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Old 01-27-2010, 01:28 PM
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So no multi tasking ??
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I can't think of one time I said that I wished my Iphone was bigger. I don't need this thing....If it was cheaper and did more then then Iphone, then maybe.
Ok, I take that back....From an IT support point of view - If it ran VNC, Remote Desktop and various VPN connections, then I see a use....
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
Do is have a USB slot for "memory sticks"?
Did I miss that part?
I don't see a USB slot in any of the pictures so far.
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I like it. And I like the base model for the starting price. Is it revolutionary? Not really.
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“It just feels right to hold the internet in your hand — when you see something, you just reach out and tap it. You don’t think about it… you just DO.”
but if you want to type something, you have to put it down.
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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
This had so much potential.....what a waste....not even multi-tasking.
Buy two of them....
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SO many whiners.
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Originally Posted by v6cord2k5
I don't see a USB slot in any of the pictures so far.
yeah I doubt any USB ports. that would be giving the consumer FAR too much flexibility. and well, that's just wrong! wrong.
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
So no multi tasking ??
From engadget:

11:26AM So to recap. No multitasking. No word on notifications.
Old 01-27-2010, 01:31 PM
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This thing sucks. Debating selling my AAPL stock tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by srika
but if you want to type something, you have to put it down.
Or people will hold it and type with one had. much like the iphone.
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Originally Posted by srika
“It just feels right to hold the internet in your hand — when you see something, you just reach out and tap it. You don’t think about it… you just DO.”
Every time I'm watching porn it's in my hand and I'm always saying I want to tap that. Obvious statement is obvious.
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Originally Posted by srika
yeah I doubt any USB ports. that would be giving the consumer FAR too much flexibility. and well, that's just wrong! wrong.
Go play with your iphone
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
SO many whiners.
What's so fantastic about it
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
SO many whiners.
Apple creates that...Its in their presentation.
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AAPL up 1.53.
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Originally Posted by srika
but if you want to type something, you have to put it down.
Just like every other device this size.
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So I'm guessing they will port a condensed version of this OS into the new iphone. Put the new Apple processor in it and viola...iphone 4G.
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Originally Posted by Anachostic
Every time I'm watching porn it's in my hand and I'm always saying I want to tap that. Obvious statement is obvious.
Need Adobe for Porn!!
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Originally Posted by sharp218
This thing sucks. Debating selling my AAPL stock tomorrow.
To buy the Ipad?
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Magical and Revolutionary device?!?!?!?

You are laying it on thick, Steve!
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Or people will hold it and type with one had. much like the iphone.
because its so fun to type with one hand
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Originally Posted by jupitersolo
Just like every other device this size.
What?
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Originally Posted by GIBSON6594
So I'm guessing they will port a condensed version of this OS into the new iphone. Put the new Apple processor in it and viola...iphone 4G.
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CNET just played a cricket sound effect. That about sums it up.
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I guess that's it?
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It looks like it would be really easy to drop lol. But I'm kinda meh. I use my iPod Touch a lot for web browsing because it's so small but this thing doesn't look so great. If you could put it on a stand and watch Apple TV on it, have some laptop like programs (Photoshop would be awesome), and make it more like a computer then an oversized iTouch then it would be pretty sweet.

edit: If it was a Macbook in tablet form with iPhone multitouch tech and similar OS I would be all over that.

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Originally Posted by Moog-Type-S
What's so fantastic about it
Its a cool little device, nothing super earth shattering as far as what people hoped. Has somes ifs about it, but it does and will have its place in the market.

But since its not the GOD device, and it bares apples name more than some of find something to cry, piss, or moan about it.

If this was HP or someone announcing this device there would be hardly any whining.

Its like any time the name apple is mentioned half of you needs a tampon, a box of tissues, and a chocolate bar.
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Originally Posted by jupitersolo
Just like every other device this size.
then don't keep saying "in your hand"

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Originally Posted by Mizouse
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I may just keep it for a while but I was seriously hoping for something revolutionary. This is a nifty toy but in terms of sales it looks like a relative failure.
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Originally Posted by zguy95135
It looks like it would be really easy to drop lol. But I'm kinda meh. I use my iPod Touch a lot for web browsing because it's so small but this thing doesn't look so great. If you could put it on a stand and watch Apple TV on it, have some laptop like programs (Photoshop would be awesome), and make it more like a computer then an oversized iTouch then it would be pretty sweet.
just like el iphone...
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That's it????
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Its a cool little device, nothing super earth shattering as far as what people hoped. Has somes ifs about it, but it does and will have its place in the market.

But since its not the GOD device, and it bares apples name more than some of find something to cry, piss, or moan about it.

If this was HP or someone announcing this device there would be hardly any whining.

Its like any time the name apple is mentioned half of you needs a tampon, a box of tissues, and a chocolate bar.
Because HP doesn't market things as the end off of all technology...

But agreed, its cool, but useless...
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With Apple it's either:

-Holy mother of God, I have to sell everything to have one

or

-Overpriced, not worth it. Y'all are fanbois.


Not much in between.
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Originally Posted by Sarlacc
Its a cool little device, nothing super earth shattering as far as what people hoped. Has somes ifs about it, but it does and will have its place in the market.

But since its not the GOD device, and it bares apples name more than some of find something to cry, piss, or moan about it.

If this was HP or someone announcing this device there would be hardly any whining.

Its like any time the name apple is mentioned half of you needs a tampon, a box of tissues, and a chocolate bar.
I like Apple...but revolutionary? Magical? Please.....it's a shadow of what it could/should have been....and the 3G pricing is outlandish + the 3G access fees.
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Originally Posted by srika
then don't keep saying "in your hand"

thx
Well it is in your hand, guess most people won't be able to hold this and type on it's pad at the same time.
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When are the MBP updates coming!!!
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Originally Posted by Mizouse
That's it????
No porn...
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Originally Posted by CocheseUGA
With Apple it's either:

-Holy mother of God, I have to sell everything to have one

or

-Overpriced, not worth it. Y'all are fanbois.


Not much in between.
That's what most said years ago, but they know own Apple's iphone and/or MBP.


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