Attn Ladies: Apple reveals the new iPad

[Jasper]

I'd like to see Asus, Dell, and MSI's take on this too.  Archos has a FEW possiblities, but nothing with the right hardware / battery life combo for me yet.

http://news.techwhack.com/11662-hp-slate-2

That was fast.

[cavehamster]

What the hell?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/29/ipad_worship/

[Kai]

What the hell?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/29/ipad_worship/

Adam Weishaupt?

[cavehamster]

What the hell?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/29/ipad_worship/

Adam Weishaupt?

I'm not sure if less beer would make this make less, or more, sense.

[Cain]

What the hell?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/29/ipad_worship/

I think they're maybe, just possibly, mocking pretentious, Apple-loving hipsters.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's clearly satire.

[Soylent Green]

OK, I am generally speaking a pretty big fan of the three apple products I own right now. However, I completely fail to see why anyone would buy this totally ridiculous monstrosity and not a $300 Netbook.

As for comparing it to a Kindle or other e-reader, that's ludicrous simply because the whole point of e-readers is the special no-eyestrain screens, right? And no multitasking? What the shit?

Hell, with the nook you can even be downloading a book and reading a different one at the same time.

A friggin book reader has more multi-tasking than the ipad.

[Soylent Green]

By the way...

Go look up the archos 9

$500 cooler looking, better named ipad that CAN multitask and runs windows.

[Cain]

You say "runs windows" like that is a feature, and not a bug.

[Requia ☣]

I'd like to see Asus, Dell, and MSI's take on this too.  Archos has a FEW possiblities, but nothing with the right hardware / battery life combo for me yet.

Asus has demoed a couple different takes on this already, basically EEEs with a touchscreen and no keyboard, and in one case a dual touchscreen model.  HP has a few different laptops where the screen can be repositioned to cover the keyboard and let it act as a tablet.

Basically, the only new idea that Apple is bringing to the tablet PC market is that a tablet should be even less than a netbook.

On the 'writing notes with a stylus' thing someone mentioned, the Sony PRS 600 will let you do that, though I don't know if it has any kind of handwriting to text function.

[Golden Applesauce]

You say "runs windows" like that is a feature, and not a bug.

If it can run windows, that would seem to imply that there is a way to install a different version of windows on it, which would seem to imply that there was a way to install an arbitrary operating system on it, which would mean that the thing has been "unlocked."

[Cain]

You say "runs windows" like that is a feature, and not a bug.

If it can run windows, that would seem to imply that there is a way to install a different version of windows on it, which would seem to imply that there was a way to install an arbitrary operating system on it, which would mean that the thing has been "unlocked."

Put like that, it sounds better.  Still, "has windows" is not exactly a selling point, and I say that as a Windows user.

[the last yatto]

HP has a few different laptops where the screen can be repositioned to cover the keyboard and let it act as a tablet.

HP slate isnt that far away, probably setup similar to a netbook
but with touch action everyone seems to enjoy
o nintendo you trend setter you

[Soylent Green]

You say "runs windows" like that is a feature, and not a bug.

If it can run windows, that would seem to imply that there is a way to install a different version of windows on it, which would seem to imply that there was a way to install an arbitrary operating system on it, which would mean that the thing has been "unlocked."

Put like that, it sounds better.  Still, "has windows" is not exactly a selling point, and I say that as a Windows user.

Eh, as opposed to this Iphone Os shit, it is a major step up.

But you can always have this for $200 bucks less, and it runs linux: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm

[Requia ☣]

Why the hell was I not told about that 

Too bad I don't have the money.