Hi I'm a PC and the iPad was my idea
Excuse the poor video www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrOIPkOv2KE but if I can make this for under £200 whilst at the same time being a drunken waster, a parent, a bad husband and working. Why can't apple make one with Flash, USB, Multi Tasking ect?

So iPad? In you opinion is it going to be huge? I think I'd rather have the iPhone and I don't even want one of those. My ipaq with a WM6.5 upgrade does more.
( Peej, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:35, 24 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I quite like the look of the iPad
but I don't know much about the functionality of it. My mrs really wants one.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:38, Reply)

Functionality looks reasonable
And yes, it doesn't have flash, but that's because they're holding out for the death of flash. Worth waiting for the second version though.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:55, Reply)

I don't even understand this flash question

does that mean I wouldn't be able to play little games on the internet?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:07, Reply)

It's shit.
But it means I can now buy an iPhone without worrying that I'm going to miss out on the Next Big Thing.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:38, Reply)

I just got an I-Phone and it is great

maybe there will be an app to ultra sound you
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:52, Reply)

I think if I were a super hero my name would be ULTRA SOUND

as I would subdue enemies with massive bass, or screaming guitar solos, also I would be a sound guy to go to the pub with
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:53, Reply)

and when you're on holiday...
I can be - The Hip Replacement Guy!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:55, Reply)

Much as I hate to turn this place into Which? magazine,
what deal did you go for?

I'm trying to decide between the Tesco 12 month PAYG or the O2 600 mins/500 texts deal (for either 3GS 16 or 32GB).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:58, Reply)

3GS 16gb £35/month £89 up front charge with Vodafone 24 months

600 mins, unlimited texts and 1gb of internet - O2 and orange have "unlimited" internet but their fair usage is 750mb which is fucking cheeky!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:01, Reply)

I'm going to opt for O2 PAYG and the cheapo SIM I've already got.
Works out slightly cheaper and I'm not tied into a contract for longer than a month.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 14:32, Reply)

The Marketing guys looked at the iphone and thought...
What is it that sells these motherfuckers?

The obvious answer is for pretentious dickheads to smarm around the centre of town or within their groups of friends showing off their lump of Apple. Aren't they the coolest cats? Look what my Apple iPhonetm can do! Aren't I the greatest most successful guy around?

So it's the sight innit? You see a guy with an iPhone and you swoon. So what to do with the next big thing? Make it fucking 19 times bigger so that not just those close to you can see how utterly amazing you are, the WHOLE STREET can see you.

Wander up and down the high-street, dazzle the plebs. These things are gonna sell like hot-cakes.



On the plus side you'll be able to see a definite cunt from a safe distance.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:53, Reply)

*is a cunt*

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:54, Reply)

The only thing that would have made it more successful
Is if they were shaped like croissants.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:58, Reply)

Same shit different day
Apple does something that can already be done by a PC only prettier, less functional and more expensive.

Lots of shallow cunts with more money than sense say "OOOoh! shiny" and fork out wads of cash.

All of the perfectly decent manufactures in the same field turn their product into shit by making half-arsed imitations of the iWhatever rather than developing some thing that's different but better.

OK, I get it if you like a simple interface for simple people, each to their own and all, but jeeezus!
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Fri 29 Jan 2010, 11:59, Reply)

Oh shut up and buy the shiney new thing
the economy needs a leg-up
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:02, Reply)

This is possibly the best line ever for an advertising campaign
Instead of "Ooh, mehmehmeh, ponce-ponce-ponce, look what I can do with my IPHONE/PAD/PROD/VAG if you buy one you could look just as big a ponce as I do,"
it would save them a small fortune to just have a headshot of Steve Jobs telling you,
"Shut up and fucking buy it. It'll be good for the economy."
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:06, Reply)

If someone wants to pay me squillions to do Apples marketing
i'm up for it
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:09, Reply)

I don't see why people get so worked up

If people want to spend their money on stuff that you consider to be utter pouch then let them, I suspect they would feel similarly about many things that you buy.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:05, Reply)

I'm not worked up I just don't understand why they didn't give it more functionality

( Peej, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:14, Reply)

Easy
So they can sell us the iPad 2 in 6 months time with a few more add ons, then iPad three in another 6 months and so on.
( M o D, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:20, Reply)

if they gave it flash, usb, multitasking, network etc..
then why would anyone pay for the inevitable macbook/pro touchscreen which they're bound to release soon? i agree, it's not somethign i'd spend money on, but you know how people like to get the latest accessory.. i mean archos have been making something that out and out shits on the ipod touch for AGES, and it's not that popular. why? because the press barely mentioned it, because it doesn't have an apple on the back.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:20, Reply)

I'm going to ignore the iPad question
and just say, your tablet thing is awesome sauce!

if I could build that for £200 I'd replace my netbook...
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 12:32, Reply)

what the video DOESN't fully illustrate
is the fact the mad bastard covered it in a rather natty purple snakeskin type stuff.


true.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 13:44, Reply)

TRUFACT!

( Peej, Fri 29 Jan 2010, 14:54, Reply)