Apple Jan. 27 launch event... what will it be?

[TripletDaddy]

Anyone have a recommendation on a good Ipad 2 cover? Something that will protect it, but look nice (even sexy).

http://www.toptabletreview.com/funny...g-on-sale.html

[UteStar]

http://www.toptabletreview.com/funny...g-on-sale.html

Thank you...I will be putting my order in shortly.

[Uncle Ted]

iPhone 5 coming 3rd quarter. I hope Sprint picks it up. I'd like that option when my Evo contract expires. Though, HTC will probably have another bad ass phone out by then.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...J_Tech_LEADTop

Hmm... you may have an iphone option with sprint in the near future::

Apple Inc. could bring its category-defining iPhone to Sprint later this year, according to Citadel Securities analyst Shing Yin. The analyst said that doing so would allow Apple broader access to price-conscious smartphone consumers because Sprint’s data plans are less expensive than AT&T’s and Verizon’s.

“[An iPhone on Sprint] could offer an attractive proposition for more price-conscious users (a demographic that we think is increasingly important to Apple following the rise of Android),” the analyst said, adding that it, “could be a relatively stronger seller than the Verizon iPhone.”

The research note obtained by Wired wasn’t based on leaked information or sources in Apple’s supply chain, but rather analysis of broad industry trends.

“The main thing for Apple is increased distribution, which is more important now than when the iPhone was first released,” Ying Shin told Wired.

Apple is also rumored to have inked a deal with the world’s largest wireless carrier, China Mobile, and it’s expected that the next version of the iPhone, which may be announced in September, will work on that carrier’s network. Apple could introduce a Sprint-capable version at the same time.

[Moliere]

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm posting from my new iPad. I realize I'm not the first, but at least I'm not the last.

[Katy Lied]

Steve Jobs just resigned. Guess he's losing the battle.

[Sizzle]

Steve Jobs just resigned. Guess he's losing the battle.

Staying on the board though.

I, for one, hope to see Apple continue to thrive even as he takes a less active role. I also hope everything is okay with Steve. I would like to meet him one day. Just not in an elevator...

[TripletDaddy]

Steve Jobs just resigned. Guess he's losing the battle.

Probably just a knee-jerk reaction to that sweet $99 HP tablet deal going on right now.

[EuropeanFootballMale]

Goodbye to largest company status

[beefytee]

Goodbye to largest company status

Bingo. Steve Jobs was not a level-5 leader.

[Moliere]

Steve Jobs just resigned. Guess he's losing the battle.

:sad:

[Coach McGuirk]

For me, it is a very good long travel item. Definitely not a everyday use thing for me, but it looks to do enough things that would take the place of pulling out my laptop on the plane. Plus I love gadgets.

That is definitely false. The iPad became an everyday use for me on day one. Looking back it was indeed a game changer.

[TripletDaddy]

That is definitely false. The iPad became an everyday use for me on day one. Looking back it was indeed a game changer.

I use mind for a myriad of things every day as well.

One note, however....I have found in my day to day that the iPad is great for consumption of material, not as great for production. It just isn't great or practical for spreadsheets, redlining docs, and much of the other stuff I crank out daily. Also, the lack of flash integration is still an annoyance. I would still rather do most of that at my desk.

As a consumption device, it is excellent....Internet, email, apps, books, banking, GPS, movies, music, etc. The app market ensures that the iPad will be the market leader for a long time.

Looking back at tooblue's utopian vision of a post iPad world, he wasn't entirely afield. iPad did change things. Not sure it was a seismic shift, but it was a tremor for sure.

[tooblue]

I use mind for a myriad of things every day as well.

One note, however....I have found in my day to day that the iPad is great for consumption of material, not as great for production. It just isn't great or practical for spreadsheets, redlining docs, and much of the other stuff I crank out daily. Also, the lack of flash integration is still an annoyance. I would still rather do most of that at my desk.

As a consumption device, it is excellent....Internet, email, apps, books, banking, GPS, movies, music, etc. The app market ensures that the iPad will be the market leader for a long time.

Looking back at tooblue's utopian vision of a post iPad world, he wasn't entirely afield correct. iPad did change things. Not sure it was a seismic shift, but it was a tremor for sure.

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[beefytee]

I got a MacBook at work about a week ago and am using a mac product for the first time. So far so good.

The only big annoyance is something I knew about going into it. It is the menu bar is associated with the desktop and not the application. They should at least give people the choice on this. This is especially annoying using multiple monitors as the menu bar is far away from the window.

One other small annoyance is the arrow keys don't work on alert popups. I want to switch the button focus with the arrow keys. I also miss separate backspace and delete keys. I've gotten used to most of the keyboard shortcuts though.

The best thing about the MacBook (besides the better hardware that they offer over the crappy dells that they give us at work) is the track pad. It is great. I've hated any track pads that I've used in the past and always disabled them, but Macs do the track pad right.

[Uncle Ted]

I got a MacBook at work about a week ago and am using a mac product for the first time. So far so good.

The only big annoyance is something I knew about going into it. It is the menu bar is associated with
the desktop and not the application. They should at least give people the choice on this. This is especially annoying using multiple monitors as the menu bar is far away from the window.

At one time apple was going to put the menu bar on the app window...



It was decided that the menu bar needed to be at the top so one could easily determine which app was active (or in focus), applications didn't have to have windows, and some other reasons I read at one time but forgot.

One other small annoyance is the arrow keys don't work on alert popups. I want to switch the button focus with the arrow keys. I also miss separate backspace and delete keys. I've gotten used to most of the keyboard shortcuts though.

Buttons selected with keys. That is so 1990's windose.

The best thing about the MacBook (besides the better hardware that they offer over the crappy dells that they give us at work) is the track pad. It is great. I've hated any track pads that I've used in the past and always disabled them, but Macs do the track pad right.