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"One area where this is apparent is games, by far the largest category with about a third of all iPad apps. The average price of a paid game for the iPhone is about $3, whereas the average is closer to $10 for iPad-optimized games. Compare that to games for Nintendo's or Sony's portable consoles—those are generally priced around $25 or higher. You can see why developers are concerned about price expectations. Looking at the average prices among different categories of apps, iPad apps generally sell for a small margin more than comparable iPhone apps. At the same time, apps in Music, Sports, and Education are selling for nearly twice as much. Apps in the Finance and Medical categories are selling for many times more than iPhone apps in the same category."

Analysis com-plete-ed. Com-plaint con-firmed. *beep*

5/7/2010 5:27:39 PM

^^, ^ Wrong. You're changing the nature of the complaint now. Noen explicitly said apps. Feel free to go back up and re-read his post. He did not say games, he did not differentiate. He said "apps." Nice try, tho.

5/7/2010 6:18:02 PM

A different breed of apps require different pricing.

5/7/2010 6:20:08 PM

I have two 32 gig 3G ipads now... anyone want one?

5/7/2010 6:42:29 PM

why?

5/7/2010 7:21:05 PM

i don’t see why it’s worth noting that the iPad apps are more, when the more expensive iPad apps are still generally cheaper than commercial apps for Windows or Mac OS, making it a better value still than a netbook or tablet with those OSes.

5/7/2010 7:24:49 PM

^ he just wants to have something to complain about. those coders don't deserve to get paid a fair price for their efforts to make iPad-compatible apps. oh noes! the screen is bigger!

5/7/2010 7:27:57 PM

^^^^haha, why? and how much?

5/7/2010 7:32:47 PM

5/7/2010 7:51:26 PM

^6 Wouldn't want to trade a wifi 32gig & the cash difference for one would you? After using it today, I'm starting to regret not grabbing a 3G.

5/7/2010 9:02:45 PM

Long story. But just sold it for $850. Not a bad little profit.

5/7/2010 9:28:09 PM

I really like that dodo case. The only one that i think is comparable is the one made by apple.

5/8/2010 1:22:42 PM

This may be a dumb question but with all of the recent ipad coverage, searching isn't getting me any relevant links.

I plan to return my wifi to get a 3g. I'm assuming that it's no problem to transfer my apps. Is there anything I need to know? Having never owned an i-device that had apps & Apple's sometimes dumb choices, I want to make sure I know what I'm doing.

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2010 3:35:12 PM

your apps are tie to your account. just make sure you sync with your computer before you wipe the ipad, and you'll be fine with the next one you get. same as with an ipod or iphone.

5/8/2010 3:36:50 PM

^^Just sync it with your computer one last time so that it backs up. (make sure it does a back up)

then when you get your 3g hook that up and when it asks if you want to create a new iPad or restore from backup...select restore from backup and select your wifi iPad backup

done.

Even though your apps are tied to your account and you can download them as many times as you wish...creating a backup is the easiest way if you want to retain your settings etc.

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 3:37 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2010 3:36:50 PM

should be fine..

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ^yep]

5/8/2010 3:36:56 PM

the iPeople have spoken... lol

5/8/2010 3:37:33 PM

so.... 3g or wifi?

5/8/2010 3:42:57 PM

kinda depends... do you plan to be away from wifi a lot? are you comfortable with the 3g models' premium?

5/8/2010 3:45:46 PM

ok, I figured it was something simple like that. I just wanted to make sure after my sister had issues with a replacement ipod touch.

^^3G all the way imo. I spend enough time away from wifi that it's a pretty easy decision after using it for a little more than a day.

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 3:50 PM. Reason : .]

5/8/2010 3:49:50 PM

apps themselves aren't included in backups, make sure to transfer your purchases also

5/8/2010 8:53:52 PM

Just because it hasn't been said in a while: iTunes is the biggest piece of shit ever written in the history of computers.

5/8/2010 11:44:50 PM

^ you'd think they'd go ahead and work that Bonjour magic to enable wifi sync.

5/8/2010 11:46:57 PM

You'd think they'd make it to where I could COPY A FUCKING MOVIE TO MY GOD DAMN IPAD WITHOUT HAVING TO DELETE EVERY APPLICATION I'VE DOWNLOADED FROM THE APP STORE.

5/8/2010 11:48:19 PM

lol... can't help you on that one. shoulda bought 64 GB.

5/8/2010 11:49:35 PM

It's not a space issue. It's fucking iTunes being a bitch. I'm trying to sync a movie to it, and it keeps telling me that if I sync it will delete all the apps I've downloaded. I did the same thing last night and it did, in fact, delete the apps. I had only downloaded 5 so it wasn't that big a deal to redownload them. So tonight I'm adding another movie, and it's telling me that it's gonna delete the ABC player, and 8 other apps if I try to sync (even though I don't have the app sync box checked) So I figure I'll try to sync the apps. I try and it tells me that I can't sync the apps because the computer isn't authorized to play the file. I go to authorize the computer (which it's the same computer I sync my iPhone with, I know it's authorized) and of course it says "This computer is already authorized.

So I'm seemingly stuck between being able to copy ANYTHING from my computer to my iPad and actually keeping the content of the iPad I've already got. I don't see why I can't just fucking copy the one file over that I want and keep everything else the way it is. I guess that would make things too fucking easy.

[Edited on May 8, 2010 at 11:55 PM. Reason : ]

5/8/2010 11:54:32 PM

i wonder how large the movie file is, or if any of those apps have a bunch of crap cached on the ipad. not that that helps you any.

5/8/2010 11:56:08 PM

nah, it's really not a space issue at all. I still have a shit ton of space. And all of this is happening before I even try to copy the file over. It's some sort of permission/DRM bullshit. And quite possibly user error. But the fact of the matter remains is that NOTHING should be this hard to figure out. It's supposed to be simple. Apple can revolutionize just about everything but when it comes to what ends up being the most commonly used piece of software they have besides OSX/iPhone OS, they just have to make it as complicated as humanly possible for no good reason.

5/9/2010 12:00:59 AM

and here i thought it was supposed to be easy. mind if i hijack and bitch about how it shares iwork documents? because i FUCKING HATE THAT.

5/9/2010 12:07:55 AM

Feel free to bitch about anything. I'm gonna bitch about how the batteries in my wireless mouse died and I can't find any replacements so I'm having to use my iPhone and iTransport to control my computer.

5/9/2010 12:20:27 AM

do you have a different itunes account set up on the ipad than on the computer or have you synced with another computer?

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 12:32 AM. Reason : try to transfer the purchases and see what it says]

5/9/2010 12:32:07 AM

Both my iPhone and my iPad have only touched this computer. Same iTunes account on both.

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 12:35 AM. Reason : I already tried to transfer them, that's where I get the message about the computer not being author]

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 12:35 AM. Reason : ized.]

5/9/2010 12:33:24 AM

if you go to settings > store, does it have the right account listed?

5/9/2010 12:41:37 AM

yeah. Only one I have.

5/9/2010 12:45:24 AM

that's weird

5/9/2010 12:46:15 AM

I'm thinking it might have something to do with the fact that I'm jailbroken. Even though all the apps I'm trying to transfer are legit. I dunno. iPhone transfers just fine (legit apps and illegally downloaded ones) I'm trying to find an alternative syncing program but it doesn't look like any of them have been updated to include the iPad just yet. I suppose I could also just allow it to delete all the apps and redownload them (again) but I'd rather just solve the damn problem in the first place.

5/9/2010 12:52:00 AM

well, the Spirit dude did say that iPad stuff was very beta.

5/9/2010 12:53:13 AM

I think I may have found the problem. Updates (and probably large amounts of embarrassment) to follow.

5/9/2010 12:56:03 AM

oh this will be good. i got the popcorn in the microwave, waiting to hit the Start button.

5/9/2010 12:57:18 AM

actually, no, that wasn't the problem.

5/9/2010 1:01:21 AM

So it turns out that "Manually add Music and Video" checkbox is kinda important.

Still though, fuck Apple up the ass with a rusty lead pipe for making this shit so needlessly difficult.

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 1:21 AM. Reason : Also the Avatar Bluray rip converted to 1024x576 looks on this thing.]

5/9/2010 1:18:47 AM

ahahahaha. yeah, that's an Apple fail.

5/9/2010 1:35:33 AM

dude, the Manually add Music and Video feature has been around since the early ipods. it's on the first page of ipad settings. sounds like you're pissed and blaming apple when it's really your own fault for not understanding the device

5/9/2010 2:44:02 PM

wow. I thought gloveco would be the first one in here being a douche bag and defending iTunes.

Way to pick up the slack there qfred.

The fact of the matter remains, if all I want to do is copy one file to my device, it should not take someone with any reasonable amount of intelligence (go ahead and start the debate if you'd like) more than a couple of minutes to figure out how to do it. I don't give two shits how long YOU'VE known about some random obscure checkbox that allows you what you want to do. For people who are only recently being forced to discover the joy of iTunes, it's not something that comes very natural.

[Edited on May 9, 2010 at 4:19 PM. Reason : for the record, I "understand the device" just fine, it's iTunes that sucks a fat one.]

5/9/2010 4:18:12 PM

so what's the return policy on these? and does southpoint still have the 16gb wifi model in stock?

5/9/2010 4:54:45 PM

isn't it the same as any other thing from the Apple Store? they don't seem to be doing the website "we have them here" notification thing that they did with the iPhone.

5/9/2010 5:24:16 PM

yeah i couldn't find anything about stock levels on their website so figured i'd ask.. i'm assuming they probably have them

why in the hell are they going for so much on ebay?

5/9/2010 5:32:40 PM

stupid people? desperate people? foreign people?

5/9/2010 5:36:31 PM

guess so

5/9/2010 6:02:15 PM

foreign sales have driven up the ebay prices ...

That and many places have still been sold out, even for US customers.

I was trying to get a wifi model for a few weeks, but was surprised when they never had any in stock. The day I picked up my 3g model (and 1 more 3g model and a wifi model) was the first day I had heard of them having any wifi models in stock even ...

So I brought them all to India with me to sale...

5/9/2010 6:27:18 PM