Comments on: Five reasons the iPad will fail in Australia http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/ Just Australia. Just technology. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:04:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renai LeMay http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-84655 Renai LeMay Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:25:12 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-84655 heh it did turn out that I was wrong! :) heh it did turn out that I was wrong! :)

]]> By: Bob http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-84635 Bob Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:14:06 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-84635 Good call Renai. Have you got any other predictions for the future? Good call Renai. Have you got any other predictions for the future?

]]> By: Trevor McGowan http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-25218 Trevor McGowan Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:58:29 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-25218 I was looking for an apple iPhone or lap top to ultimately connect with my desk top. The kids went with me to the apple store and were completely occupied by the iPad while I discussed the options with the sales man. I want a lap top for when I move about or am away from home. The iPad fitted my requirement. It is so easy to use. The applications fit beautifully on the screen and the typing keyboard is easier to use than on my lap top. It is just the right size for carrying around and in that way it's unlike my lap top. There is no way I would take my lap top into a friends home on a visit but the Ipad is inconspicuous and so convenient. I have the 3G and 64 gig. The proportions ergonomically sit on my knees and between my hands and eyes. If I am sitting in the car, the carry case flips over the steering wheel so I can do some browsing or write a document while waiting for someone. This is the first time I have bought a gadget that does everything and more since the time I bought my Cannon AE3 camera 30 years ago. The Ipad is not a camera. I love my Ipad. And now I want an apple desk top and an apple iPhone. I was looking for an apple iPhone or lap top to ultimately connect with my desk top. The kids went with me to the apple store and were completely occupied by the iPad while I discussed the options with the sales man. I want a lap top for when I move about or am away from home. The iPad fitted my requirement. It is so easy to use. The applications fit beautifully on the screen and the typing keyboard is easier to use than on my lap top. It is just the right size for carrying around and in that way it’s unlike my lap top. There is no way I would take my lap top into a friends home on a visit but the Ipad is inconspicuous and so convenient. I have the 3G and 64 gig. The proportions ergonomically sit on my knees and between my hands and eyes. If I am sitting in the car, the carry case flips over the steering wheel so I can do some browsing or write a document while waiting for someone. This is the first time I have bought a gadget that does everything and more since the time I bought my Cannon AE3 camera 30 years ago. The Ipad is not a camera. I love my Ipad. And now I want an apple desk top and an apple iPhone.

]]> By: Moocow http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-7099 Moocow Tue, 25 May 2010 03:34:36 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-7099 No matter how good it is, I'd struggle to buy an iPad, as it sounds like it's Apple's version of a womens sanitary device! No matter how good it is, I’d struggle to buy an iPad, as it sounds like it’s Apple’s version of a womens sanitary device!

]]> By: Simon Shaw http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-6995 Simon Shaw Mon, 24 May 2010 07:54:33 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-6995 We have an Aussie Tax, just because we're in Australia. Doesn't matter what it is, we pay more here for some reason, even if the only thing 'shipped' is a license string in an email. The firewall software we use is 40% more in Australia. Computer games, check out the online pricing on these, you'll see aussies getting reamed on pricing. The iPad and so on are no different. We have an Aussie Tax, just because we’re in Australia.
Doesn’t matter what it is, we pay more here for some reason, even if the only thing ‘shipped’ is a license string in an email.
The firewall software we use is 40% more in Australia. Computer games, check out the online pricing on these, you’ll see aussies getting reamed on pricing.

The iPad and so on are no different.

]]> By: Aaron http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-6180 Aaron Wed, 19 May 2010 07:28:48 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-6180 It looks like the kind of thing they walk around the Enterprise holding when they're sorting shit out. It looks like the kind of thing they walk around the Enterprise holding when they’re sorting shit out.

]]> By: Renai LeMay http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-6073 Renai LeMay Tue, 18 May 2010 09:46:44 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-6073 I think it will be a moderate success, but I still don't think it is going to revitalise publishing or attract anywhere near the same level of adoption as the iPhone has. I think it will be a moderate success, but I still don’t think it is going to revitalise publishing or attract anywhere near the same level of adoption as the iPhone has.

]]> By: David http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-6059 David Tue, 18 May 2010 07:11:44 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-6059 I think the iPad is going to be a smashing success in Australia - like elsewhere. Only time will tell (not much time left now) I think the iPad is going to be a smashing success in Australia – like elsewhere.

Only time will tell (not much time left now)

]]> By: iPad pre-orders storming success in Australia « Making Hay http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-5577 iPad pre-orders storming success in Australia « Making Hay Thu, 13 May 2010 23:51:49 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-5577 [...] one publisher who previously shared opinion pieces telling us iPad will fail seemed to prefer to focus on reporting the apparent success in negative terms. Even indicating [...] [...] one publisher who previously shared opinion pieces telling us iPad will fail seemed to prefer to focus on reporting the apparent success in negative terms. Even indicating [...]

]]> By: Peter Holland http://delimiter.com.au/2010/04/27/five-reasons-the-ipad-will-fail-in-australia/#comment-4653 Peter Holland Mon, 03 May 2010 04:02:53 +0000 http://delimiter.com.au/?p=3269#comment-4653 you people are all mad. The ipad can work in windows environments, my macbook pro already does, without any trouble. I can do my work without being impacted in any way shape or form. I can print to a windows gui printer, I can access windows only apps, it is all very simple. I use a citrix environment for my business usage. By the way, Medical Director, Doctor's Desktop, MIMSscript and many other practice and reference packages for the medical segment work very happily on a citrix environment. So do many other industry specific packages. so... all that complaining just went away. easily. didn't it? you people are all mad. The ipad can work in windows environments, my macbook pro already does, without any trouble. I can do my work without being impacted in any way shape or form. I can print to a windows gui printer, I can access windows only apps, it is all very simple.

I use a citrix environment for my business usage.

By the way, Medical Director, Doctor’s Desktop, MIMSscript and many other practice and reference packages for the medical segment work very happily on a citrix environment. So do many other industry specific packages.

so… all that complaining just went away. easily. didn’t it?

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