$8.99? No thanks.
I’d rather get it free from the Gutenberg project and let the child use their imagination – rather than have one artist’s interpretation shoved down their throat. https://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/results
dude its just 9$ thats like the price of your morning coffee and its something for your kids…
Imagination is priceless fanboy.
thats the lamest thing i’ve heard. so you’ve never watched a movie?
wow am impressed, and the previous comments are ridiculous….i can so imagine biographies that will include videos and pics to go along with the text!
I prefer books to movies, but I’m lame like that…
Everything about the iPad is lame.
ya ipad would never kill the kindle as an ebook reader cause backglow while reading = tired eyes
ipad, what a waste of time…
Goodbye this, goodbye that; well Hello HP Slate, and Hello Google Tablet and many more …
iPad is gonna stay at the top, and nothing will take it down. That’s just how the world works. That’s how Apple works, they dominate in everything! Who’s the leader in the MP3 market? Apple! Who’s rapidly taking more and more space of the phone market? Apple! Who has the best computers that don’t lag, don’t get viruses, and just work? Apple!!! So don’t expect the iPad to fail ;). Because it won’t. In a few years time, it will take over the netbook and ebook market. The first proof of it’s success, is how all up and coming tablets are being called, “The iPad Killer”. Just comes to show you that the iPad is the best ;).
Hey how come my ipad wont connect to the internet? also what apps did u get for the ipad?
It’s been available for quite some time.
You just need a computer.
@Mark, watching movies is fine. However, reading a book is much more satisfying to me. And I would like the same for my kids. You tend to let your imagination take over when reading – rather than view an interpretation of it by a single person.
Cajie based on what you said then you shouldn’t be buying your kids books with pictures and colors. Instead you should just hand them white sheets of paper with black text and tell them to use their imagination.
@K: I prefer the term loyalist.
Mark, I did say that it’s fine to watch movies, and it’s also fine to buy books with colors and pictures…IF they were originally written in that form.
However, if the original book was written on a white paper with black text, then yes..that’s how it should be read because than you relate to the author and not to another person’s interpretation of what the author wanted to convey.
“Alice in Wonderland” falls in the latter category.
I don’t think it has anything to do with being a loyalist or fanboy. Apple is just giving you an alternative to the regular old fashioned black and white books. if you don’t like change and want to stick to regular books you can, apple isn’t forcing you to change. But, some people here are just anti apple anti ipad for no reason. if an app came out that could turn shit to gold they would still think the ipad sucked.
@Mark, you did not say this is a great app or an alternative to the regular old fashioned black and white books.
You said “Goodbye Kindle, Goodbye nook and goodbye Sony readers”
Hence my comments.
yeah, goodbye kindle, goodbye nook and goodbye sony readers. i didn’t say goodbye regular old fashioned black and white books.
Well, for me, kindle,nook and sony readers ARE old fashioned black and white books, just an easier and convenient form factor.
cajie i did not mean anumated biographies….i meant that while reading an autobiography of charles dickens for example, a picture of the house he was born at would pop up, pictures of his parents, the place where he lived, englands houses at the time, not a cartoon of his life!!
that was actually counted as one of the dumbest articles on the ipad.
keep buying apps
ok i find it hard to argue that this is such a beautiful app and claiming otherwise is hatred.
if this was on a kindle people would say different things(better things)
btw i hate the ipad 😛
This is really cool!
@cajie:
thanks for posting that gutnberg link.
watching that video gave me a headache..its just more “wow”….and its true, it kills the imagination
I’m not a fan of the iPad but to keep children interested in reading they have to see images/illustrations in color.They get bored,especially the ones who struggle with reading,with plain black & white text.
Those talking about the importance of imagination should see what imagination has gone into the design of the iPad and indeed this software. Love it.
@Bu Yousef, what imagination are you talking about… you mean iPhone on steroids? LOL
@Bu Yousef:
design! IPod, IPhone, IPad…..whats different? lets call that extension… of a successful design (I Pod)…loving/hating is a different thing all together.
there is a big difference between the iphone and ipad, just take a long at how the apps are different.
nice
You can’t compare this app with a book (or any ebook reader); they are totally two different products. Mark, no offence, but you previously mentioned that you don’t read books, only magazines. Well that why this app is appealing to you. You are visual oriented…but for those of us who love reading we will never call this a book. It’s a great app, but it is a book.
*it is NOT a book
nq8: it has nothing to do with if i am a visual person or not. my post was comparing the ipad to the regular ereaders and i don’t see why you’re telling me i shouldn’t.
kindle = regular version of alice in wonderland
ipad = regular version of alice in wonderland and an interactive version of alice in wonderland
who’s got the bigger advantage here?
the apps are different because they serve different purposes in each of these devices. nevertheless, design wise, they are pretty much all an extension of the I Pod….
its the apps that make it different. i have the iphone and tried the ipad and they both look and feel the same (which isn’t a bad thing btw) until you launch an app. and then you realize how much better an ipad is over an iphone and how different they are.
like the books and magazines example. both are made of paper and both are made to be read but both are very different.
Mark is right…so much apple/ipad hatred just for the sake of it (as annoying as apple fans used to be in the 90’s)…not sure what all the fuss is about considering this app…all the illustrations are Lewis Carroll’s original ones (obviously with iPad coolness added)…all this “imagination” talk is kinda ridiculous…its a kids book and Im sure it adds a lot of fun to reading (maybe you guys should be more concerned with the overall decline of reading – and of the almost non-existent arab readership levels)…perhaps many of you feel wronged for having been supplied with “pop-up books” when u were children and having someone rob you of ur right to imagine(?)..I own an iPad and an ebook reader and I dont consider the two to be substitutes, each does its thing well…the apple resentment would be funny if it werent so misguided..Apple just does it better, plain and simple..get over it already! (though it must be hard with ur crappy, buggy, lagging, crashing PC’s)
“Goodbye Kindle, goodbye Nook and goodbye Sony Readers”?
With LED, not OLED display, I think it’s more like goodbye your eyes, Mark.
its funny how the only people complaining about the ipads screen on eyes are the ones that don’t own one
“Right now E Ink is great in sunlight, but in certain situations, a piece of paper can be a better display than E Ink, and in dim light, an LCD display can be better than all of these technologies.”
E Ink has a very low contrast ratio. Although it can offer an excellent reading experience in bright sunlight, the screens can become uncomfortable to use in dark settings because of the lack of contrast and backlighting on the screen.
“The new LCDs don’t affect your eyes,” Mr. Taussig said. “Today’s screens update every eight milliseconds, whereas the human eye is moving at a speed between 10 and 30 milliseconds.”
1) I did not “complain”, I merely asserted an opinion.
2)I own an iPad.
3) I was “complaining” about LED display, not “the ipads screen on eyes”
4) I never said anything about E-ink.
Have a good one.
PS: I have nothing against Apple nor the iPad.
just for the record, I own a I Mac. however, i have yet to see how the I Pad is truly useful…….however, it seems that Apple products for some are beyond criticism ……. fan boys/gals
its a fact, all first generation Apple products suck, Im not saying that im not getting one, im just waiting till they get all kinks figured out then its gonna be golden.
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47 replies on “Alice in Wonderland for the iPad”
$8.99? No thanks.
I’d rather get it free from the Gutenberg project and let the child use their imagination – rather than have one artist’s interpretation shoved down their throat.
https://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/results
dude its just 9$ thats like the price of your morning coffee and its something for your kids…
Imagination is priceless fanboy.
thats the lamest thing i’ve heard. so you’ve never watched a movie?
wow am impressed, and the previous comments are ridiculous….i can so imagine biographies that will include videos and pics to go along with the text!
I prefer books to movies, but I’m lame like that…
Everything about the iPad is lame.
ya ipad would never kill the kindle as an ebook reader cause backglow while reading = tired eyes
ipad, what a waste of time…
Goodbye this, goodbye that; well Hello HP Slate, and Hello Google Tablet and many more …
https://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipad/
ali: too late, it already has 😉
that just gave me a headache.
iPad is gonna stay at the top, and nothing will take it down. That’s just how the world works. That’s how Apple works, they dominate in everything! Who’s the leader in the MP3 market? Apple! Who’s rapidly taking more and more space of the phone market? Apple! Who has the best computers that don’t lag, don’t get viruses, and just work? Apple!!! So don’t expect the iPad to fail ;). Because it won’t. In a few years time, it will take over the netbook and ebook market. The first proof of it’s success, is how all up and coming tablets are being called, “The iPad Killer”. Just comes to show you that the iPad is the best ;).
Hey how come my ipad wont connect to the internet? also what apps did u get for the ipad?
@Na9er Fanboy!!
@Lexicon: You want animated biographies?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml
It’s been available for quite some time.
You just need a computer.
@Mark, watching movies is fine. However, reading a book is much more satisfying to me. And I would like the same for my kids. You tend to let your imagination take over when reading – rather than view an interpretation of it by a single person.
Cajie based on what you said then you shouldn’t be buying your kids books with pictures and colors. Instead you should just hand them white sheets of paper with black text and tell them to use their imagination.
@K: I prefer the term loyalist.
Mark, I did say that it’s fine to watch movies, and it’s also fine to buy books with colors and pictures…IF they were originally written in that form.
However, if the original book was written on a white paper with black text, then yes..that’s how it should be read because than you relate to the author and not to another person’s interpretation of what the author wanted to convey.
“Alice in Wonderland” falls in the latter category.
I don’t think it has anything to do with being a loyalist or fanboy. Apple is just giving you an alternative to the regular old fashioned black and white books. if you don’t like change and want to stick to regular books you can, apple isn’t forcing you to change. But, some people here are just anti apple anti ipad for no reason. if an app came out that could turn shit to gold they would still think the ipad sucked.
@Mark, you did not say this is a great app or an alternative to the regular old fashioned black and white books.
You said “Goodbye Kindle, Goodbye nook and goodbye Sony readers”
Hence my comments.
yeah, goodbye kindle, goodbye nook and goodbye sony readers. i didn’t say goodbye regular old fashioned black and white books.
Well, for me, kindle,nook and sony readers ARE old fashioned black and white books, just an easier and convenient form factor.
cajie i did not mean anumated biographies….i meant that while reading an autobiography of charles dickens for example, a picture of the house he was born at would pop up, pictures of his parents, the place where he lived, englands houses at the time, not a cartoon of his life!!
the best summary of the ipad.
https://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/why-i-wont-buy-an-ipad-and-think-you-shouldnt-either.html
that was actually counted as one of the dumbest articles on the ipad.
keep buying apps
ok i find it hard to argue that this is such a beautiful app and claiming otherwise is hatred.
if this was on a kindle people would say different things(better things)
btw i hate the ipad 😛
This is really cool!
@cajie:
thanks for posting that gutnberg link.
watching that video gave me a headache..its just more “wow”….and its true, it kills the imagination
I’m not a fan of the iPad but to keep children interested in reading they have to see images/illustrations in color.They get bored,especially the ones who struggle with reading,with plain black & white text.
Those talking about the importance of imagination should see what imagination has gone into the design of the iPad and indeed this software. Love it.
@Bu Yousef, what imagination are you talking about… you mean iPhone on steroids? LOL
@Bu Yousef:
design! IPod, IPhone, IPad…..whats different? lets call that extension… of a successful design (I Pod)…loving/hating is a different thing all together.
there is a big difference between the iphone and ipad, just take a long at how the apps are different.
nice
You can’t compare this app with a book (or any ebook reader); they are totally two different products. Mark, no offence, but you previously mentioned that you don’t read books, only magazines. Well that why this app is appealing to you. You are visual oriented…but for those of us who love reading we will never call this a book. It’s a great app, but it is a book.
*it is NOT a book
nq8: it has nothing to do with if i am a visual person or not. my post was comparing the ipad to the regular ereaders and i don’t see why you’re telling me i shouldn’t.
kindle = regular version of alice in wonderland
ipad = regular version of alice in wonderland and an interactive version of alice in wonderland
who’s got the bigger advantage here?
the apps are different because they serve different purposes in each of these devices. nevertheless, design wise, they are pretty much all an extension of the I Pod….
its the apps that make it different. i have the iphone and tried the ipad and they both look and feel the same (which isn’t a bad thing btw) until you launch an app. and then you realize how much better an ipad is over an iphone and how different they are.
like the books and magazines example. both are made of paper and both are made to be read but both are very different.
Mark is right…so much apple/ipad hatred just for the sake of it (as annoying as apple fans used to be in the 90’s)…not sure what all the fuss is about considering this app…all the illustrations are Lewis Carroll’s original ones (obviously with iPad coolness added)…all this “imagination” talk is kinda ridiculous…its a kids book and Im sure it adds a lot of fun to reading (maybe you guys should be more concerned with the overall decline of reading – and of the almost non-existent arab readership levels)…perhaps many of you feel wronged for having been supplied with “pop-up books” when u were children and having someone rob you of ur right to imagine(?)..I own an iPad and an ebook reader and I dont consider the two to be substitutes, each does its thing well…the apple resentment would be funny if it werent so misguided..Apple just does it better, plain and simple..get over it already! (though it must be hard with ur crappy, buggy, lagging, crashing PC’s)
“Goodbye Kindle, goodbye Nook and goodbye Sony Readers”?
With LED, not OLED display, I think it’s more like goodbye your eyes, Mark.
its funny how the only people complaining about the ipads screen on eyes are the ones that don’t own one
https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/do-e-readers-cause-eye-strain/?partner=rss&emc=rss
“Right now E Ink is great in sunlight, but in certain situations, a piece of paper can be a better display than E Ink, and in dim light, an LCD display can be better than all of these technologies.”
E Ink has a very low contrast ratio. Although it can offer an excellent reading experience in bright sunlight, the screens can become uncomfortable to use in dark settings because of the lack of contrast and backlighting on the screen.
“The new LCDs don’t affect your eyes,” Mr. Taussig said. “Today’s screens update every eight milliseconds, whereas the human eye is moving at a speed between 10 and 30 milliseconds.”
1) I did not “complain”, I merely asserted an opinion.
2)I own an iPad.
3) I was “complaining” about LED display, not “the ipads screen on eyes”
4) I never said anything about E-ink.
Have a good one.
PS: I have nothing against Apple nor the iPad.
just for the record, I own a I Mac. however, i have yet to see how the I Pad is truly useful…….however, it seems that Apple products for some are beyond criticism ……. fan boys/gals
its a fact, all first generation Apple products suck, Im not saying that im not getting one, im just waiting till they get all kinks figured out then its gonna be golden.