Apple’s new iPad device…
Yesterday Apple announced their latest device, the iPad. The anticipation for this event was great, but the let down was even greater.
It’s basically an over sized iPod. In short, it’s a device without a place. The iPad is too big to easily carry around with you. At 9.7 inches, it won’t fit in your pocket. Since it runs iPhone OS and not full blown OS X, its quite limited. For me this just doesn’t fit in my life anywhere. If I’m on my couch and want to check my email or surf the web, I can simply reach into my pocket for my iPhone. It’s small enough that I almost always have it on me (except when its on the charger, because it needs serious battery life improvement, hopefully in the next generation) If I need more than that, I’ll get up and grab my laptop. I don’t see an in between, where I’ll feel the need to use a device that is somewhere in the middle.
The ipad:
- won’t support multitasking
- doesn’t have a camera
- is on AT&T’s crappy network
- there is already a Kindle app for iphone
- can’t even make phone calls (however may be VOIP capable)
- has no flash support
This is great for gadget junkies, where more=more, but my moto is less=more.
Maybe I’m wrong, and the iPad will show me a spot in my life that has been severely lacking, but somehow I doubt that.