iPad thread!

[merf]

wrong thread, oops

[ChrisF]

http://twitpic.com/1gd1i3

nuff said.

[baad bwoy]

So what are these ipad thingies actually for? what can they do that a laptop can't...only asking as I love gadgets - and maybe I might need one of these in my life

[wakka]

They can't do anything that a laptop can't, really. It's all about the form factor.

http://www.apple.com/ipad

EDIT: someone PLEASE fix the title. iPad!

[Orgun]

Sucks that the UK release got delayed, I could really go for some nacho's...i mean an iPad.

[kernow]

They can't do anything that a laptop can't, really. It's all about the form factor.

http://www.apple.com/ipad

EDIT: someone PLEASE fix the title. iPad!

I love apple sometimes, 'magical' oh please.

The best way to experience the web, what without flash? ok.

[wakka]

Lol I know. But look it's well shiny and fast.

[ChrisF]

My mate (he's in the UK) got his iPad yesterday... Asked him to check if iPlayer works with it - it doesn't. BBC page renders it as if it were a desktop computer and as such expects Flash

[EvilBoris]

He needs to go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/
instead. Blame the BBC for not having it recognise the ipad version of safari

[ChrisF]

Ah cheers for that. I'll pass him the URL.

Got any magical URLS for iPlayer that'll let it work with the XBMC plugin?

[ChrisF]

He's given it a go, and apparently it doesn't work.

[kernow]

The best way to experience the web!

[Jebus]

He needs to go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/
instead. Blame the BBC for not having it recognise the ipad version of safari

The iPad isn't out in the UK yet though, so it's not really something to be "blamed" for...

[ChrisF]

I had a go with his iPad this evening, for 10 minutes or so... I couldn't be more indifferent about it if I tried. If I didn't have an iPhone then I could see I might have been impressed, but nothing about it made me want to buy one of my own. I guess you probably need to have it next to you on the sofa, and pick it up as/when you need it, rather than the way I was using it - which was stood in his kitchen trying things out!

They are quick though, I'll give them that.

[ChrisF]

UK release of 28th May... preorders start 10th May... prices (apparently)

"Apple's online store will begin taking pre-orders on Monday 10th May. The 16GB iPad will carry a suggested retail price of £429, while the 32GB version will cost £499 and the 64GB is £599. The 3G-enabled models will be priced at £529 for 16GB, £599 for 32GB and £699 for 64GB."

Anyone remember when the prices for the USA were first announced and Apple said they'd built wiggle room into the prices, so that they could lower them if it didn't sell? Makes those prices stick in my throat a bit!