Apple Tablet

[grawk]

I stopped using screen protectors. The bubbles and scratches on the protector bothered me, and I've never gotten one on the screen without it

[blessingx]

He was too busy having a leg cross-off with Eric!

Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos - Google - Gizmodo

THINK ... sexy

(from above linked body language).

Also: Apple bans protective screen film from Apple Store | iLounge News

[Hopstretch]

The 'iPad Era' dawns

[jvlgato]

The 'iPad Era' dawns

I agree with this article. I don't think it will be right away, and many will say it's not a success initially; but check back in a few years, and I bet this will turn out to be true.

[blessingx]

Newsweek hates, then loves, the iPad - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Brainstorm Tech

Dan Lyons seems pretty honest in the video actually.

Also: http://www.newsweek.com/id/232723

And newly: http://www.newsweek.com/id/235565

Anyone else ever so slightly nervous about the iPads smallish size? I keep thinking it's bigger than the specs indicate.

Edited March 27, 2010 by blessingx

[n_maher]

Anyone else ever so slightly nervous about the iPads smallish size? I keep thinking it's bigger than the specs indicate.

Nervous, no, but that's because I'm not an early adopter. As much as Mr. Jobs wants me to believe that the web looks fantastic on an 8" screen, I often find myself wanting a bit more space on a 13" screen and viewing the web on my do-nothing-well netbook can be downright frustrating. Don't get me wrong the 13" macbook is just about the perfect laptop-sized laptop and the netbook was absolutely what vacation called for but for day to day usage color me very skeptical.

The idea of cutting that viewable space down as much as an Ipad will is something that I'll have to see in person before believing. I also think that in this "quicker, better, faster" world it's likely that something like this will at least grow a little be in later generations. It's already not pocked sized so another inch or two on the diagonal doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

[blessingx]

I know a lot of people are predicting larger iPad sizes in the (possibly even near) future, but Apple is attempting its second "pixel perfect" UI. As oppose to Android for instance (or Mac OS), Apple is locking itself into set resolutions (if preliminary mock-ups are believed) and, and although doubling or quadrupling pixel counts for apps could be relatively seemless, some apps, bitmap graphics and even websites creating different versions could get complicated quick. iPad versions of apps are already getting very specific about new real estate (not simply scaling). I can't imagine creating separate iPhone, iPad, iPad with slightly higher resolution, iPhone with slightly higher resolution, next iPad with even higher resolution, etc. versions of every app/mobile website.

iTunes LP is also a pixel locked format. I'm sure Apple is eyeing the future, but I'm trying to figure out how iPhones will meet or surpass the Nexus Ones resolution or the iPad will increase 2" in height, etc., thus changing ratios with such specific presentations.

[n_maher]

I guess it'll be interesting to see over the next few years if they think that the two resolutions that they've chosen are still adequate. I still find it odd that they decided not to support 720p with the screen resolution on the Ipad. I have a feeling that pixel doubling is not going to matter much, every app developer is going to do ipad specific versions of their apps. I imagine the fear was that developers wouldn't support the pad initially so Apple wanted to be able to make claims about the # of apps available, turns out they didn't have to worry about that.

[jp11801]

UPS tracking data, wow it's shipping direct from China

SHENZHEN, CN 03/29/2010 6:29 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN

[909]

congrats, john!

my black macbook (first gen), macbook pro, and macbook pro unibody (first gen) all shipped directly out of china too.

[Hopstretch]

Mine shipped too. Pity its UPS -- they miss deliveries all the time around here. Fingers crossed.

[The Monkey]

I recall reading that despite the shipping notices, Apple coordinates with UPS to deliver no sooner than the "official" launch date.

[tyrion]

My status says "Prepared for Shipment".

[Hopstretch]

Good news, I think?

Brightcove (and therefore The New York Times and Time, Inc) Announces Support for HTML5 Video - Mac Rumors

[shellylh]

Got my shipping notice too. Let's hope that UPS doesn't screw it up.

[blessingx]

Anyone get a feeling if you'll be able to directly broadcast over airTunes/to Airport Express from the iPad (like Mac/Windows) or it'll simply function as a remote (like iPhone/touch)?

See a few others have asked around web, but find no, even speculative, answers.

[grawk]

Remote seems more likely

[tyrion]

Did anyone that received shipping notification use Amex to pay?

[grawk]

I used an amex to pay and didn't get a shipping notice

[tyrion]

Just saw this on macrumors:

[shellylh]

Mike: I used Mastercard.

That looks like a nice stand!

[tyrion]

From what I can tell from reading some of the forums on macrumors, people that used Amex have not been charged and have not received shipping notification.

[blessingx]

Guided tours - Apple - iPad - Guided Tours

[HeadphoneAddict]

I got an email from Apple that said they could not process my payment and to call my credit card company. I called Chase and they said Apple never tried to submit the charge and that there was no fraud alert or hold on my account. Basically Chase hasn't seen the charge attempt yet nor is there a hold for the $622, although they saw a $10.38 charge for the iTunes music store earlier today.

I called the Apple store toll free number in the email and they said it was a mistake and a lot of those emails went out in error. Apple said the charge was approved and to ignore the email, but that it will not be charged till it ships. At that point I told them there is no charge on hold according to Chase. They said don't worry, and just check back in a day or two. I don't know what to think.

[grawk]

they're out to get you