I beg to differ Jimmy, the lap top is just too cumbersome to take to the shitter, and the iphone, just too small. The smart people at Apple knew that there was a void to be filled by offering an alternative to the magazine that you've read way too many times, and the shampoo bottle that you've already memorized. :winkwink:

I got my wife the ipad 2 as an early holiday gift surprise last week.... between our new baby and the damn ipad, I haven't seen much of her since!


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Actually though, I have to say that I love the stupid thing also. The OS is just so damn smooooooooooooooth.....



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Only tablets I've bought lately contain Percocet ... :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Btw MasturbateFun I'm just teasing so hopefully you don't take it personally. There's nothing wrong with being a fan, of Mac or most anything else. I'm a fan of the Denver Broncos myself. Fandom is bad only when it leads us to keep making silly choices on stuff that actually matters. It's cool to be a fan of Mac, Windows, Linux, or Android. Fandom, unthinking support, for Bush or Obama is when it staets to matter a little bit.

I got one of those cheap chinese knock off androids and I have to say that other than a battery life of about 15 minutes, it does what I need it to do. I just wish there was an ICQ app for it other than the one it has which sucks. I used it once and never used it again

Yes, once you drop in your sim card the 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab operates just like a full featured Samsung Galaxy S phone. Phone calls, text messages, internet, front and back cameras... it even can act as a wifi hub and share the internet access with other devices when I am out of the house. You can also hook up a bluetooth headset and keyboard to it. :thumbsup

The North American versions of the Tab were sold with the phone features disabled but it is a simple process to flash and enable it.
I did it in a few minutes after reading the XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838250

If it's Android there are several apps that will do ICQ, as well as other instant messaging protocols. I have Meebo, which seems to be the most popular, after having used a different one before.

None here, tablets are gay.

Touche. Palin?! McCain picked Palin! What the hell was he thinking? I wondered if he was at a retreat with members of the pothead caucus when he made that pick.

I've only had my iPad for a few days now.

I have yet to realize its full potential. Maybe I'll use it a lot, maybe it'll become a paperweight.

Which tablet you use?

Chris, get Splashtop or Jump Desktop for the ipad and you will use it a ton more.

I love my ipad and the fact that I can be in bed and still work on my main computer is awesome. My wife doesn't like it when I do that, but its great. I bring my ipad everywhere, and if an issue comes up that can't be solved from my iphone, I jump on the ipad and handle it.

Also, no need for the 3g version, I just tether the signal to my iphone if I am on the go and there is no wifi available.

Very close to getting a Kindle Fire.

I have an iPad 2. I love it. It sits on my sofa just waiting for me to check some stuff. My fiancee uses it more than I do tho, most times I have to grab my laptop as she is using the iPad.

it gave me a headache so I sold it

I was not going to buy a tablet unless they reached a certain price and i got mine for below $150 I still got some things to do to it before i am completely happy with it like figure out how to root it , but i am sure i will get that done soon ...

my Cisco Cius tablet is being delivered today .... Free from my Cisco rep for buyin a whole lotta gear in 2011 ....

That always sounds nice especially with the profit they make off that gear ...
Didnt know cisco Made a tablet

60 tablets

I did not buy any tablet (I thought you were talking about pills)

I thought it was asking how many people bought a tablet of some kind, yet everyone posts spamming about their ipads... and ipad is an ipad, not a tablet, I have the acer, only $400. at walmart, outperforms all ipads on every level, I can use memory sticks, usb, plug it into any computer and load whatever movies, mp3's pics whatever I want without having to go through registering it or using some bs program "itunes".

any parent giving their children a apple product is just limiting their potential of learning, you can only do what apple lets you do. on a pc there are no limits... apple is good for what it was made for, people who browse the net and check emails...

All you iPadders out there, can you poke a look at this this thread and see if you can stream? I made lots of mods and I think I locked out the iPad, esp vers1.... my v1 pad died on me 4 months ago, so I can't test.

Personally, I found I didn't use it for much, except surfing on sofa so I never bothered to replace it... the air does much more for not muchmuch more.

Sharky, I would very much like to see if you can stream this video from your (mac) desktop via the ipad using one of the above softwares... In theory, no you can't since you'll be using safari desktop, which doesn't use the same engine as the iOS webkit....

I'm very curious though.

Thanks

I can't really see the point in them.. other than if you read a lot of books and get something like a kindle.

If you want to carry one around you will have to carry some sort of bag and if you do that, you might as well carry a laptop.

JMO.

my tablet does not replace my computer in anyway. but If i'm going on a trip "not shooting content", my laptop will be staying home. my son is always on youtube and surfing the net with the tablet, and playing games and watching movies in the car. it's great for on the go stuff, but thats about it.

Spend the $50 more and pick up the Barnes and Noble Tablet. Better specs and storage, and you can do the same thing with both. Reviews have the Nook being the better media device (ie. it plays HD video without stuttering) in comparison to the Fire.

I think alot of people include the Ipad as a tablet and such ... i personally do not like apple products at all , With all the Proprietary software and such .

people would steal a tablet pc so quick here... they literally rob/kill people for iphones. gotta buy big clunky electronics that are too hard to lug around. anything portable is a goner

Thats Crazy ... I would be using something worthless when in public then .

I bought a tablet that ran on the Android OS earlier this year and was disappointed with it. I sold it on Ebay 3 months after I purchased it. The Ipad is a much better product. I think that apple holds its app developers to a higher standard than you get with Android apps. 25% of the apps that I tried to run on my Android tablet caused it to lock up and require a reboot. I have never had that problem with an app on my Ipad or Iphone. :2 cents:

Nah I don't see the hype, I like my laptop.

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Got tired of using laptop for simple stuff .... But thats mean laptops are still good for doing more advanced stuff .

Asus Transformer here. I love it for reading magazines and books and for surfing.

First I got the iPhone 3GS when it came out. Then an iMac, then a iPad...

Just bought my business partner an iPad 2.

It stops to rebuffer, but it works.

iPhones help get you laid...

I have the ipad 1 and the motorola Android Xoom.. use them both