Thread: Tablet Computers, which one and why?

Originally Posted by Anatidaephobia

White iPad mini sold out in 20 minutes. Black iPad mini not long after.

Yep, clearly another Apple sales flop... Haters gonna be hatin' (themselves, mostly)

yes, never underestimate the stupidity of the human race, here we have proof again it's still persistent and universal

I gotta mate who lives in Dubai, hes bringing one back for my daughters, next month, i am having a lobotomy before that, so I will be able to use it.

So true.

Your avatar, not your statement.

I dont know who are worse, the haters, or fanboy fucktards like the above poster, wno would suck Steve Jobs decomposed cock given half a chance

So predictable from the ones with an inferiority complex.

Don't know if anyone's mentioned it but the Chinese are due to launch an iPad mini clone with a better processor in November called a Goopad retailing at around $99 or £61 to you and me ,,, I'm up for one

except if you buy it in UK $99 = £ 99

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Don't know if anyone's mentioned it but the Chinese are due to launch an iPad mini clone with a better processor in November called a Goopad retailing at around $99 or £61 to you and me ,,, I'm up for one

This is just a classic comment - the GooPad being the one device being universally panned for being shit quality, crappy 0.3/2.0mpx cameras, and 8GB of barely-RAM.

I guess it fits for those flocking to it, wasting their money, and then consigning it to the bottom shelf after trying to make it work for a week, to embarrassed to admit they screwed up.

This is too funny!

Originally Posted by Anatidaephobia

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Don't know if anyone's mentioned it but the Chinese are due to launch an iPad mini clone with a better processor in November called a Goopad retailing at around $99 or £61 to you and me ,,, I'm up for one

This is just a classic comment - the GooPad being the one device being universally panned for being shit quality, crappy 0.3/2.0mpx cameras, and 8GB of barely-RAM.

I guess it fits for those flocking to it, wasting their money, and then consigning it to the bottom shelf after trying to make it work for a week, to embarrassed to admit they screwed up.

This is too funny!

You're stick a fucktard whichever nik you use on TD.

the new Toshiba laptop/tablet with Win8 looks nice

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You're stick a fucktard whichever nik you use on TD.

Could you try that again? In recognizable English, this time, maybe?

Originally Posted by nigelandjan

Are you sure your talking about the NEW one A'rry due to be released in November ?

or are you on about the old one ,, anyway if it is only an 8 gig job for £61 ,I am sure it will satisfy many youngsters this xmas whose parents could never stretch to the crazy money Apple commands

You're funny - really, you are. You've always been such a jester.

Anatidaephobia, let me guess, you are a mactard

Enjoy - I remember some old guy who kept carrying Windows RT and Surface's torch. I guess he's history? Fired, or did he die?

Pre-ordered a Microsoft Surface? So SORRY it's late, have a voucher ? The Register

Pre-ordered a Microsoft Surface? So SORRY it's late, have a voucher

Microsoft is dishing out vouchers to disgruntled Surface customers burned by delays and confusion over shipments of their pre-ordered fondletops.

The company has been handing over vouchers worth £50 to those whose Windows-RT tablets have not arrived despite pre-ordering before Thursday’s launch.

Surfaces went on sale on 25 October but were available for pre-order from 16 October.

It seems that customers who pre-ordered were promised delivery on 26 October, but they have not received their machines – and there’s also been no word on when they will arrive.

Further, some customers have received emails from Microsoft saying their 26 October delivery date had changed to November, with subsequent emails then putting back to the original.

The confusion and delays have hit customers in the UK and Canada only.

In a statement, Microsoft told The Reg customers in the UK and Canada will receive their Surface devices by the original dates given at the time of their orders, between 26 and 30 October.

Microsoft said: “We apologize for any confusion caused by emails stating an earlier or later arrival date. To make up for this inconvenience, we are giving impacted customers a single-use coupon for up to £50 (or $50 Canadian dollars) toward their next purchase from the Microsoft Online Store.”

There was no word on what had caused the delays and confusion, or how many vouchers had been issued. Orders are shipped using UPS.

Pocket Gamer wrote of the confusion on 21 October when it said it had received an updated order shipment date of 2 November for its Surface.

That date was then retracted, with Microsoft blaming an “internal processing issue” for the email and saying the shipping date hadn’t changed.

But on 26 October, PocketGamer hadn’t received the pre-ordered Surface.

Pocket Gamer has now received an apology from Microsoft for the “confusion” over the dates along with one of the £50 vouchers to spend at the Microsoft Store.

.NET consultant and Windows Phone developer Per Kastman, who lives in Stockholm, Sweden, tweeted this morning: “Can’t say I’m blown away with the pre-order experience @surface. No info from Microsoft and still no device.”

Three days after the official launch in New York, Kastman Tweeted: "Where’s my surface? Ordered from UK, but I get no updates anymore.”

Microsoft News wrote on 26 October that Microsoft had revised the language of the pre-orders to say delivery would be “from” the 26th, and devices could arrive as late as 30 October.

Readers of Microsoft News said they’d received conformations saying their orders would be delivered on 26 October. MobileJaw here, too, confirms the delivery date of 26 October. ®

Bootnote

Signed up for the Windows 8 Media Center Pack and still waiting for your activation key? You’re not alone, as eager upgraders are taking to the net to complain they’ve been waiting at least 24 hours for a key and still nothing’s arrived. Microsoft is giving away free upgrades to the Media Center Pack for free to customers who buy Windows 8 Pro between 26 October and 31 January, 2012. We're waiting to hear from Microsoft on reasons for the delay and when it will be fixed.

Meantime, one Microsoft MVP here, said the problem could be the fact that Windows 8 is new "so there will be many thousands of people trying to obtain both the software and the free Windows Media center product key." Exactly. It's not as if anybody knew this thing was coming, is it?

Initial reviews.

iPad mini reviews: New gold standard for smaller tablets | Electronista

iPad mini reviews: New gold standard for smaller tablets

The new iPad mini features excellent design and build, screen disappoints


Early iPad mini reviews are in with most overwhelmingly positive. The majority of reviewers agree with Apple’s sentiment that the iPad mini is not a dilution of the larger iPad experience, and some even go as far as to say that it is the best tablet that Apple has yet made. Criticisms were relatively minor with the lack of a Retina-class high dpi display being the biggest drawback, while price was also mentioned as a negative though most feel that its build quality justifies the difference over the competition.

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal says that “…I've been testing the iPad mini for several days and found it does exactly what it promises: It brings the iPad experience to a smaller device.” David Pogue of The New York Times commented along similar lines saying “Overall, the mini gives you all the iPad goodness in a more manageable size, and it's awesome. You could argue that the iPad mini is what the iPad always wanted to be.”

John Gruber, however, was quite taken back by the lower resolution of the iPad mini. “If the Mini had a Retina display, I'd switch from the iPad 3 in a heartbeat,” Gruber said. “As it stands, I'm going to switch anyway. Going non-Retina is a particularly bitter pill for me, but I like the iPad mini's size and weight so much that I'm going to swallow it.” Scott Stein of CNET adds, “If the iPad mini had a Retina display, a newer A6 processor, and a slightly lower price, it would be the must-have Apple gadget of the year. Even without that, it's still incredibly appealing.”

Rich Jaroslovsky of Bloomberg captures the matter of the iPad mini’s price well. “How much is Apple's superiority in software and content worth to you? How about $130?” Jaroslovsky proposes. “I can tell you the iPad mini is the best small tablet you can buy. The question you'll have to answer for yourself is whether it's that much better.” MG Siegler of TechCrunch believes that the relatively high price of the iPad mini will not stop it from succeeding. “ ...But how will a $329 tablet fare in a world of $199 tablets? It's hard to know for sure, but my guess would be in the range of "quite well" to "spectacular."

Josh Topolsky of The Verge holds the view that “ There's no tablet in this size range that's as beautifully constructed, works as flawlessly, or has such an incredible software selection.” Tim Stevens of Engadget was similary effusive in his praise for the iPad mini. “This isn't just a shrunken-down iPad,” says Stevens. This is, in many ways, Apple's best tablet yet, an incredibly thin, remarkably light, obviously well-constructed device that offers phenomenal battery life.”

Stay tuned for the MacNN take on the iPad mini over the coming days, as we take our customary deep delve into its pros and cons.

What is Retina display?

Originally Posted by Anatidaephobia

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

You're stick a fucktard whichever nik you use on TD.

Could you try that again? In recognizable English, this time, maybe?

It's a new word I made up - it's across between stupid & thick.

Originally Posted by thegent

What is Retina display?

it's the G spot of the iPad for mac fans,

Originally Posted by thegent

What is Retina display?

Chinese hi-def technology that Apple have trademarked as their own. Apple claim it to be as high resolution as the human eye, which like all Apple's claims is bollocks.

Whatever electrical goodies you are after if in the UK should be able to get them a lot cheaper any day now with COMET about to go into administration, fire sale of all stock coming up.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

It's a new word I made up - it's across between stupid & thick.

Nice attempt to cover up your lack of literacy. Is that also new grammar you made up?

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Chinese hi-def technology that Apple have trademarked as their own. Apple claim it to be as high resolution as the human eye, which like all Apple's claims is bollocks.

.... and you would be incorrect in every aspect of your 'explanation' - you really should just STFU if you don't actually have an accurate answer.

Originally Posted by thegent

What is Retina display?

A display with high enough resolution that you are no longer able to visually discern pixels, when looking at it from a distance of 10 inches (or thereabouts) or more - basically what Apple is using on iPhone 4 and above, iPad 3 and above, and more recently on their 15" and 13" MacBooks.

It's roughly 2x the regular resolution of the same device.

gotta love that apple BS PR

Microsoft Surface reviews are trickling in - pretty much consistently a disaster.

GPad 7-0 Explorer II Android 4.0 RAM 16B Memory 4 GB

Tukcom 3.900 ThB!!!