Apple expected to unveil 'Jesus' tablet today

BDBohnzie · 01-27-2010, 02:04 PM

You can't even call it a giant iPhone because there's no 3G...a giant iPod Touch that is smaller than a Netbook, but too big to shove in your back pocket.

EDIT: Of course, as soon as I post that, more info trickles out...
Apple iPad: Everything You Need to Know - apple ipad - Gizmodo

MTK · 01-27-2010, 03:21 PM

It would definitely be cool for watching movies on a trip, reading magazines, newspapers, etc.

So could you just get the WiFi model and tether it to your iphone?

TheMalcolmConnection · 01-27-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

It would definitely be cool for watching movies on a trip, reading magazines, newspapers, etc.

So could you just get the WiFi model and tether it to your iphone?

I wonder what battery life is like. If the battery life is crap. I'd rather just have a netbook that gets about 8-9 hours of battery life...

BleedBurgundy · 01-27-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMalcolmConnection

I wonder what battery life is like. If the battery life is crap. I'd rather just have a netbook that gets about 8-9 hours of battery life...

they're saying 10 hrs continuous usage (including video in HD), plus 1 month standby time.

saden1 · 01-27-2010, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

they're saying 10 hrs continuous usage (including video in HD), plus 1 month standby time.

That's a bald-faced lie....guaranteed!

TheMalcolmConnection · 01-27-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

they're saying 10 hrs continuous usage (including video in HD), plus 1 month standby time.

I'm so with saden. Unless they invented the 27-cell battery, no way in hell.

I could maybe see it being comparable to a netbook but without a keyboard...

BleedBurgundy · 01-28-2010, 05:07 AM

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I'm so with saden. Unless they invented the 27-cell battery, no way in hell.

I could maybe see it being comparable to a netbook but without a keyboard...

That's kind of where I see it. Wife and I were discussing this earlier... So you carry a Laptop, a smartphone, a mp3 player and a netbook/tablet...? the categories are really spilling over into one another...

BleedBurgundy · 01-27-2010, 03:46 PM

I was thinking of getting a kindle... might be tempted to go for an "iPad" (horrible name) instead.

firstdown · 01-27-2010, 04:15 PM

I'm glad I'm not hooked on buying all this new stuff. Heck I had to buy a converter box for my TV and have to carry around a portable battery pack for my cell phone.

djnemo65 · 01-27-2010, 04:44 PM

I'm an apple guy going years back but I don't get this at all. Isn't this just a slightly smaller crappy laptop with no keyboard that costs a 1000 dollars? Other than touching the screen, is there anything you can do on this that you can't do on a macbook?

MTK · 01-27-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by djnemo65

I'm an apple guy going years back but I don't get this at all. Isn't this just a slightly smaller crappy laptop with no keyboard that costs a 1000 dollars? Other than touching the screen, is there anything you can do on this that you can't do on a macbook?

The 16GB WiFi model is $499

djnemo65 · 01-27-2010, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mattyk

The 16GB WiFi model is $499

Yeah OK, but what is it? Is it in impractical IPOD or just a crappy computer? If they offer a successful line of touch-screen music/game players and a successful line of laptops, what need is this fulfilling? It's like the worst of both worlds, too big to be portable, but not equipped with enough horsepower to compete with even a bottom of the line macbook (which is only nominally bigger). Don't get it.

MTK · 01-28-2010, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by djnemo65

Yeah OK, but what is it? Is it in impractical IPOD or just a crappy computer? If they offer a successful line of touch-screen music/game players and a successful line of laptops, what need is this fulfilling? It's like the worst of both worlds, too big to be portable, but not equipped with enough horsepower to compete with even a bottom of the line macbook (which is only nominally bigger). Don't get it.

I agree, it's underwhelming. Until there's a killer app I think most will be in wait and see mode with it.

saden1 · 01-27-2010, 06:54 PM

I so got a kick out of this:

TheMalcolmConnection · 01-27-2010, 07:02 PM

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I so got a kick out of this:

Like what you did there. I don't know where that came from.

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BleedBurgundy Playmaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 4,471	Re: Apple expected to unveil 'Jesus' tablet today I was thinking of getting a kindle... might be tempted to go for an "iPad" (horrible name) instead. __________________ "All natural institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit." Thomas Paine

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firstdown Living Legend Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: chesapeake, va Age: 62 Posts: 15,817	Re: Apple expected to unveil 'Jesus' tablet today I'm glad I'm not hooked on buying all this new stuff. Heck I had to buy a converter box for my TV and have to carry around a portable battery pack for my cell phone.

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djnemo65 Playmaker Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 2,836	Re: Apple expected to unveil 'Jesus' tablet today I'm an apple guy going years back but I don't get this at all. Isn't this just a slightly smaller crappy laptop with no keyboard that costs a 1000 dollars? Other than touching the screen, is there anything you can do on this that you can't do on a macbook?

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saden1 MVP Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Seattle Age: 46 Posts: 10,069	Re: Apple expected to unveil 'Jesus' tablet today I so got a kick out of this: __________________ "The Redskins have always suffered from chronic organizational deformities under Snyder." -Jenkins

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