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Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - mikebw - 01-27-2010
davester wrote:
It looks great, though I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of multi-tasking and I simply cannot imagine what possessed them to exclude a frakking camera. This would be the PERFECT iChat device, if only! WTF are they thinking? Is this something that AT&T is preventing them from doing to stop us from having videochat capability (same as the iPhone)?
Hey you gotta leave something for the 2nd generation iPad!
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - davester - 01-27-2010
mikebw wrote: Hey you gotta leave something for the 2nd generation iPad!
I doubt it. It's such an obvious omission that they must have a reason for it, and it certainly wouldn't be cost.
So, since it has a microphone and speaker and 3G, is there anything to stop this from operating as a VOIP phone with unlimited no-contract calling for only $30/month? There must be a way for AT&T to stop that from happening.
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - andypie48 - 01-27-2010
no camera, no USB, no lid, no connection to an external monitor.
backup?
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - Winston - 01-27-2010
andypie48 wrote:
no camera, no USB, no lid, no connection to an external monitor.
backup?
You can connect it to a VGA monitor. They probably included this so that it can be used for presentations via a projector.
http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
TV and Video
Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Composite A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite A/V Cable wrote:
It will likely back up via iTunes, just the way an iPhone does.
Good luck.
- Winston
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - RAMd®d - 01-27-2010
no camera, no USB, no lid, no connection to an external monitor.
No, because it doesn't need any of those things.
There may be peripherals yet, they'll just have to use the Dock port.
If it had a camera, would be looking up people's noses a lot of the time. iMacs and Apple displays are a better use of the iSight.
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - RAMd®d - 01-27-2010
Nice catch on the display data, Winston.
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - deckeda - 01-27-2010
davester wrote:
[quote=mikebw]Hey you gotta leave something for the 2nd generation iPad!
I doubt it. It's such an obvious omission that they must have a reason for it, and it certainly wouldn't be cost.
I bet it was cost. The pricing seems fairly aggressive, certainly lower than most, if not everyone thought it would be. Now add not just a camera, but a good camera that won't embarrass itself when viewed on the 9 or 10" screen. Even if you could hold the resulting retail addition to $30-50 more they would have missed their targets.
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - Seacrest - 01-27-2010
steve... wrote:
Sorry if I missed it, is it a glass screen? Whatever, I want one.
The iPod touch has a glass screen.
I have dropped mine several times (once going down a huge hill on my bike), and it has nary a scratch.
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - davester - 01-27-2010
Hey, I just checked apple's website and it is compatible with the apple wireless keyboard. Now, when are they going to port that compatibility over to my iPhone?
Re: Official Apple Event thread. Post your Tablet talk, iPhone wishes and more! - Winston - 01-27-2010
I wonder if it will work in external monitor mode like an iMac?
- W