So I got an iPad!

[Bake]

Coolest device EVER!! Except for my iPhone, of course. And GarageBand for the iPad ROCKS! FaceTime with my son away at college is even better on the iPad!!

Where are all the super Android tablets that are supposed to kick Apple's ass?

:hi:

Bake

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Bake!

How cool! I'll bet you're having fun!

I've seen other people playing with them, and I have to admit, they do look amazing...

Swirling the pictures around with your finger, even!

Have a great time, sweetie!

:hi:

[Bake]

2. Hi Peggy!!

Now if I can only get it away from my wife ... I might have time to play with it!!

:rofl:

Bake

[bikebloke]

3. I have one too.

Bought it recently to help me through a long long flight.

Still trying to find a time consuming game to load up.

[Major Nikon]

4. This is the best accessory I've found for mine

http://www.powersupportusa.com/accessories/ipad-2/hd-anti-glare-film.html

I was a bit skeptical of paying this much for a screen cover when there's cheaper alternatives, but a couple of friends recommended it so I got one. The iPad is still hard to read in full sunlight, but it does make it considerably better. It dramatically cuts down the glare from artificial lighting which drove me nuts. All screens are hard to put on, and this one is no exception, but it is much better than most because the material is thicker and more rigid, so it goes on easier. You still need to have the screen perfectly clean before you put it on. It's more resistant to scratches than any screen protector I've found. I've had mine on for several months now and no bubbles. If you do use a screen protector and/or you want anti-glare, this is the one to get.

[tblue]

5. Say goodbye to face-to-face relating

because you have entered the black hole. LOL! Enjoy!

Have you tried Words with Friends?

[Bake]

6. Been doing WWF on my iPhone for a while now ...

Great app, great time-waster!!

:hi:

Bake

[tblue]

8. I finally had to quit because it was taking over my life

I found myself getting too competitive and researching words far into the night so I could win. It was crazy. You are very cute, Bake. Enjoy your new toy!

[Bake]

9. I have not, however, downloaded the "Cheats With Friends" app!

But if I lose one more game, I might!

:hi:

Bake

[geardaddy]

7. Beware!

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple

[dawg]

10. Congratulations.

You can now proceed to Starbucks, where, in the presence of your MacBook Air enabled peers, you no longer need feel ashamed.

[Bake]

11. Yessssss! Now I too can be one of the Cool Kids at Starbucks!!

Or I can just make a pot of French Roast at home, pour a cup, and sit out on the porch with the iPad and a SMOKE!!!!

:hi:

Bake

[dawg]

12. Not to brag, or anything ...

but I have an iPad and a Keurig. I'm the fucking man!

[Bake]

13. I can only aspire to be so cool!

:hi:

Bake

[blueknight]

14. bake, dont hate me!

but my wife and i have both the Ipad and samsung galaxy tab, and like the galaxy tab much better:scared:

[backwoodsbob]

15. galaxy

wife and brother both have one..very cool tablet.

[Bake]

19. Good for you!

No hatin' here! I'm glad you like it. I love my iPad because it's very much like my iPhone (and I've never been an Apple fanboy - until now), and because of the GarageBand app -- I have my son my digital multitrack recorder and now I have a studio again!

Plus, I love FaceTime, since my son is away at school - he has an iPod Touch with FaceTime, so we can see each other when we talk.

:hi:

Bake

[erinlough]

16. Me Too!

only two material things in my life that I would replace immediately if they broke!

[NightWatcher]

17. Help me out. I've an iPhone 3GS

and I can't decide whether to get a 4, 4S, or....an ipad2. I was going to get an iPhone 5, but tada, none happened.

I'm thinking I might get a discounted 4, or keep my 3GS, and get a freakin iPad.

Is the iPad worth a few hundred bucks, and what size hard drive did you get?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. I have an iPhone 4 and an iPad2

I keep my music (about 12 days worth) and e-books on the phone and my TV shows (several complete seasons of shows that are on cable, which I don't have) and second copies of the e-books on the 64GB iPad.

I could have kept both on one device, but I have too much music and too many TV shows. :-)

The iPad was great during long plane and train trips this summer.

I carry the phone around all the time, not only as a phone and music player but also as a convenient way to always have a book handy.

Both devices can do e-mail and web browsing, both have still and video cameras.

[Bake]

20. I got the 32 gig, which I think will be plenty for me.

And I think it's well worth the money.

I'm not sure what's better about the 4S, other than they improved the already great camera on the 4, and the processor is supposed to be faster. Don't know if the 4S will be 4G-compatible or not; you'd have to look into that.

I do know that AT&T is likely to discount the 4 now, so that may be a factor for you.

:hi:

Bake

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[Bake]

22. Holy crap! Somebody felt compelled to post something that got deleted????

Geez, people, this is THE LOUNGE, fercryinoutloud! I just wish I hadn't missed that post!

Bake

[Bake]

23. And on a sad note, thank you, Steve Jobs, for inventing the tablet computer.

Everybody else are just copycats.

Bake

[OriginalGeek]

25. Some of them Pre-copy catted!

Lousy future readers stealing Jobs' stuff from back in time!

1888: U.S. Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting.<1><5>
1915: U.S. Patent on handwriting recognition user interface with a stylus.<2><6>
1942: U.S. Patent on touchscreen for handwriting input.<7><8>
1945: Vannevar Bush proposes the Memex, a data archiving device including handwriting input, in an essay As We May Think.<9>
1950s

Tom Dimond demonstrates the Styalator electronic tablet with pen for computer input and software for recognition of handwritten text in real-time.<3>
1960s

Early 1960s
RAND Tablet invented.<10><11> The RAND Tablet is better known than the Styalator, but was invented later.
Late 1960s
Alan Kay of Xerox PARC proposed a notebook computer, optionally using pen input, called the Dynabook: however the device is never constructed or implemented with pen input.
1966
In the science fiction television series Star Trek, crew members carry large, wedge-shaped electronic clipboards, operated through the use of a stylus.
1968
Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick imagines a flatscreen tablet device wirelessly playing a streaming video broadcast in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. (Has anyone ever heard if Jobs was inspired by 2001:ASO? that would be neat.) however I don't think movie and TV props count for reals. lol


1982
Pencept of Waltham, Massachusetts markets a general-purpose computer terminal using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse.<12>
Cadre System markets the Inforite point-of-sale terminal using handwriting recognition and a small electronic tablet and pen.<13>
1985
Pencept<14> and CIC<15> both offer PC computers for the consumer market using a tablet with handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse. Operating system is MS-DOS.
1987
The Knowledge Navigator concept piece by Apple Computer.
1989
The first commercially available tablet-type portable computer was the GRiDPad<16> from GRiD Systems, released in September. Its operating system was based on MS-DOS.
Wang Laboratories introduces Freestyle, an application that captured a screen from a DOS application, and let users add voice and handwriting annotations. It was a sophisticated predecessor to later note-taking applications for systems like tablet computers.<17> The operating system was MS-DOS
In partnership with Fujitsu, the Poqet Computer Corporation announced the arrival of the Poqet PC.
1990s

1991
The Momenta Pentop was released.<18>
GO Corporation announced a dedicated operating system, called PenPoint OS, with control of the operating system desktop via handwritten gesture shapes.<19><20>
NCR released model 3125 pen computer running MS-DOS, Penpoint OS or Pen Windows.<21>
The Apple Newton entered development; although it ultimately became a PDA, its original concept (which called for a larger screen and greater sketching abilities) resembled the hardware of a tablet computer.
1992
GO Corporation shipped the PenPoint OS for general availability and IBM announced IBM 2125 pen computer (the first IBM model named "ThinkPad") in April.<22>
Microsoft releases Windows for Pen Computing as a response to the PenPoint OS by GO Corporation.
1993
Fujitsu releases the Poqet PC the first pen tablet to use an integrated wireless LAN<23>
Apple Computer announces the Newton PDA, also known as the Apple MessagePad, which includes handwriting recognition with a stylus.
The IBM releases the ThinkPad, IBM's first commercialized portable tablet computer product available to the consumer market, as the IBM ThinkPad 750P and 360P<24>
BellSouth released the IBM Simon Personal Communicator, an analog cellphone using a touchscreen and display. It did not include handwriting recognition, but did permit users to write messages and send them as faxes on the analog cellphone network, and included PDA and email features.
AT&T introduced the EO Personal Communicator combining PenPoint with wireless communications.
1996
The Digital Equipment Corporation releases the DEC Lectrice.
1999
The "QBE" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies wins Comdex Best of Show.<25>
2000s

2000
PaceBlade develops the first device that meets the Microsoft's Tablet PC standard<26> and received the "Best Hardware" award at VAR Vision 2000
The "QBE Vivo" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies ties for Comdex Best of Show.
2001
Bill Gates of Microsoft demonstrates the first public prototype of a Tablet PC (defined by Microsoft as a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of the "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" operating system)<27> at Comdex.
2002
Microsoft releases the Microsoft Tablet PC.
2003
PaceBlade receives the "Innovation des Jahres 2002/2003" award for the PaceBook Tablet PC from PC Professional Magazine at the Cebit
Fingerworks<28> develops the touch technology and touch gestures later used in the Apple iPhone.
2006
Samsung introduces the Samsung Q1 UMPC.
Windows Vista released for general availability. Vista included the functionality of the special Tablet PC edition of Windows XP.
On Disney Channel Original Movie, Read It and Weep, Jamie uses a Tablet PC for her journal.
2007
Axiotron introduces Modbook, the first (and only) tablet computer based on Mac hardware and Mac OS X at Macworld.<29>
Apple launches iPod touch, laying the foundations for its venture into tablet computing iPad.
2008
In April 2008, as part of a larger federal court case, the gesture features of the Windows/Tablet PC operating system and hardware were found to infringe on a patent by GO Corp. concerning user interfaces for pen computer operating systems.<4> Microsoft's acquisition of the technology is the subject of a separate lawsuit.<30><31>
HP releases the second multi-touch capable tablet: the HP TouchSmart tx2 series.<32>
2009
Asus announces a tablet netbook, the EEE PC T91 and T91MT, the latter with a multi-touch screen.
Always Innovating announced a new tablet netbook with an ARM CPU.
Motion Computing launched the J3400.
2010s

2010
MobileDemand launches the xTablet T7000 Rugged Tablet PC which runs a full Windows OS and includes an integrated numeric keypad.
Fusion Garage releases the JooJoo, running Linux.
Apple unveils the iPad, running Apple iOS.

[dembotoz]

24. you do realize that now that S Jobs is dead you must return all your apple stuff to them

so they can be buried with him.

hope you enjoyed your ipad.

the apple police know who you are and are on their way.....