The Ipad My Baseball TV

Not mets related but David Appelmen shows off the ipads baseball playing capabilities. It's making me seriously consider harvesting my own kidney.

about 2 years ago Gina 11 comments 0 recs |

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As much fun as the iPad probably is

Once it’s able to play flash video (or everything is converted to HTML5), gets a camera, and a storage of at least 120GB, it will be a lot more useful. It’s already been jailbroken so that adds a functionality to it. Even though I want one, it’s going to be really great in a year or two. Hopefully by then I could actually afford one.

by Evan_S on Apr 7, 2010 2:35 AM EDT reply actions

iPads are retarded

You could buy a laptop for cheaper. You could download Microsoft programs that run better than those stupid apps. You could buy real games that are a lot more fun than those dumb apps. And you could buy MLB.tv which is a whole lot cheaper than an iPad.

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by Bobby Baseball on Apr 7, 2010 3:35 PM EDT reply actions

Laptops aren't nearly as much fun to use though

by Evan_S on Apr 7, 2010 11:57 PM EDT reply actions

reply fail

by Evan_S on Apr 7, 2010 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

exactly

it seems like there’s just some massive anti ipad backlash for no apparent reason. For one I can’t think of any particularly useful laptop that’s cheaper than 600. For 2, why would I want to lug a laptop around when Ipads way like a pound and are like .001 inches thick. And I have absolutely no idea what Microsoft programs he’s talking about that even semi resemble apps.

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by Gina on Apr 8, 2010 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions

In addition to what I stated above

The other thing that’s really annoying is the monthly fee for the 3G version. Especially since I already pay it for my iPhone, that seems ridiculous to pay extra. I’m not sure if it works for iPod touches, but I have an app that allows me to turn my iPhone 3G into wifi. If that works for the iPad as well, that would make a huge difference because computer devices now a days are borderline useless without internet.

The one thing (other than the great looking At Bat app) is the iPad as an e-reader. I do like having holding an actual book, but the graphics looks so good as does the possibility of comics on the iPad, I could learn to like not having a hard copy.

by Evan_S on Apr 8, 2010 12:39 AM EDT up reply actions

To me, the iPad just doesn't seem to have any real advantages over a laptop.

But I’m probably not in its target demographic. And I don’t know how much your laptop weighs, but mine’s only 7 lbs. I suppose if you had to carry it all day long, it might get heavy, but that’s not really a lot of weight.

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by BobbyV_Incognito on Apr 8, 2010 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions

carrying around all day it definitely is

which is kind of the point of an ipad, on the go social networking, gaming, music, video watching/photo viewing.

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by Gina on Apr 8, 2010 1:22 AM EDT up reply actions

oh and as an e-reader

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by Gina on Apr 8, 2010 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions

The biggest difference is that

A laptop has to be set down, the iPad can be held. You can use the iPad on a train or on a bus, you really can’t with a laptop. And as portable as laptops are, it’s a pain to lug it around all day, usually needing a separate carrying case. The iPad, can easily slip into any backpack or, for women, a large purse. I get what you’re saying, it’s an in between device that’s too big to replace your iPod or smart phone, but not functional to replace your laptop. As I said before, with more storage, full web browsing on a 4G network, a camera and perhaps a more useful OS, sort of in between the iPhone OS and Snow Leopard, the iPad can be more useful. Right now it’s just a really, really fun toy.

by Evan_S on Apr 8, 2010 2:38 AM EDT up reply actions