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Jake Jackson · Post by **Jake Jackson** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:17 pm

I'm hoping that the iPad will just increase the popularity of the multitouch system. Once it's a default for every new computer and monitor, things will get more interesting. That's the one good thing about Apple--they do help to bring things to people's attention.

And I'm hoping that an iPad may be in my mother's future for e-mail. She doesn't want to learn about installing software and drivers and all of that. But she does understand a cell phone. The iPad may bring her into the world of e-mail.

Where I get lost is in the way that multitouch and 3D will intertwine. We are about to get 3D television, and then 3D monitors and then the 3D web. (So we can all sit around wearing goggles and touching each other. Well, not each other. Sorry guys...But sexting is going to become virtual groping? Or would that require special gloves?)

All joking aside, multitouch depends on a flat surface. 3D, well, doesn't. Both things are gaining popularity at once. For the near future, I guess people will wear goggles and gloves, or have subcutaneous chips inserted, to rotate 3D spectrograms. Or could a simpler Wii-type controller be worn as a ring, say, to let the computer read hand movement vectors and move the image accordingly?

tomg · Post by **tomg** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:39 pm

Jake Jackson wrote:And I'm hoping that an iPad may be in my mother's future for e-mail. She doesn't want to learn about installing software and drivers and all of that. But she does understand a cell phone. The iPad may bring her into the world of e-mail.

This is the market where I see it gaining acceptance. It's like a Palm ++. Twice as much processor and 3X the screen.

Where I get lost is in the way that multitouch and 3D will intertwine.

I'm too old to sit in the living room with glasses watching 3D and it makes my wife sick to her stomach. I work most of the time and keep the TV on as background noise. I need to be able to see. I suspect that in my house 3D will have no effect at all. Multitouch might be cool but we both need stylus precision so we use tablet pcs.

She has a Kindle. We both have Palms and tablet PCs, before there were tablet PCs we had Fujitsu 1600 touch screen slates running on Win98 tablet edition. You'd think we'd be all over this but we couldn't care less. Too late, too restrictive, too slow, too closed, too expensive... Just too Apple.

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:55 pm

Inside the ipad: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-Teardown/2183/1

kbaccki · Post by **kbaccki** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:04 pm

I'm surprised Apple didn't put a self-destruct mechanism in there... Oops! I think I just lost my iFingers!

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:13 pm

There's likely to be two kinds of early buyers -- gearheads, who will buy almost anything, and those who consume lots of content and want a device basically dedicated to that and little else.

Reverse Engineer · Post by **Reverse Engineer** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:01 pm

with each day that passes, it becomes less of a shock to see people, not only defend, but praise an electronic vending machine, and believe it's a step forward. it's good from one point of view...piracy will be reduced, if not wiped out altogether, but so will choice. as things stand, half the stuff we use probably wouldn't even be approved by apple inc, but don't think about that, since i'm sure people are more than happy to just use what they do approve of.

UltraJv · Post by **UltraJv** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:06 pm

Another aspect is the tie in with internet services. How does that work? Is it contract only? Do you have to pay a years contract? Can you choose what ISP you use? Worth looking into before parting with any money. I know it has WIFI - is it locked like iphone? Would be crazy to get one only to have to sign up another $100 mobile net contract before you can use it.

eduardo_b · Post by **eduardo_b** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:11 pm

UltraJv wrote:Another aspect is the tie in with internet services. How does that work? Is it contract only? Do you have to pay a years contract? Can you choose what ISP you use? Worth looking into before parting with any money. I know it has WIFI - is it locked like iphone? Would be crazy to get one only to have to sign up another $100 mobile net contract before you can use it.

Data service through AT&T is $30 a month but no contract required or even offered. Doesn't even have to be for more than a month or for contiguous months. But this is on top of any existing data plan.

Meateater · Post by **Meateater** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:12 pm

Isnt the self destruct the battery, I wonder what you have to do when it finally dies ?

ME

Reverse Engineer · Post by **Reverse Engineer** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:15 pm

Meateater wrote:Isnt the self destruct the battery, I wonder what you have to do when it finally dies ?

ME

they replace the entire thing.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:57 pm

Reverse Engineer wrote:
Meateater wrote:Isnt the self destruct the battery, I wonder what you have to do when it finally dies ?

ME
they replace the entire thing.

Apple Support wrote:How much does it cost?
The service costs $99, plus $6.95 shipping. The total cost is $105.95 per unit.

TristezaOrange · Post by **TristezaOrange** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:26 pm

I hate the expression "content consumption".

dan_s · Post by **dan_s** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:29 pm

eduardo_b wrote:There's likely to be two kinds of early buyers -- gearheads, who will buy almost anything, and those who consume lots of content and want a device basically dedicated to that and little else.

Im holding it in my hands right now. i have never bought anything 'first day' and am also not johnny 5. i dont consume very much content.

i bought it cause theres lots of fun games and synthesizers ;]

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:31 pm

Reverse Engineer wrote:with each day that passes, it becomes less of a shock to see people, not only defend, but praise an electronic vending machine, and believe it's a step forward.

Well, but at the end of the day, just as Dick Cheney didn't really care much whether people liked him or not, but that they voted for him, Apple must be fairly concerned with whether a significant number of consumers will actually buy such a product in this economy. Buzz, marketing and all the rest of it tend to not be as effective when consumers are facing difficult budget constraints. Companies will spin everything to make it look like things are going fine but deep down they know that eventually the revenues need to be there and, with the amount of attention Apple products tend to get, weak sales numbers would not be easy to hide.

masstronaut · Post by **masstronaut** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:06 pm

I used to be a tech head and a tinkerer, still am of course, but at some point many years ago I realised that when it came to certain things I just wanted to use a computer, I didn't have to be a hacker or a systems analyst all the time. I've made my own music and synthesis software, but if there are great apps out there that do what I want then there's no need to always reinvent the wheel. How much time do you have?

As for vending machines, well of course people and companies are constantly trying to market stuff at you, but with any of these devices you can do all sorts of stuff without spending anything over your monthly internet bill, unless you want to. Free podcasts, mixes, radio, TV, videos, books, films, social networking, forums like this one, free applications... Do you feel ripped off by that kind of access or somehow compelled to buy stuff you don't need?

Really it looks to me like the iPad does in a very simple and straightforward way what most people use laptops for anyway. As a bonus it would seem to have some decent potential as a configurable controller and even as a musical device in its own right.

The future with iPad - really worth a look