Comments on: The iPad… hmmm http://www.tim-oliver.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ipad Tim's blog on gaming, tech and other geeky things. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Buying an iPad | Tim Oliver http://www.tim-oliver.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Buying an iPad | Tim Oliver Tue, 04 May 2010 14:45:34 +0000 http://www.tim-oliver.com/?p=191#comment-105 [...] little while ago, I wrote a rather scathing (also slightly incorrect) article on the iPad just after it had been announced. A few months later (and still no sign of it coming to Australia [...] [...] little while ago, I wrote a rather scathing (also slightly incorrect) article on the iPad just after it had been announced. A few months later (and still no sign of it coming to Australia [...]

]]> By: -=TiM=- http://www.tim-oliver.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-93 -=TiM=- Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:31:22 +0000 http://www.tim-oliver.com/?p=191#comment-93 Ahh, whoops. I see that now. Yeah the 3G model has a GPS unit. Okay<br>I'll update that.<br><br>I did a bit more thinking about this today, as well as asked a few<br>people what they thought personally on it.<br><br>In regards to the camera, sure taking pictures with it would be kind<br>of weird, but considering it's equipped with the digital compass and<br>GPS, it would be an excellent chance to innovate the video overlay<br>(ie, looking through the iPad and seeing areas of interest in your<br>surroundings highlighted) tech that's evolving on the 3GS now.<br><br>I'm surprised why you would even ask about USB ports. I would expect<br>peripheral functionality on a device like this to be standard. Sure<br>it's weird on an iPhone, but not for this.<br><br>LOL. Okay, you're definitely not a Star Trek fan if you need to ask that. XD<br>I'm mainly just making light on the fact this is one of the first<br>devices that is making that piece of Star Trek tech a reality.<br><br>And DW is right. Lack of multi-tasking is huge too.<br><br>I guess it's boiling down to this. Apple is trying to force the iPhone<br>mobile device OS paradigm on a device that could easily be many times<br>more functional and _useful_ if it just ran OSX.<br><br>Apple had so much potential for innovation here, and all we got was a<br>glorified oversized iPod Touch. :( Ahh, whoops. I see that now. Yeah the 3G model has a GPS unit. Okay
I'll update that.

I did a bit more thinking about this today, as well as asked a few
people what they thought personally on it.

In regards to the camera, sure taking pictures with it would be kind
of weird, but considering it's equipped with the digital compass and
GPS, it would be an excellent chance to innovate the video overlay
(ie, looking through the iPad and seeing areas of interest in your
surroundings highlighted) tech that's evolving on the 3GS now.

I'm surprised why you would even ask about USB ports. I would expect
peripheral functionality on a device like this to be standard. Sure
it's weird on an iPhone, but not for this.

LOL. Okay, you're definitely not a Star Trek fan if you need to ask that. XD
I'm mainly just making light on the fact this is one of the first
devices that is making that piece of Star Trek tech a reality.

And DW is right. Lack of multi-tasking is huge too.

I guess it's boiling down to this. Apple is trying to force the iPhone
mobile device OS paradigm on a device that could easily be many times
more functional and _useful_ if it just ran OSX.

Apple had so much potential for innovation here, and all we got was a
glorified oversized iPod Touch. :(

]]> By: dw http://www.tim-oliver.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-92 dw Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:15:53 +0000 http://www.tim-oliver.com/?p=191#comment-92 It can't multitask or run flash.<br><br>The Star Trek Padds were essentially data terminals, usually read-only with some options for analysis. I think the one in the screenshot is showing a layout of DS9.<br><br>Now LCARS is where the shit is at, multi-touch do-anything ship-wide OS. Need to steer the ship, there's an app for that. Hail enemy vessel? There's an app for that. Reverse the tachyon pulse to close the space-time disturbance, there's an app for that too. It can't multitask or run flash.

The Star Trek Padds were essentially data terminals, usually read-only with some options for analysis. I think the one in the screenshot is showing a layout of DS9.

Now LCARS is where the shit is at, multi-touch do-anything ship-wide OS. Need to steer the ship, there's an app for that. Hail enemy vessel? There's an app for that. Reverse the tachyon pulse to close the space-time disturbance, there's an app for that too.

]]> By: Thom Peters http://www.tim-oliver.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Thom Peters Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:57:58 +0000 http://www.tim-oliver.com/?p=191#comment-91 Check it's tech page at Apple's website, there is GPS on the 3G model. Besides the camera, what hardware is it missing that the iPhone has? Since it's running iPhone apps, I think that's a better comparison.<br><br>What do you want a USB port for, besides to have it? There is a dock-connector accessory that provides a USB port for uploading pics from your camera, as well as one that reads a SD card. Check Apple's web pages on the iPad.<br><br>And, uhm, what do the Star Trek pads actually do? Can anybody actually understand what's being presented? Looks more like what you want your boss to see when checking up on you. :-) I'm sure you could easily make an app that presents that interface style, but what data you would be showing is beyond my imagination. :-/ Check it's tech page at Apple's website, there is GPS on the 3G model. Besides the camera, what hardware is it missing that the iPhone has? Since it's running iPhone apps, I think that's a better comparison.

What do you want a USB port for, besides to have it? There is a dock-connector accessory that provides a USB port for uploading pics from your camera, as well as one that reads a SD card. Check Apple's web pages on the iPad.

And, uhm, what do the Star Trek pads actually do? Can anybody actually understand what's being presented? Looks more like what you want your boss to see when checking up on you. :-) I'm sure you could easily make an app that presents that interface style, but what data you would be showing is beyond my imagination. :-/

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