Topic: The Apple iPad is finally official

I am aware of the size, but lets be realistic here. Who in the middle of coffee say, ill just put this on my pad pulls out iPad I wouldn't want to carry that thing around with me.

Stop reading my mind! D:<

Well, you won't be surprised to hear I think it looks awful, and I dread the day I see people poncing about with their semi-functional user-friendly iPads, smelling their own farts. I was witness to a couple of iGeeks yesterday getting clammy hands and salivating as the news was announced, ew, I felt dirty!

You had me at 'without phone capabilities'.

Also - http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/167d70800c/the-ipad

i would facepalm, but i have to admit i was thinking that too when people started bringing it up in chat by name, lol. :3

I'm not quite sure I get what this is...
Is it supposed to be a laptop, but in the form of a giant Ipod touch?

This thing is too beastly. You would need a man purse to carry it around.

Apps. - iPhone
Music - iPod
Web Browser - Home Computer or iPhone
Movies - Home Theater

Why would anyone want this monstrosity? Silly people on the Hype-train will be the only ones buying this.

No, it's just like carrying a notebook around if you get the sleek (although likely quite expensive) case:

So, $500 for only 16GB?
No flash support?
$130 extra to hop aboard AT&T?
No camera?
No USB?
Only able to use one app at a time?

No thanks.

Totally agree with you, I've got an iPod touch for music, apps and portable Internet etc. and I've got my laptop for the more serious work, so I don't really see where this fits in. In my opinion its too big to really be portable and at the same time its in many ways inferior to a laptop, no keyboard and lack of capacity hard drive wise, i know it has its lenghty battery going for it but its just not enough.

I still think its a great product and there sure will be allot of people who find it useful, it's just nothing for me.

Can you imagine using this thing as a camera?

I think most of the hope of a camera was resting on a foward facing camera for skype and the like. Although watching someone try to hold it up take pictures would be good for a chuckle.

Ew, AT&T.

I may be American but having a cell phone here in Jamaica for 5 years teaches that contracts are loads of crap.

To hell with 'em.

Actually, the iPad's 3G data connection is to be completely contract-free. You prepay on a month-to-month basis, at a rate of $15 for 250MB of data transfer, or $30 for unlimited access.

So where in that do you play movies when on the go?

Once again, the point of this device is as a portable media player, for mobile people - not people who are home to watch movies.

Is is way more portable than a notebook - don't forget that. It's roughly the equivilent of carrying a netbook around.

The idea's cool, but the name's crap. Liked the ITablet more than the IPad.

I reckon iSlate would have been an awesome name.

iPad is seriously stupid.

iPad = iPod.

God, where's the originality?

iPad is an ok name. They just needed to spice it up a bit. Like:

Max iPad - "You want this. Period."

~Man, I should be an Advertising Executive...

Way too expensive for my budget