The Apple iPad

asininity · 10 February 2010 at 2:17PM

Marty_J wrote: »

Wouldn't it run a lot slower than it would running iPhone OS 3.2 though?

Depends what linux you're using.

Someone posted earlier (I forget who - apologies) about someone installing Mac OS X or Linux or something on their phone. The boot time was 2 hours. I'm sure that no matter how fully featured the "full OS" was, it wasn't very pleasant to use. A bit extreme perhaps, but I think it illustrates my point.

It only illustrates that they put the wrong type of os on it. And you're also forgetting the ipad atm is just a big iphone without the phone. A netbooks power in something like the ipad moving to arm mean things get smaller.

Fifer · 10 February 2010 at 2:31PM

almillar wrote: »

Good points Marty. One question - should the iPad not have had an SD slot?

Of course it should, as should the iphone and the touch.

poppy10_2 · 10 March 2010 at 7:03PM

From Lilliputing: First iPad commercial shows how awkward this thing will be to hold

Apple launched the first TV spot for the iPad last night during the Oscars. For the most part, the video appears to show an oversized iPod that’s a bit zippier, and better suited to reading books and newspapers due to its large display.

But here’s one thing you may not notice unless you pay extra close attention: Almost every shot of a person actually using the iPad shows legs contorted into unusual positions. Because while you can hold an iPod in one hand and poke at the screen with the other, the iPad is really just too big to use this way. So Apple is suggesting you prop it up on your legs — and that makes it all but useless if you’re sitting in a normal position.

The Apple iPad

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