kingfisher
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Steve Jobs is unveiling the iPad as we speak. Apparently it runs Iphone apps, unmodified out of the box. Tell me this thing can be waterproofed for use with navigational software?
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AyeSkipper
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It's a nice looking piece of kit and very inexpensive. Hadn't thought about it for Navionics etc!! Be interesting to see if and how well it sells ...
elton
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It's just a ponced up Etch-A-Sketch with a colour display. Isn't it?
honeybee
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Is it in the UK yet ?
Chris
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jimmy_the_builder
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It isn't anywhere yet - it was only announced three hours ago. Shipping in the US starts in March/April.
Cheers
Jimmy
Richard10002
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It looks good, I'm sure the interface will be excellent, but it will be expensive, and I'd guess there would be no chance of waterproofing it. Assuming it runs iPhone Apps, the Navionics will be better on this than the iPhone.
Apparently there is no 3G in the first release, so I'd be waiting until that came out, if I was to even consider it.
Cant even justify the cost of an iphone at present, so I'm sure this will be out of my league, unless I can see a way of using it in the estate agency business - possible for presentations when getting houses on to sell.
Apparently there is no 3G in the first release, so I'd be waiting until that came out, if I was to even consider it.
Cant even justify the cost of an iphone at present, so I'm sure this will be out of my league, unless I can see a way of using it in the estate agency business - possible for presentations when getting houses on to sell.
mjf
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Of course on a boat the ipad will be more practical than an iphone. Due size
Have to say I like the Navionic charts I have on my iphone 3GS as its a brilliant back up if all else fails. £14.99 for the app is not expensive. I even used it in Excel and it showed my track around the show. Fab kit.
oceanfroggie
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Vodafone now have iPhone and have been offering FREE upgrades to iPhone 3Gs since December to existing customers. Got mine in the post back in December, thought nothing to loose even if I didn't like it, it's free afterall. But, I DID like it. Way to go Apple and Vodafone, happy days. Now got my Outlook and Gmail synced with it seemlessly. Bye bye Nokia, BB and HTC, thanks for the memory, there is no smart phone war, it's long over and Apple have won - cause it's easy and it just works.
Agree tablet PCs are not new, but PC being the operative word is possibly the difference. We have to use PCs in our business cause that's what our clients have, so I not one of these annoying Mac evangelists. The iPad (portable electronic Irish man), could be differrent, but I have no interest unless it offers 3G mobile broadband via sim card. It looks like a big iPhone.
fireball
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It does ...
Major Catastrophe
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And makes an even bigger noise when it slips out of your hands.
iPhone/iPad/bar of soap. Not much difference.
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As something to have on your lap on the sofa, it looks like a winner to me, so long as you don't have to do much typing, else the laptop still wins.
The killer app might well be "iBooks", plus games, internet, watching downloaded tv etc.
If the price was £299, I'd buy one tomorrow.
The killer app might well be "iBooks", plus games, internet, watching downloaded tv etc.
If the price was £299, I'd buy one tomorrow.
mjf
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£307 at todays Forex - $499 in the states
Dyflin
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Before we all loose our ipad virginity, can anyone confirm which, if any, model has the GPS capability? Otherwise...
(Best quote I read today; "iPad; Dom Jolly gets an iPhone)
(Best quote I read today; "iPad; Dom Jolly gets an iPhone)
Channel Ribs
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WOW
I am nearly speechless.
For the price of a basic plotter, or a small TV you get everything an iPod Touch does but with a screen four times bigger!!
How handy will this be on a boat?! Passage planning, checking weather, writing letters, listening to music, watching films....
I am amazed. Cannot believe the price.
I am nearly speechless.
For the price of a basic plotter, or a small TV you get everything an iPod Touch does but with a screen four times bigger!!
How handy will this be on a boat?! Passage planning, checking weather, writing letters, listening to music, watching films....
I am amazed. Cannot believe the price.
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mjf
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I do not think its a phone - more a big iTouch
kingfisher
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It's got aGPS in the 3G-models.
The press seems to be less then impressed, but with all the rumours flying, it has a hard task to fullfill everybodies dream. I just don't understand their marketting: pitting it against netbooks, while this is clearly a Kindle killer.
The things I want it for:
- navigating on board, in a waterproof/shockproof case
- reading magazines/paper: why is every e-book manufacturer aiming on books? Books will never be replaced, as people crave the physical book too much. But to put periodicals/dailies in e-format, that's the killer app: you get your paper at 6am, and you are not left with a pound of waste on monday. Can you imagine a searchable catalogue of YBW on that thing? And the distribution costs are bigger for periodicals than for books, I think.
- surfing/reading in bed, without disturbing SWMBO
- plunking it in the kitchen next to the stove, with a recepy on it
- apparantly it can handle H264 codec videos, so it can dub as a movie player on the go (in the car for the kids)
Pricewise, it will probably be another case of 499$=499€
The press seems to be less then impressed, but with all the rumours flying, it has a hard task to fullfill everybodies dream. I just don't understand their marketting: pitting it against netbooks, while this is clearly a Kindle killer.
The things I want it for:
- navigating on board, in a waterproof/shockproof case
- reading magazines/paper: why is every e-book manufacturer aiming on books? Books will never be replaced, as people crave the physical book too much. But to put periodicals/dailies in e-format, that's the killer app: you get your paper at 6am, and you are not left with a pound of waste on monday. Can you imagine a searchable catalogue of YBW on that thing? And the distribution costs are bigger for periodicals than for books, I think.
- surfing/reading in bed, without disturbing SWMBO
- plunking it in the kitchen next to the stove, with a recepy on it
- apparantly it can handle H264 codec videos, so it can dub as a movie player on the go (in the car for the kids)
Pricewise, it will probably be another case of 499$=499€
kingfisher
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It's got aGPS in the 3G-models.
The press seems to be less then impressed, but with all the rumours flying, it has a hard task to fullfill everybodies dream. I just don't understand their marketting: pitting it against netbooks, while this is clearly a Kindle killer.
The things I want it for:
- navigating on board, in a waterproof/shockproof case
- reading magazines/paper: why is every e-book manufacturer aiming on books? Books will never be replaced, as people crave the physical book too much. But to put periodicals/dailies in e-format, that's the killer app: you get your paper at 6am, and you are not left with a pound of waste on monday. Can you imagine a searchable catalogue of YBW on that thing? And the distribution costs are bigger for periodicals than for books, I think.
- surfing/reading in bed, without disturbing SWMBO
- plunking it in the kitchen next to the stove, with a recepy on it
- apparantly it can handle H264 codec videos, so it can dub as a movie player on the go (in the car for the kids)
Pricewise, it will probably be another case of 499$=499€
The press seems to be less then impressed, but with all the rumours flying, it has a hard task to fullfill everybodies dream. I just don't understand their marketting: pitting it against netbooks, while this is clearly a Kindle killer.
The things I want it for:
- navigating on board, in a waterproof/shockproof case
- reading magazines/paper: why is every e-book manufacturer aiming on books? Books will never be replaced, as people crave the physical book too much. But to put periodicals/dailies in e-format, that's the killer app: you get your paper at 6am, and you are not left with a pound of waste on monday. Can you imagine a searchable catalogue of YBW on that thing? And the distribution costs are bigger for periodicals than for books, I think.
- surfing/reading in bed, without disturbing SWMBO
- plunking it in the kitchen next to the stove, with a recepy on it
- apparantly it can handle H264 codec videos, so it can dub as a movie player on the go (in the car for the kids)
Pricewise, it will probably be another case of 499$=499€
Dyflin
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It has "Assisted GPS (Wi-Fi + 3G model)"
Apple have yet to clarify what this actually means (there's speculation that Apple want the iPad to know where it is so that content can be tailored to that info).
kingfisher
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aGPS is GPS assisted by GSM. GSM (3G) will provide an initial postion through triangulation, which reduced the time needed for a cold start. It can also be used to downoad the sattelite constellation of that time, rather than downloading through the slower GPS signal.
Richard10002
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They seem to be talking about $499, but that's for the base model. The 64GB with wifi and 3G looks like $820 or so in the US... so probably £820 or so in the UK.
Well out of my league I'm afraid. Particularly when my netbook cost about £300, tethers to a dongle or my phone, and does all that an Ipad will do.