iPad

[VNVObit]

Interesting idea for a case

[Cloudane]

Why do they insist you install some horrible toolbar that is probably malware? I had enough of that with Windows.
(They're certainly keen on making money. Look at all the ads on their page! Makes me somewhat suspicious)

For those who don't fancy jumping through the toolbar hoops here's the Mac version of Spirit:
http://rapidshare.com/files/382869223/mac.zip

And the Windows version:
http://rapidshare.com/files/382868266/Spirit.exe

Edit: Well that was easy, apart from that! Click-done!

[teamonkey]

I suspect that if only video delivery is replaced by HTML5 it'll be flash that's dealt the death blow.

I don't think that's the case at all. Flash was the most prevalent plugin long before it even supported streaming video. Fact is, it's still the best way of doing interactive graphics and animation on a web page. If Adobe actually do create a HTML5 exporter then that might be the start of the end for the Flash plugin, but only the plugin, and even then only if HTML5 becomes more standardised and JS performance becomes more consistent across platforms.

[Deckard]

Didnt realise that that Wiimote Snes hack was actually live and working NOW ! Instructions - http://forum.tipb.com/ipad-forum/189853 ... imote.html That will be the first thing installed on my UK iPad in a few weeks.

[korruptor]

First post from my iPad

[Deckard]

iPad JB Compatibilty List http://spreadsheets.google.com/lv?key=t ... true&gid=0

[Cloudane]

Congrats korruptor and cheers Deckard

Don't know if anyone else is finding GoodReader REALLY REALLY slow at communicating with the outside world e.g. Dropbox compared to Dropbox itself? It's the one thing preventing it from being awesome.

[Yak]

haha I knew Dave down the pub would be lusting after an ipad the moment he saw mine because he's a right gadgetfingers and easily susceptible to the old tech lust. But even Elaine, fresh back from holiday and given just a go of mahjong on it was cooing and asking to be kept informed of developments come May 10th.

I suspect that'll be a 4 ipad pub before long .

[Cloudane]

Ours is already a 2-pad pub, soon to be 3, in a little pub in a little town. Apparently 10% of iPads have gone international (Macrumors) - wonder if this will send any kind of message to Jobs and co? Will anyone even care when they're released here or will everyone be like "yeah I imported one months ago, so what"?

I like the Mahjong game that is free at the moment, but preferred the one I had on the iPhone where you could slide, zoom and rotate in different directions. It's a difficult game to see in 2D, and this really helped.

[Misfit]

I like the Mahjong game that is free at the moment, but preferred the one I had on the iPhone where you could slide, zoom and rotate in different directions. It's a difficult game to see in 2D, and this really helped.

Which one?

[Quaker]

Anyone know what time we can pre-order the ipad on the 10th? I've been to the official site but there is no indication on there.

Ta

[Cloudane]

I like the Mahjong game that is free at the moment, but preferred the one I had on the iPhone where you could slide, zoom and rotate in different directions. It's a difficult game to see in 2D, and this really helped.

Which one?

Current free one is here http://www.appshopper.com/games/imahjong-hd

And this is the gesturable one which is now Universal (yay!) and at the very reasonable price of 99c. http://www.appshopper.com/games/moonlight-mahjong

Strange that the latter hasn't appeared on my iTunes. Maybe it was a paid update at some point.

[Misfit]

1) I've a friend in the States who can buy an iPad for me. She won't be coming back this way though for another couple of months. If she posts it on from the US to UK will I still have to pay import duty etc?

Yes. Figure on postage costs plus around £70.

2) Is an iPad really a replacement for a netbook/laptop? I'm after a new netbook and would use it for wordprocessing, spreadsheets and so on as well as the usual stuff, but everything I've seen about the iPad so far makes it seem more like a "giant iPhone" rather than a "funky laptop". I'd love an iPad, but being practical, might I be better advised to put my money towards a normal netbook instead?

Is it a netbook replacement?

For me yes. But our netbook is more for consuming content rather than creating it. Although I'll happily email, do forum posts etc on it. Not sure it would work for you.

By all accounts Apple's Pages (Word processor) and Numbers (Spreadsheet) are pretty impressive, but they won't be as easy to work on as with a proper keyboard. The touch keyboard is good, but not sure I'd want to do a long document on it. Bluetooth keyboards are an option, and you could get a case like the video a few posts up when it becomes available.

Personally I'm unlikely to ever touch our netbook again.

[fog]

And this is the gesturable one which is now Universal (yay!) and at the very reasonable price of 99c. http://www.appshopper.com/games/moonlight-mahjong

I second that. Moonlight Mahjong is beautifully done with a ridiculous number of board layouts and lovely camera controls.

[Misfit]

Interesting idea for a case

Yes, looks cool. But isn't it then just a netbook? I don't really want my ipad any bigger and for my use case I haven't found myself missing a keyboard yet...