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headquest wrote:...I think they have placed their own commercial goal of market domination so far ahead of ordinary users interests that the result is quite frankly bloody dangerous.
Hmmm, that's funny, I don't remember Apple ever being hauled up before any monopolies commissions.

But wait- yes, yes, it's coming back to me now: Microsoft was. More than once, if I remember correctly.

Talk about a reality distortion field...

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UltraJv wrote:Or you could buy the Dell Tablet and get it all, multi touch, multi tasking, keyboard and it will run standard apps...
If it doesn't fall apart as you're taking it out of the box.

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biomechanoid wrote: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.
Check out Jaadu VNC (€19.99). I use it on my iPhone. Navigating a 30" (Apple) monitor on the phone isn't actually as daunting as I first feared. But using it on an iPad means I won't have to get out of bed to go to work anymore. :)

http://www.jaaduvnc.com/

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Dave Bourke wrote: Hmmm, that's funny, I don't remember Apple ever being hauled up before any monopolies commissions.

But wait- yes, yes, it's coming back to me now: Microsoft was. More than once, if I remember correctly.
I have no idea what relevance this has. But yes, Microsoft were "hauled up" because they bundle their web browser with their OS. Something Apple wouldn't do I presume? Oh hang on, yes they do. :roll:
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headquest wrote:
Dave Bourke wrote: Hmmm, that's funny, I don't remember Apple ever being hauled up before any monopolies commissions.

But wait- yes, yes, it's coming back to me now: Microsoft was. More than once, if I remember correctly.
I have no idea what relevance this has. But yes, Microsoft were "hauled up" because they bundle their web browser with their OS. Something Apple wouldn't do I presume? Oh hang on, yes they do. :roll:
dont you get it? if Microsoft, the software company, are a monopoly, then Apple, the 'portable entertainment devices' company cant be. Ever. Okay. Shaddap now.
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Dave Bourke wrote:
biomechanoid wrote: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.
Check out Jaadu VNC (€19.99). I use it on my iPhone. Navigating a 30" (Apple) monitor on the phone isn't actually as daunting as I first feared. But using it on an iPad means I won't have to get out of bed to go to work anymore. :)

http://www.jaaduvnc.com/

Kind regards.
wow - perfect - thanks dave 8)
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Hmm, actually I could see myself having quite a lot of use for something like this as an elecronic book/article reader, since I read quite a lot of academic articles as pdf's. I'll probably wait for other manufactures providing cheaper alternatives, though.

BTW, made the mistake of checking out Apple's ridiculous advertising video. Apple sure know how to make the most repulsive videos. The funniest part was when they were hyping how great it is to watch movies on: "This is an UNBELIEVABLE device for watching video. The user interface we built for this is just fun. When you see something, you touch it with your finger and it starts playing, there's no delay! [...] You can double tap and fill the whole screen!"

As an example they're showing Pixar's Up. Yeah, when you're watching 2 hour films, the FUN user interface with no delay is clearly a much bigger asset than a big screen, good sound or comfortable watching position! :lol:
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visa tapani wrote:Hmm, actually I could see myself having quite a lot of use for something like this as an elecronic book/article reader, since I read quite a lot of academic articles as pdf's.
It's probably not going to make your pdf-reading experience very much more magical. Pdfs don't very often require multi touch either.
I'm more inclined to agree that it might be useable as a control surface for a daw, but then again I was really excited about the kaoss pad but the truth is it really really sucks to control a daw from a pad. You grab wrong faders all the time because most of the time you have to look at where the interesting things are, which is in your daw.
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Does it display PDFs anyway, or just the aforementioned .epub format?

Regarding watching movies, this device is apparently not HD ready. Yikes - launching a video product in 2010 without it being HD ready seems brave, not cutting-edge. Also because the device is not widescreen, you'll get a reduced viewing area with nice black stripes above and below.

The other big drawbacks are of course the inability to multitask: so you can't drag across text from your epub document to quote in a text document or email, for example. No more copying chunks of wikipedia into your homework :wink:

And without Flash, is it right to assume many websites won't display correctly??

If the above is definitely correct this seems like a very lame product indeed, and I actually doubt it will be the success they hope for.
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headquest wrote:
The other big drawbacks are of course the inability to multitask: so you can't drag across text from your epub document to quote in a text document or email, for example. No more copying chunks of wikipedia into your homework :wink:

And without Flash, is it right to assume many websites won't display correctly??
[fanboi]Yeah but the NEXT version will multitask and serious websites will convert.[/fanboi]
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Hovmod wrote:
visa tapani wrote:Hmm, actually I could see myself having quite a lot of use for something like this as an elecronic book/article reader, since I read quite a lot of academic articles as pdf's.
It's probably not going to make your pdf-reading experience very much more magical. Pdfs don't very often require multi touch either.
Who was talking about a magical reading experience? I just simply want to read them in a comfortable position on a couch or in my bed, like a book - something a laptop is no good for. Multitouch could also be handy for making notes. Of course, printing them out and reading the paper is even better, but I have to read so much material constantly that I prefer not to print it all out...
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it will come in handy during their lunar flow
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Dave Bourke wrote:
biomechanoid wrote: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.
Check out Jaadu VNC (€19.99). I use it on my iPhone. Navigating a 30" (Apple) monitor on the phone isn't actually as daunting as I first feared. But using it on an iPad means I won't have to get out of bed to go to work anymore. :)

http://www.jaaduvnc.com/

Kind regards.
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hao nao wrote:it will come in handy during their lunar flow
Check out what the NYtimes is reporting...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/techn ... name.html/
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camsr wrote:
hao nao wrote:it will come in handy during their lunar flow
Check out what the NYtimes is reporting...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/techn ... name.html/
"iTampon"? Well that's just a complete and utter misunderstanding of the entire dynamic, ain't it?

"iKotex" or "iMaxiPad" would have been no less funny and far more relevant. :shrug:
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