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  • Not everyone has a use for iPads. He clearly is on of them. Me in the other hand, I have a iPhone and Mac but LOVE my iPad 2!

  • When Apple first announced the iPad I thought it was the dumbest thing. I waited for the iPad 2 just to see updates like cameras, thinner, and lighter. And I can now honestly say that it is by far my favorite device. Easily.

  • Couldn't agree more with you Jeff. Exactly my thoughts. I own an iphone 3gs and I love to get new tech toys to play with, but just couldnt convince myself for an ipad.

    However, ipad with 3g, might have some value... not too sure though. Just thinking. And thats why I was just checking how I could return it if I want to just try it for a month or so..

    Thanks!

  • @TxAgScott

    Good point and i agree a 100%

    And most off all: he didnt even use swear words to make a point! Unlike (sadly) a lot of dude's in the internet

  • I think that the reason that you don't see a use is that YOU don't have a use. I can see that you have a nice desk/work area, but that isn't common these days. Most of my web surfing is in bed, and since its awkward to balance my laptop on my belly in bed I often surf the web in bed from my iPhone.

    I actually spend over an hour weekend mornings surfing the web from my iPhone. iPad has a use for me.

    Also think commuters, who sit on a bus or train 2 hours a day and dont have room for laptop

  • I think that the reason that you don't see a use is that YOU don't have a use. I can see that you have a nice desk/work area, but that isn't common these days. Most of my web surfing is in bed, and since its awkward to balance my laptop on my belly in bed I often surf the web in bed from my iPhone.

    I actually spend over an hour weekend mornings surfing the web from my iPhone. iPad has a use for me.

    Also think commuters, who sit on a bus or train 2 hours a day and dont have room for laptop

  • That ipad is better than u

  • lol earlyadopter fail...

  • lol looser

  • Does anyone know the purpose of this? Maybe someone could help me understand. How do you know you can't use it for work? Since u r still able 2 return I'm assuming u had it less then 2wks. How can u know all of the features in 2wks? New apps come out everyday. Everyone can use one, docs, students, executives, dumbs like me, professors, vets... Anyone in any profession could use it... I took my dog into the vet a wk ago and the vet busted out his ipad to show me an X-ray of my dogs broken leg. Y

  • @lunoXxity Wow! You are right! He should have watched all other videos to see what people are doing with their iPad. He should have first figure out if it will be for him then spend the money.

    How he did not know the limitation of this device. He seem to be a very intelligent man???

  • Samsung galaxy S for me. Keep your Apple stuff

  • Dude's got a fucked up mouth full of Chiclets.

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  • $50 restocking fee? please tell me your kidding.

  • You are an idiot if you can't see the future of tablets!

  • I'm going to return mine for an Android Galaxy tab, even though I am sort of an Apple fanboy.The reason is this: it has been my dream since I saw Wargames as a child, to be able to have a small device that will scan for networks as I walk around. I'm not a hacker, but this is just something I expect my mobile device to do. Apple removed all wifi sniffing apps from the itunes store. Clearly they don't understand my dream.

  • Actually I'm keeping my ipad and my desktop and getting rid of my LAPTOP. The laptop is too big to lug around and try using a laptop on your LAP. Can't be done (at least not comfortably.) The ipad is just sooo much more portable than a laptop. Just a thought......

  • hmmm...why would you buy something you didn't need. If I didn't use mine at work, I would have no use for it. Therefore, I wouldn't have BOUgHT it.

  • U fag

  • @thesituation321 thats mature

  • I wonder what JeffJarvis thinks about the current tablet revolution that happens to be taking place this holiday season? Blackberry Playbook? Samsung Galaxy tab? Or even the fact that OS 4.2 has been released with the many amenities that were missing from the previous version.

  • nice try, apple sells 1 every 3 seconds...

  • @lunoXxity thank you!!!! i was like wtf! WHY THE HELL DID HE BUY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

  • 7 months later and we still use ours every day. I have multiple PCs and laptops in the house but nothing beats the iPad for casual browsing, email, etc.

  • u tring to be like steve jobs ha

  • this pointless u shldnt of piad for one then just sell it to someone ofon ebay or somit dont just take it bake cuz u will want it again DX

  • u probably kept it

  • Iphone on steroids lol

  • bet he probaably put a fake one in there!!!lol

  • Ill get an ipad when it goes down in price. Nothing over 300$ sounds reasonable. I dont know many people who can afford it. And it cant cost that much to make. I feel like apple should lower the price and theyre sales will go up drasticly.

  • even if your jeff jarvis... dude... nobody cares....

  • dick who would do that to a ipad

  • @jacobblair123able I know, the ipas is amazin

  • :26 why did you buy it then

  • I respect your decision, but I don't understand why you announced it. Just to make a point?

  • Things like this make me laugh. You know what the device does and doesn't do before you buy it. So you should know if you have a use and a need for it before you buy it. Instead, you got trapped into thinking you needed it since it had an apple logo on it and now you feel no need. I wanted something portable to use around the house for the web when I wasn't sat at my gaming rig, the iPad for me has a use. Atleast I thought about whether I wanted and needed one first. No buyers remorse here.

  • @parkinsonliam i was in the same situation as he was today actually and i found that i did not buy it because it had an apple logo on it. I had actually wanted an ipad since they came out and after months of working and saving i went and bought one today because it was touted as a "revolutionary product" and it seemed like it had a lot of uses. But i think in many situations it takes some actual hands on experience to see that it is not really needed for most people, especially when its $500.

  • ur a moron, u didnt realize all this shit before u bought it???????

  • Good Point, I don't really see why getting a ipad. It"s just a bigger ipod touch. Plus ipod touch only cost $200 and more easier to carry. Only thing good about ipad is the fact that the safari page is bigger. So you can see more on webpage other than that nope the same thing as ipod touch

  • @zzmorg82 Maybe you should use the iPad to make your english MORE better. And since when does your iPod touch get AT&T 3g service. Haters...

  • @Jay112101 Did I say anything about 3g service??? No I didn't and BTW you need better eyes cause you can't read well. Just sayin

    Ipod touch get wi-fi not 3g service. -_-

  • He made a clear and truthful point. There is no point in having a largeR ITouch. I'll save myself the restocking fee by just not buying one in the first place. CHEERS!!!

  • Idiot

  • Dumbass O_o

  • why u buy it then

  • Well. Obviously you are happy with a desktop, laptop, and iphone. Did you ever consider testing out the iPad before you bought it?! Then you would not have needed to return it and pay $50 for the restocking! I have seen many people waste money in the past but this is by far the most idiotic!

  • and you came to those conclusion after you paid for it ? you can send $ 50 to me just for insulting the capacity of a human brain !!

  • everyone has different uses for it or the lack of uses. If you dont need return it.

  • rofl, i was at the apple store yesterday checking out this ipad bullshit

    i will admit, the ipad is super fast, and the touch screen is simply amazing.. but the keyboard is nearly impossible to type on the way you'd type on a laptop . you have to press 1 key at a time.

    on top of that, just like this guy says.. what the hell is the point of having an ipad? its pointless. on planes, buses, long trips you can just bring your laptop. ipad is nice but pointless.

    ps-fuck all the jews and apple fans

  • @MinsterRogers yes fuck the jews but i like the ipad its more fun with the bigger screen i have an ipod touch for music and an ipad for fun lol

  • funniest thing ever. " i think i'll buy an expensive ass gadget and return it later. Yeah, that sounds perfect." i bet the apple employees were like wtf? who would return an ipad?

  • It was enough to seek what it could be used BEFORE you buy ...

    Thinking, this can help, Sometimes

  • wow lets take it back and lets not make videos about it lol im pretty sure ur just one out of millions of people who dont like it cry..

  • @RTR9 funniest thing ever! "I think i'll buy an expensive ass gadget and return it. Yeah, that sounds perfect." I bet the apple employees were like wtf? Who would return an IPAD?

  • Lol, you're a gimp. Looking at the camera while putting it back.

  • why'd you get it then?

  • @osxwallpapers you don't know a product until you try it and apple barely asks any question as long as everything is there so you can try a product for cheap.

  • so why did you buy it ?

  • lol First rebox video EVER N1

  • oh my god r u use a paper towel to clean the screen

  • @theneroworld To see if there was a need for it.

  • Dumb for buying it in the first place. Obviously just to make a point. Pointless.

  • well if u already got a mac or any other good workin computer, u shouldnt have bought it, of course there no use for it

  • Maybe he should use some of that $500 and go to the dentist and get his choppers fixed. Or you don't have a need for teeth.

  • I returned mine on march 20

  • you sound like Keith Olbermann

  • I just wasted 1:34 of my life watching this on my iPad. What a waste of time, at least my iPad served it's purpose though.

  • when mixr comes out in the app store i am buying two

  • you dont see a use for it because your a rich...fill in the blank....guy with every apple appliance you could buy...nice computer and wireless keyboard by the way...

  • why buy one if you didn't think you need it to begin with? All valid points that you've raised, but I don't remember anyone returning anything simply because "they didn't have a use for it".

  • Reboxing... Hilarious!

  • then why did you buy it. To pay apple 15% restocking? i would have bought it from you since i cant find them anywhere. Obviously, others are finding a use for it. 

  • well who cares if its crap it looks good

  • unlike you, I returned mine :O)

  • hahahahahahahahah!!!

    guys look at the face he does holding the ipad in 1:05

    

  • I've had my iPad 2 months now and love it.

  • @madness008 LOL lucky for me i mean its Apple and it kicks ass LOL the thought of a enormous ipod or iphone tingles me LOL!

  • im gonna buy 1 maybe but is it worth to buy it or is it a piece of shit?

  • lol, at last, a real guy talking reality :) funny, but in a mature way!

  • Should of bought it at BestBuy, they have a no hassle no charge no questions asked 30 day return policy.

  • Well I don't see why you bought it in the first place if you don't see a need for it...

  • @lunoXxity Take your opinion and shove it right up your self-righteous you-know-what. Spent it on charity...oh please. Everyone's a warrior saint behind the keyboard.

  • A reboxing video? Nice parody. Of course it demonstrates shortsighted consumerism. Shrugging off the restocking fee actually doesn't improve that impression one bit. The second hand market would have been the clever choice.

    The iPad is extremely versatile by design and will prevail as a product in its own right. Myself I am not getting one... just yet.

  • next time look up some info on what you are going to buy if it cost that much. why would you buy something that you think you would never use it? im going to wait for the 2nd gen to get one cus i got the 1st gen ipod touch and the 16 gb model cost $400 at the time now look $400 for 64 gb, and it does more so you should of found out more info on it or waited till the next models come out

  • i don't think you really took it back

  • ROFLOL IPHONE ON STEROIDS

  • what a head!

  • OLD People and Technology Don't Mix.

  • ........ Why The Hell You Bought it? You knew about the USB cord... etc etc etc.. Don't play I Don't Know Card.. .. Makes You Look Stupid.

  • should have thought of all those things before you bought it

  • Y did u even buy it a-hole!? U wasted ur money

  • idiot!!

  • idiot!

  • Jeff - I usually totally agree with you, but I believe that you have missed the primary thought with the iPad or any Tablet style device. The laptop is a poor device for mobile applications. We have tried to use it because there was no other viable alternative. I plan to carry the iPhone and move to more powerful laptop that doesn't travel much. Desktop unit is now no longer necessary. iPad replaces the mobile laptop except in those situations requiring a laptop...those are usually few.

  • @sjsjms2000 there are many situations that require some kind of desktop or laptop.. like to run the most common of programs, play game that arent a gimic and use flash properly, the ipad is for people who know nothing about a computer and want to jump on the bandwagon and be one of the cool kids in town

  • @mark12897 you raise a great point on why an iPad is a great solution. The # of people that are scared or don't know how to properly operate a computer is still too high. An iPod is a simple device for these people to start off with and gain access to large amount of content that otherwise they would never have seen. Whether or not the content is of any worth - that may be another conversation.

  • and whoever liked this vid, screw you.

  • AND you could get mugged for this product! give the thing to a hobo if you dont want it! or give it to spizzyiz. 1 of the 2. but, then again, you already gave it back. causing a lot of grief for you stupid ways. why did you even put this on YOUTUBE?!!!?

  • 0:18. you, complained. is this all you can do? complain about dumbass politics, then rebox it? you are so stupid I really can not put in into words.

  • just give it to me bitch and stop complaining

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  • That guy can go suck a fat dick! He's your typical overly intellectual WASP.

    He went to the Apple store, played with ipad, got caught up and now has buyer's remorse.

  • Meet the money to get those teeth fixed?

  • Funny because multitasking is coming to the iPad

  • The iPad is the best I am on it right know

  • bye bye ipad!

  • Someday i will buy a ferrari and see that's not good to offroad and will return it. Right ? NOT. It's not more intelligent to buys things you are gonna use ? It's just the case of do a little research on the internet and see what's about. And it's very easy to see if it will be usefull for you or not. Not Rocket science. If it's not for you, just don't buy it. Simple as that.

  • YOU don't see a use for it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I carry all my college textbooks (via the CourseSmart app) and it's worth every penny and then some for ME! The iPad is saving my back!

  • Haha,

  • And all of those gripes with the iPad didn't occur to you untill the day AFTER you bought it?

    Frankly I think that says more about you, than it says about the usability of the iPad.

  • smart guy. i gave u a thumbs up on the vid

  • @SickAudi Smart people spent their money on things they KNOW and find useful.

  • what kind of dumbass would buy one to bring it back after a day?????

  • Why the hell would you buy one if all you are going to do is just give it back see I would of had It and you have made people walt for one of this thing so if I was you I would just keep it not take it back I have got one and I think it is so good

  • ipad cool lol wow (y)

  • before you actually start ripping into this guy (Kaddix) you should know that this isnt just someone who's 'stupid people". he has appeared on tv more times than you've probably posted online in your entire life. He reviews things like this for a living. Also he didnt give it a review, he only gave an opinion about it with respect to his desire and use for it. "sigh stupid people"

  • Wow, the box it came in was really nice.

  • I cannot wait to get an iPad here in Canada. To me it's role is in education. I think that tablets will replace kid's school books and school bags. I study languages at LingQ and will use the iPad to read and listen to War and Peace and my favourite Russian news articles with all the language learning functionality I need. It is best to know why you buy something before buying it.

  • @lingosteve Really? You want Canada to hand Apple 100% control over canadian educational content in the public school system? Not me! They censor and control who gets to write apps for their app store based on their world view, and I'd hate to see that happen in our schools.

  • @mrrealtime Did I say hand Apple 100% control of Canadian education? I said "tablets" whether iPad, or whatever other brand comes along. BTW I use my iPod Touch to access whatever content I want.I have also created an app for iPhone and there was no ideological check on me. Long live electronic tablets. Let it spell the beginning of the end of the monopoly of bloated and inefficient the public education system. Let is bring in choice and variety and learner independence.

  • @lingosteve Apple has repeatedly censored or blocked apps by certain people for either moral reasons, or because the applicant was critical of Apple. They blocked flash from being on their platform and apps made with Adobe CS4. I'm not against tablets, but I am against the Apple walled garden.  I'm sorry if I misread your comments, but you do mention iPad a lot and tablet only once, and my intent is to highlight that Apple's controlling culture does not belong in a public education system.

  • haha! nerd alert--you're a bloody idiot man

  • one of the biggest losers i seen so far in my life. couldn't believe the idioticness

  • @NixKah There is no such word as "idioticness"--it's IDIOCY. Just fyi for next time you try insulting someone and then F up yourself.

  • Moron!!!

  • Nice video. If you don't need it, take it back

  • why u buy it, to make a stupid review ??? or to appear on youtube ? stupid ppl in this world

  • I have an IMac, cant carry it with me, so i was thinking to get a laptop, but man, when i saw the IPad, Sr let me tell you, Simple Fastest Light ... no need laptops anymore. I love the one that i have right now. You probably dont go out that much eh ????

  • love how the Apple fanboys come out and rip someone who didn't even say anything bad about the product

  • @bostonwolf love how the pc fanboys wanna point out things that apple fanboys do, when they do the same shit. dont be a slave to your OS.

  • @RyaniPhoneReviews You're pointing out his pointing out, hypocrite!

  • Im giving away lockerz invites! Pm me your email and youll be on your way for a free ipad! Why pay for it??!?!?

  • Why did you buy it then?.....surely all you had to do was read the specs.

  • hahaha I could see his e-mail!!

    jkjkjkjk

  • As an Android fan, I can really see your point. Hooray for open source!

  • i just think the price of the ipad is a bit aggressive.. for something that doesn't really bring anything new.

  • Yeah right... Taking it back after you knew it's specifications and running for it. Well done. The sad thing is that you're not 15.

  • the ny did u buy ut???

  • I hate how people compare the iPad to a netbook. Two separate categories. The iPad obviously wasn't designed to completely replace netbooks, well not yet anyways.

  • Like most people, he probably bought it because of all the attention and praise it's gotten. It's all this hype that makes people run to the stores and buy one without even thinking. After about an hour with it you realise that it actually doesn't do anything and you've just wasted about $500!

  • Anything that expensive should have protective covers on it.

    Oh yeah, go buy some more stuff for you Apple products.

    Guess that will be the next convention show stopper. A rubber for your iPad.

    That is the most rediculous part. So take care of your $500.

    This thing probably would make a great skipping rock.

  • LOL what a loser

  • Fair play to you.

    LOL

    Very funny.

  • Well I definitly have a special need for my ipad because i have all my gaming on my ps3 and xbox and i dont need flash and i have a really crappy computer so for my personal needs, the ipad is perfect just for internet and applications plus my ipod touch is way to small (not because i have bad eyes).

  • you are so right! i totally agree...

  • Watched this on my iPad...lol

  • Great video! lol I agree. The ipad is pointless.

  • u have a mac and a pc dumbass u did dis shit on purpose u kno u didnt need no damn ipad

  • @spizzyiz That's not a PC, it's just a monitor and keyboard connected to his laptop.

  • @IntoYourHeaddotcom he kno damn well he still didnt need so stop hatin on it it was made for certain consumers i kno he could have done his research on his keyboard connected to his laptop and this video is still pointless

  • Why the hell did you do that!? you could just have kept it, and not use it, insted of paying 50 bucks, to giving it back! Or better, make a giveaway!

  • wow LOL, i guess the old guy is waaay too old for the many apps on the app store. The Ipad is not meant to replace a laptop in any way. People wanted apple to have some sort netbook products so apple made something very different. I mean what can a netbook do that the Ipad cant???

  • @bigrahizzle Are you serious? A netbook has a faster processor, more ram, a keyboard, different kinds of ports, flash support, it can multitask (not that the iPad won't in the future); you can create, store and print documents, and it supports millions of applications and all different kinds of video and audio codecs. With the NVIDIA ION 2 coming out, a netbook will be able to play some modern games at respectable settings aswell. That's what a netbook can do that the iPad can't.

  • Sad thing..........the iPad serves a better purpose than this video does (lol?)

  • why does he need to put this online? he buyed a product, doesnt like it and gives it back. no fucking need to show it the whole world like it would be some important/impressive move... cuz its "apple" (wow...)

    just some random dick

  • @Wandang You do know you don't have to watch all the videos, right?

  • @IntoYourHeaddotcom my question is legit but your argument is just invalid.

    "if u want to critizice the exposure since 'web 2.0' started just dont look at it"

    sounds like an educated american to me

  • @Wandang Why do you need to show the whole world you don't know the simple past tense of "buy" is "bought"?

  • must be fake. why wouldn't you just sell it on ebay? i'm european and i just paid 600 bucks for the 16gig version. it's a win for everyone. 600$ is still cheaper than the anticipated prize for the eurozone. and you'd actually make money instead of losing it.

  • lol i agree. why would someone buy that. thats the stupidest shit ive ever heard lol.

  • cermit the FROG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i bet he works for microsoft

  • @bangladog69 either Microsoft or Google. Sucks that transparent marketing is a thing of the past. Everyone is trying to pretend they have no strings attached so their opinion looks more credible, and "of the proletariat." It's really sad. Everything is fake.

  • I pressume you new what it did before you bought it, why did you buy it you plonker, and why post a video only to show what a fool you are for buying something you didn't need. lol you wasted $50!!

  • Bruv if i were u i wouldn't make all these shitty next up comments... u couldve said u needed the money for something else and dats y u were re-boxing it.

  • American

  • @kind18cch Wow, stereotype much? Focus on ideas, not nationality.

  • Ur a cunt you knew all of this why buy it?

  • So you stood in line and went to all the trouble and have to pay a fee to restock because???