Ipad

Alegria said:
Turtle you are killing me! I never thought for a million years I would desire a darn iPad, but after having the iPhone and using the charts app on our boat it makes a lot of sense...especially on the boat... Curse you apple!!! I also am holding out for the June iPhone release as I am primed to upgrade my 3G...
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I thought I was going to wait until the end of the year when the new models come out, but I was at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino and laid my hands on one and had to have it. Two days later, I was at Apple store in San Fran and picked up a 64gig 3G model on the first day.

This is an amazing device!

Gene

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All you iPad 3Gers, AT&T just announced that there will no longer be unlimited $29.99 service as of monday. If you get in before monday, never cancel the service, you'll be grandfathered in. It's a bunch of crock to change the plan after less than a month, but I thought everyone should know. They are going to cap it a 2gigs which is nothing if you stream video. Same goes for the iphone. I'm pissed. I hate AT&T
 
That is criminal. And I thought the 5gb limit on my Verizon mifi was low...
 
Holy tamoly! Talk about going in the WRONG direction!

While I don't think it is *criminal*, it certainly is a disincentive to buying this device. I personally was turned off by the high capital cost . . . but I thought the 3GS ipad was a very cool concept.

I guess the infrastucture just isn't there yet to support 3G. Or they are figuring out a way to get more money for it. . .
 
There is only so much spectrum... can't make more... That's why everything can't "go wireless" in the world....

Hey Mike... you need to put a wifi amp/network on your boat!!!
 
But when they advertise that they have enough bandwidth to offer unlimited plans, then change their minds a month after launch, if not criminal, it is entirely deceptive. It makes the 3G version a bit of a ripoff - what the hell can you do with 2gb anymore???

And besides the fact that there isn't any more spectrum, they have seen this coming for 5 years at least. Where is the innovation to improve capacity?
 
Two Peas said:
And besides the fact that there isn't any more spectrum, they have seen this coming for 5 years at least. Where is the innovation to improve capacity?
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There has been a lot of capacity increase... heck... that's one of the reasons they pulled analog TV so they could squeeze the spectrum for TV and auction off what was left for other uses. But the problem is that applications with wireless bandwidth is like women and houses.... they'll breed to fill the available space (don't buy a big house... FYI). Who would have thought everyone would want to start streaming HD video from Netflix over the cell networks...
 
Four Suns said:
Who would have thought everyone would want to start streaming HD video from Netflix over the cell networks...
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Well, me, for one. I expect 10 years from now everything will be connected. Our cars will email our dealership when service is required. Our houses will email us with updates on doors opening, HVAC activity. Your fridge will email you when you're out of Bud Light. We'll need more bandwidth for that, for sure. Your butt will email you when it needs to be scratched.

But, my point isn't about whether we can handle this technically - it is about the fact that AT&T coaches / teaches us to be connected on their network. They tell us to do EVERYTHING on their bandwidth. They advertise that they are the best and can handle all this and none of their competitors can. They sell all their devices based on this premise. Then, they change the rules when they realize they stink.

And that is what stinks.
 
Here's a link to an article I read earlier today...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20006534-1.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0

I'm a Steve Jobs fan boy.... Have always loved Apple products, got an Imac, got Ipods (6) and stepped up to the IPhone last year... Love all these devices, especially the IPhone...

I think it's CRAZY a month after the IPad drops, AT&T pulls this garbage! 2GB's??? Really? And then, if I'm not mistaken, each gig AFTER 2, is an additional $10.00????

It's just not right...

I'm staying with my "Unlimited" plan on my IPhone.... Because if you switch to the cheaper plan, you can't go back....

It will not directly effect me when I get an IPad, I'm not planning on having the 3G, I'll be replacing a dinosaur Toshiba laptop that all we do with is check email and surf the web with, on the couch. The IPad will be much more user friendly for my particular application!

Just venting... Read the article.... Draw your own conclusions....
 
Hell, you can barely update Active Captain with 2gb!
 
Two Peas said:
Well, me, for one. I expect 10 years from now everything will be connected. Our cars will email our dealership when service is required. Our houses will email us with updates on doors opening, HVAC activity. Your fridge will email you when you're out of Bud Light. We'll need more bandwidth for that, for sure. Your butt will email you when it needs to be scratched.
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My car does the email thing today. . . This weekend I got two email spam messages related to XM over the car messaging system.

My house doesn't do the email thing right now, but I know of retail vendors and software (X10 / smarthome) that I can start buying stuff from tomorrow to make it happen by the weekend.

I think there is an iphone app for home appliance remote control as well.

To be honest, the cool stuff like "house control" and "car monitoring" are pretty low band width. The money is in the "final devices" like lightswitches, or HVAC relays. A few years back, we were effectively doing remote operation of large chemical plants with 56k modems. It's things like skype and Gary's streaming net flix videos that are chewing up the bandwidth today.

Personally, I am wanting an iPad that can do skype (and proper you tube flash videos) at a "reasonable" cost. I think it is only a matter of time.
 
My wife's car with OnStar does that, and I've played with some X10 stuff. But it isn't quite mainstream yet. Wait until 150 million people are doing this kind of thing. What will the networks have to deal with then? We're just at the beginning still...
 
Video... it's the root of all evil...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiJ9AnNz47Y&feature=PlayList&p=EB2B869D003811DF&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=5[/youtube]

It should be "Video killed the wireless star"
 
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Why can't I buy the complete Seinfeld collection on one Sd card? Why hasn't anyone embraced this concept to make video more portable? They are getting our money - how many of us own "Star Wars" on VHS, DVD, and bluray?

It would cut down on my bandwidth if sd became a media choice for this stuff...
 
Sooooo..... it appears to use the "video streaming" aspect of this thing, one is going to need to use wifi...
 
For the ipad and iPhone? Apparently so.

The 3g iPad suddenly seems to be an "over the top" device relative to the wifi model.

Double the memory, cut the price, add a foward facing camera, and add flash support: them I'm there :). I do have high hopes for the 2nd gen ipad:). (not hopeful on flash)
 
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