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Like Moses on Mount Sinai, Apple CEO Steve Jobs appeared from on high in San Francisco yesterday to hand town a tablet to his devoted followers. He called it the iPad and said it would change the world – or at least the portable device market. Amid thunderbolts, lightning and other theatrics, he proclaimed this doodad would be our salvation, allowing us to experience the web, email, photos and video like no netbook or e-reader ever could. But like Moses’ tablet, the iPad has its zealots and pundits. Here are some thoughts from both sides.
1. This new iPad is smooth to the touch.
From Jobs’ demonstration, using the iPad’s multi-touch touch pad seems quite intuitive. Unlike a stylus or single-touch system, this multi-touch panel means you can use multiple fingers on the screen at once, opening up a vast array of new possibilities. Plus, the ability to physically flip pages in your virtual book, though gimmicky, looks undeniably entertaining.
2. It can’t multitask, and that’s bad for the ADHD generation.
Did you just spit coffee onto your screen after reading that one? Yeah, we did too. The iPad can only run one one app at a time, which means you can’t listen to iTunes while writing a document, or chat on MSN while checking the soccer scores, or play “iDuck Hunt” while reading your email. No multitasking makes this gadget seem less like a netbook replacement and more like a giant iPod touch. In an era of short attention spans and constant ten-second distractions, this one’s a major deal breaker.
the iPad is a kool device but with too many draw backs cant watch what i want when accessing certain websites always asking to download abode flash which i find very annoying and anything you want has to be purchased through the istore too many obstacles in trying to move forward and i found out that if i was to buy more memory it would be for a certain time i would basically be just renting the memory what i pay for would not be mine to actually own so that kinda sucks but like i said it is a kool device for now until something better comes along with much better freedom after paying seven hundred to a thousand dollars its just a big advertising farce