http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/ Engadget Comments for Conde Nast stakes out 'leadership position' on iPad http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Oh, and it needs HDMI-out too.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Also it needs to support .mkv videos and it needs to have some USB ports for dongles, mice and keyboards, you never know when you might need some of that stuff.


Ah well, maybe ASUS will make a tablet good enough for me in a few years.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
I'm just curious... why would anyone who already has an iPod or MacBook buy an iPad? Seems a bit redundant if you ask me. You'd think after all these years people would wise up to buying something that lacks features that are considered standard fare amongst devices such as this.

I don't know, maybe I'm just over-analyzing this whole "iPad craze" to be something more than it really is?

*shrug*]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Maybe you need a laptop. Remember, the iPad is for doing basic functions, web surfing, video, audio, pics, word processing etc. Just get a lappy if you need one. Currently, the technology can't support a thin slate that does all that. It's too intensive, hot, battery draining etc. in a form factor of a slate.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Sorry for the double post -- Engadget doesn't allow comment editing.

Can someone tell me what the iPad does differently that makes it stand out from its peers and brethren other than having a larger screen?]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/You're right- you could do the same things on an iPhone or smart phone, but web surfing would be a lot better, as would reading books. Have you tried to read a book on a smart phone? I have; Call of the Wild, Dracula, and others. It. Is. Not. Enjoyable. While you could do so much more on a laptop, using the iPad as a newspaper right beside your breakfast, or reading your news when you wake up, flying on an air plane with it in you hands, etc., you can see that the form factor is indeed better than a laptop. The other thing Apple managed to do was to keep it as a peripheral so it won't cannibalize on their iPhones or MacBooks. AND truth be told, minus the Flash content, it doesn't miss much of BASIC computer tasks. Adding to the previous points, those that were lucky enough to play with an iPad all had one opinion in common- SPEED. The iPad is FAST. Sometimes, you don't want all the other sh!t on your computer, just a swipe with your finger and your on the internet, email, etc. I'm excited to see how this fares. I'm may flop, but seriously, I doubt it. We'll see in a month won't we?]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Yeah... the iPad definitely a confusing device. Not really replacing anything... it's its own thing.

You could buy it to browse the web on the couch or in bed, being smaller than a hot, heavy laptop but bigger than a cellphone.

You could use it to read these new specially formatted magazines that this article is talking about. Plus, it runs all of the iPhone apps and games which are wildly popular... and I'm sure there will be tons of new apps that are specifically made for the iPad.

So, yeah... if you already have a laptop and a cellphone... it seems like a silly device. But, I'm sure people will find ways to use it.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
I already have a laptop, but i'd like to have a more compact version that's cheaper and maybe has some simplified OS and an ARM processor to save power. So these are a few of the good things about the iPad, but as i said above it's still quite a few features away from me considering buying it. And the $199 i mentioned might have been a bit too optimistic, $499 is ok if it does everything i need.

If it does not, i simply don't need another device between my smartphone and my laptop.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/@think before you react is absolutely right about all those iPad benefits. In my opinion though, the main thing an iPad does differently than its competitors is give you access to Apple's massive content library. Sure the Notion Ink Adam has an impressive (albeit not perfect) Pixel Qi screen and maybe even a longer battery life than the iPad, but it doesn't have the iTunes Store, the App Store, or the iBookstore. You could argue having Flash on other devices gives you access to Hulu and therefore a number of TV shows, but if you easily want to consume content (and what is a tablet like an iPad or Adam if not a content consumption device?) I would say the iPad offers the most choices in which content you want to consume. And if you want to create content as well, iWork is a truly awesome, productive, and dare I say it, fun suite, the likes of which we won't see on iPad competitors.]]>Mar 1st 2010 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
I think your question should have been "Can someone tell me what the iPad does differently FOR ME that makes it stand out from its peers and brethren..."

What the iPad does differently is that it meets certain needs. Nothing more, nothing less. But that, in itself, is more than enough.

The iPad like every other device out there on the market (and in development labs around the world) is nothing more than a series of compromises. That's why no product will ever be perfect... we all rant & rave about why this sucks & that rocks but in the main, that's just us whacking off about what compromises we're prepared to make or NOT make!

So, will the iPad be successful? If there are enough users out there prepared to live with the compromises they feel they need to make in order to use the iPad for what it will do well, you betcha!

My guess is that there may be more than enough uncles & aunties, mums & dads with a decent amount of loose change in their pockets who will not have a big list of 'must have' features - other than, "You mean I can replace all my favourite magazines with this device?". For them, it'll be a no brainer.

That it has nerd-worthy shortcomings... seriously who, other than us nerds, will give a hoot!?! :-)
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Seriously folks, i cant get the hate or the "whats the use" cries, this thing is perfect for my needs, heck i can see my girlf trading in her macbook for one as all she does with it is surf the bloody net on a £1000 machine!?]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
You can keep dreaming. And the real work just don't work for you.
But I will buy iPad and enjoy the current state of art.

Some people just like dreaming of un-realistic product.
Unlike other hype product like joojoo or slate.
iPad is real one and you can get it NOW.

]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
After inital pfft and then some serious thought.

What can the iPad do? Well, see, it's simply a platform with a delivery system and tight integration from battery up. I'll tell you this, it does an f load more than the launch demo.

Out of the box day 1, with devs retweaking existing apps (not thinking up new ones). It's a great corporate thin client. the best wireless controller for sound and lighting in studios and theatres hands down. Maybe the best/equal as a front end for server farm administration. Pretty good point of sale unit. From a IT admin perspective in schools, labs and corporate it is the most secure, easiest to customize and lock down, nigh on cheapest (has an exchange client built in) client box you could want.

That's some basics, with no new apps, just ones tweaked to use the full screen, not pixel double.

If you consider accessories (not cases), a HDMI out would be twaddle, at minimum you could adapter the VGA to HDMI anyway. Storage, wired networking for the base station. All types of card slots, instrument anaylsis connectors.

Anyway, it's a platform. A lot of the more interesting apps for the iPhone aren't in the AppStore or Cydia, they are on corporate iPhones and we never hear about them.

It's up to the devs, not Apple.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
I'm getting my parents the high-end non-3G iPad to use around the home. They can check stuff out online while they're watching TV, or take the iPad up to bed and watch movies, etc. Of course, it's a book reader, which (hint) is why this product exists. Apple doesn't make any other book readers.

A college student will pay 500 bucks for the first semester of textbooks, in that sense, getting the low-end iPad could do that for the same price, after the second semester, he's already seeing returns on his purchase (super cheap digital textbooks).

This is how Apple does things, its how they did it with portable video too... they knew it was a corny niche thing, so they said, "Ok, portable video is pretty stupid, BUT, if we include it with all the other stuff that people already want --a color iPod-- then we can help bring this to the masses"

The killer app, is that, the iPad is a huge iPod, with a gorgeous screen and gorgeous apps. The reading thing will take a few years to catch on, and when it does, Apple owns the market (digital magazines, books, newspapers).

Now get out there and buy some stock, dammit.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
OMFG, check this out: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/keepin-it-real-fake-part-cclvii-ipad-meets-windows-7-sparks

this baby does everything i wished for, even HDMI

now i just want some more reliable company (like ASUS) to make the same product because i don't want to buy something chinese with no warranty

for me the iPad is history.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
The iPad just revolutionized computing. Say goodbye to Windows desktops, laptops and netbooks - what purpose do the serve except to cost more, weigh more and are more prone to malware? iPhone OS, Apple ecosystem, ease of use and brand power is victorious. Desktop OS share is a thing of the past. I'll be running the superior iWork suite on my iPad with full MS Office compatibility - what else is there? ]]>Mar 1st 2010 7:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
"I'll be running the superior iWork suite on my iPad"

Comedy gold.]]>Mar 1st 2010 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Right. That must be why the Mac version of Office outsells iWork then.

It's nice you prefer it but, Keynote aside, it's not as good.]]>Mar 1st 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
What purpose do they serve?

They run the software that you want, rather than what Steve allows.
They use the content you actually have, rather than what Steve allows.
They talk to your other devices like cameras.

That's pretty much the instant-summary of why the iPod is inferior to a proper Mac, a PC running Windows, a PC running Linux or even an Archos 5.

Macs and PCs are for people that make stuff and use stuff that other people made.

The iPad is ultimately just a fancy VCR with limited selection.]]>Mar 1st 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
iPad Shuffle.
No screen. All touch.]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
1. It runs the software I want to run. Unlike apps created for Android and WebOS, apps created with the iPhone OS SDK are full featured and relatively cheap. Enjoy dropping 2K for Adobe's CS. Oh, you don't pay for SW? Fail.
2. My content is legitimately purchased and managed by iTunes and syncs with my iPad. Oh, your content is pirated? Be sure to send an note of thanks to all of individuals who are now out of work thanks to your childish selfishness. Fail.
3. Let's see, WIFI, 3G, Keyboard, Dock connectivity. This is simply the first of many iPad devices, the announced accessories cover all the major bases, and more are sure to come.

The old paradigm of computing is over, the new one is here, and once again, just as it was for GUI, plug & play, and on and on and on, Apple is first.
]]>Mar 1st 2010 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 2:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 4:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Nah. I don't think so. The iPad is a mere 18 ounces which is less than some beers.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/If you can't handle that, hit the gym or spend a few extra minutes in the shower. Just not too much or you'll go blind;)]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
LOL

win]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Until Adam have real spec and real price on it.
Otherwise I won't debate on hype product from start up company. ]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Locking content into an ecosystem is not good for the consumer, although I'm afraid this is just the start of a slippery slope into an Orwellian world.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/It's all about making money.
Why should they do "open standard" if they can't make money?
I hate the open xxx shit. I just want awesome product/service.]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
I cannot convince you of the value of openness, but it was the principle upon which the internet was created, and this, and other erosions we are seeing to the web, are very worrying trends.

Money is an important motivator, but it should not be an end in itself.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 7:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Because PC user don't like pay ?]]>Mar 1st 2010 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
You want to talk about Zero userbase? Go talk to the hundreds of people that have bought HP Slate-esque devices over the past ten years.

In a year, there will already be 5 million rabit iPad owners on the market. The fact that Apple is price discriminating the shit out of this thing just makes me that much more bullish on the iPad.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
haha rabit?

*rabid]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
We can already get magazine content online for free. I can't see how touch navigation (which is all that will distinguish the ipad/tablet versions of sites) will be enough to make people pay when they haven't been willing to previously.

Even if the ipad is a really big success (I'm pretty sure it will be at least a moderate success whatever), the proportion of people accessing web content on the device or other tablets will be dwarfed by laptops for a very long time indeed. So what of the costs to publishers of producing two version of everything?

I can see how the desperation of publishers has lead them to see Job/Apple as their saviour, but I think their faith is misplaced.]]>Mar 1st 2010 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 7:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
Of course. Gersam is not Big Brother. Therefore, he cannot possibly have anything useful to say.]]>Mar 1st 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/Mar 1st 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
"You want to talk about Zero userbase? Go talk to the hundreds of people that have bought HP Slate-esque devices over the past ten years."

So if it has "zero" userbase, how can you then talk to the "hundreds of people"?

"In a year, there will already be 5 million rabit iPad owners on the market. The fact that Apple is price discriminating the shit out of this thing just makes me that much more bullish on the iPad.""

They havent sold a single unit, yet they have sold 5 million?


Oh wait, I'm respond to Wesscoast. Nevermind looking for logic.]]>Mar 1st 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/conde-nast-stakes-out-leadership-position-on-ipad-first-custo/
For instance, if I *pay* to subscribe to a mag on iTunes, I don't want to see any advertising/video pop up ads. It's not the same as a paper version, as you can just flip the page--- versus an embedded digital ad.

Also, a group subscription, say a month over month, or year over year subscription to a wide range of iTunes magazines and newspapers would also be useful, and should be----*this is important*--- easy to cancel.

I would love, for example, a subscription to The Economist, Scientific American, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Variety, Atlantic Monthly and Rolling Stone for one low yearly price. Oh, and back issue searches---free for subscribers--- is a requirement.]]>Mar 1st 2010 11:55AM