iPad vs. iPhone... fight!

At last, the moment you've all been waiting for! Two minimalistic slate-style devices, together at last. Check out our full hands-on for the rest of this holy war.

[audiovideology Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:24PM]

This is the coolest picture frame I have ever seen. At $499, I am getting just for that, and only that.

...Maybe when it has a camera I might consider the 3G option.

[nicholasgent Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:27PM]

hmmm... iPhone!

In a word: underwhelmed.
The publishers that have signed do not publish many books of intellect.
There is no phone in the device (was thinking some kind of wireless link up to a headpiece at least?!) meaning ANOTHER piece of hardware to stuff into my hand luggage.
iWork? really? Sorry but corporate is going to stick with microsoft methinks...
No webcam?! pah..
With the above in mind its just a big iPod Touch (more like touching cloth?!) and who wants wants one of those? No thanks...

[irwed Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:35PM]

LOL LCD display. by tthe way, full video iPad presentation full, follow this: http://bit.ly/99N8cC

[JAM Posted Jan 27th 2010 4:47PM]

@cherryboom

I hope the iPad has a good spell-checker because you are going to need it.

[custmmade Posted Jan 27th 2010 5:07PM]

both of them suck.

[Tensai Posted Jan 27th 2010 5:10PM]

If only it had android on it...

[iamjared Posted Jan 27th 2010 5:10PM]

this article might as well be called "Apples vs. Oranges... fight!"

fuggin stupid.

[Phrequensi Posted Jan 27th 2010 5:57PM]

Well it is exactly as I thought it would be. A tablet with the form factor of an iPod/Phone. It was a good move and a risk well worth taking in the tablet market. More like an IPod than an average E-reader, iWork app adds teeth to this iPod on Roids'. Since I happen to be fond of, actually love, my iPodTouch, it's not hard to see myself on the sofa or jetting around with an iPad.

in all fairness, I don't have an iPhone, I have a 32GB IPodTouch. So I don't have the phone and camera features to miss.
Yes i do have a smart phone the Pre.
AT&T data plans are just ridiculous.

So having an IPod only, there's a natural tendency for me to have a more favorable view of the iPad, which I do. I think it is a good device and niche to challenge. Apple has, though a bit product redundant, made a good move in the tablet market.

IPhone vs. IPad Winner = Apple

[dtach Posted Jan 27th 2010 6:04PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Hz8dhQw8Q

Revolutionary experience? Or absurdly hyped?

[cosmicinglewood Posted Jan 27th 2010 6:27PM]

Fits in Pocket = Portable + 1 for iPhone
Has ok Camera = Nice + 1 for iPhone
Name is Reasonable = Sounds Nice + 1 for iPhone
Has normal Sim = Useful + 1 iPhone
Too Thick = Sucks -1 iPhone (look to form Touch for inspiration)
Screen Resolution Satisfactory = +1 iPhone
Iphone OS 3.2 Understandable + 1 iPhone
No Multitasking = Its a Phone __ No Points
Use as GPS = Too Small = -1 iPhone
Survives Impact = Moderate = +1 iPhone
High 2 Year ownership cost = -50 iPhone
Support Ebook formats = its a phone = no points
Not even close to macbook = no points
No Inductive Charging = Optional = no points

Better Screen = Better Experience + 1 iPad
Clean Design and thin form factor + 1 iPad
Missing OLED = Battery Waster IPS LCD -1 iPad
iPad = Ewww name -1 iPad
Missing Camera = WTF -1 iPad
1 Month Standby = Tight +5 iPad
10HR max use = reasonable +2iPad
1024x768 = VGA -3 iPad
Iphone OS 3.2 = No Beat Win7 netbook ? = -5 iPad
No Multi-tasking = WTF = -10 iPad
Best GPS Size = Safe = +50 iPad
Windshield Mount/ Auto Kit = Not yet = -1 iPad
Likely to Bust if Dropped = Wack= -5 iPad
Unlocked = The Way It Should be + 20 iPad
Lower 2yr Cost of Ownership = +50 iPad
Can't read other ebooks = weak - 2 iPad
Macbook deal (2x $499 for a product that is 5x tighter) -10 iPad
$499 Baseprice = Smart +500 iPad
$130 for 3G = Stupid -350 iPad
Lack of Inductive Charging = meh -1 iPad

Both support Bluetooth 2.1 EDR = +1000 for both iPhone and iPad

No Support Wifi sync/ bluetooth sync - 250 for both iPhone and iPad

No Adobe Flash = -400 for both iPhone and iPad; WTF adobe, is it really that hard to rewrite the freaking flash to work in the iPhone OS; NO- so WTF get too it!

Missing SD/ Micro SD ports = WTF = -1000 both iPad and iPhone

Internal Battery = Gadget Surgery - 500 both iPad and iPhone

ATT only = Out of Range/ No Signal = -900 both iPad and iPhone

No Hulu App = WTF - 200 both iPad and iPhone

Again- let the market speak; I personally dislike ATT so my point system is skewed. I also really like Hulu, memory expansion slots and easily removable batteries, other biases that skew my point system.

People will vote with their money!

16GB is a let down (the base should have been 32GB) 64GBHigh end = Ipod has the same = also a let down (should be at least 128GB)= mores law = double the transistors (memory bits for storage) every 18 months... get to it or stick a freaking memory expansion slot like SD or micro sd in your things~

It will be interesting to see how the market responds when this iPad hits the underwear of the Apple stores.....

[Monkeymind Posted Jan 27th 2010 6:40PM]

I love my MBP, I like my iPhone but the iPad...Are you having a laugh?

If nothing else, this has to be the most overhyped, underwhelming 'toy' of the new Decade. Well done Apple.


Oh, and one more thing...

NEVER trust a man who tucks his sweater into his jeans.

[thinkindependent Posted Jan 27th 2010 6:41PM]

So in summary this is pretty much a faster, over sized ipod touch; or is it a larger neutered iphone? Either way here we are the ipad.

Maybe the should re-name the ipod touch the iTampon or just iPon.

[Hazzz Posted Jan 27th 2010 7:10PM]

iPad vs iPhone??? Different target markets entirely. Magazines and newspapers and a salesman's briefcase and tons of stuff none of us have thought of yet.

1. It puts the traditional way of selling ads and newspapers back in play ---> Advertising. Read your magazine page and the ads are imbeded in the page. Magazines are going to be giving these things away to their subscriber base. Newspapers... same thing.

2. Sales. Some direct salesman working for Abbott Labs, instead of pulling out a notebook sized flip chart and giving a half-a**ed presentation, pulls out his iPad gives a spectactacular presentation then checks inventory at the warehouse via his Abbott Warehouse Inventory App and books the order on his Abbott Order Processing App. He has the decision maker sign the order then emails a receipt and a copy of everything to the customer. The order is shipped the same day. Taking 36 hours off the sales cycle... reducing the carrying costs for inventory, etc.

Then while on the plane home he reads the new technical manuals for his product line.

It's not the iPad... it's really the Apple II. Another revolution has begun.

[Scud Posted Jan 27th 2010 11:38PM]

Looks like there are heaps of people that hate this thing!!!
Not a bad toy to have around the house, i mean saves you carrying a laptop around but still has all the basic functions. Lets face it, as much as i love my iPhone, when it comes to movies, emails and internet browsing, there is only so much pinching you can do. The screen is a little bit small, i think having an iPad lying around the house will solve that problem! Also, it great for uni, you have all iWork functions without carrying a laptop. Not sure you need the 3G really. Wouldn't really need to take this on the road, although you never know.

[seven5suited Posted Jan 28th 2010 12:16PM]

This is like the Special Olympics of electronics. It was one thing to have such limited capabilities on a phone. The missing pieces on this iPad are just too mane to swallow. iPhone wins. (I never though those two words would be juxtaposed that way by my fingers.)

[Chris8920 Posted Jan 28th 2010 9:24PM]

A Glorified iPod Touch with optional 3G. This is supposed to be better than a netbook?

[Kendrick Posted Jan 29th 2010 7:06AM]

The iTouch/iPhone wins in my opinion. The iPad is just overhyped and doesnt seem to replace anything I have or fit in with my lifestyle. I don't feel like paying an extra $200 for a bigger screen. Besides, the iPad's size seems like more of a hinderance than a feature. I'm not seeing what's so "magical" about the iPad.

[HTCHD2 Posted Jan 30th 2010 1:03AM]

c'mon how can you compare...only if you put an ipad in your pocket