iPad will fail...

[gingerjedi]

Fair point, well made

You're still being charged £2 more for your 0's and 1's.

[Spacecadet]

You're still being charged £2 more for less 0's and 1's.

FTFY

[NickFitz]

I could have sworn I saw a piece saying there will be a new iBooks site to download stuff for the iPad from and they'll charge extra for the ebooks of hardback editions. WTF!?

"I think I might have read something somewhere that said something or other" is hardly a solid body of fact on which to base an opinion.

[Pondlife]

I just had a look on the iTunes store for Neil Young's album Harvest, on the basis that it's been around a good while so the price won't be affected by promotions and such. UK price: £7.99; US price: $9.99.

Similarly for other artists I looked at.

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi?Am...rom=USD&To=GBP

Not £6.71 then.

Why do we always get stiffed? I know it's better than yesteryear but still.

[NickFitz]

You are to defensive.

...says the man who rushed to denigrate the piece I quoted, rather than accepting that the piece he quoted might not be the final word on the subject

too

[TroubleAtMill]

I think it will be brought to meetings, when there's a need to quickly show off information while you've got the audience's attention rather than being caught faffing around with cables trying to set up a projector asking Mr IT where the network cable is to connect to the company server - etc

I'm not convinced. The iPad is wireless only so that limits the pool of organisations that can use it - otherwise, I would have a seen of lot laptops being carried around.

[Spacecadet]

"I think I might have read something somewhere that said something or other" is hardly a solid body of fact on which to base an opinion.

http://flavorwire.com/65663/5-ways-t...ore-steve-jobs

The screenshots seem to indicate the iBookstore could meet somewhere in the middle for new releases

[Bunk]

I think it will be brought to meetings, when there's a need to quickly show off information while you've got the audience's attention rather than being caught faffing around with cables trying to set up a projector asking Mr IT where the network cable is to connect to the company server - etc

Yep, the thing I can see it being used for is advertising/meedja types to show off things in presentations. It's right up their street.

[NickFitz]

http://flavorwire.com/65663/5-ways-t...ore-steve-jobs

...which doesn't say anything that could be interpreted as supporting the OP's contention. All it says is that publishers are pissed off at what they perceive as Amazon forcing them to sell stuff for less than they think it's worth, and may choose to go with Apple if they think they'll get a better return on their investment.

[Pondlife]

I think it will be brought to meetings, when there's a need to quickly show off information while you've got the audience's attention rather than being caught faffing around with cables trying to set up a projector asking Mr IT where the network cable is to connect to the company server - etc

Can't see that happening to be honest. Only one/two people can view it at once. You're better off with print outs

Also, Can you connect it to a) a projector or b) the network (not wifi) once IT bod has found some cables?