iPad

[Layabout]

This is supposed to have the best web surfing experience out of any other computer... without Adobe Flash. So there goes 45% of the internet that relies on flash then. No video streaming, no free games, etc.

Nice one Steve. You turtlenecked beltless fool. iPhail more like it.

[Misj']

It could be me, but either I or Apple doesn't understand the device (originally I thought I didn't, but I'm slowly starting to think it's Apple who doesn't get the device). What we have is a portable media display unit (it is clear from the presentation that that is one of the main design-goals of the iPad)...this much I understand.

For example: if you're on vacation you can watch your newly taken photographs on a big screen. And that's where I stop to understand the design. I'm on vacation, and I've taken my iPad and a camera. A real camera, not one on a phone...because camera's on phones are crap compared. Anyway, I have two devices: one to acquire media (images) and one to view media (including images).

At some point during the design someone at Apple has to have asked him/herself: "how am I going to get the media from A (camera) to B (iPad)?" - The iPad doesn't support memory cards, so that leaves us with two options: I. images are uploaded to the web and downloaded on the iPad, or II. images are stored locally on a computer, and uploaded on the iPad via iTunes. Since my camera isn't able to upload images to the web, option I is out. That leaves option II...which only works if you're taking both a camera, an iPad, and a computer/laptop/netbook (with iTunes) with you.

But if you're going to take a camera and a netbook with you (and probably a phone)...then why on Earth do I need yet another device to do exactly what I can already to with any of the others...in - probably/most likely - a much more convenient manner.

(as I said: I must be missing something...)

Edit: yes, I know you can buy adaptors...but a media viewer that can't get media (from my memory card) out of the box is - in my opinion - a deeply flawed design. And selling essential features as add-ons is ripping customers off...

[Timo.]

FSi's picture was hilarious.

Well, I'm not going to review or criticise a single crapsh*t about the iPad cause' I'm not the man for it, but one things for sure:
I'M NOT BUYING IT.
I just don't think its as good as the other Apple gadgets.

[Misj']

The Hybrid from Lenovo however, is an interesting (and actually innovative) tablet that I do understand.



It will probably flop (not for technical reasons, but PR). But this is a device-concept that I'm quite interested in.

[RickJ]

Well, here is a sneak preeview of Google's entry into this realm ...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/is-apples-empire-in-danger-as-googles-chrome-os-tablet-prepares-to-face-the-ipad

[Arboris]

But the real question is: Will it blend?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAl28d6tbko&playnext_from=TL&videos=u26vtSCworU&feature=sub

[Adrian  ]

Well, here is a sneak preeview of Google's entry into this realm ...
http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/is-apples-empire-in-danger-as-googles-chrome-os-tablet-prepares-to-face-the-ipad

I installed chrome os to my netbook very quick but still early days and not really useable as a OS (used a recent hexxeh build) I did like the visual effect they added when you open a new window and keyboard overlay seems like they understand OS usability but they're a long way off yet I do hope they add the option to have a background, being in a full screen browser all the time makes me feel claustrophobic

For all the ipad bashing you can see it's something you have to use and experience for yourself before you can make a call, specs matter for real computers sure, but something like this? Not really the user experience is going to be the selling point, as much as I hate apple you have to commend them for making computing 'cool'

Persuading more people dragging their feet along saying "I don't understand computers" to take up a computer I had some other rubbish to say but I got bored writing here