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To the skeptics that said the iPad was just a big iPhone....

  • Suck it....

    The chief executive of Apple, Timothy D. Cook, has a prediction: the day will come when tablet devices like the Apple iPad outsell traditional personal computers. His forecast has backing from a growing number of analysts and veteran technology industry executives, who contend that the torrid growth rates of the iPad, combined with tablet competition from the likes of Amazon.com and Microsoft, make a changing of the guard a question of when, not if.

    This post was edited by Trevor Barnes on 3/6/2012 at 11:19 AM

    As New iPad Debut Nears, Some See Decline of PCs - NYTimes.com

    The iPad, considered a side business for Apple when it was introduced in 2010, accounted for $9.15 billion in revenue in the holiday quarter, about 20 percent of Apple’s total revenue.

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  • How does what he said change the fact that the iPad is just a really big iPhone?

    F Michigan

    AASpartan ●

  • Tablets are the wave of the future. Soon laptops will be seen the same way as PC stations are now. It's just a matter of time.

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  • Count gHostula said...

    Tablets are the wave of the future. Soon laptops will be seen the same way as PC stations are now. It's just a matter of time.

    I disagree. I travel a lot so I love my iPad but I also bring my laptop and havew a desktop in my office. I need all 3 to do my job.

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  • AASpartan said...

    How does what he said change the fact that the iPad is just a really big iPhone?

    Still clueless huh?

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  • Spartanfan said...

    Still clueless huh?

    I actually have a tablet and will probably be buying an iPad 3 when they come out, but the iPad is literally a giant iPhone (sans phone modem). I'm not sure how that's arguable lol

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  • AASpartan said...

    I actually have a tablet and will probably be buying an iPad 3 when they come out, but the iPad is literally a giant iPhone (sans phone modem). I'm not sure how that's arguable lol

    The iPhone is a terrific phone with many useful apps, it will never replace a computer because of its size limitations. The iPad can virtually replace a computer for many people and in time probably for everyone. I could go on and on with examples of apps that are so much more useful on the iPad as opposed to the iPhone (word and excel for example) but you would just keep repeating your mantra.

    My point is that when the iPad first came out so many knuckleheads couldn't understand how it was anything but a big iPhone. It is now obvious it is so much more.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    The iPhone is a terrific phone with many useful apps, it will never replace a computer because of its size limitations. The iPad can virtually replace a computer for many people and in time probably for everyone. I could go on and on with examples of apps that are so much more useful on the iPad as opposed to the iPhone (word and excel for example) but you would just keep repeating your mantra.

    My point is that when the iPad first came out so many knuckleheads couldn't understand how it was anything but a big iPhone. It is now obvious it is so much more.

    Please name one thing an iPad can do that an iPhone cannot...

    You mention "size limitations"... so what you are saying is that the iPad is a really big iPhone.

    This post was edited by Sparty2QP on 3/6/2012 at 8:21 AM

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  • Sparty2QP said...

    Please name one thing an iPad can do that an iPhone cannot...

    You mention "size limitations"... so what you are saying is that the iPad is a really big iPhone.

    The iPad doesn't require you to pay Verizon or AT&T a monthly phone bill.

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  • Nothing in the open changes or argues tuw idea that the ipad IS a big phone. It doesn't matter what you're using it for, it is still designed the same.

    And before you attack me save it. I own an ipad and just recently got rid of my iPhone.

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  • Sparty2QP said...

    Please name one thing an iPad can do that an iPhone cannot...

    You mention "size limitations"... so what you are saying is that the iPad is a really big iPhone.

    You guys are missing the point, the size alone makes it a completely different experience. The naysayers predicted it was pointless, stupid and wouldn't fly. Why would I want a giant IPhone when I've got a laptop? You were wrong.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    You guys are missing the point, the size alone makes it a completely different experience. The naysayers predicted it was pointless, stupid and wouldn't fly. Why would I want a giant IPhone when I've got a laptop? You were wrong.

    Now what do you get for being right?

    Lots of revenue from the company? Stock options?

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  • Spartanfan said...

    You guys are missing the point, the size alone makes it a completely different experience. The naysayers predicted it was pointless, stupid and wouldn't fly. Why would I want a giant IPhone when I've got a laptop? You were wrong.

    So your saying size matters...to you
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  • ...which just goes to show just how revolutionary the Samsung Galaxy Note really is. I hope Apple and other device makers follow suite.

    tVargMan Prime

  • Your Ipad doesn't have quality spell check, huh?

    Skpetic. There is a K.

    Edit: Keeping the misspelling as my penance for misspelling the word I was chiding someone for misspelling

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  • Why if it's just a giant iPhone didn't anyone ever suggest an iPhone could be a laptop replacement? Why if it's just a giant iPhone is the iPad doing just that? Again your missing the point if you say TECHNICALLY it is a giant iPhone, that is not the point of this thread The original proposition by many of you was that it was a pointless device if I've already got a laptop. You were wrong. Just admit it.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    You guys are missing the point, the size alone makes it a completely different experience. The naysayers predicted it was pointless, stupid and wouldn't fly. Why would I want a giant IPhone when I've got a laptop? You were wrong.

    You're starting to sound like a crazy person. Do you or do you not have a shrine to Steve Jobs?

    Even Trevor is thinking, "Whoa, let's simmer down on the iPad rants."

    This post was edited by Watch Out Pylon on 3/6/2012 at 8:37 AM

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    mriderblue12 said... Your a retard.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    You guys are missing the point, the size alone makes it a completely different experience. The naysayers predicted it was pointless, stupid and wouldn't fly. Why would I want a giant IPhone when I've got a laptop? You were wrong.

    What naysayers? Bump posts like Fletch does...stop being lazy.

    tVargMan Prime

  • vitocorleone said...

    Your Ipad doesn't have quality spell check, huh?

    Skpetic. There is a K.

    Skpetic? WTF is a skpetic?

    [old roflmao]

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  • Come buy my $600 product, it's the wave of the FUTURE!!!!!!!

    y2kMgrad

  • vitocorleone said...

    Your Ipad doesn't have quality spell check, huh?

    Skpetic. There is a K.

    I'm British. The 'e' comes before the 'p' by the way. So you corrected me by spelling it incorrectly yourself.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    I'm British. The 'e' comes before the 'p' by the way. So you corrected me by spelling it incorrectly yourself.

    hahahaha I'm awesome like that. biggrin

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  • I can see myself with one of these. As long as there is a good network that can get me back to a machine with more horses, I can see this taking off.

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  • VargMan said...

    What naysayers? Bump posts like Fletch does...stop being lazy.

    Bump it yourself. I have no idea what your talking about. I just remember all the rants from the shortsighted that couldn't understand the concept.

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  • Spartanfan said...

    Bump it yourself. I have no idea what your talking about. I just remember all the rants from the shortsighted that couldn't understand the concept.

    From your own mind?

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    mriderblue12 said... Your a retard.

    Watch Out Pylon ●

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