Comments on: Using iPad as a: Google search

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:20:59 +0000

Using iPad as a newspaper for killing flies))

By: SammiGurl

SammiGurl — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:13:46 +0000

Actually, PinkVisualPad is the best site fully optimized for iPad porn

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:35:27 +0000

Tim: fair call about the “programming on”/”programming through” distinction, but I have to admit my friends who do a lot of laptop-based dev work (for web sites, mostly) do so via a net connection online, so it’s no barrier to them. True it’s no good for prototyping prior to upload, for example, and you obviously can’t develop for iOS on it!

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:13:41 +0000

Mike: I’d agree you can do programming *through* an iPad, perhaps, same as any network-connected device, but *on* it?

Saying that an SSH client makes an iPad good for web programming is like saying that my Palm Tungsten is good for supercomputing because I can log in to a supercomputer with it. It’s entirely predicated on a bunch of external hardware, not the least of which is a real computer running a web server.

The great thing about a netbook — and what distinguishes them from, say, an X terminal — is that they’re a real computer that can make great use of a network connection but doesn’t require it. The iPad, AFAICT, can’t really be used for programming at all without a network connection.

By: Tman

Tman — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:26:32 +0000

Pornhub has the best iPad porn site.

By: Mike Solomon

Mike Solomon — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:24:13 +0000

Some great points brought up here. @Tim – I’ve been using iSSH on the iPhone and iPad and I’m learning that with moderate VIM skills and an external keyboard, one could do some serious web programming on the iPad.

By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:05:57 +0000

Hamranhansenhansen: “iPad morphs into anything. A netbook is just one of the things it morphs into.”

I’m not seeing it. 50% of a netbook’s physical form is a keyboard; the iPad has a software keyboard that even my iPad-loving friends don’t love. The most common use for a netbook that I’ve seen (second only to “checking Gmail”, which everyone seems to do with every kind of device) is “programming”, which the iPad downright forbids.

It’s similar to a netbook. There’s a lot of overlap with netbooks. But it’s definitely not a superset of a netbook.

By: Grover

Grover — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:55:11 +0000

For the record, I’m pro-iPad, but this is pretty weak. You’ll get a pretty equivalent list for just about any search in that form including Windows Phone and Android.

By: Webreaper

Webreaper — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:34:08 +0000

So, erm, all of those things will be things I use my netbook for.

Wow. That’s revolutionary.

By: Chris Byrnes

Chris Byrnes — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 03:42:16 +0000

Tim Dorr – why is it funny? That is the way Apple has been spinning it from the first. iTunes is their central management console (for what it is worth) and each device becomes dependent on the server.