[OSX-Users] Re: ipad?

[JD Marsters]

On 28/01/2010 09:09, Christopher Gutteridge wrote:
> I can see them being used by businesses who want their traveling staff
> to have more flash than a rugged-ised laptop.
So they'll have more flash but less Flash? :-)

> It looks classier than a phone or laptop; I can totally imagine it
> being used by people like wedding planners and Maître d's.
>
> It fills the same niche as a clipboard.
Zing!

> Neil Broderick wrote:
>> ...
>> My initial impression is that I would rush out and
>> buy one if it was running OS X or a similar operating system in which
>> I could do what I wanted
>> but not if it is just a large iphone without the ability to make
>> phone-calls (or have a GPS chip).
So it has a microphone but no phonecallability? Are we to expect a
flurry of interest in skype-like apps, then?

JD