iPad

[matt]

And anyway my original point was that I'd rather have heard Steve give some information about the worldwide iPad release than waffle on about ads, but that got derailed.

As I said above he confirmed worldwide launch end of April

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And here's an ad for iAd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7WVt63S49s

[Misfit]

Just run the iPhone version of 'Tune in radio' for an hour on my fully charged iPad and the battery meter is still reading 100%!

Screen has barely been on, but volume was quiet high as i've been doing some housework...

2 hours 30 mins in and still at 100%. Convinced it must be a stuck meter I rebooted the pad. Still read 100%, so I decided to browse until the meter moved. After 7 mins of wifi browsing it fell to 99%.

I'm not suggesting I'm going to get anywhere near 200 hours wifi listening, but battery life is looking quite impressive....

[Misfit]

Just run the iPhone version of 'Tune in radio' for an hour on my fully charged iPad and the battery meter is still reading 100%!

Screen has barely been on, but volume was quiet high as i've been doing some housework...

2 hours 30 mins in and still at 100%. Convinced it must be a stuck meter I rebooted the pad. Still read 100%, so I decided to browse until the meter moved. After 7 mins of wifi browsing it fell to 99%.

I'm not suggesting I'm going to get anywhere near 200 hours wifi listening, but battery life is looking quite impressive....

Another 1 hour and 25 mins of streaming radio and we're at 97% (so around 4 hours of radio and 10 minutes of browsing with screen on)

I'll shut up now, as I'm going to go and cry over the football results..

[Deckard]

Very trippy [youtube]gew68Qj5kxw&feature[/youtube] as a bit too sped up

[Misfit]

Nice, but I wonder how quickly you'd get fed up of shaking around the ipad for minimal effort.

Magazines, comics and photos look totally amazing on the iPad.

The Guardian's free Eyewitness photo app is particularly nice.


Having used it for a few days, here are my negatives (as is probably clear I think it's totally bloody brilliant):

- Glossy screen. Looks stunning, but in bright conditions and dark scenes in video/general use you really do somethies think you're looking into an unflattering mirror.

- Glossy screen. It may have the 3GS coating, but finger marks do still litter it's lovely surface. You wouldn't see the same on a matt screen, but it wouldn't be as beautiful. Finger marks aren't really an issue in use though as the glorious bright screen hides them.

- Aluminium back. As with iPhone v1, an aluminium back looks and feels great. It's also a dirt magnet and I'm sure will scratch up somewhat.

- No easy way to get pictures off my camera on to it without iTunes. Okay there will be an SD card add on soon, but it really should just take a card (even if not for extra storage) and not need me to carry an extra bit of kit I can lose easily.

- I miss the mute button of the iPhone (but love the lock screen rotation button)

- I really want an easy access brightness setting. (Give me SBSettings!)

- It's too bright for bed use. iBooks can lower the backlight enough to not annoy the misses, but min brightness in everything else lit up the bedroom far too well.

- The on pad app store is really nice, extra info and sorting reviews is great. But it's flawed in how it shows the top apps, trying to list more than the top 10 is a pain especially if you buy something and then want to get back to the list.

- wifi strength seems fine, but sometimes when I turn on it doesn't connect and wants my router password.

[Misfit]

Alice, there is a lite version (full version $8.99) so I gave it a go.

Looks nice, but the interactivity is just things moving around the screen as you tilt you pad and the story is abridged. It also doesn't bookmark where you are (but the full version is only 52 pages).

Kids may like it for a few minutes, but definitely a try before you buy...

[Loada]

Presumably, it's the deals with the providers/retailers that's holding up the UK release/pricing announcement? The banner "coming late April at an unbelievable price" nearly mid-way through April is beginning to look a bit silly.

[Deckard]

I reckon it could also be manufacturing the 3g ones and sorting out the micro-sd packages.

[defsdoor]

What's the betting that Apple start rejecting apps that use something other than iAd for in-app adverts ?

[RiK]

Apple store is down...

[Loada]

Ooh...

[Deckard]

Perhaps it might come back up with MacBooks and the iPad stuff..

[Yak]

it's the ides of April already, about time we at least got some pricing info .

[RiK]

I just want to know the pricing on the 3G contracts so I can decide which model to buy.

Going to stick it down as a business expense anyway, that's 25% that would be much better in my pocket than the tax man's.