The iPad

[Feathers]

It does look cool but would it be legal?

Having something so capable of displaying video within the field of view of the driver seems a little...dangerous to me. Or is it one of those areas of law where it's fine to have the facility as long as it's not used? Ot is it simply legal?

[Rico]

It does look cool but would it be legal?

Having something so capable of displaying video within the field of view of the driver seems a little...dangerous to me. Or is it one of those areas of law where it's fine to have the facility as long as it's not used? Ot is it simply legal?

Not sure about the legality.  But I don't see how it's different than having an iPad just in the car - or laptop - or navigation in a car.  All can be distractions.

[Feathers]

I agree with the general point, the specific was triggered because I thought we had legislation over here regarding this but now that I come to search online for a reference, I can't find anything.

I guess I have my iPhone mounted in the car for GPS use so this should be nothing more than a big version of that.

:offtopic Hmmm WWDC today. Next Gen iPhone announcement...drooool.

[X]

It's legal in most places here. They even have radios where a small tv pops out for people to view. I think it's all about common sense. If someone is prone to distraction while driving, it doesn't matter if it's a movie or a piece of string with something shiny on the end, they will find a way to be distracted.

[Bromptonboy]

:offtopic Hmmm WWDC today. Next Gen iPhone announcement...drooool.

Yes I am waiting anxiously for this one...going to have to control myself to not run out and buy one right away....I think that will be a loosing battle..

[Feathers]

:offtopic Hmmm WWDC today. Next Gen iPhone announcement...drooool.

Yes I am waiting anxiously for this one...going to have to control myself to not run out and buy one right away....I think that will be a loosing battle..

Well, it won't come into it's own (over a 3G) until OS4 comes out so you should have at least a couple of weeks of token resistance to display.

Back to the iPad...

[billybob476]

Another aside (or maybe not becuase perhaps they will talk about the iPad), gdgt live blog of today's event:

http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live-wwdc-2010-keynote-coverage/

[Rico]

Simon Pegg sent this photo out and the follow message on Twitter.    :roflmao

@simonpegg: Hello? Ambulance? I'M SHRINKING!!!

[Feathers]

That's what I would have done too. :)

[Bryancd]

This was interesting:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/02/apples_ipad_passes_google_android_in_total_browser_usage_share.html

According to this, more people are browsing the internet on iPads than the Android phone. Not sure of it's veracity, but I think that would make sense as the browsing experience on the iPad is, well, just more. iPad sales estimates for calender year 2010 are now upwards of 10 million units.

[Bryancd]

Another research item from Goldman Sachs on the iPad's future...

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/14/report_apples_ipad_to_copy_iphone_in_eating_up_lions_share_of_profits.html

[Bryancd]

Business's now looking at iPad for their employees..

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/23/att_reveals_400k_500k_of_us_ipad_3g_activated_in_first_2_months.html

[Blackride]

Apple stuff for large corporations is still priced to high IMO. It's easier to buy a cheap laptop (Dell or HP) than give out an iPad and inccur the additional support costs that would come with another platform.

Our company with over 28k employees has never even considered Apple products beyond a few Macs for VERY specific reasons.

Apple will have major hurdles to get the iPad as a mainline business solution.

[Rico]

I want to work for one of those places.  I'm using Win 2000 on a 10 year old PC at work!  And Blackride is correct, it's bang for the buck in the corporate world.  And it's VERY hard to justify Mac products based on that.  And an iPad is frankly silly for work use.

[Bryancd]

..and yet 50% of the Fortune 100 companies are currently testing the iPad and iPhone for enterprise use. Just stating the facts. I have never considered Apple to really have an interest in enterprise beyond education, but the iPhone's succes and now the iPad are causing me to rething that.