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Now that you make me think about this, the guy on HAFS cover would look good with an ipad in his hands.

Well as I said before if you are in technical disciplines they can be awesome.

This lighting cosole industry standard these days...

Can run events of this size

And can be programmed and operated by this

Although the ipads will disappear in the next 5 years as they become superceded right now they enable a freedom in the technical production disciplines which is a good thing.

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Originally Posted by ni'k

you do know that they only exist for 40 year olds who grew up before personal computers were in every home and office and think that by spending 700+ on one of these things their life will merge with the advertising realm and take on the vacuity and twattishness therein and they will for one brief expensive moment labour under the illusion they have staved off the darkness and have the first clue about what this modern world is and how you put your photos onto your facebook and what a facebook is and your your face gets in the book?

in fact it has been proven the only people who actually own ipads are inexplicably wealthy, clean and toned models who spend their days in sleek big city media business firms not actually doing any work just posing in various multi racial scenes with blank pieces of paper and happy and hard working expressions on their faces. these people spend their nights in expensive wine bars with no knowledge of their own names and instead of speaking merely observe their mouths spouting advertising gibberish. they are essentially phantoms and must be hunted down and vacuumed.

there is no reason to buy one of these expensive pieces of shit unless you are rich and can afford to waste money on something not as good as a good laptop or as useful as a small phone. arent they like 700 or something? if you have that kind of money get a top of the line computer. if you want a phone, get a cheap fake iphone from japan on ebay for like 40-50. you can put your pdfs on it.

if you want an e reader, get a kindle. but ipads are just pointless. if they were 20quid id buy one.

Wow, guys, you convinced me to steer clear of those bastards. I appreciate the enlightening info. BTW, I'm a teacher, not by any means wealthy.

Everyone I know has a laptop and they use it constantly. A laptop just seems too practical for me. Anyway, I alreadyu have a desktop.

Next question...is there a difference between a Smart phone and an iPhone?
What about the one you have? Do ya like it/does it suck? What features are worth having?
My current phone is from the Flintstones era.

I'm on my ipohone right now. They're great. Oh yeah and the iPhone is a smartphone. I don't have many apps...I had it jailbroken and updated it and just erased everything. But it's just a mobile Internet device. And I just bought the 3g for 100 bucks and figured it was cheap for an iPhone. Oh and ya also need to get the Internet service too..

you can buy iphone imitations called i9 off ebay - prob about 30-50dollars. plus it will be unlocked.

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Originally Posted by ni'k

you can buy iphone imitations called i9 off ebay - prob about 30-50dollars. plus it will be unlocked.

What does it mean to be "unlocked"?

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Originally Posted by artsygrrl

an iphone is a smartphone. in other words a little computer. there are all kinds that go with all sorts of different networks. last i read (somewhere i don't recall), the droid has been outselling the iphone for the past 6 months (and it works on verizon, and has flash, etc).

i wouldn't want a smart phone. i don't want to have email following me everywhere. i answer email twice a day. otherwise it's a huge timesuck.

also, there are the "data charges " (about $40/mo) that you have to pay ON TOP of your cellphone bill. i have the cheapest cellphone ($25) and it's a prepay. when at home/ office, i just call w/ google voice (for free) and when im out i have no need to be constantly twattering about my whereabouts, so the prepay suffices.

if you wanna try the "joys" of a smartphone without the monthly overpays and without the ipad pricetag get yourself an ipod touch. you could get the cheapest one of the line (8Gb, $229) and don't let the aple store twats give you the upsell-- it's what they are trained to do. but don't jump into this yet.

because, as an educator, you *might* get a discount-- those are generally for computers + applecare, but every now & then it's possible to get cheeper toys: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/findyourschool

and finally: apple sells refurbished products in their website. they are a little bit hidden but you can find them. the beauty of this is that besides being cheaper, they come w/ the same 1yr warranty as the new ones.

refurbs for teh win:
http://store.apple.com/us/search?fin...co=MTA4MTQ4MzQ

sweet deal here: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB...co=MTY3ODQ5OTY $149 instead of $229

that's the perfect trial balloon for your ambitions. they come w/ wifi, itunes, you can get the same crummy apps, bookface, and everything that the iphone has except for the AT&T-tethered line+ the stoophid data charges. monthly obligations are the fastest road to financial slavery.

oh and i dont know anything about the knockoffs btw

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Originally Posted by artsygrrl

What does it mean to be "unlocked"?

when it's "unlocked" you can use it with any phone service as long as it as a sim card.

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Originally Posted by EVOLghost

when it's "unlocked" you can use it with any phone service as long as it as a sim card.

which is great if you're equipped to live fast & loose, but unlocking a $600 iphone will void the warranty and then if something fucks up you have a nice $600 paperweight.

i wouldn't unlock an iphone when there's droid. but then again i don't want a smartphone and i don't want friendface and i don't want twatter. i just want free porn.