It doesn't look like it has any more screen space than the laptop I have to bring ANYWAY because I have to run real programs to control real hardware when I'm out traveling for work. The idea that this thing offers anything that a laptop doesn't is baffling to me. It's less than a laptop, and even less than an iphone. It's utterly pointless, but lots of you will buy it anyway. I wish I was Steve Jobs.jones-y wrote:Oh yes it will. I could run beatmaker, isyn or idrum on it right now today if I had one in my hands. and think of what the future will bring, in terms of apps leveraging that much screen space...Hovmod wrote:@ Jonesy: Yes. Well. Laptops work very well for that kind of thing NOW, and the paddy thing obviously won't.
What will the iPad do for musicians?
-
- KVRAF
- 7217 posts since 21 Aug, 2004 from Trondheim, Norway
Rakkervoksen
-
- KVRAF
- 7217 posts since 21 Aug, 2004 from Trondheim, Norway
And forgive me for thinking about this, but if you really want to *use* it with its multi touch capabilities and such, don't you have to put it down? And then, won't you have to lean over it because it's flat? I can't imagine a fleet of iMusicians cradling it like a baby in one arm tweaking iKnobs with the other, because they *do* like to look cool, musicians...
Rakkervoksen
-
- KVRAF
- 2172 posts since 14 Feb, 2003
Yeah fair enough, but the point is it can serve as a portable music creation device. Right now today. And do so very well.Hovmod wrote:It doesn't look like it has any more screen space than the laptop I have to bring ANYWAY because I have to run real programs to control real hardware when I'm out traveling for work. The idea that this thing offers anything that a laptop doesn't is baffling to me. It's less than a laptop, and even less than an iphone. It's utterly pointless, but lots of you will buy it anyway. I wish I was Steve Jobs.jones-y wrote:Oh yes it will. I could run beatmaker, isyn or idrum on it right now today if I had one in my hands. and think of what the future will bring, in terms of apps leveraging that much screen space...Hovmod wrote:@ Jonesy: Yes. Well. Laptops work very well for that kind of thing NOW, and the paddy thing obviously won't.
Its more than an iPhone by virtue of its larger interface and new interface design features alone (and its that same interface that differentiates it from your laptop - unless its multitouch, with an OS designed for multitouch and not just adapted to multitouch, that is...). I don't view it as a laptop replacement (and its not priced or marketed as such, by the way), but I view it as a device that can fill a void for some, much as the iPhone filled a void for me. If it doesn't for you, fair enough.
And sometimes a new product doesn't have to offer everything an existing product does in order to be a success (or to "have a point" as you would say...). Sometimes its all in the way you mix that gumbo...
Last edited by jones-y on Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:25 pm, edited 4 times in total.
-
- KVRist
- 487 posts since 30 May, 2002 from Scotland
http://www.folabs.com/proremote.html
+ ipad = multitouch mackie control emulation.
also, i'm really hoping apple or 3rd party provide a way to mirror a computer on same network (or wired).... being able to use ipad as a touchscreen for another computer would be excellent.
+ ipad = multitouch mackie control emulation.
also, i'm really hoping apple or 3rd party provide a way to mirror a computer on same network (or wired).... being able to use ipad as a touchscreen for another computer would be excellent.
"Its my firm belief that its a mistake to hold firm beliefs"
https://soundcloud.com/biomechanoid
https://soundcloud.com/biomechanoid
-
- KVRAF
- 7879 posts since 16 Apr, 2003 from -on the outside looking in
This is the basic reason it's useless to me. An iphone could have value as I need a phone, too, but since I already have to lug a laptop around for work, the ipad is useless to me. Maybe not others. Looks like fun, though.Hovmod wrote:It doesn't look like it has any more screen space than the laptop I have to bring ANYWAY because I have to run real programs to control real hardware when I'm out traveling for work. The idea that this thing offers anything that a laptop doesn't is baffling to me. It's less than a laptop, and even less than an iphone. It's utterly pointless, but lots of you will buy it anyway. I wish I was Steve Jobs.
Perhaps most importantly, it won't run FL studio..
..what goes around comes around..
-
- KVRAF
- 2975 posts since 18 Sep, 2006 from Rosehill Cemetery
I bet its going to be fun for AT&T's already hammered network.ouroboros wrote: Looks like fun, though.
"a confession without need of absolution, without need of redemption"
-
- KVRAF
- 18441 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
UltraJv wrote:Or you could buy the Dell Tablet and get it all, multi touch, multi tasking, keyboard and it will run standard apps...spaceman wrote:That's what they said about the iPhone (and other phones with onscreen keyboards) but look how that one flew of.UltraJv wrote: Im doubtful it will find widespread use in the field. You need a proper keyboard for that. Prodding at the screen keyboard while seeing only half a document dosnt cut it. Tablets were out years ago and failed due to lack of decent keyboard. Some still survive but also have a keyboard :
http://www.dell.com/tablet
In practice, it won't be that bad at all and I think it will fall into a range where there is balance between compromise, usability and functionality
So... you can get 5 iPads for the price of the Dell tablet. Not a fair comparison, is it? I think the purposes of both devices are very different.Dell Website wrote:Dell Latitude XT2
Starting Price $2,423
Zerocrossing Media
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
-
- KVRian
- 620 posts since 2 May, 2006 from Empire State Of Mind
After further consideration I think I'd rather wait for the 3G 32 gig iPad.
I'm not looking to get locked into another contract. I hope this VoIP rumor proves to be true.
I'm not looking to get locked into another contract. I hope this VoIP rumor proves to be true.
Remember kids...Everything is impossible until it's actually done.
-
- KVRAF
- 18441 posts since 26 Jun, 2006 from San Francisco Bay Area
Not the point. Will it control FL Studio though? It could.ouroboros wrote:
Perhaps most importantly, it won't run FL studio..
Zerocrossing Media
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
4th Law of Robotics: When turning evil, display a red indicator light. ~[ ●_● ]~
-
- Beware the Quoth
- 35449 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
yeah, but more importantly will the software that lets you control it get approval to go on the app store?zerocrossing wrote:Not the point. Will it control FL Studio though? It could.
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
-
- KVRAF
- 2172 posts since 14 Feb, 2003
It can. Right now today (if it was available...)zerocrossing wrote:Not the point. Will it control FL Studio though? It could.ouroboros wrote:
Perhaps most importantly, it won't run FL studio..
http://www.jaaduvnc.com/
-
- KVRAF
- 2172 posts since 14 Feb, 2003
Come on they're closed, not stupid.whyterabbyt wrote:yeah, but more importantly will the software that lets you control it get approval to go on the app store?zerocrossing wrote:Not the point. Will it control FL Studio though? It could.