Apple's January 27, 2010 Media Event Discussion Thread (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Gizmodo has great coverage. Nice pics.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Usually Apple Store shut down now. It is not.

Nothing up there about iPad. Something tells me
this may not go on sale immediately.

 

[Sam Posten]

I'm betting on March. It's going to have 3G in it that needs FCC approval.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Nice signature, Sam. Just noticed that.

 

[Sam Posten]

LMAO that's been there since the day you said it =)

So far this seems like nothing more than a big ass iPhone. I'm not 100% sold yet. It's going to depend on appstore for me I think.

 

[Sam Posten]

1.5 pounds, half inch thick, 9.7 inch screen.

 

[Sam Posten]

IPS display NOT OLED!

 

[Sam Posten]

“iPad is powered by our own custom silicon. Our own chip. It’s called the A4, and it screams.” 1GHz. 16, 32, or 64GB of flash storage. “It’s got the latest in wireless: 802.11n, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR.

10 hours of battery life. 1 month of standby!

 

[Sam Posten]

No mention of 3G yet.

 

[Sam Posten]

iPad APPSTORE is go for launch!

ALL iPhone apps work on iPad! Can view them in native resolution or 2x pixel perfect scaling.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

What is an Apple A4 Chip?


See it has 16-64GB Flash Storage

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Still waiting for the kicker here that will sell me on this
iPad.

Right now it just looks like a low-powered ultra iPhone.

 

[Sam Posten]

Apple bought out PA Semiconductor last year, this is the first device that has their own custom CPU in it developed in house.

16, 32 or 64 built in Ron.

 

[DaveF]

Originally Posted by Sam Posten

I can't keep up (also talking with four coworkers on other topics What's the scoop with 3G / Voice / wireless provider?

 

[DaveF]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronald Epstein

Still waiting for the kicker here that will sell me on this
iPad.

Right now it just looks like a low-powered ultra iPhone.

Actually: super iPod Touch. No voice, yes? It's cool, but a letdown so far. Waiting for "one more thing."

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

iPad: like an iPod Touch, but it won't fit in your pocket.

 

[Nelson Au]

Jumping in here guys. The kicker for me is whether there are drawing apps as good as the real full sized drawing applications I use ona large Wacom Cintiq. This iPad looks like it has no stylus. The drawing apps on the iPhone uses the finger tip to draw with.

The media consumption on the iPad looks pretty cool. It would be great to tie it into the car audio system to play the audio out of it like I do with my iPod now.

 

[Sam Posten]

They are demoing Brushes now. Looks good.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Has a stupid paint app

 

[Sam Posten]

No, brushes is awesome Ron, try it!