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Apple iPad, Android, other tablet displays

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The camera is not a dealbreaker, but they've proven to be slow to adapt with UI features as well. Like OCBF, I was hopeful that this serious competition from Android (and to a lesser extent Palm & MS) would inspire them step up their game and accelerate their innovations.
 
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^^ :slappy:

Played with an ipad for 20 min at the apple store yesterday.

The screen resolution is far too low. It makes text, pictures and other items with detail look cheap, which is too bad because otherwise the screen is pretty nice (besides the smudges which are more cumbersome to clean than the iphone).

I strongly dislike the feel of the device. The aluminum back does not feel great on your fingers, and this becomes a lot worse when it starts reverberating from sound effects or music.

The apps were very unimpressive on the default device. The labyrinth game was fun with two people but would get old, and the productivity & multimedia apps were very mediocre imo. I would be unhappy if I had an ipad instead of a cheap (or even last generation) macbook if I were a student.

The multitouch works well enough, but I couldn't help shake the feeling this was a hardly portable iphone that couldn't make calls. I'd much rather have an iphone that was 50% larger than this thing.

While I think the iphone is starting to fall behind the android lineup (especially the EVO), I still think it's a fantastic device and a great bit of innovation. This ipad is a fairly useless, underwhelming piece of sizzle.
 
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jwinslow;1691466; said:
... resolution is far too low ... items with detail look cheap ... strongly dislike the feel ... aluminum back does not feel great ... becomes a lot worse when it starts reverberating ... apps were very unimpressive ... apps were very mediocre ... I would be unhappy if I had an ipad ... a fairly useless, underwhelming piece of sizzle.
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Don't hold back, Josh. Let us know - did you like it?

:lol:
 
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I played with one the other day at the bookstore. I agree with Jwins, I hate the feel of the aluminum case. Especially the edges on the screen side, they aren't smooth at all from what I remember. I'm sure a simple sanding could fix that though, but that would probably void your warranty. I'd much rather spend my money on a small laptop/netbook that has an actual keyboard(and many other things(FLASH support!)). The keyboard is a hunt and peck typer's dream, but I'd imagine anyone who knows anything about typing would hate it(at least I did).
 
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Solution to ipad printing here:

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So I've been testing an iPad for my work since last Friday. While I am supposed to test it for business functionality, I am also allowed to play with it and let the kids test it as well.

I largely think of it as my wife's iPod Touch's (2nd gen, I think) big brother. Very similar design, with neither having a camera. It does a nice job with the games I've tried and watching digital movies and streaming Netflix. I got a case with it that works pretty well. It allows for the screen to be slightly tilted for typing and also to stand it more upright for watching videos and such. I wish the case had a small pocket where I could keep the cloth that I use to wipe it with, and possibly even the items like the charger and USB cable.

The typing is pretty decent, but I really wish the base keyboard had a few select keys that are missing, most notably the "Tab" key. The mail app does a nice job of quickly synching with my work and gmail accounts. It's easy for me to carry into meetings and take notes in the notepad app.

That being said, actually working with text is still tricky, even with the larger screen size. It would be so much better if I could add a bluetooth mouse. It's nearly impossible to highlight specific sections and cut & paste to another area. I tried to do that the other day and decided it was easier to give up and retype the text where I wanted it to be.

The Citrix client works fairly well. A nice feature is that the keyboard for the Citrix client includes a few additional keys, most notably the "Tab" key. When I remote connect to one of my Windows servers I can then use that system to run multiple applications (like I would normally be able to do). Additionally, it does an impressive job displaying the entire computer screen, not requiring me to scroll up-and-down or side-to-side. I can see where a Virtual Desktop environment would be an excellent way to use this device for business purposes, especially if I could connect a bluetooth mouse to it. As it is, mouseless, it helps that I can easily use the zoom feature to blow up select parts of the screen so that I can click on small areas, like the upper right-hand corners of open windows.

All and all it's an impressive entertainment device. I'm not sure how practical it is for most work environments but I can see where it has some legitimate potential, again, especially in a virtual desktop environment (preferably with a bluetooth mouse). I'm looking forward to trying it out in November after the next OS update is released. The next version is supposed to include multi-processing capability, so I won't have to restart an application every time I leave it to check my email and the like.
 
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http://gizmodo.com/5737028/apple-sells-over-7-million-ipads-over-the-holidays-for-record-earnings

Apple Sells a Crazy 7 Million iPads During the Holidays For Record Earnings

If you were wondering just how huge the iPad was this holiday, the answer is very. Apple sold 7.33 million tablets last quarter on the way to a record profit of $6 billion. And we haven't even mentioned the iPhones. In the company's last quarter of selling the iPhone through a single US carrier, Apple sold a whopping 16.24 million handsets. That's an 86% increase over a year ago; Apple now sells nearly as many iPhones as iPods (19.45 million). The Mac business also grew, though not by quite so lofty a margin; the 4.13 Macs Apple sold in its last fiscal quarter represents a 23% increase over last year.
Record profit and sales was unsurprisingly matched by record revenue, which at $26.74 billion nearly doubles last year's mark of $15.68 billion.
The earnings release didn't shed any more light on the condition of Steve Jobs or sales of Apple TV, and I'm looking forward to seeing if Apple has any comment on their modestly flagging (down 7% year over year) iPod business. We'll be listening in to the company's earnings conference call at 5pm EST to see if any details spill out.
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Just replaced the Blackberry Curve with the Droid X. Looks pretty cool, just have to get used to it.

Any Droid users care to share some tips?
 
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Jake;1859337; said:
Just replaced the Blackberry Curve with the Droid X. Looks pretty cool, just have to get used to it.

Any Droid users care to share some tips?
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Syncinc contacts with Android phones is a huge pain in the ass - you have to go through Gmail; there's no straightforward thing like ActiveSync or BlackBerry Desktop Manager that can do it directly. Google Calendar sync does a nice job of syncing appointments, though.

If you want to keep track of emails while out of the office, I strongly recommend looking into the free program K-9 Mail. It polls emails very regularly. I do belt-and-suspenders by having Gmail also pull from my company email accounts (none of them are Exchange server, so I have to do the pull). The native email application sucks.

Finally, I strongly suggest you use Google Maps as your primary navigation and mapping. It works super-fast, you can use it in map or aerial photo mode, and it's good for both auto and pedestrian use.

Lots of good stuff on the Android marketplace. The real problem is avoiding browsing through all the available stuff too long - it can be a time-waster.
 
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