TouchGen Unleashed - episode 50
Published: February 2, 2010
It’s our landmark 50th show… and in this episode Matt, Nacho and myself are joined by Andrew Podolsky from SlideToPlay.com to talk all things iPad. We also discuss our thoughts on GTA, the release of Assassins Creed 2, Cogs, Guerrilla Bob and the upcoming shooter from Gameloft, Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front.
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3 Comments on "TouchGen Unleashed - episode 50"
Tim on Sat, 6th Feb 2010 2:00 pm
Still no comments? I hope I am not scaring all the other commenters off this site.
Anyway, I will have to agree with Matt and Nacho on the iPad. It looks like something people with too much money might buy, but I am definitely underwhelmed by it and won’t be getting one of the first gens.
Bob on Sun, 14th Feb 2010 7:11 pm
I, on the other hand, think you guys are way off on the iPad. I have an iPod Touch and a Macbook and will definitely buy one. With iWork and other apps like the ones that OmniGroup announced, I can definitely carry this (1.5 lbs) rather than my Macbook (5 lbs) for travel. It also will have longer battery life.
The bigger screen makes a big difference when typing more than 140 characters, or reading a book, or web browsing, or even playing video or games. I am a bridge player, and 52 cards on an iPod Touch is just too small. Likewise, I am looking forward to Plants vs. Zombies on the iPad.
Not having to rebuy my iPod Touch apps is a huge plus, so is the lower price for software vs. PC/Mac apps.
The limits are easily gotten around for a geek. Multitasking WILL be there soon, but you can always jailbreak in the meantime. No Flash? VNC into another computer and launch a browser. You can watch YouTube without Flash now, Hulu is working on a non-Flash version, and major sites will follow suit.
More importantly, iPhone OS is MUCH easier to use than Windows/OS X. Give a six year old an iPad and a netbook and see which one he can use almost immediately. This is the first general purpose computer (the iPhone just isn’t big enough to run a lot of real apps) with an easy to use operating system. This is what computer operating systems (not just phone OSs) will look like in ten years. and those of us who are tech support for our families will be recommending the iPad left and right.
A Windows 7 tablet will not be even in the same ballpark for ease of use, and I LIKE Windows 7.
jeffyg3 on Mon, 1st Mar 2010 10:34 am
I think I’m going to see how the iPad rolls out, and I’m never buying a 1st generation Apple product anyways. Besides, if I wanted a tablet system, I kinda like the idea Microsoft has with it’s upcoming Courier tablet…seems like they have a much better vision of what tablets should be for, plus it can fold up and is more portable to carry, but will it have the apps?
Other than Apple stuff…let’s hope no one gets the crappy PS3 version of Bayonetta. Washed out colors and low resolution textures, a ton of screen tearing, low 20-30 frames per second, & less graphic effects than the 360 version which runs at a smooth 60 fps, high resolution textures, barely any screen tearing, much better coloring and a lot crisper. Running the 2 versions side by side is like night and day. Anyways, amazing game on the 360, crappy on the PS3, you guys really should check it out.