Goodbye Epson and Other Hard Drive/Viewers; Hello iPad

[Overgaard]

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Surely you jest?

 

I took a $2000 print order the first week I had my iPhone.... simply by showing a driver a shot of his car on iPhone. You bet I'll be showing my portfolio on an iPad.

 

Furthermore, it's hardly a 10" Jobo digital photo frame. I don't believe the Jobo has acceleration or compass technology... or can sense touch and gestures.

 

Nor will it display Google mapping GPS in a map size you can actually see... or zoom in on... or give screen of point-to-point directions.... even a street view to help familiarize you with where you're going. How about managing your contacts and calendar on screen that's the equivalent of proper day planner. Or allows you to purchase and play music or read books.... and the majority of major newspapers and journals. And lets not forget, ALL the major magazines will be delivered in e-format with full, rich-interactive content... and video. And I do mean delivered. They'll simply show up. This will finally allow publishers to monetize their content (which they are entitled to just as you and I are entitled to be paid for our work and intellectual property.) And of course, music, videos, movies.... all hi-res as you sit on a plane headed to your next destination. Quite nice, really.

 

And, gone will be the days of "downloading" and "storing" as we quickly move toward "cloud" computing. The aforementioned portfolio I will be showing customers will actually be my archive that ALREADY resides in the "cloud." As convenient as it has become to carry ALL of our music on an iPod, ultimately our content will be leased or stored and streamed from the cloud. Again, no reason to store it locally.

 

Just as radio didn't kill the news paper, television didn't kill the radio, the iPad will not eliminate the smart phone or laptop. However, paired with the Internet and ever increasing connectivity, it will provide a catalyst to finally deliver all forms of content via one device.

 

In the early stages, it's certainly fair to call the iPad a "Lifestyle" device. But you might want to consider it wasn't designed for the things you do today. It's designed for the things it will allow you to do tomorrow.

 

Again, with "cloud" computing, photos might be uploaded, then edited using a program similar to Google's Picasso. And, of course, transmitted or downloaded directly to customers, editors or publishers.

 

And, if you consider using Skype, you have the perfect interface for internet voice and video personal communications. So, I can hold my iPad in my hands and talk directly face-to-face with my 7 year-old son.

 

You must have loved when they took the horse from in front of your carriage?

 

It's not about what you're doing or what you've done. It's all about what can you do next?

 

JT

 

Many good points.

 

I think, in developing software and ways to use it for one self (on the race tracks, in airplanes, in the kitchen, in the sofa, etc) one should also think that this is a start device. Look at the first 9" black and white Mac computer without harddrive - and then now 14 years later. And look just three years back at the first iPhone. This device will soon be screen from corner to corner (hence bigger than 10"), thinner, stronger and probably sooner than we would expect, able to fold.

 

And it will no doubt also change the way the laptop looks. Why not two screens so you can change one of them into a keyboard and pad, be able to display special keys, change language on the keyboard, place Lightroom tools around the keyboard, etc. They keyboard has always been the point preventing the laptop from changing. The size of laptops did shrink around 1993-1994 but then grew bigger again because you need a big enough display and a standard sized keyboard. I think Apple will have solved this "standard keyboard" requirement in a matter of few years if not already in the iPad.

 

First thing I thought of when I saw it was school kids. Imagine having all your school books on this, and you can even search for keywords in them. And your home assignments, pictures, calendar, music, videos and all.

[jackart]

For gizmo-lovers there is huge number of slates coming out soon:

 

Slate Showdown: iPad vs. HP Slate vs. JooJoo vs. Android Tablets & More (UPDATED) - Tablets - Gizmodo)

[h00ligan]

Just a few technical clarifications.

 

Nor will it display Google mapping GPS in a map size you can actually see...

 

assisted, not exact - and will require cell tower triangulation.

 

And lets not forget, ALL the major magazines will be delivered in e-format with full, rich-interactive content... and video. And I do mean delivered. They'll simply show up. This will finally allow publishers to monetize their content (which they are entitled to just as you and I are entitled to be paid for our work and intellectual property.) And of course, music, videos, movies.... all hi-res as you sit on a plane headed to your next destination. Quite nice, really.

Probably true, then Apple has more chances of a spat like they had with Universal where content providers just 'take their ball and go home' plus there will be no option to port to other devices down the road.

 

And, gone will be the days of "downloading" and "storing" as we quickly move toward "cloud" computing. The aforementioned portfolio I will be showing customers will actually be my archive that ALREADY resides in the "cloud." As convenient as it has become to carry ALL of our music on an iPod, ultimately our content will be leased or stored and streamed from the cloud. Again, no reason to store it locally.

A lot of people don't care for this, for multiple reasons. Cloud computing is a massive privacy concern, and a lot of people want to own content, not lease it.

 

And, if you consider using Skype, you have the perfect interface for internet voice and video personal communications. So, I can hold my iPad in my hands and talk directly face-to-face with my 7 year-old son.

Unfortunately not with this iteration.. probably the next rev.

[stunsworth]

Cloud computing is a massive privacy concern

 

My feelings also. Google already knows my internet searches, if I used their online services and had one of their phones they'd have access to a heck of a lot more too.

[John Thawley]

Just a few technical clarifications.

 

assisted, not exact - and will require cell tower triangulation.

 

Probably true, then Apple has more chances of a spat like they had with Universal where content providers just 'take their ball and go home' plus there will be no option to port to other devices down the road.

 

A lot of people don't care for this, for multiple reasons. Cloud computing is a massive privacy concern, and a lot of people want to own content, not lease it.

 

Unfortunately not with this iteration.. probably the next rev.

 

You again. LOL - Technical CLARIFICATIONS? More of your selective use of vocabulary. These are opinions. NOT clarifications. You have clarified nothing... there is not a single fact in any thing you've posted. There's a difference.

 

I'm doing most of these things now... including Google maps. I haven't used my GPS device in two years... I travel coast-to-coast all year round, flying into different towns driving to rural areas I'm unfamiliar with. No problem. Frankly, my iPhones Google maps are exactly not as EXACT as my GPS. SO.... nonsense.

 

The Apple spat wasn't a spat at all. Stop facilitating urban myths.... it was nothing more than sour grapes. This falls under "free enterprise" and the market(s) will sort itself out.

 

A handful of IT people are concerned about cloud computing. The public will embrace it. And a lot of us already have. I've been "cloud" computing for several years; including web development, management and content management. I've been involved in developing web based solutions since 1994. I no longer use local web development tools. Everything resides online. I've stored an managed hi-res image archives online for nearly four years now. Security concerns run through-out the internet. As do they run throughout my gated community.

 

Regarding Skype:

 

Apple confirms 3G VoIP apps on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch; Skype is waiting

January 29, 2010 | 2:23 pm

IPad-phone

iPad: Can you hear me now? Credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

Apple Inc. confirmed last night that it is now allowing iPhone, iPad and iPod touch developers to build apps that can make Internet calls over a 3G cellular network.

 

"We revised our Program License Agreement in conjunction with our updated Software Development Kit for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad Apps," wrote an Apple spokesperson. "Included in this update is the ability for developers to create VoIP apps that utilize cellular networks."

 

Please don't respond to me. Seriously.

 

JT

[mmyers8963]

How does it do face-to-face video?

[h00ligan]

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I'm sorry I seem to have upset you John. The things I posted are factually correct except the part about the privacy concern, on that you're right, that's a concern that those in the field may see a bit more clearly now. As far as the rest, I'm not sure why you got so mad, I was just trying to clarify. And re: skype, you mentioned chatting face to face... which is why I said unfortunately not now (as there's no cam). As to the rest, I discussed technical limitations. Further more to clarify, the 'gps' in the ipad even with 3g is not the same as in the iphone afaik (if you are not within cell coverage areas, it won't provide GPS). I'm also not sure how the use of the word 'spat' is any different than what you saying 'sour grapes'. NBC was mad at apple about tiered pricing, Apple wouldn't budge, NBC pulled their content. They eventually worked it out. The drm'd content is not transferable to other devices. Where haven't I talked about technicals?

 

I'm sorry you are so upset, I'm not sure what in my post could have elicited that reaction. I sure hope it's not carry over from another thread as I would like to move past that to a more constructive interaction.

 

All the best.

 

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I would however appreciate if you would use a more respectful tone as I have toward you. Thanks.