Apple Mac's worst kept secret finally revealed

[Commander Rabbit]

YOU CAN'T WATCH HULU or NETFLIX INSTANT VIEWING on this thing.

Why not?

 

[Guartho]

Because of the lack of Flash and silverlight on the iPad. I would wager that's a temporary situation, (not the iPad's lack of Flash, but the content providers lack of iPhone/iPad support) but you always want to buy based on the ability of the device the day you buy it, not on what nerds speculate will come about later.

 

[Commander Rabbit]

I also have not been able to locate an audio out (ie headphone jack).

Not important to me but others are also asking why no camera or mic for video conferencing or VOIP.

Look at the tech specs page... There's no camera, but there ARE both a headphone jack and a mic.

 

[Commander Rabbit]

Because of the lack of Flash and silverlight on the iPad. I would wager that's a temporary situation, (not the iPad's lack of Flash, but the content providers lack of iPhone/iPad support) but you always want to buy based on the ability of the device the day you buy it, not on what nerds speculate will come about later.

Thanks. Does Netflix need Flash, or just Silverlight?

 

[David cgc]

I would wager that's a temporary situation, (not the iPad's lack of Flash, but the content providers lack of iPhone/iPad support)

Yep, both Netflix and Hulu have stated their intent to have iPhone (and now, presumably, iPad) Apps to view their content. It's not much of a priority for Netflix, though. Hulu was more enthusiastic, but they seem to be waiting to release their app after they begin their paid service (which will, of course, kill the site).

Look at the tech specs page... There's no camera, but there ARE both a headphone jack and a mic.

And I'll assume it supports Apple's headphone/remote/microphone connector (I mean, hell, the newest Macbooks do...)

 

[Amaris]

Because of the lack of Flash and silverlight on the iPad. I would wager that's a temporary situation, (not the iPad's lack of Flash, but the content providers lack of iPhone/iPad support) but you always want to buy based on the ability of the device the day you buy it, not on what nerds speculate will come about later.

Thanks. Does Netflix need Flash, or just Silverlight?

Netflix uses Silverlight.

 

[ST-One]

^ And there's the big twist for me right there. I want a Kindle. However, the Kindle is way too expensive for me. The Apple iPad is about the same price and has more features and flexibility. It would be nice to see the Kindle pricing cut in half. Then I'd buy a basic Kindle.

You should get a Kindle DX; the other's display is way too small.

You watch. Within a year people will be buying fake PC-based imitations of this and telling us why they are so much better than an iPad. They will declare this in derisive tones, calling iPad users "fanboys", etc. They will deny that Mac was the first, and point to a similar product by ViewSonic 5 years ago.

At the risk of being wrong, what has Apple ever done "first?"
Not the personal computer... the GUI... the mouse... the MP3 player... touchscreen phone... tablet...

Like Thomas Edison they are just very good at taking someone else's idea and make it marketable.

 

[Canadave]

Okay, I was wrong about the YouTube thing, my bad. However, I still think it's silly to ship a product like this and have it unable to run Flash, regardless of how technology and standards may change in the future.

 

[Data Holmes]

Okay, I was wrong about the YouTube thing, my bad. However, I still think it's silly to ship a product like this and have it unable to run Flash, regardless of how technology and standards may change in the future.

Every thing I'm seeing on line, it isn't a matter of may but a matter of when.

 

[RoJoHen]

Okay, I was wrong about the YouTube thing, my bad. However, I still think it's silly to ship a product like this and have it unable to run Flash, regardless of how technology and standards may change in the future.

Every thing I'm seeing on line, it isn't a matter of may but a matter of when.

I guess my question is: Why not now?

I think it's so silly when products are launched before they're actually finished.