Reply to: iPad 3 out!

[Sysman]

Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor and they'd be a lot more usefull

STUNNING NEW APPLE DEVICES that will follow the iPad 3 HD!

"But it still wasn't right," reveals our source. "You've probably noticed that touchscreen text entry is, basically, crap. And reaching up to manipulate apps by touching the screen with fingers was still a major issue ergonomics-wise."

...

"Then it hit us," says our source. "The text-entry touchscreen could use a different kind of technology to the other one - and the main display panel didn't really need to be a touchscreen at all."

Though I can't help thinking this was written as a First of April article which got released a bit early

[Sysman]

It's a mobile phone with some computer capabilities build in.

HTH

It probably has far more processing power than the computer you first worked on.

[Sysman]

No it isn't. It's a handheld computer that happens to have phone capabilities built in.

Personally I hate telephones and never use them. Antiquated Victorian technology. I'd prefer it if telephony was abolished.

Ditto. Something I read in a management book years ago greatly appealed to me: it recommended that phones shouldn't have a bell, but a flashing light instead.

The downside of that was that British Rail adopted that recommendation.for telephone enquiries, and you were lucky to get an answer.

[d000hg]

What world is that, being an apple employee?, that will be the the only world where people use tablets rather than laptops or desktops in the office.

I was going to rub your nose in how wrong and short-sighted you are, but I can't find a better way to do so than quote your own post.

[TheFaQQer]

No one holding out for a Kindle Fire then?

Possibly / probably - there are already some instructions on getting the Fire to work in the UK. I'm not sure about something that small, though.

I really can't justify what I would do with a tablet that I wouldn't do with a laptop - by the time I can, the Fire should be available in the UK

[TheFaQQer]

I don't see people using a tablet to do office work on

Oracle have a whole range of things for the iPad, but as far as I am aware, nothing for Android.

Not that Oracle are known for always getting the software platform right, of course.

[russell]

Which just goes to show, you're not living in the same world as most of the rest of us. Stop extrapolating your view of the world to everyone else, it is very narrow minded and leads to looking like a div.

What world is that, being an apple employee?, that will be the the only world where people use tablets rather than laptops or desktops in the office.

[darmstadt]

Good luck upgrading your 3 month old Android phone to Ice Cream Sandwich any time soon. Now excuse me while I upgrade my 3 year old iPhone to the latest version of iOS, released last night

My 3 month old Android phone came with Ice Cream Sandwich...

Anyone remember those excellent IBM Thinkpads Transnotes, thats all you need

[TimberWolf]

No one holding out for a Kindle Fire then?

[d000hg]

Never saw a tablet once in any office except for apple mongs bringing in their precious toys.

Which just goes to show, you're not living in the same world as most of the rest of us. Stop extrapolating your view of the world to everyone else, it is very narrow minded and leads to looking like a div.

[doodab]

Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor and they'd be a lot more usefull

Very true. The tablet + keyboard concept will definitely catch on once it can be docked with a full size screen as well. I'm waiting for an A4 tablet myself.

[russell]

I see it quite often. Not massive spreadsheets but notetaking, emails and so forth. They have all been using iPads. I can definitely see the windows ones catching on if they integrate well into existing setups e.g. supporting AD, windows file servers, exchange and so on. It'll be another thing that corporate folk have, just like they all have laptops, docking stations, monitors and so on now.

Never saw a tablet once in any office except for apple mongs bringing in their precious toys.

[amcdonald]

I don't see people using a tablet to do office work on, its more for home use or specialized business use like in hospitals for show xrays etc. Can't see someone trying to create a complex spreadsheet on a tablet device. Android will become the most popular tablet OS then iOS, windows will be a distant 3rd as they are far too late to the party.

Add a keyboard, mouse and monitor and they'd be a lot more usefull

[d000hg]

So the iOS is a great device if you have a time machine, all those oggs, mpegs, swf etc will be converted at some point..won't they????

If you are hoarding a load of local content from years ago, you are not a target user for iPad... the modern user buys digital content online or consumes streaming content, which IS all compatible.
The regular user can't even GET their old OGGs onto their tablet in the first place. Again - you're clearly not a typical user so you should pick something more specialised... assuming everyone else has the same practices as a middle aged IT geek is a dangerous move to make.

[doodab]

I don't see people using a tablet to do office work on

I see it quite often. Not massive spreadsheets but notetaking, emails and so forth. They have all been using iPads. I can definitely see the windows ones catching on if they integrate well into existing setups e.g. supporting AD, windows file servers, exchange and so on. It'll be another thing that corporate folk have, just like they all have laptops, docking stations, monitors and so on now.