Honest ipad advert

[amcdonald]

I am getting iPad 2 as soon as it gets released...

Thank goodness Apple don't make lightbulbs, can you image the upgrade cycle

At least wait till christmas then you have a shiny iPad 3, iPad 2 is going to look so last year

[TimberWolf]

So maybe after all you are wrong and that granny could have bought a smashing thing for her grandchildren - when they grow up in 30 years they'd sell it for gazillions, and it was all due to you that she did not buy it. How do you feel about it?

Wouln't a 29 year old iPad, with 2 cameras, be a better investment than a 30 year old model with no camera or HDMI output?

[AtW]

Wouln't a 29 year old iPad, with 2 cameras, be a better investment than a 30 year old model with no camera or HDMI output?

No, it would not be because the first generation model is preferable for antique purposes.

HTH

[TimberWolf]

No, it would not be because the first generation model is preferable for antique purposes.

HTH

I wonder whether the battery won't leak or explode long before then anyway. And if the battery ever needed replacing, your iPad might come back as a refurbished second hand model Or 15th hand after 30 years.
Dead iPad battery? Never mind replacing it, Apple just sends another iPad for $99 -- Engadget

[Freamon]

No, it would not be because the first generation model is preferable for antique purposes.

HTH

The reason the Apple 1 is collectible is that very few of them were sold or made. The iPad will never be any more collectable than a Vauxhall Astra.

[AtW]

Look, in 30 years there will be 30 iterations of iPads - so much better and so much faster than nobody in their sane mind would have the original release. Apart from that granny's grandchildren who could have been quids in had it not been for negative thinking of TimberWolf.

[TimberWolf]

Look, in 30 years there will be 30 iterations of iPads - so much better and so much faster than nobody in their sane mind would have the original release. Apart from that granny's grandchildren who could have been quids in had it not been for negative thinking of TimberWolf.

Yeah, look how far we've come in 30 years:
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The mind boggles at what the next 30 years will bring. An extra camera?

[amcdonald]

Yeah, look how far we've come in 30 years:

The mind boggles at what the next 30 years will bring. An extra camera?

I reckon in 25 years there will be an iPad 25th anniversery model where Apple will revolutionise the PC market by inventing the mouse

[Incognito]

I have the iPad, I see no need to upgrade. I've had it since it first came out and it is still the nuts.

[TimberWolf]

I reckon in 25 years there will be an iPad 25th anniversery model where Apple will revolutionise the PC market by inventing the mouse

Maybe there will be a place for the mouse in the future, perhaps for developers, but I imagine the avergae user would be glad to see the end of the mouse.

this iPad app is actually a new tool for manipulating molecules. Optical tweezers let scientists user laser beams to move tiny particles in 3D space, but controlling them via a mouse or joystick can be a painstaking process, especially when working with more than one particle. Now, researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Bristol, UK have developed better solution that takes advantage of the iPad's multi-touch technology.One Per Cent: Manipulate molecules on your iPad