Those "not yet"s are the things I'm waiting for. Can't see paying that much money for something that won't let me play music while I'm on the internet.
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Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2010 7:46:48 am PDT #13453 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
DCJensen - Apr 04, 2010 7:48:23 am PDT #13454 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I'm thinking that the latter two will likely be in the 2nd gen iPad, perhaps all three.
Misguided - Apr 04, 2010 7:59:32 am PDT #13455 of 25501
Barb's Cabana Boy
I'm thinking that the latter two will likely be in the 2nd gen iPad, perhaps all three.
I think the camera is a certainty, as it seems pretty likely it was part of the original launch design but removed for unknown reasons. Multitasking would rock. Flash just isn't going to happen, IMO.
I'd love to have one, but I'm going to wait a while.
le nubian - Apr 04, 2010 8:00:03 am PDT #13456 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Zenkitty,
you can do that now on the ipad and on an iphone and ipod touch. Technically, the iphone/touch/ipad has multi-tasking, just not with 3rd party apps.
You can play music through the Music app and surf the Internet or be in a number of other applications.
You can't watch video and do other things, but music has been done for awhile.
Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2010 8:00:12 am PDT #13457 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
How come no Flash, you think?
le nubian - Apr 04, 2010 8:01:27 am PDT #13458 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Flash brings down mac OS in a spectacular way. It can slow down mac systems if you have flash open for awhile. Flash developers (reportedly) have refused to fix some of the memory leaks which degrades performance.
Zenkitty - Apr 04, 2010 8:20:27 am PDT #13459 of 25501
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Really? I did not know that. I thought macs were invulnerable. (I've never owned one.) Well, in that case, Flash is probably right out.
le nubian - Apr 04, 2010 8:33:29 am PDT #13460 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I don't really know this personally, except for the serious slowdown Firefox experiences after awhile.
Tom Scola - Apr 04, 2010 8:42:37 am PDT #13461 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I installed ClickToFlash on my Mac. I rarely need to turn flash on. I'm mostly glad to be rid of the annoying ads.
NoiseDesign - Apr 04, 2010 9:11:28 am PDT #13462 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
Flash is not the best written nit of code. There are some much better ways to do video in web browsers and Apple is once again trying to force the issue and get the market to move to a new standard. Also Flash is controlled closely by Adobe and Apple doesn't like being beholden to another company.