New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

this is basically my mum's dream computer. the only one she can do anything at all with is an iphone, but it's too small for her w/out specs

― stet, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:38 PM (56 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

as I said, getting srs DSi XL vibes from this thing

like srsly this thing would be dope as an adjunct device IF it ends up being cheap enough

xp that's true: my mom doesn't really need a bigtime comp, she needs something easy to SEE and use that does web and email

http://medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_223913_thumb300.jpg

yeah it seems like they're aiming for you to have a phone and what amounts to a fancy netbook or a phone and a fancy netbook and a pro if you're the kind who needs more than a netbook

xp yeah its a snazzy netbook

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/apple-creation-0249-rm-eng.jpg

this sums up my rxn nicely

i assume the selling point will be reading/movies, because this kind of locked down fisher price stuff clearly makes no sense as a pc replacement.

nyt

Steve Jobs really doesn't like people using more than one application at a time, does he?

― James Mitchell, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:40 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mac_OS

that nytimes front page is fucking awesome. sold

lol dsi xl pic. otm too

merlin mann: this could srsly cannibalise laptop sales

um, putting aside the syncing issue, 1 app running at a time says no

God dammit it should be its own standalone computer not a big flat iphone that needs to sync up with a desktop or whatever. Basically, if its functionality is only web browsing and iphone apps -- that is very dissapointing.

lol at NYT front page right now btw:

"Live Blog: The iPad Looks Like a Big iPhone"

yeah, it really needs multitasking. even if just for spotify, ffs.

"captured the essence" of reading newspaper

So it generates newsprint smell and ink on your fingers?

Umbrella guy is so cute:

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/appletablet/appletabletb383.jpg

XP: and the sound of rustling, and the ability to cut small portions out of it.

as a music/video control device: dope
as a way to lounge around my apartment and read shit or watch videos or cue up music on airport express: dope
as a thing that can hook into my wireless network and maybe control stuff in my house or w/e in a futuristic style: dope
as a way to manipulate data in any meaningful way (including, say, writing anything longer than a few paragraphs): ~barf~

i'm fine with it being an adjunct, but if this costs $999 that is just gonna be fucking rude

yeah the price will determine whether this is a useful device. if they are going to take away my freedom to actually manipulate files and data, they should not be charging $999

oooh, i bet games could be good on this....esp RPGs

informal poll: what is yrs price threshold on this?

if this costs like three or four bucks im there

right now it is $0, but if i had a job or w/e: $599

£1000 cos I'm a raving fanboy who wants to make print pages on this thing, £600 if I was actually thinking

I honestly would say 400-500 US, assuming i had a need for such a thing

http://www.octothorpe.com/kanyetablet.jpg

EA demoing iPad version of Need for Speed (racing game). like holding an HD display 2 inches from your face.

And I have dreamed of this.

So, over/under on "Hitler is underwhelmed by iPad" YouTube appearing before noon PST?

How the hell are you supposed to play games on this thing? Look at the thickness of the border - you're not going to be able to hold it like an iPhone and still reach the controls for, say, Chinatown Wars, are you? Not keen on the tought of cradling it in one arm and typing with the other if I'm standing up, either.

£350-400

I'd go $600, but I have to replace my laptop this year so my budget is dedicated to that.

bejeweled is gonna be wicked

next time i have 500 spare bucks im getting a vaporizer but the $500 after that for this thing, why not

I'd rather they had spent the time making the macbook air into a fkn netbook

iVape

would buy for $400 but if it was much more than that i would rather just get a new laptop

i want an iVape!

EBOOK TIME

iBooks!

I'd rather they had spent the time making the macbook air into a fkn netbook
this, still.

I'd rather they had spent the time making the macbook air into a fkn netbook

― I think ur a probotector (cozen), Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:52 PM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Gaaaaarg baseball viewer :\

Playing Civilization on this will be A++

ooh ibooks

if they port medical textbooks to it then i am SOLD

iBooks looks amazingly like this: http://www.delicious-monster.com/

ET -- have you played Civ for the iPhone? I <3 civ v v much but wonder if it's just gay or not

yeah, I was thinking that elvis tel

have they said if it has 3G yet?

ET -- have you played Civ for the iPhone? I <3 civ v v much but wonder if it's just gay or not

I've tried playing it, but the screen is just too damn small. >50% of the game time is spent just scrolling around.

yeah, it doesn't

wolf hall gonna be way easier to read on this than huge print tome

pleasseee let me read the books on my iMac too. and buy them from my iMac