I've always wanted an over sized iPhone which I can't fit in my pocket nor make calls with....

FYI you need to fork out for a "iPod camera connection kit" to get a crummy 1 port USB adapter.

http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/




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For US only. No pricing yet for Malaysia.
Pricing starts at
$499 for 16 GB,
$599 for 32 GB,
$699 for 64 GB.

3G-capable
$629 for 16 GB
$729 for 32 GB
$829 for 64 GB

There is a iPad Camera Connection Kit
The Camera Connection Kit gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. The Camera Connector lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the camera’s USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the camera’s SD card.

now just waiting for it to be released and some fan boy hack it to run on full osx.

If it is me, I will just get a ipad with wifi. 3g will have no use to me if i have my iphone with me all the time. Better still if i could tethering using 3g in iphone.

iPad is neither 'breakthrough' or 'magical' as claimed by apple. What apple has done is to replace netbook with a device that only run software from apple apps store. The only thing magical is that Apple will keep on generating revenue from more apps being downloaded.

that was when the flash storage (or whatever it is called) is very expensive. I read somewhere before that their products' profit margin is like 40% and increasing every year.

There is a 7% GST in singapore, thus the higher price.

Agree with what you say calvin. I will also get an Ipad for my internet surfing or playing games when my imac is being occupied.

However, it is unlikely now for flash support to be implemented.

Quote" As for Adobe, Jobs said they are lazy and Jobs blames Adobe for a buggy implementation of Flash on the Mac as one of the reasons they won't support it.
Apple does not support Flash because it is so buggy, he says. Whenever a Mac crashes more often than not it’s because of Flash. No one will be using Flash, he says. The world is moving to HTML5."

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/31/steve-...-macs-and-more/

the ipad will not be able to run osx, even with better hardware because the ipad will got too hot for normal use. Even now, i cannot even tahan the heat when puting my mbp on my lap.

and they want to earn more money from their apps store.

itouch has camera housing as well but.... u know...

you can have usb by having a adaptor. I do not see a lot of potential here. Everything can be done over wireless network if you have a computer and network around.

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Added on February 3, 2010, 1:22 pmJust imagine if Apple allow multitasking in iphone, we will have threads and threads of users complaining that their data has mysteriously disappear as apps are not closed properly.

Then people will condemn apple again.

This post has been edited by jphlau: Feb 3 2010, 01:24 PM

if there are no shortage, then we will get it earlier.

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Added on February 3, 2010, 10:57 pmI am hoping for tethering to my iPhone. I cant see why Apple would allow tethering on the phone then not allow you to use it on the iPad. If they don't allow it you can bet there will be rioting.

There's alot of data that i'm not using on my iPhone that could go to good use on an iPad... surely the telco's wouldn' be happy with that though?

This post has been edited by jphlau: Feb 3 2010, 10:57 PM

First, there is no evidence that reading on a backlit screen is bad for your eyes. Every study ever conducted has concluded that reading on a screen is no different, healthwise, than reading from paper. That's not to say that some people don't find reading for long periods on a screen tiring, or that an eInk screen is not 'better' for reading the kind of books they are designed to display. Those books are novels and other largely linear text-based works. For these books, devices like the Kindle are great.

What the Kindle et al are not good at is presenting illustrated works that are designed to marry text and pictures in a cohesive whole that works together to present an attractive reading experience. Like magazines, newspapers and illustrated books.

The iPad is designed to do just that and as such it has the potential to reach a much wider reading audience than the typical Kindle buyer.

The backlit screen will make not a jot of difference to Apple's iPad target market. In fact, they'll prefer it to an eInk screen. From what I've seen, Apple have got this pretty close to right. It's the start of redefining the personal computer as an appliance. If I had to guess I'd say it's going to sell a helluva lot better than the Kindle has.

Isn't it amazing how a single product, which is not even available yet, can generate such debate.

It is because ipad is so much more than kindle. I can see that illustrated books will be a vastly bigger and more profitable market for publishers than even bestselling fiction. And I used one example of granny reading a (printed) book to a young child. We're all familiar with the scenario of an adult reading to a child and getting the kid to point to a picture ("can you see <insert character here>?"). Imagine the kid touching that character/illustration and the book bursting into full colour video action of that character doing something exciting. Kids will love it.

I can see the same thing with cookbooks. Optional how-to video of recipes in a Chef Wan book or something. And there are obviously many more possibilities. Whether it ever happens is down to the publishers of course.

since you have an iphone already, why don't you wait for the 4th generation iphone. Should be better. Ipad is just a compliment of a laptop and not a direct replacement of iphone.