Support NeoGAF

[Bowser]

You're going to take pictures while using a case like that? Really?

They are somewhat ugly. How stupid of them not to include a red interior/black exterior option like the original DODOcase. I own one for my first gen iPad and it's beautiful.

Those aren't the only colors:

http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodo-essentials

http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodo-classic

I agree though, don't know why you would drop $60-$80 (you have to pay $5 to add the camera hole lol) for all that added bulk. I just bought a Smartcover for $40 and called it a day in terms of protecting my new iPad (although I'm one of those people that doesn't have a case or screen protector on my iPhone either).

 

[Flo_Evans]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.

Option 1

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5222/muzettolaptopgreenlg.jpg[IMG] [IMG]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7433/muzettolargeinsidelg.jpg[IMG]


Option 2

[IMG]http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/44/muzettoblack10colorflam.jpg[IMG] [IMG]http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3309/muzettoblackinteriorfla.jpg[IMG]


any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.[/QUOTE]

I like the brown leather, but not a fan of the lime green...

What bag is that again? looks nice but I'm not sure if I actually need a specific ipad bag.

 

[Shabadoo69]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.

Option 1

Option 2

any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.

Option 1. thats my vote

 

[bigwinnerx]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.

Option 1

Option 2

any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.

What color are most of your shoes?

I'd go brown, personally.

 

[MThanded]

Anonymous Samsung Executive Claims Apple Planning to Launch Smaller iPad by End of 2012

Personally, I am not that interested in a smaller iPad. Some may be though especially if the price drops 100-150

 

[bigwinnerx]

I wouldn't normally like a case, but, I have one because of these 2 scenarios:

1) Kids

2) Games

My daughters have dropped my iPad a couple times, not on a corner and not from high, but, enough that it could have done some damage without a case.

Also, with games, getting a good grip on the slick surface can be tough without a case, if you're playing anything with action or buttons.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

It seems to make more sense to offer a bigger one.

 

[Ken Masters]

Apple's website is now utilizing Retina assets. Check out this 300% zoomed in crop of their frontpage:

will probably be the only website to take advantage of the resolution for long time

 

[MThanded]

It seems to make more sense to offer a bigger one.

I can't tell if you are being sarcastic.

 

[Cheebo]

It seems to make more sense to offer a bigger one.

Who could hold a giant iPad and use it for an extended period of time?

 

[Baconsammy]

I will not help you pick out a purse.

Spoiler

=)

 

[blackflag]

Well if it gets there and they still haven't charged I'd cancel that credit card asap. I wonder if there is anything they could actually do if you did that.

I doubt they could but I'm not going to cancel it. I will hope they forget to ever charge it though.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I like the brown leather, but not a fan of the lime green...

What bag is that again? looks nice but I'm not sure if I actually need a specific ipad bag.

http://www.sfbags.com/products/muzetto/muzetto.php

I found the only color that really stood out to me with their brown leather was the green. everything else looked kinda boring or not quite right to my eyes.

Either their "personal" size or 10" "portable" size would be right for an iPad. Personal size if you're just carrying an iPad+case+small stuff. 10" if you want something magazine-height (11", like a BT keyboard).

Option 1. thats my vote

ty sir

What color are most of your shoes?

I'd go brown, personally.

brown every day but Sunday.

I will not help you pick out a purse.

Spoiler

=)

<3

 

[RubxQub]

Black and orange dominates. Easy victory over brown/green.

My bag has the same combo and it's pimp.

 

[Baconsammy]

It seems to make more sense to offer a bigger one.

Competitors offering bigger tablets aren't selling many. Competitors offering smaller ones are. There's definitely a market for 7 inch tablets.

 

[planar1280]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.

Option 1

Option 2

any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.

are these hipster bags or manly bags or both

 

[Deleted member 22576]

No I'm super serious. I was listening to a podcast with John Siracusa and he was hypothesizing about what a 13inch ipad could offer than the 9.7inch one can't and it made a lot of sense. I think that over the next half decade or so as iOS becomes Apple's "main" OS and things like Logic and FinalCut are possible on it, its more or less an inevitability.

Smaller than 10inches though? Theres no point. Not with the iPhone. (which is heavily rumored to be going slightly bigger than it is now) The only thing a 7inch device seems perfectly suited for is reading, and thats not a compelling enough reason to offer a new product.

 

[snack]

All Maroo Cases 50% off today (3/12) only! Code is marooturns1.

http://www.maroo.com/store/Cases/iPad-Cases

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Black and orange dominates. Easy victory over brown/green.

My bag has the same combo and it's pimp.

that was my reaction when I saw the black+red/orange in the picture. I knew I was going brown+green, then saw that bag in the picture and was awed.

Might just order both and call it a day. On my black suit days, a black bag is clearly preferable. But every other day, I think brown works with my style more. idk.

are these hipster bags or manly bags or both

manly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpPNFx61Nwo

All Maroo Cases 50% off today (3/12) only! Code is marooturns1.

http://www.maroo.com/store/Cases/iPad-Cases

damn, that's quite the discount.

 

[planar1280]

No I'm super serious. I was listening to a podcast with John Siracusa and he was hypothesizing about what a 13inch ipad could offer than the 9.7inch one can't and it made a lot of sense. I think that over the next half decade or so as iOS becomes Apple's "main" OS and things like Logic and FinalCut are possible on it, its more or less an inevitability.

Smaller than 10inches though? Theres no point. Not with the iPhone. (which is heavily rumored to be going slightly bigger than it is now) The only thing a 7inch device seems perfectly suited for is reading, and thats not a compelling enough reason to offer a new product.

The 7 inch ipad will not be the iPad but the iPad e as in e-ink

 

[Mashing]

Anyone use Safari Books Online to download and read technical books (I'm studying for Juniper certifications) on their iPad? I know they support ePub, Mobi and PDF format and they have an iPad app. Has anyone used it?

 

[TheChewyWaffles]

Who could hold a giant iPad and use it for an extended period of time?

I dunno...I hold other things bigger than 10" on a daily basis...

 

[mrklaw]

whats the appeal of cases like these? It makes the ipad so big and bulky and then you have that extra flap hanging around when your using it.

You fold the front flap around to the back and tuck it in. Basically like the kindle cover

 

[snack]

damn, that's quite the discount.

Yeah. According to macrumors and the people there, the Maroo cases are highly rated.

 

[cnizzle06]

I ended up restraining myself and not purchasing the iPad, but now Im facing non-buyers remorse.

FFFUUUUUUU

 

[razgriz417]

that was my reaction when I saw the black+red/orange in the picture. I knew I was going brown+green, then saw that bag in the picture and was awed.

Might just order both and call it a day. On my black suit days, a black bag is clearly preferable. But every other day, I think brown works with my style more. idk.


manly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpPNFx61Nwo



damn, that's quite the discount.

Man those bags look so nice, $199 is out of my range tho :/

 

[KorrZ]

Apparently my local Best Buy and Future Shop are hearing that they may not get their shipments until Monday now :|. Said to call back on Thursday...Fuck sakes, I'm already dying of anticipation I don't think I can make it through the weekend reading GAF impressions.

 

[Spiderjericho]

Anyone use Safari Books Online to download and read technical books (I'm studying for Juniper certifications) on their iPad? I know they support ePub, Mobi and PDF format and they have an iPad app. Has anyone used it?

I've used the iPad app. It's okay. When u open it and are online, it works just like the website. Moving from page to page is a bit slow.

And ur allowed to have one offline book in your book bag.

Now answer me this, why books are you usin to study? And are you using Olive, JUNOSsphere or real hardware?

 

[mrklaw]

I wouldn't normally like a case, but, I have one because of these 2 scenarios:

1) Kids

2) Games

My daughters have dropped my iPad a couple times, not on a corner and not from high, but, enough that it could have done some damage without a case.

Also, with games, getting a good grip on the slick surface can be tough without a case, if you're playing anything with action or buttons.

Same. I've gone for a maroo rota ad they are 50% off today only I figured its worth a blind buy, and it looks good. I might also get a smart cover to tide me over until it arrives and see how I like it

 

[RubxQub]

Apparently my local Best Buy and Future Shop are hearing that they may not get their shipments until Monday now :|. Said to call back on Thursday...Fuck sakes, I'm already dying of anticipation I don't think I can make it through the weekend reading GAF impressions.

I can't even imagine how unbearable it would be to read about everyone messing around with their new devices while I waited to use my own. I'm already dreading Friday morning because I'll be camped in my living room just waiting for the delivery guy to show up while refreshing this thread and peeping my RSS feed and just reading non-stop reviews and impressions while I wait for my own precious.

Spoiler

1st world problems..

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Yeah, I'm slowly bringing myself to the realization I'm not gonna get one launch day. I think next week. I started to have second thoughts about getting a 16gig and with tax the 32gig model is like 900$.... which is absurd. I don't even know what I want anymore. If there were hiDPI macbook airs on the market right now I wouldn't even toying with the idea of getting an iPad. Who knows. I get paid next thursday though at which point I'll have more than enough money to buy the 32gig and not be broke for a week so I guess I'll see what happens.

 

[Buddha Beam]

No I'm super serious. I was listening to a podcast with John Siracusa and he was hypothesizing about what a 13inch ipad could offer than the 9.7inch one can't and it made a lot of sense. I think that over the next half decade or so as iOS becomes Apple's "main" OS and things like Logic and FinalCut are possible on it, its more or less an inevitability.

Smaller than 10inches though? Theres no point. Not with the iPhone. (which is heavily rumored to be going slightly bigger than it is now) The only thing a 7inch device seems perfectly suited for is reading, and thats not a compelling enough reason to offer a new product.

I'll bet you money that when Apple launches OS XI (which will just be the full merging of OS X and iOS) in 2014, they'll release all their laptops as touch screen enabled, while being thin enough to fold the keyboard under to hold like a tablet. You'll have your 13 inch tablet then, I reckon.

 

[noah111]

Those aren't the only colors:

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0046/6182/products/Essentials-4Up-Master.jpg?102195[IMG]

[url]http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodo-essentials[/url]

[IMG]http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0046/6182/products/Classic-4Up-Master_1.jpg?102195[IMG]

[url]http://www.dodocase.com/products/dodo-classic[/url]

I agree though, don't know why you would drop $60-$80 (you have to pay $5 to add the camera hole lol) for all that added bulk. I just bought a Smartcover for $40 and called it a day in terms of protecting my new iPad (although I'm one of those people that doesn't have a case or screen protector on my iPhone either).[/QUOTE]
Thanks, not sure how I missed that. But yeah, I think we tend to forget that these cases started out as a niche product, and they are each hand made.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

I'll bet you money that when Apple launches OS XI (which will just be the full merging of OS X and iOS) in 2014, they'll release all their laptops as touch screen enabled, while being thin enough to fold the keyboard under to hold like a tablet. You'll have your 13 inch tablet then, I reckon.

how much money? lol. thats preposterous.

 

[Auron_Kale]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.

Option 1

Option 2

any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.

I like option 1. The green is a nice punch of color against a rather ordinary brown bag. Granted, had it been that red orange against the brown, that'd look pretty sweet too.

 

[Blackhead]

GAF, help me pick one of these color combinations. I'm suffering from acute paralysis of analysis today.


any thoughts would be appreciated, as always.

I had the brown and green and grew to hate it. The brown leather left stains on my clothes despite rubbing it down several times. Get the black if you must.

 

[MasLegio]

Is this the first time Apple is doing a simultaneous world wide release?

they are not doing a simultaneous world wide release

 

[numble]

they are not doing a simultaneous world wide release

It is the first time the iPad did not launch exclusively in the USA.

 

[Buddha Beam]

how much money? lol. thats preposterous.

Why? They're very clearly heading in that direction with OS X and Mac Airs are thin enough already to use like a tablet. It's pretty clear that the future of computing is going to be heavily touch focused and it's inevitable that laptops become hybrid tablets.

Mac Air Touch in 2014. Bank on it.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I had the brown and green and grew to hate it. The brown leather left stains on my clothes despite rubbing it down several times. Get the black if you must.

aww that's not cool. I'll have to look into that, as it's the first mention i've seen from many owners. what did you think of the color combination otherwise? also, did you try any leather sprays or cleaners to mitigate the staining?

I like option 1. The green is a nice punch of color against a rather ordinary brown bag. Granted, had it been that red orange against the brown, that'd look pretty sweet too.

doesn't move me quite the same way. doesn't look bad at all, either. something about the brown and green that feels natural while sharp. idk.

 

[MasLegio]

It is the first time the iPad did not launch exclusively in the USA.

but that is not world wide

 

[planar1280]

that was my reaction when I saw the black+red/orange in the picture. I knew I was going brown+green, then saw that bag in the picture and was awed.

Might just order both and call it a day. On my black suit days, a black bag is clearly preferable. But every other day, I think brown works with my style more. idk.


manly!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpPNFx61Nwo



damn, that's quite the discount.

are these cases for iPad 3? because its back is fatter

 

[bob page]

All Maroo Cases 50% off today (3/12) only! Code is marooturns1.

http://www.maroo.com/store/Cases/iPad-Cases

Jack Spade has a huge warehouse sale going on right now too. Dream Visions- you'd be better off getting a bag from there than spending $200 on one of those iPad specific bags.

 

[Auron_Kale]

aww that's not cool. I'll have to look into that, as it's the first mention i've seen from many owners. what did you think of the color combination otherwise? also, did you try any leather sprays or cleaners to mitigate the staining?

doesn't move me quite the same way.

Hmm... Yeah that does look kinda meh really. The green goes better with the brown actually for sure.

 

[bob page]

Also, I'm not sure if they changed the construction, but I had a Dodocase for my OG iPad. After a couple months, the bamboo warped a little and the case became sort of loose.

So yeah, something to take into consideration.

 

[RubxQub]

Also, I'm not sure if they changed the construction, but I had a Dodocase for my OG iPad. After a couple months, the bamboo warped a little and the case became sort of loose.

So yeah, something to take into consideration.

Ditto, my OG DODOcase wasn't the greatest in the world. Added twice the bulk to the device, didn't have a great typing angle when set on a table and over-time actually warped.

...I love them in concept more than in execution.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

are these cases for iPad 3? because its back is fatter

their cases?

http://sfbags.com/products/ipad-cases/ipad-cases.php

I'm sure they'll fit the 3 just fine, as they're all designed for the iPad 2.

and the bags will certainly fit any 10" tablet with ease.

 

[Deleted member 22576]

Why? They're very clearly heading in that direction with OS X and Mac Airs are thin enough already to use like a tablet. It's pretty clear that the future of computing is going to be heavily touch focused and it's inevitable that laptops become hybrid tablets.

Mac Air Touch in 2014. Bank on it.

A convertible Macbook is a ridiculous, idea. In my opinion.

OSX and iOS aren't going to merge. They're just going to become extremely similar. Accomplishing the same ideas in different ways tailored to their respective input methods. I'm not really sure what the longterm future of OSX is, since it seems pretty obvious that iOS is now the mainstream Apple OS. But I feel pretty damn confident its not convertible laptops. I mean, think about it.. what would that do the rest of their Mac line? The idea of convertible Macbooks just isn't thinking big enough about the future.

I have *NO* idea what is coming down the road but I'm pretty damn sure tablet/macbook hybrids is not in the cards. "it makes sense" in the way that its something another company would do.

 

[RubxQub]

A convertible Macbook is a ridiculous, idea. In my opinion.

OSX and iOS aren't going to merge. They're just going to become extremely similar. Accomplishing the same ideas in different ways tailored to their respective input methods. I'm not really sure what the longterm future of OSX is, since it seems pretty obvious that iOS is now the mainstream Apple OS. But I feel pretty damn confident its not convertible laptops. I mean, think about it.. what would that do the rest of their Mac line? The idea of convertible Macbooks just isn't thinking big enough about the future.

I have *NO* idea what is coming down the road but I'm pretty damn sure tablet/macbook hybrids is not in the cards. "it makes sense" in the way that its something another company would do.

I was trying to type up something very much like this before, but deleted it when I couldn't quite articulate my thoughts well enough.

This is pretty much it, though. Just doesn't seem to make sense to completely merge them, just make them more similar so transitioning between one and the other is as seamless as possible.

 

[DopeyFish]

I think I may go with the LTE flex rate plan from Rogers

I am paying $20/month for data sharing but under flex it's

$7 for 10 MB
$17 for 250 MB
$37 for 5 GB

Considering I rarely take my iPad out and leave it on wifi only and usually only use it on certain occasions (like the need to watch a big sports game) this deal ain't so bad - it could potentially allow me to save money over the course of a year

Even though I do think the 10 MB is laughable (considering that's potentially 2-3 seconds of network time)