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Title: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Tieno on October 05, 2010, 05:49:10 PM: (http://img.skitch.com/20101005-pxuquegkx44m4q4p6sf9n7d54f.png) (http://www.cnbc.com/id/39501308)

iPads :smug
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Rman on October 05, 2010, 05:50:34 PM: So we're doing screencaps of GAF threads now? Okay.... :lol
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Post by: Tieno on October 05, 2010, 05:51:22 PM: Skitch :bow2

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Couldn't easily steal the formatting of the OPs post so I figured I might as well make a screenshot. I'm so fucking lazy
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Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Powerslave on October 05, 2010, 06:13:51 PM: I'd love to have an ipad. It seems so convenient for browsing the web while you're chillaxing on the couch/bed and it would be great for road trips or whenever you're chilling outside.
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Post by: Beezy on October 05, 2010, 06:33:42 PM: disgusting
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 05, 2010, 06:37:56 PM: yeah how dare people choose to buy something
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Post by: Powerslave on October 05, 2010, 06:39:01 PM: Quote from: Beezy on October 05, 2010, 06:33:42 PM
disgusting

Are you talking about your face? :smug
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2010, 06:46:41 PM: Quote from: BrandNew on October 05, 2010, 06:37:56 PM
yeah how dare people choose to buy something

choose to buy a gimped tablet that is completely useless in the corporate world. having to explain to a sales guy who his new apple ipad won't allow them to do any of the things their business requires gets annoying real quick
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Saint Cornelius on October 05, 2010, 06:47:52 PM: Quote from: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2010, 06:46:41 PM
having to explain to a sales guy who his new apple ipad won't allow them to do any of the things their business requires gets annoying real quick

sales guy shouldn't have been so stupid to expect to do real work on an entertainment device

kinda like getting pissed off because your toaster won't do your laundry
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2010, 06:59:50 PM: the terms "sales guy" and "stupid" generally go hand in hand.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 05, 2010, 07:08:05 PM: it's not marketed as a business device in the first place, at least not broadly. stop trying to paint it as something its not. buy a RIM playbook, tardshards
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Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 05, 2010, 07:17:15 PM: i would say i am painting it fairly accurately. it's a gimped tablet. you dummy.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 05, 2010, 07:20:58 PM: sure it is, most first gen shit is. you think the first DVD players weren't gimped of some crucial features back then?

like someone said here, apple products are like star trek movies: go for the even numbered iterations. but you can't fault a company for maximizing their revenue; its a fucking company.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 05, 2010, 07:24:39 PM: you're pointing at your picture 8)
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 05, 2010, 07:26:03 PM: i consider mine a year-long rental
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Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 05, 2010, 07:27:37 PM: ^
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 05, 2010, 07:37:19 PM: Products my mother owns: Wii, iPad.
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Post by: TakingBackSunday on October 05, 2010, 07:50:12 PM: I gave birth to a monster :'(
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Post by: drew on October 05, 2010, 08:30:58 PM: leper pretty please

with a cherry on top
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Diunx on October 05, 2010, 08:37:13 PM: Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 05, 2010, 08:11:04 PM
In more trollish news, the Android and RIM are busy annihilating the iPhone, which is a piece of shit.

Fixed for mayor annihilation.
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Post by: Beezy on October 05, 2010, 08:42:03 PM: RIM can eat a dick. I like their tablet more than the iPad atm though.
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Post by: Powerslave on October 05, 2010, 08:48:41 PM: Quote from: BrandNew on October 05, 2010, 07:24:39 PM
you're pointing at your picture 8)

Mayor annihilation.
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Post by: Beezy on October 05, 2010, 08:50:58 PM: y=j for spanishes
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Post by: Powerslave on October 05, 2010, 08:51:00 PM: lol cohen, was still reading this thread before you posted
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Post by: Diunx on October 05, 2010, 09:06:03 PM: I only took like 4 months on english classes :patel
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: AdmiralViscen on October 05, 2010, 09:46:10 PM: Quote from: Diunx on October 05, 2010, 08:37:13 PM
Quote from: Billy Rygar on October 05, 2010, 08:11:04 PM
In more trollish news, the Android and RIM are busy annihilating the iPhone, which is a piece of shit.

Fixed for mayor annihilation.

err
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Raban on October 06, 2010, 12:05:09 AM: I was interested in getting one for a mobile computer of some kind but they're really limited. The iOS platform is still in its infancy. I think they're really neat tho and the idea of an iPad + keyboard dock is very alluring to me.
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Post by: Cheebs on October 06, 2010, 12:08:16 AM: iPad for portable Netflix Instant Watch is worth the investment.
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Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 06, 2010, 01:14:08 AM: iFad :lol
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Post by: Powerslave on October 06, 2010, 09:12:59 PM: iMad?
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Post by: Cheebs on October 06, 2010, 09:15:11 PM: iPad is here to stay just like the iPhone, iPod, iMac...etc. Apple knows what the fuck they are doing, marketing wise that is.
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Post by: GilloD on October 06, 2010, 10:23:13 PM: DVD players were mad expensive at first. And then by the time they weren't mad expensive, they were outdated. No porb, yo. I aint even got an MBA
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: naff on October 07, 2010, 01:18:58 AM: I want one just for the funny features like using it as a second screen for my macbook would be rad. Portable second screen :rock I wanted to wait till the second iteration but everyone at my new workplace has them. Peer pressure :-\
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Post by: Cormacaroni on October 07, 2010, 01:36:12 AM: Quote from: quietID on October 07, 2010, 01:18:58 AM
I want one just for the funny features like using it as a second screen for my macbook would be rad. Portable second screen :rock I wanted to wait till the second iteration but everyone at my new workplace has them. Peer pressure :-\

This is cool, but be warned it's a bit laggy. You definitely won't be watching movies and stuff on that 2nd screen. Perfect for stuff like all your Photoshop tools though.

Flipboard and Pulse are my new favorite apps - both are so slick it almost hurts.
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Tieno on October 07, 2010, 11:25:08 AM: Flipboard is actually useful. Pulse seems to be too flashy to be useful. Is Pulse an RSS reader? Cause it'll have to be really good to beat Reeder.
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Post by: Reb on October 07, 2010, 02:29:01 PM: Reeder is the best, the flash of the rest is distracting.
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Post by: Powerslave on October 07, 2010, 06:04:15 PM: your face is distracting
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Cormacaroni on October 08, 2010, 07:42:05 AM: Quote from: Tieno on October 07, 2010, 11:25:08 AM
Flipboard is actually useful. Pulse seems to be too flashy to be useful. Is Pulse an RSS reader? Cause it'll have to be really good to beat Reeder.

RSS is only one of the feedtypes it pulls in. I was a major NewsRack user before those two came along, but I have pretty much stopped using it now. The problem with those things is that I end up with way too many feeds and way too many unread items, so the initial load-in takes forever. Pulse limits you to 10 feeds per page so it's way more responsive. You can of course have lots of different pages for when you have more time. And even if it was JUST flashy, it's a great showcase app...for $2.
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Post by: Tieno on October 09, 2010, 08:41:59 AM: Reeder on iPad is incredibly fast. I have about 100+ feeds and it syncs them all in the background. I never have to wait before starting to read anything, it'll sync images in the background pretty fast too.
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Post by: recursivelyenumerable on October 09, 2010, 07:26:30 PM: I want a tablet I can use in sunlight
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Tieno on October 10, 2010, 10:27:16 AM: Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on October 09, 2010, 07:26:30 PM
I want a tablet I can use in sunlight
people who make such silly requests hardly fetch any sunlight anyway.
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 10, 2010, 11:41:11 AM: Yeah, I don't think tablets will really replace anything until we see color e-Ink screens with decent battery life. Then all paper products (newspapers, books, etc.) will be totally fucked - more than they are now.
Title: Re: iPad surpasses DVD by achieving the fastest adoption rate of any electronic prod
Post by: Tieno on October 10, 2010, 12:03:19 PM: Quote from: The Fake Shemp on October 10, 2010, 11:41:11 AM
Yeah, I don't think tablets will really replace anything until we see color e-Ink screens with decent battery life. Then all paper products (newspapers, books, etc.) will be totally fucked - more than they are now.
My family has a digital subscription to our staple newspaper. Every morning I download the newspaper of that day onto my iPod touch with their iOS app. I read it on the train. No hassle at all.