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Wud be rly nice with 3G. But w/o its so fcking useless imho.
But the Apple Fanboy's are gonna buy it for sure :)

no multitasking = win

(at least for those who can not breath and read at the same time)

So device that in their opinion is good for web browsing and is middle of netbooks and smartphones....... and you can't use flash. Tablet not having flash don't compute with me at all.

The iPad hardware itself doesn't float my boat - it's too big - but the seamless integration of services (which are already available, at launch) and the apparent slickness of the platform can't be denied. All those content publishers on board - nice.

The product launches, and the products themselves, only serve to highlight the gulf in quality that exists between Nokia and Apple. I'm not sure how much longer I can stand to remain a Beta tester for Maemo (it's been 5 years now) when Apple are able to churn out great - although sadly restricted - products with apparent ease.

And they haven't gotten on to the next iPhone update yet...

what is so special about that one?
why wouldnt i just buy something like this:

http://www.archos.com/store/psearch....rod_id=archos9

Whatever it is... Nasdaq doesn't like it so far.

UPDATE - The Big Steve has just announced there'll be a 3G model. So it WILL be subsidized.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Milhouse (Post 497964)

The think the operative word is restrictive. If Nokia took away multitasking, Flash, micro SD, keyboard, forward facing camera, flash (camera), replaceable battery, limited screen resolution, etc... Imagine how much more time they could have spent on software. The UI would be slicker just because it doesn't have to do as much and it would be quicker.

The no contract 3G is nice, but I still think that platform is still a minefield of doesn't...

Nice device, but I'd still rather have a tabletish n900...

Quote:

Originally Posted by jcompagner (Post 497978)

what is so special about that one?
why wouldnt i just buy something like this:

http://www.archos.com/store/psearch....rod_id=archos9

Because I need to prove to everyone else that I am worth something since I have an Apple iPad... :rolleyes:

Oh boy, I can already see those people at the gym. Fully dressed with Nike gear and with the iPad attached to their arm. :P