Die iPad, Die Die

[MikeH]

Yeah.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And, whilst a lot of coffee shops have wi-fi, pubs don't.

Beer >>>>>> Coffee.

Most of the pubs in my neck of the woods have Wi-fi.

... which has apparently already been said. Never mind me.

[MikeH]

Pubs with Wi-Fi is wrong

A pub should be a place where if someone even pulls out a mobile phone they are glowered at or even thrown out.

Drinking is a serious business. Do your web browsing on your own time or at work.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Well in the middle of the afternoon, there are few others to talk to, so prime browsing time

And cell phone look ups can be done to settle arguments.

[Asher]

Well in the middle of the afternoon, there are few others to talk to, so prime browsing time

And cell phone look ups can be done to settle arguments.

Or cheat at trivia.

[MikeH]

EXACTLY!

Arguing in the pub is an important tradition.

What would it be like if people brought 'facts' into the equation.

Imagine if facts were allowed here!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Cheating at trivia is wrong, wrong wrong!

Besides, there are some folks (and who should know who if you frequent pubs) that you just want to look up the obvious fact and shut them up because they are so obnoxious!

[MikeH]

If you can't defeat an obnoxious person with the power of your mind you need to practice harder.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So what is your excuse for not defeating Kidicious?

[Asher]

So what is your excuse for not defeating Kidicious?

The cockroach effect.

[Vanguard]

As another thread pointed out (I guess---- I wasn't able to read it due to the database hiccough), the German for iPad is "Das iPad", not "Die iPad". It is neuter not feminine.

I apologize for any inconvenience. I blame our nation's schools. And Google Translate.

[Vanguard]

And the Simpsons.

[Vanguard]

Why an iPad is better than a laptop.

1. Touch screen is better than a trackpad for general surfing, gaming and apps. Okay, a trackpad is slightly better than touch for doing "real work". But if you ask me, real work requires a real mouse. A trackpad is just second-rate for everything.

2. I can hand the iPad to my dad and he can read about his medications.

3. You can pick the iPad up and carry it with you into the bathroom.

4. You can read the iPad while walking around or standing.

5. The iPad is on instantly. You can pick it up, find out what you need to know and you are done in 10 seconds. Or you can put your book down for a while and pick it up again in five hours and start reading again.

6. How stupid would I feel using a laptop in a doctor's office?

7. I can control my cable box with it.

8. I can take it with me on the golf course. Five hour round? I can deal with that.

9. Garage Band. $5.

10. PDFs.

[VetLegion]

Yeah, increasingly popular here too but using it on my phone I've found that often you need to need to get a sign in or whatever, like Starbucks you need a login card thing, or if you don't then clearly the security is slightly suspect, Wi-Fi jacking is not an insignificant risk.

UK Starbacks requires that silly card... while US Starbucks does not.

USA

Tablets

I'm dying for an Ipad 2, tried to buy it in the US, failed, now thinking about ordering via
eBay, but the customs+taxes here would be in the 30% range and I don't want that.

[Asher]

4:3
Lack of real multi-tasking
Lack of tabbed browsing
Insane Apple tax on everything, including purchases direct from the publisher
Curated/random denial app store
No VLC
****tier cameras than my old RAZR phone