Thread: iPAD vs Tablet PC: Forget the iPAD

Originally Posted by Rascal

China now building an even better copy of Ipad now? Know a fellow who goes there apparently often. Says that there are so many factories building copies it is hard to believe. A $100. copy that is supposed to be very good?

It's not.

- manufacturing quality is crap (for starters, most are made of plastic).
- operating system? most likely crap as well.
- can't really use it much, as you can't run apps on it.

Your choice -- I know that if I had $100 to waste, I'd rather go to a sauna.

What's particularly funny is that the only people whining on about iPad, how crappy it is, and how terrible Apple is, are the same people who don't actually own one, have never held one, and have admitted to having no interest in the product.

Yeah, definitely a lot of credibility, there...

What's particularly funny is that the only people whining on about iPad, how crappy it is, and how terrible Apple is, are the same people who don't actually own one, have never held one, and have admitted to having no interest in the product.

I don't suppose it has actually occurred to you that one has a direct correlation to the other?

I wouldn't touch one with a shitty stick - because it's crap.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I don't suppose it has actually occurred to you that one has a direct correlation to the other?

Oh, I'm noticing a correlation -- just not between what you point out. More like a direct correlation between how dumb people are, and how quick they are to reject something they have no experience with.

Seriously, considering how much time and energy you expend on hating Apple products, you must *really* feel seriously threatened by Apple. Why is that?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I wouldn't touch one with a shitty stick - because it's crap.

... and you base this on a complete lack of familiarity and experience with the product ... oh, wait, I forgot... you get it all from your blog sources.

I stand corrected.

Apple has become the laughing stock of the tech world.
Its not just the companies smug, arrogant attitude. Jobs treats his customers like they are idiots...

and you base this on a complete lack of familiarity and experience with the product

Actually I base on it not doing the vast list of things that you conveniently forget have been posted on here since it came out .

No USB, no replaceable battery, no multitasking, blah blah blah.

It's crap.

The dumb ones are those who accept these crippled and/or defective goods and services and will still happily pay over the odds for them.

Oh, I forgot. FREE BUMPER!

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Actually I base on it not doing the vast list of things that you conveniently forget have been posted on here since it came out .

No USB, no replaceable battery, no multitasking, blah blah blah.

...and we've gone over this ad nauseam, the replies to which you conveniently forget:

- it has USB. That little port at the bottom? USB, last I checked.
- replaceable battery? I'll gladly take 11 hours of battery life, over the 'convenience' of a battery I have to replace every 4-5 hours.
- no multitasking? Comes as a surprise to me, typing this up, while listening to my iPod, as an instant message popped up.

Oh, right, you actually have ABSOLUTELY NO EXPERIENCE WITH iPad except for what you read on blogs.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

The dumb ones are those who accept these crippled and/or defective goods and services and will still happily pay over the odds for them.

Odd, they keep selling them, and PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY USE iPads seem very satisfied to have them. You know, people that actually have experience with them.

Seems to same for people that have just handled an iPad.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Oh, I forgot. FREE BUMPER!

Apple makes bumpers for the iPad? WHERE? I must have them!!

I sure hope you just work at a desk, in a cubicle, and aren't actually running your own business.

Originally Posted by mc2

Apple has become the laughing stock of the tech world.
Its not just the companies smug, arrogant attitude. Jobs treats his customers like they are idiots...

Hey, it's the kid from the back of the class chiming in. Glad to have you.

Originally Posted by mc2

After Steve Jobs pathetic announcement yesterday, I wouldn't be surprised if you get a line of customers first thing monday morning outside your office ready to throw their iPhone4 in your face.

Unlikely to happen -- I work with very intelligent people.

So, how was school this week?

How many of your classmates have iPhones? I guess that must be frustrating for you?

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

How many of your classmates have iPhones? I guess that must be frustrating for you?

A handful have iPhone 3Gs, funnily enough, they are the ones getting the lowest grades in the faculty. I guess Steve Jobs treats his customers like idiots for a reason.

^ See, it's funny when you have to start lying to boost your own self-importance.

not a lie daffy, I know who are getting good grades and who are not, ive been with these people for going on 1 year and i know what phones they use.

truth hurts eh ?

Uh huh...

- it has USB. That little port at the bottom? USB, last I checked.

Plug a printer into it, Daffy. What's that? Adapter? Driver? Doesn't work?

You know you're right, Daffy, it's pointless even comparing this fanboi browsing toy to PCs, it's a vertical market appliance for Apple lovers.

I have no interest in this thread. I'd even go so far as to say I am bored shitless listening to you drone on about your glossy, overpriced doorstop without ever being able to convince me or anyone else with half of a brain cell that it's worth buying one.

Just listening to idiots trying to talk up the iPad is enough to send one into an irreversible coma. They seem unaware that only fellow fanbois get as excited as they do.

I will start another on Tablet PCs as and when Android boxes start to hit the streets. I have more interest in that, as I am looking to upgrade my HP year.

Well done Steve for kick-starting the tablet market - but I might even stick with a netbook if that ASUS is as good as it says it is.

However, I will continue the iphone debate on the "Wonderful iphone" thread.

This thread just deserves to die. I blame you Butters.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I have no interest in this thread.

You sure? Because you sure have been posting a lot for someone who claims he has no interest.

You seem to get particularly wound up when people don't take you seriously, and don't actually accept your wisdom for what you think it is.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

This thread just deserves to die. I blame you Butters.

Yeah, I understand fully - flouncing, while saving face, and all that Thai stuff...

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Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

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I thought you were done with this thread?

I guess not.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

This thread just deserves to die. I blame you Butters.

now what I have done again

You can't argue with Anti-Apple fanboys - there's no rhyme or reason to it. Apple fanboys I can more or less understand though they are pretty rare, as most Apple customers nowadays are mainstream people who just enjoy good products.

The twisted thinking is: Apple products are overpriced crap - so let's wait for (even crappier) Chinese knock-offs - these are then good. Right. With PCs you could still halfway make this argument because Apple just doesn't sell cheap PCs.

With iPads, iPhones, and iPods, it's just laughable as the competitor's products are either the same price or actually more expensive.

Lets see this time next year when Apple sells 3 iPads for every netbook sold. If they even still make netbooks.

Here's a graphic for you Apple-haters - profits for handset sales. On the one hand, Apple. On the other hand, all the major competitors combined (Nokia, RIM, HTC, Moto, etc)


(Article here).

Originally Posted by nikster

Lets see this time next year when Apple sells 3 iPads for every netbook sold. If they even still make netbooks.

I'm quite sure that by then, hater#1 and hater#2 will happily insist that it's only because Apple's spending so much money on marketing (1/4th of Microsoft's yearly budget), and their lies are confusing the consumer.... or something similar.

... Oh yeah, and I'm sure that by then, Netbooks will be going stronger and stronger. Undoubtedly.

Originally Posted by DaffyDuck

What's particularly funny is that the only people whining on about iPad, how crappy it is, and how terrible Apple is, are the same people who don't actually own one, have never held one, and have admitted to having no interest in the product.

Yeah, definitely a lot of credibility, there...

I don't have or want one because I've used one.

Latest from apple quarterly report: 3.27M iPads sold last quarter. And that despite the fact that the ipad is only sold and advertised for in a handful of countries....

Anyone know how many net books were sold in the last 3 months?

Apple said they're still selling every ipad and iPhone they can make - sales are currently restricted by manufacturing. They can't physically make more.

Originally Posted by nikster

Latest from apple quarterly report: 3.27M iPads sold last quarter. And that despite the fact that the ipad is only sold and advertised for in a handful of countries....

Anyone know how many net books were sold in the last 3 months?

Apple said they're still selling every ipad and iPhone they can make - sales are currently restricted by manufacturing. They can't physically make more.

(In the case of the iPhlop 4) until they've fixed them....?

It would seem HP may not be as impressed with PalmOS as they seemed:

The Hewlett Packard slate PC has been listed on the company's website, with the company also applying to trademark the term "PalmPad" – fuelling speculation about the company's plans to introduce what many were referring to earlier this year as a potential 'iPad killer' tablet PC.
The latest details on the HP Slate, from a listing on the HP website, claims that it will feature an 8.9-inch screen, two cameras and run on Windows 7.