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Do you type on your notebook while driving? That's illegal in parts of the US, even on phones.
I'm pretty sure every state has laws against distracted driving, and if I were a bettin' man I'd bet most every 1st world nation likewise has laws against distracted driving...
I’m sure some of these so-called “consultants” (with jobs of which nobody knows what they actually are about) that pretend to be ever so busy would even work while they are driving (of course only if everybody can see how busy they are). The only question would be why it has to be an iPad unless it’s just for their ego.
Because it's cheaper than any touchscreen notebook and will probably have apps geared toward the multitouch feature making it easier to use.
ASUS has started selling netbook tablets with multitouch as well. The T91MT and the T101MT I believe. I also remember seeing a Lenovo multitouch tablet. The last I saw of the T91MT, it was selling for just under $500. I've used the T91 a little, it is pretty cool but I don't know how good it is long term. I was able to click around in Windows 7 without any real difficulty using the screen.
I would suspect there will be a wave of multitouch tablets coming onto the market now because of the iPad. Which is good, it will help drive the price down.
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Still, it's got to have a killer app... what is that going to be I wonder? Without this, Apple won't be able to widen the appeal beyond the Apple fanboys. I scanned the article drdr linked to and the functions they mentioned "business" people will be using this thing for are email on-the-go, taking notes on-the-go, and drawing flowcharts in meetings. The iwork software they mentioned might be the killer app, but still doesn't really provide anything "killer".
Still, it's got to have a killer app... what is that going to be I wonder? Without this, Apple won't be able to widen the appeal beyond the Apple fanboys. I scanned the article drdr linked to and the functions they mentioned "business" people will be using this thing for are email on-the-go, taking notes on-the-go, and drawing flowcharts in meetings. The iwork software they mentioned might be the killer app, but still doesn't really provide anything "killer".
Don't get my wrong i don't own any Apple product, but i like to have an ipad to watch movies.
And what makes the iPad stand apart from any other laptop in this respect except that you can’t watch movies without buying them from the App store before?
And what makes the iPad stand apart from any other laptop in this respect except that you can’t watch movies without buying them from the App store before?
Exactly that there is a service as Itunes. Imagine this: you program via rss your downloads to your Ipad. That sounds compelling to me.
Investors are already betting iPad sales will exceed the other frenzy seen two years ago, when Apple sold 1.12 million iPhones during its first complete quarter of sales. In fact, in a little less than a year iPad unit sales are expected to exceed the estimated 3 million Kindles that have sold to date.
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