Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler iPad!

I don't think I expected a "Jesus pad". However, for over a year now, they strategically leaked just enough information to allow public speculation to rise. Perhaps, to your point, to unfair levels.

However, in the end, speculation or not, there are two tools that it attempts to combine into one but it does neither well.

Jobs made fun of netbooks in his announcement but due to the inability to multi-task, it won't seriously replace a netbook. It also lacks certain apps that restrict it as a netbook replacement right now, but as you say, they could come later.

It does iphone apps well, perhaps even better if bling counts, but it can't replace an iphone either because it's not a phone. Also, the iphone was a revolution because it put useful apps in your pocket, not a laptop case.

For it to be more than an inconveniently sized iPad, they have to readdress the first point. That's it's gimped as a portable computing tool.

You are correct that it could "grow" to be revolutionary and that it was definately overhyped (some fault of that is thiers) but with a company with the resources that Apple has behind it, I'd personally argue that it should have been much more.

I don't think that's the case at all. Apple doesn't do leaks. At least not on purpose, which precludes any strategery.


Multitasking is more or less a fancy way of saying you can easily switch from one task to another. I agree that it's not really a netbook replacement. I've never understood the appeal of netbooks, though Maybe it's due to the size of my hands.


It was never intended to replace or compete with the iPhone. I don't understand why this is even a topic of discussion.


Again, Apple does not do leaks.


I think people really think Apple's capable of magic. The iPad, like the iPod before it (but even more so), was a monumental undertaking. I have a feeling people's minds will change about just what niche the device fills when they get the change to play around with one.

For the record, I'm far more on the "don't need it" side of the fence than the "need it" side -- at least until I'm able to play with one.

You know, I've never bought an i-anything and I'm just as fat and happy as ever.

I don't see what the big deal is, it's just a larger version of the itouch; no remarkable or ingenious achievement.

More power to you.

Oh my god, an iPad joke that's approaching funny.

But you can use the Remote app to stream your itunes from a PC/Mac that is on the network.

[quote=pmbukoAgain, Apple does not do leaks.

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I would say it is very possible they could be controlled leaks. I wouldn't say all, but I would be very naive to think otherwise. Not that it really matters to us consumers either way. Apple is the ones that benefit from these leaks. I am not a fan of hype it just leads to letdown.

I notice Axiom does not go the hype route with their business model like some other audio companies out there. I happen to like that.