Thursday, January 28, 2010

Apple iPad

So this is the revolutionary new thingamajig from Apple? It's a glorified iPod! It's a huge iPod that can't even do multitasking. It's a nice design and concept, heck, but it's not a new concept. HP was able to upped them on this earlier, but since it's Apple that we're talking about, then people would buy it just because...

Anyways, this thing, though not so feature-packed will definitely change handheld computing. I was planning to get one to replace my ageing iBook G4 (I didn't get any of the newer MacBooks or MB Pros because they're all huge!), but this sorts of disappoints me. Nonetheless, if knowing Apple, they will use this device to test the waters and for sure, in a few months time, they will come up with a newer variation that will have the feature I want...a way for it to he hooked up to a projector so I could use it for presentations.

Also, it should have a solution for physical input other than the onscreen keyboard (or at least improve it), the keyboard accessory is not impressive as well.

End point, it's a nice concept, bigger screen, but it's really just an iPod. It needs more...multitasking, connects to peripherals, better input management.

Let's see on the next versions...

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