When the Adamo came out, some reviewers were complaining that the package didn't justify the price, which was true considering what you were getting. They should lower the price even more.

Adamo was $2399 for a CULV notebook
a Macbook Pro was 1199 for the unibody 13" even the Air was only 1799 and its thinner

im gonna buy one and hang out at coffee shops while holding it up to my ear. i'll tell people its the iPhone G4 XL :p

I go for the best valued product for my needs, and I'm not brand loyal. Here's what I learned when I was shopping for my laptop.

When ppl call someone who doesn't own any Apple products a fanboy, they're obviously haters: the opposite of a fanboy. Haters know as much as fanboys. They're as loyal (to the other side) as fanboys. Advice from them is useless.

any photographer who is using this instead of an actual printed portfolio, is trying to get clients based on trend not their work.

That's not true. I've seen a trend towards electronic portfolios lately. Besides, almost all photographers have websites with their work on them, no? Sales of physical portfolios have dropped this past year. My personal preference is a (well) printed portfolio though, as it looks more professional. Unfortunately, the younger photographers who have grown up in the digital age don't really appreciate or care. I've already been asked by professional clients when we'll be getting stock of the iPad.

Having said that, sales of our professional wedding albums and studio samples that wedding photographers keep as portfolios in their studio have gone up.

the ipad just might be a cool toy
500$ isnt much for a cool toy

there's just too much work in opening a laptop, turning on the operating system or even resuming windows from standby.

What would make the ipad super good is
*sturdy shell with no spermicidal heat waves
*no awkward output/input slots
*fast boot up from standby like resuming the ipod touch
*fast charging
*essentially just a bigger, faster, better ipod

some things id like to do with the ipad that makes netbooks/laptops look like crap
*wake up and turn on my ipad. check my email.news.weather.revscene while on my bed in 2minutes
*like a clipboard of electronic notes. that i can edit quickly by electronic keyboard+touch then slip it away like a clipboard
*i just wanna be lazier if that's possible while i still get my computer fix

You don't need multi-touch to swipe. :rolleyes:

You didn't address my comment: this is still a niche market, you're pretending like a large portion of the corporate market will switch.

So you're just here to argue. Good to know to ignore your points.

Again you missed the point.

Mercedes doesn't market the C230 coupe as "magical and revolutionary". Any manufacturer that makes that claim is open to major criticism - which you are defending.

So the question is, why after admitting its a niche product, are you defending the criticisms we have against Apple's marketing of this?

Oh ya, you just want to argue. Please don't, you're making yourself look bad by continuing to stretch. This product isn't magical or revolutionary, and is open to criticism. If you don't like that, GTFO.

If you think $500 is cheap while making $14/hr, you need a lesson in finances. You make $2300/mn, $1900 after taxes, and you'll spend 1/4 of your income on a gadget. :rolleyes:

Yes, because wanking and whinging about a device you have no intention of buying anyway is SO much more mature.

LOL, don't forget to get the XL white headphones to go with it!!!

On a side note, whats the CDN MSRP on one?

dont think he actually makes 14 dollars an hour..

only guy privlage to earn that wage is this guy :IDL :IDL :IDL

Sarcasm > you.

what a useless piece of shit. Anyone who buys one, deserves to be openly mocked.

Whoever was talking about buying one for grandparents, well fuck, my grandparents have enough difficulties dealing with a regular keyboard sometimes. What kind of asshole would get a touchscreen for older people?

lol

haha...i work for a company in the life sciences...we manufacture fast low light level cameras...yup...its fairly expensive and basically this can be used for the purpose of sharing the findings...niche or not...there are a lot of possible places where this can be a very very VERY big thing..but there are a lot of places where this is only so-so...

http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-f...-secret-tablet

something like this would have actually made sense

ipad is a giant itouch.

my jailbroken iphone has more features including background tasks and camera.
literally the most useless device ever conceived.

I guess my iPhone is now a iPad Nano...

for those light days ;)

...that part is a joke. I'm going to let the rest of REVscene school you on the significance of $14/hour.

I'll say again: $500 is cheap.

Compared to what???

I can buy a basic laptop for around 300. I can buy a slate convertible type laptop for under $1200.

Comparing it to the HP slate coming out this is way overpriced.

I believe this is what the Apple Fanboys are thinking what the maxIPAD is like.
That device is the SHIT