I bought an iPad, and now...
some history first...
I was a blackberry user. More correctly a corporate blackberry user. the company i work for uses blackberry's as a supported, managed mobile platform. I was really dissapointed when I didn't see a version of Logos for the BB. but thats okay, cause those grapes were sour anyway, right? late last year, the enterprise messagnig teams began working on an enterprise, managed solution that had the iPhone as an option to the BB (I understand there were some execs that "needed" iPhones and so the backward planning began to support that for the enterprise). I volunteered to be on the pilot, as soon as I found out.
So now am a iPhone user. AT&T is the worst carrier I have ever had to deal with as far as coverage and dropouts are concerned, but that's another story. Logos works great on it. so I then decided that I wanted to get an iPad, after using Logos on teh iPhone for a while and trying to read from the tiny screen.
The iPad is great also. there are some bug that I have reported in other threads about advanced text formatting, but that issue for those threads. the point of this thread is that now that I have become an iPad user for Logos, I have also become aware of two things that I should have assumed would happen, but for some reason didn't think about it when I plopped down nearly a grand for this device. 1. Blackberry is working on an "iPad killer", and BB's OS6, has begun to be forward momentum in that direction on the torch. Various industry magazines and websites talk that it is going to be huge, especialy that it won't be "married" to a single cellular carrier (did I mention ma bell sux?).
and the second point is that now Ballmer of the mega-monop-microsoft, has begun talking about and announcing that they are working with hardware vendors (and have been, as the story goes), to have a "slate" that is also going to be a "iPad killer". AUGHGHGG. Win7 on a tablet PC is great (I have a thinkpad tablet), and so having Win7 on a pad-device with multitouch would be huge. especially if I can have not only my whole library and L4, but it's full functionality and index and search, etc. just on a smaller screen for mobile use.
my whole paradime has shifted. I thought that having a mobile device or pad-device was going to require that I have limited functionality. my tablet PC is great, but it is not as mobile as I would prefer. but if there is going to be a slate, or pad-device available that has full pc-functionality, then why would I use the ipad. (I still see the need for a iphone/pocket platform for Logos. Balmer is saying that there will be a version of the pad device by the 2010 holiday season. I assume that is going to be by the end of the year, and full availability by q1, 2011 - especially if they are going to use Intel's Oak Trail.
Just though inquiring minds should know. anyone wnat to by a barely used iPad? (not really, but probably pretty soon)
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Don't hold your breath or sell your iPad just yet. I do not think you will be seeing a fully functional Win 7 on any slate computer that's comparable to the iPad. What you will probably get is a Win 7 CE or mobile like is used on Windows smart phones. When is the last time you heard someone mention one of those, well the same will be true for their slate. As much as I hate to admit it, An Android equipped device will be the only true competition Apple will have to contend with, Microsoft is out of this game before they even get started. And the reason Android will have a chance? Because of Steve Jobs ego and stubbornness in not giving the people what they want, aka Flash capability. He better wake up or it will be his and the iPad undoing.
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please let us know when and how much!
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I have an iPad and an iPod Touch. Last night I downloaded OS-4 for the iPod, which let's me multitask. Later this fall the iPad will have that capability. Likewise, Bob has stated he hiw goal is to bring all of Logos 4 functionality to the iPod and iPad. However, these were not the reason I purchased an iPad. My goal was to be able to clearly read my books where ever I go. When you get to my age reading on a PC simply does not compare with reading on the iPad.
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Bob has stated he hiw goal is to bring all of Logos 4 functionality to the iPod and iPad.
Could you direct me to this post?
When he uses the words "functionality to" the iPod/iPad, does he mean from the cloud or localized on the device without a network connection?
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On a side note. I waited an extra 4 months on rumors that a slate device with win7 OS would be available (some said by late summer). After the hype was over and the device never hit the market I bought a new laptop and iPod touch. SO Don't Hold your breath... MS windows/Hardware partners have a lot of catch up to even compete with the iPad or iPod. Even the devices that are seemingly close, like the Zune or Archos have performance issues or don't provide a truely compatible platform. Android is the only close runner and as far as I know developement of L4 is not going to be ported to Android.
But hey, I've been wrong before. [;)]
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You may be right.
But, after more than 25 years in technology, I know one thing for sure: you don't know until it happens, so don't plan on anything!
There may be a Windows or Android slate that competes with the iPad sometime in the 4th quarter this year. Whether it will actually be competitive at that point has yet to be seen. Who knows what Apple has in store? They aren't standing still.
As for the Internet scourge that is Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Flash, good riddance! With Click-to-Flash on my Macs, I don't see it there, either. Apple was absolutely right to leave it out of iOS, just like they left the floppy drive out of the original iMac. I long for the day when everyone has moved away from Flash to more modern options... especially since Adobe has had so much difficulty modernizing Flash for the past decade.
Competition benefits us all, but don't expect anything to slow down. What we buy today will be obsoleted by something tomorrow, and today's rising star may be tomorrows scapegoat.
That said, I wouldn't bet a dime on Ballmer right now. For the sake of Microsoft, he really needs to be replaced. Microsoft needs a visionary leader to thrive once again.
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