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iPad Forum — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:32:37 +0000

im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards?

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:01:30 +0000

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By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:50:09 +0000

I am seeing it out as well Jon. It’s too early in the game for me to be jumping on the band wagon. I think I’m going to wait to see how the iPad grows before considering to invest money into the product. I agree that the product will be marketed to the correct market. Apple doesn’t really make mistakes in that realm of business. The chatter definitely does help spread the news about a new product and there’s no doubt that a company appreciates that, but I wonder who’s really to blame when a product gets over hyped to a point where consumers aren’t as interested when it is officially released?

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:42:42 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more on this one. The iPhone definitely didn’t do all of the things it does today when it was first released. The hype did put a damper on the interest to consumers I believe, but I don’t think that will stop them from buying it. It’s an Apple product and I think it looks fantastic as most Apple products do.

There are some features in it like a camera, video, etc., that users and developers still want to be done to the iPad and I agree it does have a ton of room to grow and I think it will only get better. Although, at this point in the game, I’m not rushing out to get one. I need to give it some time. You do need to give a new product room for improvement because otherwise you won’t be satisfied and will not stick around to see the product grow.

By: Jon Sheline

Jon Sheline — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:13:25 +0000

Hey Frank…good points.
In my view, the rumors that come before an Apple announcement like this are the “unofficial” web chatter of millions of tech enthusiasts, which I’m sure Apple appreciates for better or worse because it’s publicity.
The “official” ads haven’t even begun yet (that I’ve seen), and my thought is that they will market this successfully to the target market…not that they have given a concrete statement about what that target market is.
I find it interesting that they’re actually comparing it to Kindle…because as devices, they’re very different. Kindle does eBooks, iPad has an eBook (oops, I mean iBook) store and application plus a host of other functions.
It’ll be interesting to see how it all shakes out. Right now, I have no idea whether I would buy it or not…I’ll need to see it out and about before I can make that decision.

By: VigTheGeek

VigTheGeek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:27:15 +0000

I, for one, am anxiously awaiting the ability to order one just as much as I was the announcement. The iPad is a bit of a disappointment. It doesn’t do all the things it could have done. Neither did the iPhone the day it came out (I remember… I waited on line. Had the 6th one in South Carolina).

The iPad has so much room to grow. That screen size allows us developers (I’m one of those too) to utilize the screen and the highly successful touch-based OS to do very exciting things.

I wish it had a camera. I wish there was a way to replicate e-ink for the books. I wish it multi-tasked. I heard all that anti-iPad rhetoric and agree.

Apple has set the bar SO high hat we fault them when something doesn’t meet our expectations at inception. These are expectations we’ve set because they’re quality engineering has allowed us to. Because they’re innovative and move swiftly, we don’t notice that none of their products shine immediately.

~Did the iPhone 2G do everything that the 3G S does now?
~Did the original iPod do everything that the iPod Touch does now?
~Does the iPod Nano even resemble the original Nano?
~Look back at Mac OS X Kodiak or Cheetah and then at Snow Leopard. The same?

If everyone was waiting for product that everything they’ve ever wanted all at once, then you were setting yourself up for failure and it’s your own fault.