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It's called the iPad...
Apple Event | 1/27/2010 | Swordmaker

Posted on 01/27/2010 10:27:03 AM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Of course it has a mouse...


81 posted on 01/27/2010 11:30:22 AM PST by AFreeBird
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82 posted on 01/27/2010 11:30:39 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: AFreeBird
Looks two handed QWERTY to me:

The problem with touch-screen keyboards is that they offer absolutely no tactile feel - you have to look to find home row, and you can't feel the keys under your fingers. They just don't allow one to type as fast.

This one looks a little smaller than the standard keyboard as well. My netbook has a 92% sized keyboard and it is harder to type on also. But at least I can feel the keys under my fingers.

I don't like the touch screen on the iPhone either, though I do like it's other capabilities. Of course, even with a proper keyboard, it is way too small to allow fast typing.

83 posted on 01/27/2010 11:30:54 AM PST by meyer (Government health care = national strike.)
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To: AFreeBird

LOL!


84 posted on 01/27/2010 11:31:14 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: meyer
There is this optionL


85 posted on 01/27/2010 11:33:42 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: Yossarian; Swordmaker
You were saying ...

Mechanical keyboard is an option (it slides into a dock). Don’t know how portable it is yet, but if Apple has one, you can be sure a 3rd party will come out with a good portable one.

Isn't that keyboard shown there a bluetooth keyboard, and thus..., shouldn't it just work with the iPad as a mechanical keyboard, if someone wanted to use it that way?

86 posted on 01/27/2010 11:34:09 AM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler
Bluetooth would make sense looking at the keyboard:


87 posted on 01/27/2010 11:36:25 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Entry for $499.


88 posted on 01/27/2010 11:38:07 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: AFreeBird

I’m not a techie, but I would love to get one of these. WAY better than a Kindle, which I have been thinking of buying. No Kindle for me now!


89 posted on 01/27/2010 11:38:23 AM PST by Trust but Verify
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

What’s the battery life?


90 posted on 01/27/2010 11:38:30 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Star Traveler

The keyboard slides into the dock, so it is a wired, not bluetooth connection.

I don’t know if Apple will open up the iPad / iPhone to Bluetooth keyboards now. I sure hope so.... (Think of the remote control possibilities.)


91 posted on 01/27/2010 11:39:36 AM PST by Yossarian
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To: Star Traveler

Bluetooth mouse would work too...I have one of those for my laptop.

Course it needs a driver ....


92 posted on 01/27/2010 11:40:04 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: cyborg

For the 64 Gig. There is a 16 Gig and 32 Gig.


93 posted on 01/27/2010 11:41:12 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Yossarian

See #87.


94 posted on 01/27/2010 11:41:14 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: thefactor

$829 is not $1,000. But nice try.


95 posted on 01/27/2010 11:42:13 AM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Ramius
They said 10 hours...and 30 days in standby mode....

I would like to see the battery.

96 posted on 01/27/2010 11:42:44 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach ( Support Geert Wilders)
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To: BunnySlippers

It’d be a nice reward after I pay off my *ahem* financial responsibilities. It’d be ghettofab to have a $829 tablet but forego tires on my truck :D


97 posted on 01/27/2010 11:46:48 AM PST by cyborg (Rest your weary boots old soldier.)
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To: Swordmaker

I am so mixed on this one. For $500 you get iWork and the eBook reader I assume (plus more), but only 16GB storage which is nothing these days. The main reason I want a tablet like this is basically for note taking and reading books (and ideally writing notes in the books for my reference). Therefore, storage really isn’t that big of a concern.

It looks as if there is no stylus which really sucks for me, but since it is a touch display, I can use a generic PDA stylus (won’t get pressure sensing though ... I had heard these iPads were going to support Wacom compliant pens).

That keyboard dock looks slick though and could be a decent substitute for a stylus.

The 3G is worthless to me as I have other means of accessing the net via a cellphone’s wifi. Wireless was mandatory for me though.

While this is the first Apple product I’ve found really appealing, I have the damndest feeling it is going to go the path of AppleTV simply because I really liked that, the Newton and other “failed” Apple products but hate iPods, iPhones, iMacs, etc.

I guess well know how they sell in a month or so! I’m definitely going to one of those filthy hippie Apple stores to check one out ASAP :-).

Ed


98 posted on 01/27/2010 11:51:24 AM PST by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
They said 10 hours...and 30 days in standby mode....

That's not bad... the Kindle lasts about two weeks even with heavy use, so they've still got that going for them. Amazon has the massive library and the delivery model pretty much nailed. But like usual, Apple has scored on form factor and design. I'd like to try one out. I don't know if it's a kindle-killer just yet.

99 posted on 01/27/2010 11:53:03 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Nope. That’s a dock connector sticking up in front. The keyboard is wired.


100 posted on 01/27/2010 11:58:14 AM PST by Yossarian
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