’t mean that he always knows what he is talking about…

+100 on focusing TiPb back on the iPhone!!! I understand that Crackberry is probably Kevin’s job but I’m TiPb could dig up some better article on the iPhone than what they do.

When I had a BB I enjoyed going onto Crackberry to read what was going on in the BB world. The forums are far and away better on CB also.

Not quite sure why I continue to come back to this site.

Jay

@Mike You are free to leave if you don’t like it here. But you’ll be back just like sting7k.

Will iPhone accessories work with iPad, will we need a different charging cable? Will it also move to microUSB like the iPhone eventually will?

I know that this is first gen hardware, and we still need OS 4.0 to come out, but to simply dismiss the lack of features in a device which had been developed for years as being first gen is giving Apple too much of the benefit of the doubt.

@Rene: Don’t take it too seriously, I just send barbs your way every once in a while on general principals.

I think Rene may have misinterpreted Joe a bit here — all Joe is saying is that he finds the technical walls erected by the iPhone OS (e.g. no visible file system) a worthwhile tradeoff for most development he does. He has never stopped bashing the policy walls of the App Store approval process, and even indicates in this very post that he still has a problem with it. I would bet it will keep him and some developers like him from working on the platform again, which would be a shame, but one Apple can (and should) rectify.

Now back to bean soup recipes…

So I’m sure TiPb will be nudged in every direction and that’s fine. That’s our job to figure out. The lines are blurry, but we’ll walk them as best as we can.

I’m guessing almost all iPhone news will be iPad-related for a while, though. That has nothing to do with TiPb, but you can bet we’ll cover it, and we’ll always pay special attention to the iPhone actual as much as possible.

I have a feeling March will swing back to more iPhone 4.0 news.

/sarcasm

However, I am one of those people who prefer a manual transmission on my car and will probably prefer a traditional computer for a long time for major tasks.

Well then lets throw in every thing, right? Bean Soup recipes, Kubuntu, and Alaskan Mosquito population studies?

Blogs have to be focused, and every once in a while you have to nudge Rene back on track other wise this would be the twitter blog. As it says on the bottom “Copyright 2008 Smartphone Experts Ltd. All rights reserved.”

We’ve been three weeks on this iPad stuff and nobody has even touched one except those who promised Steve they would say nothing bad.

The iPad runs a version of the iPhone app that we can’t even get at yet, so you might as well say iPhone runs the iPad OS.

As for icebike’s question, since the iPad runs on the iPhoneOS which means it’s relevant to TiPb so you might as well get used to all of its coverage. It’s not gonna die down.

I also see the iPad as a huge distraction. I’m glad people are exicted about it. But let’s not forget it’s not even shipping yet and there are MILLIONS of iPhone and iPod Touch users right now.

NEVER!

Anyway I hope he comes back and males and awesome ipad facebook app