Comments on: iPad – My Initial Impressions

By: WeaponII

WeaponII — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:41:32 +0000

You know what kills me? All that real estate wasted. I will be very upset if you can only fit 16-20 icons on the screen (not counting the “dock” at the bottom). That's just insane!

By: The iPad « Hopelesscom

The iPad « Hopelesscom — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:34:28 +0000

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By: Jason R

Jason R — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:43:25 +0000

I totally agree with all your points… although, I don't get hung up on the “it's just a big iPod Touch” thing. Yeah it may be, but that's frickin cool.

The no multitasking and no iSight really is a showstopper for me. I say that, but as I pulled up Apple's marketing video from th iPad site last night, my wife turned to me and said “when are we getting one?” IF I do get one, it'll be the wifi only, as I will probably never leave the house with it. I see it more of a household hub that can we can deploy on it's kickstand in the kitchen, as well as something we can pick up and lounge on the couch with to read a book, surf, publish blog posts etc… I really would like to see a camera for skype/iChat video chats though. I'd also like to see Apple come out with more home automation devices/software that can be run from the iPad (security, energy monitoring, etc), so I can utilize it has a home console.

By: Leo

Leo — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:53:00 +0000

I’m not very excited about this at all. Honestly, it’s an iPod touch that is too large to carry around in your pocket. It’s capacitive touch screen means I need to go buy a special stylus or figure an easy way to swipe this thing across my jeans to clean all the fingerprints off of it.

If I have to have a bag to carry around my electronics (I don’t really believe in the man-purse, myself.) I’d be more likely to carry around an actual notebook. I understand that a netbook doesn’t excel at anything other than size but I have a hard time seeing where this thing will excell. It is another gadget I would have to go out of my way to carry around.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:41:15 +0000

I agree as well. I'm not sure if I will get one, possibly though.

By: Khürt

Khürt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:53:41 +0000

I though netbooks were for simple tasks like web browsing, reading email etc. Which of those tasks require multi-tasking?

Apple has always introduced products that destroy its existing products before competitors have a chance to.

By: Khürt

Khürt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:51:55 +0000

HTML5

By: Khürt

Khürt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:51:40 +0000

How do you know e-ink is easier on the eyes compared to an IPS display? Do you have an iPad to compare?

If that had offered only a 3G version would you be complaining about the “extra” $130?

By: Khürt

Khürt — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:49:37 +0000

Firefox, Chrome and Safari support HTML5 which render flash and possibly other browser plug-ins irrelevant. YouTube and Vimeo are encoding video for HTML5 and abandoning Flash. Others will follow.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-10439048-248....

By: Joelyn

Joelyn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:58:00 +0000

I agree. If they add a webcam (or camera), would be nice. I think its intentionally for readers (?) but true Apple fans will get it… My Nexus One has 1GHz… and its a phone! )