IPAD is a Grossly Overrated Toy/Fad

**BobR** · 24-03-2012, 07:06 AM

I bought an IPAD last October to replace the cheap netbook I had bought a year earlier and have found it to be one of the most regrettable purchases I have ever made. It cost 3 times what the netbook pre-loaded with Windows 7 Basic did but is far less useful or functional. It's great for videos on Youtube, but that's about it.
It's not flash capable so about 30% of websites and most online video (except youtube) cannot be viewed on it at all. The touch typing keyboard is essentially useless, and if you add a keyboard to it you now have an over priced netbook that still is limited. It won't download pirated movies on the internet or much of anything else, in fact Safari is the name of the search engine that comes with it, and if you buy an IPAD get used to reading the annoying phrase "Safari Cannot........" because you will be seeing it quite often and will now have an internet censored by Apple.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 08:10 AM

welcome to the department of the obvious,

hate to say it, but we told you so

Originally Posted by BobR

I bought an IPAD last October to replace the cheap netbook I had bought a year earlier and have found it to be one of the most regrettable purchases I have ever made.

yep, most "reasonable" users will eventually regret buying such a silly gadget. But since we tend to have short memories and with apple wicked marketing, those same "reasonable" users will eventually make the same mistake again.

Apple users are not called apple drones for nothing,

are you ready for the iPad 3 yet ? apparently the screen is out of his world, well worth the upgrade we were told.

I am going to get one today.

**Boon Mee** · 24-03-2012, 08:12 AM

The new one runs too hot as well.

**Little Chuchok** · 24-03-2012, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by BobR

I bought an IPAD last October to replace the cheap netbook I had bought a year earlier and have found it to be one of the most regrettable purchases I have ever made. It cost 3 times what the netbook pre-loaded with Windows 7 Basic did but is far less useful or functional. It's great for videos on Youtube, but that's about it.
It's not flash capable so about 30% of websites and most online video (except youtube) cannot be viewed on it at all. The touch typing keyboard is essentially useless, and if you add a keyboard to it you now have an over priced netbook that still is limited. It won't download pirated movies on the internet or much of anything else, in fact Safari is the name of the search engine that comes with it, and if you buy an IPAD get used to reading the annoying phrase "Safari Cannot........" because you will be seeing it quite often and will now have an internet censored by Apple.

An ipad never was a replacement for a netbook. If you bought it for those reasons, then you made a big booboo.

The touch typing keyboard works great for me.

It wouldn't matter if it was android either.

It has stopped me buying the news paper because of a couple of great apps.

I watch movies or read books in bed if i feel that way inclined.

It sparks up at the swipe of a button and the e-mail feature is invaluable to me as I travel quite a bit....no need to lug around a laptop.

It also has a SkyTV app where it will book any sports event and/or record it for me at home if I am away.Just this alone is worth every penny.

**misskit** · 24-03-2012, 09:01 AM

I am pleased with my iPad 2.

When I first got it, it was a bit frustrating because I had to learn how to use it. Since then then keyboard is very easy. Once I discovered DropBox, my download problems went away.

I don't think I have ever seen the phrase "Safari cannot."

No flash player

but more and more sites have changed to video which works on iPad.

It is wonderfully portable in a way a laptop will never be.

Having said that, I wouldn't want to be working on some big project and try to use my iPad to do it. That would be just stupid.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 09:19 AM

Originally Posted by misskit

it was a bit frustrating because I had to learn how to use it.

oh jesus

**Little Chuchok** · 24-03-2012, 09:34 AM

^Yes?

**misskit** · 24-03-2012, 09:38 AM

^^From the one who hadn't learned to flip the wifi switch on his laptop. ( snicker snicker

)

Yes, one has to learn iPad. If you think it operates the same as a laptop, you will be disappointed.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 09:42 AM

^ if you need to learn how to operate an Ipad, then I suggest you stay away from consumer electronics

did you also learn how to operate your DVD player ?

**misskit** · 24-03-2012, 09:57 AM

^I don't even have an old dinosaur DVD player now.

**Mr Earl** · 24-03-2012, 10:23 AM

I glad I didn't buy the I-fad. I got a 7" galaxy fad instead. Has all the shortcommings of the i-fad for half the price, but it does run cool and feels good to hold.
I was checking out the new 7.7 galaxy tab and it does seem really nice for alot less than the ifad.
I think a tablet should be easy to hold in your hand.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 10:38 AM

quite agree, might have to go with a 7'' incher next time, 10'' incher is too big for me

**misskit** · 24-03-2012, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by Mr Earl

Has all the shortcommings of the i-fad for half the price,

I like that.

I've ever noticed my iPad 2 running hot and didn't know it was a problem with them. I just thought it was warm from holding it or having it on my lap.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 10:41 AM

Originally Posted by misskit

I just thought it was warm from holding it or having it on my lap.

I think you should stick to apple products, you seem to fit their user profile perfectly

**TizMe** · 24-03-2012, 10:49 AM

Mrs Tiz is happy with her iPad. It does everything that she wants/needs. One of the reasons that I bought it for her was because so that:
a) I wouldn't have to teach her how to use it.
b) I wouldn't always be needing fix it for her, like I have to do with my son's laptop.

**Umbuku** · 24-03-2012, 10:56 AM

Used one recently and found its functions to be too limited for what I need. For what it can do it is a decent platform for web surfing, book reading, and games when on the move. An advance toy and nothing more. Certainly not worth the $1000 price tag.

**nidhogg** · 24-03-2012, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

quite agree, might have to go with a 7'' incher next time, 10'' incher is too big for me

Out of context, that might come back and haunt you!!

Anyway - my 10 year old son lurves his iPad2. Which seems to be the age group it is most suitable for.

Its great for games and youtube, thats about it.

My only real interest in it would be emails and maybe pdfs, but my small note book does all that, plus a hell of a lot more.

It is a nice toy, but thats all it really is - a toy. Not for real work.

**misskit** · 24-03-2012, 11:12 AM

I use it for mobile communication by video and email, playing Scrabble online, entertainment, news, and TD.

**Butterfly** · 24-03-2012, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Anyway - my 10 year old son lurves his iPad2. Which seems to be the age group it is most suitable for.

I think so, great for kids and women

**Bettyboo** · 24-03-2012, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

might have to go with a 7'' incher next time, 10'' incher is too big for me

I'll leave it for Kwang...

Mrs Boo has had her iPod touch for a week; now in a drawer and unlikely to come out again...

**hazz** · 24-03-2012, 01:54 PM

the killer application for tablets has to be reading books, they are good for web browsing, videos, reading email and some types of games on the move. outside that they are a bit useless and the keyboards are rubbish, if you do lots of typing you want a netbook.

^he really was asking for someone to commit the TD LM crime of posting some LB hags with 7" and 10" displays

**Bettyboo** · 24-03-2012, 02:02 PM

^ I thought about it, but...

A laptop (14") or netbook really isn't very heavy or difficult to carry, and they have all the functionality you need. The tablets are a fashion item, and are morphing into netbooks...

**hazz** · 24-03-2012, 02:12 PM

^I see laptops and tablets as being very complementary rather than competing technologies. Reading books from a computer screen is not very pleasant or eganomic, its only since I got the iPad that I stopped buying books and went almost entirely electronic.

**Mr Earl** · 24-03-2012, 02:13 PM

^yep the Aldiko ebook reader for android is way cool.
I just found a site called feedbooks with a bunch of good free public domain stuff.

**Bettyboo** · 24-03-2012, 02:32 PM

^ & ^^ yes & no. It's true that they are in different niches, but let's not forget these are marketed niches...

You can read a book on a laptop; I read .PDF's every day (sometimes 100 pages or more, research papers, etc...

) and my cheap Fujitsu 14" screen is fine. I also watch films and sport at home every weekend and my cheap laptop screen is fine. Other devices have better screens and are better for the job, but if I got the best screen for films, the best screen for .PDFs, the best speakers for music, the best s/w for business, the fast internet connection, etc, I could have 5, 6 or more devices. But, my little laptop does all of these things well.

It depends on what you want. Years ago, I had a massively expensive audio set-up because I loved listening to music; I might do so again at some point in the future. Nowadays, an all purpose cheap laptop with backup is fine (especilly useful with these backup servers, online).

Horses for courses to some degree, but they are marketed niches least we forget.

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