OT: Apple Tablet Tomorrow - Mgraw-Hill CEO soon to be dead

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:19 am

Showed it to six people here at work today, who all have Iphones and they were all just so enthusiastic about it. They couldn't get over the size, the display and the speed of the Ipad. Very well received.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:09 pm

Mine has been shipped!

Expected delivery = this Thursday. Woohoo

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:19 pm

You guys all suck!

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:41 pm

3G's go on sale 4/30.
http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/20 ... 30/?hpt=T2

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:07 pm

Don't buy Plants v Zombies! You've been warned. Stayed up til 2:30 last night playing this stupid game.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:58 pm

JRod wrote:Don't buy Plants v Zombies! You've been warned. Stayed up til 2:30 last night playing this stupid game.

LOL. It does look like fun. Have you checked out Godfinger?

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:32 pm

Air Video is exactly what I am hoping to see. Streaming video files from PC/Mac to iPad (and iPhone). Now I am really tempted to get an iPad (mostly for my wife since she would love it) and I get to browse/play some games.

I am contemplating between the 16/32 gig. It is $100 difference, not sure if I need the 32 gig...

Sport73 · Post by **Sport73** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:34 pm

JRod wrote:Don't buy Plants v Zombies! You've been warned. Stayed up til 2:30 last night playing this stupid game.

Seriously, JRod is right. Plants vs Zombies will destroy your productivity as its damn addictive and fun. Can anyone recommend anything else like it?

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:01 pm

WillHunting wrote:Air Video is exactly what I am hoping to see. Streaming video files from PC/Mac to iPad (and iPhone). Now I am really tempted to get an iPad (mostly for my wife since she would love it) and I get to browse/play some games.

I am contemplating between the 16/32 gig. It is $100 difference, not sure if I need the 32 gig...

I wouldn't get anything less than a 32. With the apps coming down the pipeline and more ability to to store things on the iPad I think the 16 GB will get cramped early. I think they are like the 4GB original iphones. My .02 though.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:32 pm

JRod wrote: I wouldn't get anything less than a 32. With the apps coming down the pipeline and more ability to to store things on the iPad I think the 16 GB will get cramped early. I think they are like the 4GB original iphones. My .02 though.

Good call. I can't believe all the Bestbuys here are completely sold out. They have a 18 month financing I could have taken advantage of.

Sigh, I guess I will check out the Apple store, there are 4 of them in Manhattan, one of them got to have one.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 5:52 pm

Thanks for the tip on Air Video. My daughter will love that for her iPod Touch. Something like Air Video also would be very cool for the iPad and make it more of a useful piece of hardware.

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:08 pm

sportdan30 wrote:
JRod wrote:Don't buy Plants v Zombies! You've been warned. Stayed up til 2:30 last night playing this stupid game.
LOL. It does look like fun. Have you checked out Godfinger?

Not yet, but I thought it was like Pocket God, which I hated.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:16 pm

WillHunting wrote:
JRod wrote: I wouldn't get anything less than a 32. With the apps coming down the pipeline and more ability to to store things on the iPad I think the 16 GB will get cramped early. I think they are like the 4GB original iphones. My .02 though.
Good call. I can't believe all the Bestbuys here are completely sold out. They have a 18 month financing I could have taken advantage of.

Sigh, I guess I will check out the Apple store, there are 4 of them in Manhattan, one of them got to have one.

I believe there's some kind of a backlog with receiving the screens from the manufacturer, or something along those lines. This is why the European launch has been delayed, for example.

Murph · Post by **Murph** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:33 pm

Both iPad and iPhone mentioned in this "Adobe/Apple beef" article.

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/04/21/ado ... se-change/

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:15 pm

My 64 gb WiFi iPad will be in my possession tomorrow

I won't get a chance to mess with it until around 7 pm though. I have a baseball game after school tomorrow. I'll post my impressions.

F308GTB · Post by **F308GTB** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:30 am

Was at a conference in San Francisco and one of the attendees was from Spain. He went home with 4 64gb iPads. He's taking the gamble they'll work with the networks over there, and if so, he'll make out as the price in Europe will be 35% more than US.

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 11:41 am

F308GTB wrote:Was at a conference in San Francisco and one of the attendees was from Spain. He went home with 4 64gb iPads. He's taking the gamble they'll work with the networks over there, and if so, he'll make out as the price in Europe will be 35% more than US.

They are already getting a discount from the exchange rate.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:41 pm

Will,

If you reserve one from the Apple Store, you'll have one within two to three business days. I reserved on last weekend, and got a call on Tuesday. I had already found one at Best Buy by that time however.

Apparently, the Apple Ipad cases are just as hard to find as the Ipads. Luckily, I was able to reserve one of their last two at the store near me. Can't wait to get home and see how it fits and helps with the overall comfort level.

RallyMonkey · Post by **RallyMonkey** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 1:32 pm

Apparently, the Apple Ipad cases are just as hard to find as the Ipads.

I can absolutely confirm this. I had to call four apple stores and five best buys in my area until finally i got a Best Buy that had one left and held it for me.

I'm very glad i did because, while durable, i just felt better having something on it and it's just more comfortable to tote around with the case. I'm sure down the road some company will make a case i like more, but for now this is perfect.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:13 pm

The wife picked up my Apple case today from the Apple store. Looking forward to trying it out this evening.

Check out appshopper.com. Very useful site for free and reduced priced apps. Has anyone tried Baseball Fever HD? It's free and it's gotten some decent reviews.

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:14 pm

Diablo25 wrote:My 64 gb WiFi iPad will be in my possession tomorrow I won't get a chance to mess with it until around 7 pm though. I have a baseball game after school tomorrow. I'll post my impressions.

Well, mine arrived so I ran home at lunch and unboxed it/synced it. I didn't get a chance to play with it at all so I'll have to post impressions later. The damn thing looked slick!

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:41 pm

sportdan30 wrote:Will,

If you reserve one from the Apple Store, you'll have one within two to three business days. I reserved on last weekend, and got a call on Tuesday. I had already found one at Best Buy by that time however.

Apparently, the Apple Ipad cases are just as hard to find as the Ipads. Luckily, I was able to reserve one of their last two at the store near me. Can't wait to get home and see how it fits and helps with the overall comfort level.

Thanks for the tip. I will have to do that soon. Mother's day is coming up and my wife would like this very much (so I can play with it too).

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:05 pm

First post from my iPad

. This thing is very cool. Beautiful screen. I feel right at home with it. So far I am extremely impressed. I have only scratched the surface of what this thing can do. Can't wait to explore some more!

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:36 pm

Download Guardian Eyewitness. It's a free app and it's absolutely breathtaking on the Ipad!

JRod · Post by **JRod** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 3:28 am

To the new ipad owners, if you plan to take it out buy protection. Really that's good advice anytime

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I just had the "oh only on an iPad" moment. I downloaded the stumble upon app. I never really used that widget on firefox but decided to give it a whirl tonight. I found 5 sites that were really cool but within 5 minutes I found a book site and downloaded a gutenberg classic that I was looking for! Not that big of a deal but I wasn't going to read a book on my Mac so all it showed was a convergence of devices similar to what happen on the iPhone.

Beyond the new toy and coolness factor is the everyday use that is shown in simple little ways that aren't possible or in pssible in same effect as a laptop.

Typings still sucks however!