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      Apple launches the iPad
      Jan 27, 2010 12:45:54 pm
      Looks on the cards for today
      All eyes in the technology world are on Apple as it prepares to unveil its latest creation, amid a swirl of speculation it is a tablet computer.

      At 1800 GMT on Wednesday the company will hold a news conference in San Francisco to launch the new product.

      Media and tech blogs have been in overdrive, amid rumours the product will be a keyboard-less tablet device.

      For weeks, a flurry of photos and videos purporting to show the new device have been circulating.

      "One never knows what Apple might or might not do on any given Wednesday in January," said Mike Gartenberg, vice-president of strategy and analysis at research firm Interpret.
      Market winner?

      "One thing we do know for sure is we are going to see some sort of new device or category of device."

      The safe money is on the product being a tablet or slate-like computer which traditionally bridges the gap between smartphones and laptops.

      "The question here is does Apple have a different take on this category? It has to be something that has a reason to exist all by itself and not something that lives between a phone and a computer," Mr Gartenberg told BBC News.

      Until now the tablet market has been regarded as a middling one with revenue of around $950m (£597m).

      But many industry watchers believe Apple will do for this sector what the iPod did for MP3 players.

      Apple has billed the new gadget as "a major new product"

      Apple said it sold 21m iPods last quarter and, while that represented a drop of 8% on the previous year, the company boasts a 70% market share. "Our base case assumes the new tablet adds four million shipments, $3.2bn (£2.1bn) revenue and 82 cents of earnings per share in 2010, but we see potential upside to six million units," said Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty.

      Interpret's Mr Gartenberg agreed.

      "Apple is not building products for tens of thousands of enthusiasts. They are building products for tens of millions of customers," he said.

      Speculation has been rife about what this mythical device, sometimes dubbed the "Jesus Tablet", will actually do.

      The closest followers of these trends are the blogs and so-called Apple fan sites which have tracked everything from patents to supposed leaks from various manufacturers and people claiming to have actual photographs.

      The iPhone has helped users adapt to doing things using multi-touch
      "Apple has done an amazing job keeping this thing under wraps," Paul Miller, editor of tech blog Engadget told the BBC.
      "We have just tracked eight years of rumour and speculation about a tablet device from Apple, and here we are the day before the big announcement and there is basically zero tangible information on it," said Mr Miller.
      Among the rumours is that the gadget will be a gaming device, an "e-reader killer" or a really big iPhone.
      Multi-touch will be at the heart of everything.

      "Apple is looking at a new paradigm of user interface where the finger replaces the mouse and the keyboard," said Leander Kahney, founder of CultofMac.com and author of Inside Steve's Brain, a book about Apple boss Steve Jobs.

      "This is a very important step in mainstream computing."

      The tablet is expected to connect to the internet via Wi-Fi and 3G cellular networks.

      It will have a full browser and access to more than 125,000 software applications found in the Apple App store.

      In terms of partners, Apple has reportedly been talking to publishers to bring books, newspapers and magazines to the tablet as well as to broadcasters to bring TV shows and movies to users.

      Cost will be crucial and commentators say with an expected price tag of possibly between $700-$1000 (£440-£680) people could be put off.

      "We're betting even die-hard adopters [those who are first to embrace new gadgets] won't be showing up en masse to buy the tablet," said Wired blogger Daniel Dumas.

      For those interested in technology, the wait will soon be over. But not without Apple's boss doing his bit to whet everyone's appetite.

      Mr Jobs said on Monday: "The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product we are very excited about."


      As with all these things price is going to be important. But basically it is a big iPhone.
      « Last Edit: Jan 27, 2010 06:52:41 pm by JD »
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #1: Jan 27, 2010 05:21:14 pm
      Interesting.

      Tablet PCs haven't really taken off so far really.

      Somewhere quoted the price as £619 though.....
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #2: Jan 27, 2010 05:33:55 pm
      Lecturer the other day was saying how these are supposed to be 'the thing' for 2010.
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #3: Jan 27, 2010 05:46:56 pm
      Can we watch it online then, this news conference?

      I'm feeling properly geeked up to bits today.

      Is this it then?


      « Last Edit: Jan 27, 2010 05:58:36 pm by redkenny »
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #4: Jan 27, 2010 06:10:52 pm
      http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/live-from-the-apple-tablet-latest-creation-event/

      Picture updates there if anyone's interested.

      Definitely seems to be a Tablet PC. It's called the iPad.
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      Reply #5: Jan 27, 2010 06:30:41 pm
      Nice one chats.


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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #6: Jan 27, 2010 06:35:19 pm
      Woo-f***in-pee.

      A big iPhone that costs double what an iPhone costs.
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #7: Jan 27, 2010 06:37:01 pm
      So it's just a huge iphone?

      Seems a bit sh*t!
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      Re: Apple set for Tablet launch
      Reply #8: Jan 27, 2010 06:39:20 pm

      I like the look of it! :)

      £619 is a bit much though...
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      Reply #9: Jan 27, 2010 06:43:39 pm
      I like the look of it! :)

      £619 is a bit much though...

      I like the look of it too! It's basically a laptop that operates like an iPhone isn't it?

      If so, I want one!!!
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      Reply #10: Jan 27, 2010 06:51:59 pm
      Yeah I want one as well.

      No doubt you will be able to get your magazines, newspapers etc on something like this.  HD videos on a little player.

      And did I mention it's got Farmville on - and you sprinkle the seeds by 'shaking' the iPad. There. Deal Clincher. ;)
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      Re: Apple launches the iPad
      Reply #11: Jan 27, 2010 06:53:06 pm
      Can we watch it online then, this news conference?

      Apple will stick the presentation up on their website after. That's what they usually do.
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      Re: Apple launches the iPad
      Reply #12: Jan 27, 2010 06:54:37 pm
      We've had iTunes.

      Welcome to iBooks.

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      Reply #13: Jan 27, 2010 07:01:18 pm
      ^^ Yeah, just seen that on the live blog that chats linked us with.

      I'm all over this.
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      Re: Apple launches the iPad
      Reply #14: Jan 27, 2010 07:09:32 pm
      Looks good but I want to hear the price first.

      Surely can't be £619?!?!
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      Reply #15: Jan 27, 2010 07:16:23 pm
      Yawn.
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      Re: Apple launches the iPad
      Reply #16: Jan 27, 2010 07:18:54 pm
      Is there an 'insert penis' slot?

      Not for me like. Just an added incentive for you lot seeing as you're moaning about the price.
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      Reply #17: Jan 27, 2010 07:19:45 pm
      Looks good but I want to hear the price first.

      Surely can't be £619?!?!


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      Reply #18: Jan 27, 2010 07:20:03 pm
      16Gb, 32Gb and 64Gb models.

      Wi-Fi models and Wi-Fi + 3G models.

      Prices start at $499 or about £350. Decent.
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      Reply #20: Jan 27, 2010 07:20:56 pm
      Yawn rape?
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      Reply #22: Jan 27, 2010 07:26:52 pm
      Can't really see the need for a 3G one. It's not exactly a phone is it.

      60 days wait it is then.
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      Reply #23: Jan 27, 2010 07:29:43 pm
      Youse will need one of these, now that youse have ruined your computers with JIZZ!
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      Reply #24: Jan 27, 2010 07:32:33 pm
      Youse will need one of these, now that youse have ruined your computers with JIZZ!

      My computer doesn't get ruined by Jizz.

      It's made by Apple you see. ;)
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      Reply #25: Jan 27, 2010 07:38:25 pm
      It's not exactly a phone is it.

      When you think of the way more and more people are communicating by voice over the net, it makes sense for it to not be a phone. Plus it's too big to be one anyway isn't it.

      Youse will need one of these, now that youse have ruined your computers with JIZZ!

      Have a bit of respect.  ;)


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      Reply #26: Jan 27, 2010 07:50:23 pm
      Time to look around the house for £400 worth of sh*t to sell on eBay.
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      Reply #27: Jan 27, 2010 09:02:03 pm
      Youse will need one of these, now that youse have ruined your computers with JIZZ!

      You must be going through a lot of computers then?

      Time to look around the house for £400 worth of sh*t to sell on eBay.

      Im just gonna start prostituting myself.

      *sits by phone for days on end, nothing but silence*

      Right, looking for sh*t to sell.
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      Reply #28: Jan 27, 2010 09:06:19 pm
      Uh oh. I'm an Apple geek, so I'll be saving for one of these!
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      Reply #29: Jan 27, 2010 09:21:59 pm

      Right, looking for sh*t to sell.


      You've got more chance of selling sh*t than selling your body.

      I still don't want one. I'll just have a go of Kenny's.
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      Reply #30: Jan 27, 2010 09:25:27 pm
      You've got more chance of selling sh*t than selling your body.




      I beg to differ.
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      Reply #31: Jan 27, 2010 11:15:56 pm
      Time to look around the house for £400 worth of sh*t to sell on eBay.

      for sure

      not gonna lie though, i haven't been this excited about a product since i was 7!
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      Reply #32: Jan 27, 2010 11:20:13 pm
      I love all of apple's stuff. They just have a better approach to creating cool equipment than any other electronics company.
      Looks like an amazing piece of equipment and if i didn't already have a laptop i'd definitely think about buying one.
      $499 will probably translate to about £399 i reckon.
      Just because of the way you sit with a laptop naturally, it doesn't quite look as comfortable to use.
      I'm still saving to replace my iphone with the 3GS, think it will be more useful than the ipad.

      Still, breaktaking gadget.  :o
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      Reply #33: Jan 28, 2010 01:09:54 am
      $499 will probably translate to about £399 i reckon.

      The pound isn't that weak. Probably about £310.

      499 US$ = 309.093162 UK£

      Close enough.
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      Reply #34: Jan 28, 2010 06:19:08 am
      Just see this on GMTV. They say it will retail for about £350. Not bad at all, it looks awesome!!
      Now that I've seen it in motion, I soooooo want one!
      « Last Edit: Jan 28, 2010 06:49:34 am by xxLiverPrinc3ssxx »
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      Reply #35: Jan 28, 2010 06:34:52 am
      While it looks catchy, and i do want one...

      People were being placed on a waiting list before they even knew what it was going to be! That's insane. They just heard Apple are releasing a new product and said 'I want it'.

      With the exchange rate looking good, i might pounce early before it goes back up.
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      Reply #36: Jan 28, 2010 10:02:44 am
      Not worth it. IMO might as well buy a low-end laptop and you're ready to go. My laptop costs just 500 pounds, is not a tablet, has 4GB ram.

      What's the point if it when you have an iPhone, its just like the same thing just that its a 3x bigger.

      If i had to choose between an iPhone, iPad or iTouch, I'll take the iPhone definitely.
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      Reply #37: Jan 28, 2010 01:41:16 pm
      The pound isn't that weak. Probably about £310.

      499 US$ = 309.093162 UK£

      Close enough.

      I know the literal translation is about £310 but apple stuff is never worth exactly the same in £ and $. When u look at the prices of ipods, macbooks, iphone etc and compare the prices from the US site to the UK site, we in the UK end up paying more. That's why alot of people buy an ipod when they go the US, with the exchange rate it works out cheaper.

      e.g.

      macbook air UK price : £1,174 - converts to $1,908 ( so that should be the price on the US site)
      It's actually only $1,499 on  the US site which is about £922 (about £150 cheaper for yanks
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      Reply #38: Jan 28, 2010 01:57:54 pm
      Queue someone on the train with one of these yelling " HELLO... IM ON THE TRAIN"
      It looks like what the iphone might have looked in the 80s before the cooler small version was made...
      Although I do appreciate this is just a keypadless laptop.. I like my keypad
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      Reply #39: Jan 28, 2010 02:15:55 pm
      As the guy on the radio said, it looks like an iphone on steriods. Am i the only person not interested in getting an iphone? I must be the most old-fashioned person out- i am sorted with my Sony Ericsson K800i ;D i like using mates iphones but i think they would piss me of if i owned one.
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      Reply #40: Jan 29, 2010 01:27:13 pm
      It looks like what the iphone might have looked in the 80s before the cooler small version was made...

      :lmao:

      Looks good like but I might wait for everyone to buy one and wait for the MacBook prices to come down a touch. ;)

      My iPhone will do for the time being.
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      Reply #41: Jan 29, 2010 03:50:44 pm
      waste of money personally
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      Reply #42: Jan 29, 2010 06:39:05 pm
      I'm fine with my iPhone and small(ish) laptop to be honest.
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      Reply #43: Jan 30, 2010 12:27:32 am
      Get a netbook. Your screen won't be full of fingerprints and you won't have to decide between drawing your knees up to your chest to balance it on something, or get curvature of the spine hunching over it! Oh, and it will be 150 quid cheaper.

      Common sense? There's an app for that.
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      Common sense? There's an app for that.

      Yeah, i still haven't worked out how to use that app yet :laugh:
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      Reply #45: Jan 30, 2010 11:06:24 am
      Looks like an iPhone, for giants, without the phone or camera.

      I bet they're selling it with a prentious little bag as well.

      This is just like that mouse that they brought out - overpriced, useless tat.
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      Reply #46: Jan 30, 2010 11:55:54 am
      I need to learn to not just look at thread titles, for a second there I thought Apple had started making feminine hygiene products.
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      Reply #47: Jan 30, 2010 12:35:15 pm
      I need to learn to not just look at thread titles, for a second there I thought Apple had started making feminine hygiene products.

       :lmao:

      Nah you're thinking of the Fan-iPad.

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      Reply #48: Jan 31, 2010 08:06:54 am
      I need to learn to not just look at thread titles, for a second there I thought Apple had started making feminine hygiene products.

      Already been done ;)


      Mad TV iPAD
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      Reply #49: Apr 13, 2011 11:54:03 pm
      Seen the iPad 2?
      My 18th is coming up, and my Gran was like, money or iPad?
      I said money because I could still get an iPad if i really wanted to but now i've been offered one I have been thinking about them :P
      Because they are cool as F**k haha
      But i have a laptop so I can't find a full on use for an iPad haha other than they're cool as F**k
      So what do you reckon hah
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      Reply #50: Apr 14, 2011 12:51:33 pm
      iPads are sh*te haha

      Save ya money
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      Reply #51: Apr 15, 2011 06:05:27 am
      The iPad is never out of my sight since i bought it 3 months back.

      It's especially useful at uni for me, and i do everything on it. It's also much lighter than anything else on the market which makes it good for carrying around at uni.

      I was a bit disappointed i didn't just wait for the iPad 2, but after the reviews i've been seeing, it doesn't seem that much of a step up. It's just got an added sh*t quality camera and a hardly noticeable speed boost.

      I definitely recommend using an iPad.
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      Reply #52: Apr 15, 2011 06:07:36 am
      Undoubtedly awesome, but i want a Macbook before an iPad.

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