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Yep, 1 year old twins. Good call, I'm thinking It'll make a better anniversary gift though. Mothers day she'll get her card, dinner and flowers.You two have kids? Mother's Day is this weekend, a new iPad from the kids is a perfect gift!I gotta stop coming into this thread. Makes me want to run out and grab one every time.
OK, I think you're missing my point. Mother's Day is this weekend. Your anniversary is next month. That's like forever from now.Yep, 1 year old twins. Good call, I'm thinking It'll make a better anniversary gift though. Mothers day she'll get her card, dinner and flowers.You two have kids? Mother's Day is this weekend, a new iPad from the kids is a perfect gift!I gotta stop coming into this thread. Makes me want to run out and grab one every time.
Two double AA's in the one I have from Apple. I've seen some made for phones that are USB chargable.Looks pretty sweet. My only question is how do you power the bluetooth keyboard? Will you have to charge that too?
That would be neat. Batteries are teh suck.Two double AA's in the one I have from Apple. I've seen some made for phones that are USB chargable.Looks pretty sweet. My only question is how do you power the bluetooth keyboard? Will you have to charge that too?
Wouldn't the Apple bluetooth keyboard that works with iMac work? Isn't Bluetooth interchangeable?That would be neat. Batteries are teh suck.Two double AA's in the one I have from Apple. I've seen some made for phones that are USB chargable.Looks pretty sweet. My only question is how do you power the bluetooth keyboard? Will you have to charge that too?
Don't forget the $500.00 Otis Man Purse to carry it with. Then it is complete.
Looking fwd to your review, specifically if the keyboard is good enough that you don't use another cpu for posting and emailing.
Tjere id mothing wrpng wirh the virtuak keybiard.
I use energizer rechargeable. It's smart enough to save batteries so no worries and the point of it is to have no cables.That would be neat. Batteries are teh suck.Two double AA's in the one I have from Apple. I've seen some made for phones that are USB chargable.Looks pretty sweet. My only question is how do you power the bluetooth keyboard? Will you have to charge that too?
It's pretty damn easy to post. I can do it pretty much as fast as on a laptop.
Expect a SWAT team knocking on your door soon.
Go into Cydia and you can search anything, apple apps or non apple apps.I would highly recommend installing Installous
I had jailbroken my iphone, it since has been restored and the new software doesntt have a jailbreak yet (I know I can install an older version and jailbreak that, but I am too lazy). If the ipad has similar, or identical apps, I would suggest the following which make the phone/pad much more user friendly.Backgrounder - allows you to multitaskWinterboard - customize the entire look and feelSBS Settings - adds a drop down menu from the top of the screen that contains useful stuff (wifi, 3G, brightness, bluetooth)Categories - folders for the iphone
I agree. That's why I havent re-jailbroke my iphone. It does things well enough as is that I dont feel the need to jailbreak it right now.Thanks. I installed Backgrounder. It's ok. Frankly having multitasking makes me realize it wasn't such a big deal not to have it. At least the way I've been using it.the moops said:I'll try the others this afternoon.
Regarding the bolded, you can very easily reset it to factory settings and re-sync to the way you had it in iTunes before jailbreaking. Just make sure you do a full sync before jailbreaking. It's apparently very easy to go back. Once you do, Apple will never be able to tell it was previously jailbroken.Re: chance of bricking, that I don't know. I'm not sure what other downside there could be.
Jailbreaking apparently just installs some software that runs on top of the main operating system (at least this is my rudimentary understanding). So, if something goes wrong, you can restore to factory settings from itunes and there will be no trace that the phone/pad was jailbroken.
I've never seen the overwhelming benefit to jail breaking. There's only two compelling reasons for it that I see: 1. Tethering for your iPad, or 2. Pirating iPhone apps. Other than that, I don't see the added functionality as benefit enough to go through the trouble.Thanks. I installed Backgrounder. It's ok. Frankly having multitasking makes me realize it wasn't such a big deal not to have it. At least the way I've been using it.
If it were any trouble at all, I wouldn't have done it. It literally took 90 seconds. Incredibly easy. And my iPad was apparently identical afterwards, except for one extra icon for Cydia.But yeah, so far I'm not seeing any wow factor here. I was expecting a lot more, particularly after the endless whining from people about Apple's closed garden preventing them from running the apps they really want.I've never seen the overwhelming benefit to jail breaking. There's only two compelling reasons for it that I see: 1. Tethering for your iPad, or 2. Pirating iPhone apps. Other than that, I don't see the added functionality as benefit enough to go through the trouble.Thanks. I installed Backgrounder. It's ok. Frankly having multitasking makes me realize it wasn't such a big deal not to have it. At least the way I've been using it.
I'll try the others this afternoon.
Probably not. Wii comes to mind right off the bat and I'm pretty sure it didn't sell as good as the DS.
Does the fact that these are 2x, 3x, 6x the price of those factor into it at all? Sort of tough to compare a $129 device with a $500-$829 device. I wonder how it plays out in terms of total revenue.
If you're talking about total sales, you're probably right from what we know now. However I think success is a lot more than that.
I'm pretty certain that Apple will post one of its most profitable quarters this quarter. The revenue they are getting from these devices is pretty staggering.
Again you miss another simple point. I was speaking about the number of people who after buying the first ipad complain / wonder if their ipad will be 3G since it came out soon after.
Wait, what?
Apple has something like a gross 60% profit margin on the iphone, which is about double the typical phone margin. I know I just read this a couple days ago but apparently ATT also gives Apple $18 for every iphone in service, every month? Apple's (gross) profit margins for computers and ipods are about double everyone's else, which is astounding if you think about it. It's the "Apple tax" and kudos to them for succeeding with it.Game consoles are generally sold at even or at a loss, they make the money back in games. I think the Wii could be different tho (it's a bit overpriced for its specs) but even if Nintendo was making a profit on the Wii, it's not much.Wii total sales volume is higher but Apple is making way way way more money per ipad sold.
http://www.fakesteve.net/2010/04/an-open-l...-the-world.html
But nobody did complain (save for some guy you found on a message board out there?). That's because it was public knowledge that the 3G was coming. Your point before was that Apple withholds technology for later releases but the example you used (wifi/3g iPad) wasn't relevant in the slightest.
Nope. In this thread as well as countless articles people asked and seemed perplexed that the new 3G was coming out so quick and would their ipad be able to also have 3G as well.
Who was perplexed? From what I can tell, there were a couple of different types of people who bought this thing from the beginning. 1) Didn't want 3G. Bought Wifi. Happy with wifi/magical device.2) Didn't want 3G. Bought Wifi. After playing with wifi, realized 3G would be useful.But you're saying there is a third group:3) Didn't know about 3G. Bought Wifi. Found out about 3G later. Perplexed/pissed off.There were no #3s in this thread. There are no articles about #3. But congrats on finding one somewhere out on the internet though. That's the same place where Jim11, Tosberg and Loki are from -- not exactly the type you use to make your point.
Goggins all along has been trying to make this point, I think, that Apple confused the public and so many people were upset because they were out there buying one version thinking they were buying another. Just bizarre.
Why do you come across as so insecure? If I go buy one I could give two ####s what anyone else has to say about it unless deep down I regretted buying it. You do know I have an iphone/nano/ipod, right Chunk?
To be honest, I don't get how any of this is relevant. I'm still wondering about this gem:
Do you make #### up all the time or did you start 30 minutes ago?
No.Apple laid it out there but many either are too stupid or probably too geared up to be the first to have the first ipad.Many people put in their orders w/o even seeing it liveSome people after picking it up act surprised/confused/pissed that the 3G was coming out soon and want/expected that their ipad should be able to have 3G. As if Apple kept this a secret.Surprised that people will buy something and then come across as pretty clueless in what they got. Don't they read the specs / news? I assumed that it was universally known that the main reason you buy a first generation Apple anything is to be the first to get it and damn will know that very soon the next upgrade is a lot better but clearly that's not the case with a number of people.
And not answering my questions...
You ignored my post and then asked me if I was insecure and if I knew your iPod collection. I guess my answers are no and no?
Do you realize how ridiculous you're sounding? Didn't your first crack at this 10 pages ago end badly enough? You're saying that there are "countless articles" and people in this thread that are the "clueless" ones. I haven't seen one thing about this imaginary clueless person you're talking about. And if you find some random dude on the internet, bravo. That's by far the exception. By far.
