The One Official iPad Discussion/Complaint/Wishlist Thread

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  1. wikoogle

    wikoogle Well-Known Member

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    Mods: Please don't close this. We need one thread where all the iPad discussion thread rather than having several dozen occupying the front page. I searched and incorporated every single complaint/wishlist out there into the OP. It's an all inclusive list. So please leave this thread open, and instead of locking iPad threads, merge them into this.

    Many people online seem to be very disappointed with the iPad. Why do you personally feel this way? Pick your reasons from below or pick a new reason and post it here...

    No iSight Camera (5 MP with LED Flash, 1080P Video Recording and a much bigger lens so that it actually takes decent photos even in very low light situations)
    No Videocalling/Conferencing/iChat (It would have been awesome to be able to keep in touch with family through video calling (even if enabled over wifi only) when away for college or serving overseas)
    No GPS (it has the limited cell tower based GPS found on the iPhone 2G, not the true GPS that can offer up turn by turn navigation found on the 3GS)
    No Multitasking
    No Wireless Syncing or File Transfers
    No File Management or Freedom to download files (even documents) from online, you can't even delete something off the iPad or move some videos over to an SD Card, USB Stick or an External HDD to make room for an App/iTunes Movie Rental
    An extremely disappointing 256 MB of RAM when even many cellphones have 1 gig of RAM
    No Additional Touch Gestures (Here's the kinds of gestures we were hoping for... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFnavI57gyQ)
    No Java or Flash support (no hulu.com)
    Only 16-64 gbs of HDD space when most tablets offer 250 gbs minimum
    No USB (3.0) Port (you can't hook it up to a printer to print off an iWorks project, you cant connect a USB key that has some documents stored etc)
    No ability to connect to an external hdd, or even to directly pop in an SDCard to expand storage
    The enormous bezel is a massive eyesore. I thought Apple was all about design, so how they could make such a large and ugly bezel for a premier device escapes me
    No Handwriting Recognition or Support for a Stylus. A huge selling point of any Tablet is to be able to take notes in classes and such.
    No Ability to run custom Apps not preapproved by Apple (Google Voice, uTorrent etc)
    No Ability to download files from online
    No OLED Screen (forgivable) but the screen is capable of displaying 1080p resolution, and is not 16:9 or even the 1.5:1 aspect ratio of the iPhone, 4:3 is such a huge step backwards
    A Very Low Resolution Display with 25% fewer PPPs than the iPhone or iPod Touch, the display should have a higher resolution
    No integrated TV Antenna, HD Radio Antenna or FM Transmitter (They even developed a HD DTV Tuner for use in cellphones to allow users to pick up OTA HDTV signals on the go! Just imagine being able to watch tv thanks to off the air hdtv signals, wherever you are. Why they didn't include this technology in this device I won't even understand. They could've even included a record video function on the tablet to give it PVR functionality)
    No TV/Video Out (HDMI out like many netbooks)
    According to Apple's page on the product, the maximum resolution it is capable of playing MPEG4s at is 640x480 resolution at 30 fps (note I'm talking about MPEG4 Video here, the most popular format for Apple devices)
    It features a 1 Ghz processor that significantly slower than just about every single notebook on the market today (as demonstrated by this processor's inability to render MPEG4 at any resolution higher than 640x480)
    No OTA Sync With Apple TV or Servers To Stream Video
    No Low Reflective Screen Mode for high contrast Ebook Reading that doesn't hurt your eyes
    No Gamepad attachment for Gaming With Physical Buttons/Tactile Feedback
    No ability to connect to a bluetooth mouse/keyboard
    No RFID/IR to use it as a remote, or to tag it to yourself
    No Replacable/Removable Batteries

    [​IMG]

    In essense, it has all the restrictions/limitations/limited storage capacity/inability to transfer documents and files or expand storage as the iPhone with none of the portability, and a great deal less funtionality than even the iPhone (it can't take video, it can't take pictures, it can't make phone calls, it doesn't have GPS). It has the size/inconvenience of a laptop but without any of the functionality or freedom.

    Both the iPod and the iPhone were actual significant leaps forward when they came out. This thing however is like taking 3 steps back. Post in this thread if you agree. There is so much this can't do that even the iPhone that's a fifth it's size can do, and there is nothing it can do that the iPhone can't. Apple started the presentation by saying that for a Tablet to succeed, it has to some things better than both the iPhone 3GS and a Macbook Pro do. Then they went on to unveil a product that utterly fails this test.

    I guess we're not the only ones disappointed with it. Apple's stock price has been dropping like a rock ever since the press conference ended.

    On the pro side, atleast we know Hitler won't be getting one...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQnT0zp8Ya4
     
  2. Random_Guy

    Random_Guy Well-Known Member

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    Australia, mate!
    You pretty much summed it up.
     
  3. The Game Reaper

    The Game Reaper Well-Known Member

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    The Emerald Isle
    Apple's stock prices always drop after an event you fool. Looks like I was right on the money when I said that UE is the most important thing to Apple, not specs.
     
  4. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    STOP COPYING AND PASTING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER YOU LUNATIC! :mad::mad::mad:
     
  5. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    Lack of multitasking, file management, USB and the pathetic choices on memory size are my main gripes.
     

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