Comments on: Think the iPad is big now? We’ve only just begun

By: nick petrizzio

nick petrizzio — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:40:50 +0000

I have NEVER liked Android, smartphone or tablet

Does your Android smartphone have 960X640 pixels on a 3.5” screen? I have yet to find a Android with a screen this good, in fact, if I look at a LG or another phone with LESS pixels, I see the pixels now!

Who knows, they may find out how to get even more pixels in the 5

they may be able to cram 980X640, who knows!

*I am not a apple fanboy, my opnion on phones has changed A LOT since I got a iPhone 4

By: Lindsworth Horatio Deer

Lindsworth Horatio Deer — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:05:48 +0000

iPad a huge hit. I guess Microsoft CEO Bill Gates was onto something when he debuted the idea of a Tablet back in 2001. Apple CEO Steve Jobs, however, breathed life into this concept when he made the Apple iPad and thus the idea of Tablet (not Tablet PC’s) a reality.

Copycats abound to fill all niche markets. But Aple started the fire!!!

http://mythoughtsontechnologyandjamaica.blogspot.com/2010/05/apple-ipad-bests-apple-iphone-claro.html

By: Martin Hill

Martin Hill — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:43:51 +0000

I use my iPad and an app called OnSong to display auto-scrolling sheet music, guitar tabs and lyrics on my music stand during practices and services at my local church.

The possibility of not having to chop down a tree every time you get the music ready for a gig, being able to transpose guitar tabs at the touch of a finger, import new guitar tabs direct from the web (and soon hopefully straight from CCLI) is a revelation.

This particular app also supports VGA out from the iPad to display duplicates of the music on other muso’s VGA flat screens so they all scroll simultaneously as you scroll or shared via Bluetooth or wifi to other iPads and iPhones up the front or even formatted word slides to a projector for the congregation all controlled with an optional foot switch is mind-blowing. Self-illuminated music too courtesy of the iPad in dark venues.

You are quite right, we have only scraped the surface of what this new form factor and Multi-touch interface makes possible.

-Mart

By: Martin Hill

Martin Hill — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:24:21 +0000

Apple sold 22 million or an average of 512,000 iOS devices (iPads, iPhones & iPod touches) per day in 43 days up till July 19th and the iPad by itself sold 9.5 million last quarter vs 30 million Android devices from all manufacturers combined in the last quarter so it’s getting there.

By: Randolph Kirkpatrick

Randolph Kirkpatrick — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:38:19 +0000

OK then. Let’s meet back in 3 years, shall we?

By: tim jones

tim jones — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:46:02 +0000

when the iPad matches Windows 7′s 400 million, or Android’s 550,000 activations per day, then sure

By: Shakir Razak

Shakir Razak — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:00:50 +0000

Hi,

Yeah, I especially like how thechurch got over thinking it/earth were the centre of the universe, yet you still think you(/your values) should be!

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

By: Bruce Mitchell

Bruce Mitchell — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:20:00 +0000

One step forward, two steps back. As usual.
:)

By: Cris Tate

Cris Tate — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:43:16 +0000

Great Pope moved into the 21st century with an ipad while still maintaining a ban on female clergy and married male clergy.

By: Colleen Taylor

Colleen Taylor — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:17:52 +0000

Great point, Bruce. I was also a tad taken aback when I learned that so many pilots are now using iPads. But then I realized, it’s probably not very safe for them to be flustered by flipping through thousands of pages, either.

But yes: Consumer electronics are far from fail-safe, so I too hope they have backups!