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Great post DRoy. The more I read about this, the more I realize how awesome it will be. Whenever Apple implements a new device, people yell and scream about how it doesn't have this, and I want that. To be honest, I don't want full blown OSX in a tablet. Thats why I never bought a tablet PC. Some functionality of Windows just doesn't work well in touch screen.
Look at the iPhone, the original version didn't have video, or picture messaging, or bluetooth, it didn't even have a keyboard. It also didn't have A LOT of things people thought they needed. But people bought the device, and people used it, and people reported back on what they really need, and Apple made it so. Apple found out that, hell, you don't really need a real QWERTY keyboard, so they left that out, and are continuing that trend here. You may argue that they did this so that current iPhone users would have to go out and buy a new one, and that may be a legitimate comment, but you can't argue with the face that the iPhone revolutionized the cell phone, and it that it is the most popular phone on the market.
My problem is, I don't see where I would use this. I have an iPhone, so if I'm out somewhere, I can use that to check email, make calls, etc. If I'm at home, I have a laptop sitting in the living room already. So if I need to surf the web, I can already do that on my laptop. Furthermore, my laptop has Flash on it, so I can actually watch Hulu, Netflix, etc. which the iPad won't do. The only possible niche I can see is as an eBook reader, and right now I use Stanza on my iPhone for that, and love it.
It's not like it will replace anything I can do for work, so I'm having trouble seeing how this can possibly fit into my life.
An anecdote: When the iMac came out, Apple drew a line in the sand. They said: we are no longer going to ship a computer with a floppy disk drive. The entire industry **** its pants so loudly and forcefully that you probably could have heard it from outer space.
My problem is, I don't see where I would use this. I have an iPhone, so if I'm out somewhere, I can use that to check email, make calls, etc..... The only possible niche I can see is as an eBook reader, and right now I use Stanza on my iPhone for that, and love it.
It's not like it will replace anything I can do for work, so I'm having trouble seeing how this can possibly fit into my life.
Sure, the original version didn't have those things, but people still wanted it. So they jailbreaked it (it's about 10% of iPhones that are jailbroken). Most of the things you list as missing were available on jailbroken phones long before Apple officially allowed it. The iPad will need to be jailbreaked to be fully functional.
It's an interesting device, that's for sure. I've tried and tried to think of ways that this product could be viable outside of personal entertainment and internet access, and I just can't think of anything.
It is certainly NOT a tablet. My company uses 3 year old Fujitsu tablets on a daily basis, and this is something we'd never consider. The lack of a full OS really limits it's use, and I understand the concept of it would change dramatically once you start upgrading the hardware. Lack of stylus input is also silly, but I do think that will be added in a future generation.
Exactly.Sorry dude, but there is not a chance in hell of them ever putting a stylus on this thing. Stylus pointers are a thing of the past. I can see a potential use for them on the iPhone, but they never made that standard, and this screen is bigger, so it is even less necessary. I may be wrong about the success of this device, but I guarantee you will never see a stylus built in to this device, it just contradicts everything Apple is trying to do with the user interface.
Sorry dude, but there is not a chance in hell of them ever putting a stylus on this thing. Stylus pointers are a thing of the past. I can see a potential use for them on the iPhone, but they never made that standard, and this screen is bigger, so it is even less necessary. I may be wrong about the success of this device, but I guarantee you will never see a stylus built in to this device, it just contradicts everything Apple is trying to do with the user interface.
The iPad is obviously an output device. Period. Yea, you can type. But not like on a real keyboard. ... This thing is made to display things to you. Period. Therefore it's not going to get used in a big business, because they typically need to input data into a computing device. It's for someone whom wants stuff shown to them.
You may be right that a stylus may never be added, but I do think it would probably make it more marketable. That same friend I mentioned in my previous post would be thrilled with a stylus input. He draws web comics as well as other graphics, and would love to be able to take this thing to the park and work on his drawings, he says. Solely using your finger to draw pictures would be a major hindrance. A stylus would be far more precise. I'd imagine with just a stylus input, the market for this would expand greatly into the graphic arts/designer segments. And since Apple touts itself at being the best with graphical arts, then I'd think it would try a little harder to tap that market.
Then why the big presentation of iWork? I think they want people to think of it as a general purpose computer that does all the basics, and that's fine. I think without another form of input (keyboard dock, stylus with handwriting recognition, etc), iWork will be virtually useless.
3) Flash would be nice, but I understand why Apple isn't using it
Apple holds pretty hard on not letting 3rd party applications access deeper levels of their hardware, so I doubt any Apple handheld device will ever support Flash unless Adobe gives in and plays by Apples rules.
Maybe Apple is just waiting for HTML 5 to mature.
My problem is, I don't see where I would use this. I have an iPhone, so if I'm out somewhere, I can use that to check email, make calls, etc. If I'm at home, I have a laptop sitting in the living room already. So if I need to surf the web, I can already do that on my laptop. Furthermore, my laptop has Flash on it, so I can actually watch Hulu, Netflix, etc. which the iPad won't do. The only possible niche I can see is as an eBook reader, and right now I use Stanza on my iPhone for that, and love it.
It's not like it will replace anything I can do for work, so I'm having trouble seeing how this can possibly fit into my life.
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