Apple Tablet

[shellylh]

Agreed. I expect we will see this price point erode very quickly.

Hoping this will happen.

[Grahame]

And you thought iPad was a poor naming choice

Apple-Asses on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Hint: You don't want to use it as a search term

[laxx]

The only reason I kind of want one is to read comic books on it. I've been waiting for a color Kindle or something like the One Laptop Per Child X02 (rumors), but this will be the first that can do what I want it to.

[Grahame]

Well, now I just have to have one!

[blessingx]

Chinese manufacturer prepared to sue over iPad

[mypasswordis]

I lol'd hard. Especially at the Windows XP and the 1.5 hours battery life bullets.

[n_maher]

Well, now I just have to have one!

I saw that live last night (on TV anyway), it was a pretty funny moment.

[blessingx]

[Hopstretch]

If anything, they undersold it.

Also, Scott Forstall is really scary.

"Buy an iPad or I'll eat your face! It looks delicious."

Edited February 1, 2010 by Hopstretch

[Hopstretch]

On the Amazon/MacMillan fracas.

All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend Whatever

[Dusty Chalk]

@laxx -- I thought the Nook was color?

i personally think $9.99 is ridiculously high. i sure won't buy ebooks for $15.

I probably won't. I have paid for exactly one book so far, but have to admit to feeling ripped off without a physical analog -- it should easily be cheaper than any other format of the same book, since there's no physical media, no shipping, no handling, and no damaged returns.

[manaox2]

@laxx -- I thought the Nook was color?I probably won't. I have paid for exactly one book so far, but have to admit to feeling ripped off without a physical analog -- it should easily be cheaper than any other format of the same book, since there's no physical media, no shipping, no handling, and no damaged returns.

It has a little color touch screen, but it uses an eInk screen for the ebooks themselves.

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[jvlgato]

Wow! Just found out the electronic medical records web site I was interested in ONLY works on Internet Explorer! No Firefox, no Safari ... So, no iPad.

That's a deal breaker, don't you think? Shows you how prepared the medical community is for the big electronic records transition ...

So I've been researching other sites, and most of them have their demos done in Flash, which I believe iPad will not support. Is not supporting Flash a big problem in your minds?

I hate compatibility wars - I'm still watching videos on my HD DVD player and I think I still have a DBX cassette player in my closet. Still think DBX was better than that darn 'Doubly'! )

[Hopstretch]

It never ends.

Rumor: Apple Has Another Tablet In The Works. More Like A Mac Than An iPhone.

"I made one. But then I EATED IT!"

Edited February 2, 2010 by Hopstretch

[jvlgato]

iDepends?

[thrice]

It never ends.

Rumor: Apple Has Another Tablet In The Works. More Like A Mac Than An iPhone.

Ugh. The first one hasn't even been released. This just in, tech companies have prototypes of future products in various states of development.

[grawk]

I would fully expect ipad medical records software to be out within the next 6 months.

[morphsci]

For some reason I have this feeling that the flood of ipad software will soon make the iphone apps seem like a trickle.

[The Monkey]

I just found out there's no RS-232 port. Deal-breaker.

[jvlgato]

I just found out there's no RS-232 port. Deal-breaker.

Really? What would you use this for in an iPad device? Seems it would be used more in a laptop or desktop. Just curious ...

[grawk]

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[jvlgato]

I would fully expect ipad medical records software to be out within the next 6 months.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Unfortunately, medical software is traditionally a few generations behind in timing, price, and quality. I was using a DOS based billing program up to a few years ago. Not because there wasn't something else available, but because what was available was outrageously expensive, slow, unstable, or just not any better functioning. Even now, when I demo the online EMR and scheduling sites, they are drab and slow compared to most other productivity sites that I see. I have to say though, that the medical community itself is notoriously slow at adopting new technology, so maybe it's hard to design new, trendy things when your customers refuse to buy in ...

[laxx]

I wouldn't expect medical records software to be on the iPad. I'm sure they make some kind of crazy contract with someone that restricts them to whatever.

I'm actually really looking forward to this for comic book reading on the train!

[The Monkey]

Really? What would you use this for in an iPad device? Seems it would be used more in a laptop or desktop. Just curious ...

How else will this damn thing connect to the internets?

[grawk]

My dad's always been pretty ahead on the curve, and has been doing medical records via a tablet for several years, and uses epocrates on his windows mobile device. I don't know that the medical community is all behind the curve