The Big Event

[tone007]

Is it just me, or does he look a little bit ashamed of himself holding up that silly thing?

[tone007]

Really?  Windows has been hyped pretty well for the last 15 years.

No hype, Windows is 100% genuine.

[tone007]

UAE's not in the App Store! http://www.apple.com/ipad/app-store/

[tone007]

I believe Apple has a "no emulators" clause on the iPhone App store, there was an issue trying to get a C64 emulator in there.  Of course you can probably hack the device to install things like that on it, or maybe they'll be less prohibitive with the iPad.

[tone007]

That doesn't justify paying £100 for a low end computer from 1993, even if it is clean and in a box.

Hobbies require no justification.

[tone007]

I've never used remote desktop apps so I don't know the quirks involved.

Generally a bit sluggish with heavy graphical stuff.

[tone007]

I think they could be useful for specialized apps, touchscreen control panels and things.  I wouldn't mind having to use one at the self-checkout lane at the supermarket to process my payment info.  Probably cheaper than real point of sale equipment too.  Seems kind of useless for anything else though.

[tone007]

Right, iPad in supermarkets. Touchscreen display and all.

I haven't given the X1000 a thought since the day it was announced, probably.

[tone007]

How is it going to be used in supermarkets? This isn't a traditional computing device. EVERY app goes through apples approvals.

You don't think Apple would approve point of sale type apps (or even provide a customized OS) if it'd sell a bunch of iPads to a grocery store chain?  Of course this probably would never happen, as I'm sure they aren't tough enough to stand up to that kind of use...