In xcode you can specifically chose if something is filtered or not, but this mostly applies to textures on 3d objects. The blending of pixels by upscaling will probably an option, one which can be answered by a quick delve into the existing API.

But it’s pretty clear the iPad is not intended to a replacement for a notebook, and it’s going to be revolutionary in its own way, especially for print and online publishers. In later models I’d expect to see a camera (or two) and maybe even multitasking as well.

pKp: I don’t know, I mean I remember Canabalt making the jump pretty well. Sometimes it’s less about the tools and more about putting the effort in.

Really?

I’d think that if I bought your code, I should be allowed to run it on whatever the heck platform I want (that I can get it to run on).

A future STEAM designer in the making…

2) thx to BB & B.B. for the pimpin’ bullshot! :)

Also, the iTampax doesn’t have Flash, effectively ruling out 95% of the gaming offer, and negating all interest it might have been for me.

Still, I might buy a jailbroken one for $200 in eBay in two years or so, to play around with the multitouch.

Er, they’re not charging again for the same game. Apps you own for the iPhone will also sync to the iPad without you having to buy them again. So no, it’s not a joke.

There is so much crap being talked about this. No Youtube? Apart from the Youtube client, that is. Not as powerful as xxx laptop? Yes, that’s right, because it’s not a laptop.

By the way, you know what “normal” computers do? They run windows apps. Windows is pretty fucking useful. There are a ton of apps for it. And yet no one seems to freak out that apple has the audacity to sell macs, or that Linus wrote Linux.

Fucking computer won’t run excel!

Every computer doesn’t have to run every program.

And web plugins are programs, not the sacrosanct HTML, no matter which OEMs and OS vendors pre-install them.

Honestly, John, what do you do for a living? NOTHING is free. NOTHING that comes in v2 “should have been there” in v1. I find it bizarre that people act like apple is a bitch for not including flash and multitasking and yet ignore the fact that there are features (or at least traits) that apple products have that the competitors don’t.

Honestly, the apparent consensus that people are retarded for wanting an apple product that can’t play flash doesn’t seem any different from the idea that a Mac or Linux user is retarded for using a computer that can’t run outlook or play tomb raider

Some people say that people don’t want an “OS”, they want applications. That’s true but of course different people want different applications.

And it’s not completely true. As people spend more time in a web browser or playing casual games (with less brand commitment) or using a commoditized application like email, they may focus more on the OS and its fundamental deliverables like security, performance, reliability, user interaction. They will choose windows, chrome, android, macos, iphoneos, etc based on their perception of these issues.

Is it really that hard to understand that for many people flash support might be low on their list of priorities or even a zero?

Flash front pages? Hah, I have to come back to that because it cracks me up, no one likes that shit. What’s flash really good for anyway? I’m probably not alone when I say: hulu. Games, I guess, but I haven’t played a flash game in years. And seriously, if you want a phone with fun dinky games I really doubt you can say the iphone is a stupid choice. I mean, seriously, toucharcade.com.

What if my favorite web game is written in silverlight?

What, really, is making some people treat adobe like a sacrosanct interop standard like HTML? Just because 99% of web browsers can view it? Well, guys, 90% of PCs can run windows apps and again no one cares that people choose to buy other platforms.

@Max_supernova: My sentiments exactly. It’s not a new platform or like they decided to make it available for free to a different set of customers. It’s an evolution of the existing device. I don’t see Apple as treading on toes by making existing apps available on it.

There is a unique social aspect to gaming on the iPad, which I’m really looking forward to exploiting.

Oh, there it is!

Why is something that does less more exciting?
And why do we think the “average joe” dosnt want to use skype and surf the net at the same time?
Multitasking was a revolution that existed for a reason. It helped everyone use a PC.
And why not stylus? Why stop people using it as a decent art-tablet? Figurepainting is fun, but why stop people doing better? And why cant I load my photos on direct? Why do I have to use a pc and a wireless network :? Baffeling.

I do agree about the music stuff, however. That would work great. But it would also work great on a;
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/15/asus-eee-pc-t91-review/
Or dozens of other devices.

I like playing games and watching cartoons on newgrounds.
Flash is far more then just video.

Gameboy? DS? PSP? (almost) any portable system of the last decade?
I love the idea of a personal-screen as it definitely enhance’s gameplay possibilitys (you can keep secrets from the other player as to what your doing).

But it isnt the first time arcade tables.

as for flash, apple was right — i certainly don’t miss flash in my iphone experiences, so i’m really glad flash isn’t on it. i look very forward to buying mine, and i’m also quite excited to see what people do with it once it comes out.

I think I’ll be using laptops or mini laptops for awhile, even if they’re heavier than the iPad.