http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/ Engadget Comments for 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/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
So, just make sure I'm understanding, the iPod Touch, which is a pre-existing product, is a smaller version of a yet-to-be-released product? That's like saying a horse is just a smaller version of a giant animal that will be discovered one day in the future. What ridiculous Apple-Koolaid logic...]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
I swear, this comment could've been made about 20 years ago...right before Apple almost went bankrupt with their oh so closed-system.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/It can't serve as a replacement for an open PC. It still has to sync with a PC for music/video/etc. unless you want to buy everything you own again from iTunes.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
It can't replace a PC. A lot of the pages I need to load on my PC require Flash. I'm a gamer, and my laptop needs to have a disc-drive and at least a mediocre processor. It can't replace a PC. It might be a bit of an in-between for a PC and an E-reader. but it can't replace a PC.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Also, I'm using a MacBook right now, which is small, portable, and powerful enough for what I need. Who in their right mind would ever type on this thing while on-the-go? Sure, it might work on the couch, but I can't imagine typing on that screen for long.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Exactly. Typing and reading are what happens the most on an average computer, whether it be a PC, Mac, desktop, laptop, or netbook, it gets done a lot. So, you need to be able type for long amounts of time, and have a screen that doesn't make you want to hang yourself with your own entrails.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
i don't care if anyone crown me apple hater, because this simply sucks, not just this but 1st gen of anything is not worth paying money .. 2nd gen will be the best, after they listen what the first gen buyer say ..

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I'll be selling my MacBook Pro to pick up an iPad. I can't wait.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
This is ground that's already been covered, though. No flash = no surfing. Awkward keyboard = hard to send emails.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
* 16GB WiFi only -- $499
* 32GB WiFi only -- $599
* 64GB WiFi only -- $699
* 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
* 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
* 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829
* 256GB WiFi + 3G + OSX (Snow Leopard) -- $1199

Fixed]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Oh I get it. You're stupid. If the web is so useless, then why was the iPad designed for the web? If you're so smart give me an answer. Although, I predict your answer will be just another one of your soul-less lies.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
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"Flash and the Web have no future."

How much of a punch-drunk fanboy can you be to think that any device is going to make the web "obsolete"?

You had better hope it doesn't or the internet will just become another form of cable TV.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
$829 is how much the most expensive one costs. Add 2000 dollars.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
* 16GB WiFi only -- $499
* 32GB WiFi only -- $599
* 64GB WiFi only -- $699
* 16GB WiFi + 3G -- $629
* 32GB WiFi + 3G -- $729
* 64GB WiFi + 3G -- $829

Realizing that you just bought a bigger version of your ipod.....priceless.

For all of your stupid buys MasterCard is there.
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I don't think it's a good idea to use Comedy Central as your posterchild for why Flash is dying.

The Daily Show and the Colbert Report web sites are packed to the brim with Flash.

I'm not a huge fan of Flash, but I recognize that commercially, it is still very important going into the future. Right now, Flash provides a company like Viacom (owner of Comedy Central) the infrastructure to run ads before any clip you want to watch, or to display a popup on top of any clip.

Flash is the basis for quite a lot of ad revenue dollars that go into running a web site like dailyshow.com or colbertnation.com. Perhaps HTML5 will have the capability in the future, but keep in mind that Flash is entrenched in the ad-supported web video market.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
And that's a GOOD thing?

You do realize that the digital world we live in would not exist if that was the model we started out with.

Think about how many people lives have been improved because of this universally accepted network called the web. Many of whom would have had no access to this type of content otherwise.

And somehow we need to transfer into this locked-down hellhole the iPad is supposed to bring?]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
9/10. Well trolled.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
How about this one?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation

I'm pretty sure the Escapist and Zero Punctuation are not junk, and are wholly ad supported.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Your stupidity has no bounds; i can’t believe that i am feeding a troll. If you spend some microseconds to think, you believe that the whole idea of the Internet and sharing information will collapse because of some big corporate companies that make billions? Also they milk the hell out of your money to provide some products and services. You believe that this will ever happen?? Are you THAT ignorant?? You are so much of a sheep??

I mean is ok to troll but to make such stupid comments is beyond me..
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Closed mini-webs just like AOL! Wave of the future!]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
tide? i think i'll buy some shares of chitpotleaway instead]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/I have a new name for these people -- I call them "Flash Deniers" -- they are in complete 100% denial that flash content makes up over 70% of the entire WWW. There's nothing you can say to them to make them think otherwise -- they're quite delusional.]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Your subtle trolling always gives me a good laugh! Keep it up sir.]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Are you bald too? ]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Sounds very religious. Let me fix it for you.

From the Book of Jobs:

Steve 3:15
The Web is a chaotic, disorganized, unprofitable, crime-riddled cesspool. Web sites are joke compared to what Apps can do. Digital stores are light-years ahead of Web browsers and search engines, in terms of product visibility and ease of use.

The Web is an open platform and open platforms invariably become victims of their own freedom. Closed platforms are civilized and organized. Closed platform networks are going to crush the Web into oblivion.

]]>Mar 5th 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Seriously though, every new idea or innovation that can easily be spread on the web for support and adoption will have to filter through someone else's approval process. I'm not talking about porn, violence, or bad language, just new ideas with little to no startup money, and the need for some exposure to the public to take off. In your world we can say good bye to creativity and freedom so that Steve Jobs can control every single bit of information we get.]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
Wow, drinking a lot of HATER-AID today ain'tcha?]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
After reading many of the 'day after the launch' articles – I have had time to reflect on why I would want this device. I am a heavy iPhone user – mostly the apps. – so to now have the opportunity to go for a major screen size increase – with all the familiarity of the iPhone – well that becomes the ticket I will buy for sure. However,I wish they would have included a web camera for Skype.
More: http://bit.ly/ipad-should-or-shouldnt-get-it]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
"Oh I get it. You're stupid. If the web is so useless, then why was the iPad designed for the web? If you're so smart give me an answer. Although, I predict your answer will be just another one of your soul-less lies."

HardToBelieve,
reader1 never said the web was useless, and he is quite correct that Flash's day are numbered. HTML 5 was designed to accomplish everything that flash does, plus it's an open standard unlike Flash's proprietary blend. Take my word for it; I've been a professional software engineer for over 20 years.
However, I agree with you that until such time that HTML 5 completely supplants Flash on the web, the Flash plugin is still very useful. And since some sites are still using technology from 1997, it might be a while before everyone switches over. I can definitely see why not having Flash is a deal-breaker for some people.
And just so I can sit on all three sides of the fence, I can understand Apple's reasoning for not including flash support. Poorly written Flash objects are the primary reason browsers crash and your computer slows to a crawl when you open some web pages. And those annoying ads! Except for where you really need it (like when playing video), Flash tends to do more to detract from the web browsing experience more than it adds to it.
Just my 2 cents.]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/
That said, here is my ON TOPIC reply:

I see a possible correlation between the sugary Apple kool-aide and pants crapping: sugar is a diuretic.]]>Mar 5th 2010 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ipad-launches-on-april-3rd-pre-orders-begin-march-12th/Mar 5th 2010 1:53PM