I am looking forward to playing board games on the iPad while travelling with Karen. This is the first device I can really picture two people using at the same time, which seems like an opportunity for some truly new types of software.
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With mice and keyboard, two people at the same time on the same device doesn't really work well. Touch screen seems like a really cool opportunity.
- Bret Taylor
I always wanted something we could use for a board game on an airplane in particular.
- Bret Taylor
Oh yes. Great idea
- Johnny
oh! 2 player touch screen air hockey!!
- Nathalie
I thought to myself I could have used this when I would play chess with my little brother, and he would get mad and sweep the pieces off the board. I figured it'd be pretty difficult to do that with an iPad. Then I realized what he could have done to the iPad...
- MiniMage
Yeah - I keep thinking of how popular this is going to be on road trips with the family
- Jesse Stay
Taking turns. Like handing a crossword puzzle or magazine back and forth. Plus a swipe for changing posting accounts.
- Hayes Haugen
Does this mean you're getting one?
- Shannon Jiménez
Shannon: yep, definitely getting one. If for no other reason than to write a couple apps for it.
- Bret Taylor
Bret, same thought here - I can think of some uses, but as a developer I want a new toy to play with and innovate with :-)
- Jesse Stay
Cool-- that means I get to play with it :)
- Shannon Jiménez
Is it just me or does that still seem a bit small for two people to have their hands on at once?
- Richard Lawler
You know. I totally missed this use case. I don't play board games enough, so this would be great for me.
- Roberto Bonini
I don't know who the makers are of touch-screen tablets that already do this, but I've seen one in action: http://ourdoings.com/brlewis...
- Bruce Lewis
Chess, checkers, go, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, chinese checkers... and I think it will also be a great platform for war games.
- Brome
So do i brome. BRING ON RISK
- Roberto Bonini
So instead of iPhone Mega, it's Surface Mini?
- ⓞnor
^LOL
- LANjackal
SMART idea - that's why I like you - out of the box - excellent eye for various use cases - neat! The iPad has a lot of potential. I have been wanting what I call an iCouch tablet for web viewing, this i really great. I can't wait till i get one!
- Susan Beebe
Nathalie, air hockey was my first thought when they said it worked with two people. That would be cool.
- Todd Hoff
Wow that's true- I didn't really get the iPad until I thought of 2-player games. Now to develop Catan for the iPad.
- anna sauce
Will be awesome for board games.
- Scott Cederberg
Todd and Nathalie, an air-hockey type game (maybe more like Pong) is what people are playing in the photo I linked to in my previous comment. I sympathize with whoever the manufacturer is, in that the perception is that it doesn't exist until Apple ships it.
- Bruce Lewis
Hey I want an I pad, but they said the 3g version isn't available till April, mmmm. How can I get one sooner???
- amelia arapoff
I have to admit it's a wee bit more portable than Microsoft's Big Ass Table™
- Richard Walker
Never thought of this possibility. For the first time I can begin to see myself possibly even buying one - assuming the software is there to make it worthwhile.
- Andrew Perry
Share option of friend-feed cost me a call from my wife yelling at me "who the hell is this Karen you are playing with on the train to work? I am gonna kill you both!" She simply saw it on my facebook feed never realized it is a FW. (http://friendfeed.com/tzury...) LOL
- Tzury Bar Yochay
not sure about this, the form factor may still be too small to be comfortable for two players simultaneously looking at it, or touching it. Now with blue tooth connexion between two iPads, I would see lots of opportunities for boardgames, including games where each player need to keep some information secret (his hand of cards usually).
- Antoine Bertier
Hmm nice idea. Checkers, Domino, Backgammon would be all excellent
- Özkan Altuner
I just downloaded SDK and am working with another programmer on the Catan version. Bret you inspired me!
- anna sauce
Yay for social devices!
- голос в темноте
Anna, you know there's already a Catan for iPhone, right? http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009...
- Ken Gidley
but he will HAS a TOUCH SCREEN that 2 people can touch at the same time!
- İyi Aile Çocuğu
Thanks Jason- I'm very excited about it!
- anna sauce
Ken- yeah
- anna sauce
board game app ---> http://www.gametableapp.com
- Ryan C
Exactly. I am foreseeing to see FarmVille on that!
- Sarath