Borders Going Bye Bye

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

And now there is a (very unverified) rumor floating around the Apple is interested in buying Barnes and Noble.

I hope not. I currently love B&N and I think I would break out in hives if it became an Apple store.

[BarTopDancer]

I have a Nook Color and while I love it I realized what I really wanted was a tablet. I still need to jailbreak it so I can have full access to the Android app store and it may help alleviate that feeling. Without the full app store, it's still a decent poormans tablet with a decent built in music player. I read and listened to music on my flight to/from UT and read while there, didn't need to charge the battery until few days after I got home. The books aren't on a solid white background, it's more of a muted beige.

I also bought a highly rated anti-glare screen and while I don't spend a whole lot of time in the sun it's done its job well so far.

[innerSpaceman]

Wait, you don't need an internet contract to get connected on an iPad? It's month-to-month, really? Well, as soon as they put a disc drive in that sucker, I'm sold!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Well, as soon as they put a disc drive in that sucker, I'm sold!

A wha?

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

A wha?

My interest in an iPad was piqued only when I learned (in this thread) that I don't need to incur another $75 monthly bill for yet another device to be connected to the internet. So, yeah, I'll want a DISC to insert my own media by hand. I charge nothing for that service.

I'm also waiting for it to be a COMPUTER, and not merely a display device. Once the iPad or any decent tablet is also a REAL COMPUTER, I'm buying. Not until then.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

My interest in an iPad was piqued only when I learned (in this thread) that I don't need to incur another $75 monthly bill for yet another device to be connected to the internet. So, yeah, I'll want a DISC to insert my own media by hand. I charge nothing for that service.

I'm also waiting for it to be a COMPUTER, and not merely a display device. Once the iPad or any decent tablet is also a REAL COMPUTER, I'm buying. Not until then.

Is this more like what you are thinking of?

The ASUS Eee Slider tablet.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Alex

Define "REAL COMPUTER"

Ya know, like a laptop. But in tablet form. I want to be able to do anything, and run any software that I would be able to on the old-style portable device - but on the new-style portable device.

In fact, I've never purchased an old-school portable (such as a laptop) because I felt a less-clunky portable would be coming soon. But it's gotta be just as much a computer as a laptop, and not simply a bigger display device (essentially an iPhone that can't make phone calls).

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Is this more like what you are thinking of?

The ASUS Eee Slider tablet.

Nope. Adding a keyboard and a mouse won't cut it. Needs to be a COMPUTER. With, ya know, computing power. Not simply a glorified television screen. I guess adding a USB port is a step in the right direction. (Do iPads have any inputs at all?)

More seriously, I guess the ability to run "Apps" is sort-of computerish. But not really. My phone runs Apps, but cannot run any of the software I've been running on my desktop for decades.

I'd like to be able to take that computing power with me wherever I go. But not so much that a laptop was ever a priority for me. Too clunky. Gotta admit, iPads are dead sexy. But I'd like a portable computer, not a giant non-phone iPhone.

[Not Afraid]

You know, those 5" floppy disks all the kids these days use.

[Kevy Baby]

HEY! You promised you wouldn't tell anyone about that incident.




Oh, 5" floppy DISK. Never mind: forget I said anything.

[Alex]

Define "REAL COMPUTER"