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Okay, I've sat here and digested what I know about the iPad and... you know what? It's not that bad.
Actually, it's really good.
Strip away your lofty expectations of what the iPad should have had and look at it for what it actually does have. As an e-book reader, at $499 for the introductory model, it's comparable in price to the Kindle DX. Is it a better e-reader? I don't know. What I do know is that, aesthetically, it looks better and seems to have a lot more options. The NY Times demo looked really good too. So if there are people willing to pay almost $500 for a device that basically only reads books, newspapers, and PDF's, why wouldn't they buy the iPad instead?
This is basically a giant iTouch. Some may be underwhelmed, like I was when I first saw the news rolling in about the iPad, but really, you don't fix what's not broken. This isn't a laptop replacement. It's not a smartphone either. They took the iTouch and improved almost every core aspect, such as emails, movies, itunes, iphoto, etc. It's only underwhelming because it's so familiar to us.
The iPad isn't something revolutionary like the iPhone. It is however a device that I can see dominating the e-reader market and for those that want a nice portable multimedia device but don't want a laptop. I'd take the iPad over a damn netbook
anyday.
Actually, it's really good.
Strip away your lofty expectations of what the iPad should have had and look at it for what it actually does have. As an e-book reader, at $499 for the introductory model, it's comparable in price to the Kindle DX. Is it a better e-reader? I don't know. What I do know is that, aesthetically, it looks better and seems to have a lot more options. The NY Times demo looked really good too. So if there are people willing to pay almost $500 for a device that basically only reads books, newspapers, and PDF's, why wouldn't they buy the iPad instead?
This is basically a giant iTouch. Some may be underwhelmed, like I was when I first saw the news rolling in about the iPad, but really, you don't fix what's not broken. This isn't a laptop replacement. It's not a smartphone either. They took the iTouch and improved almost every core aspect, such as emails, movies, itunes, iphoto, etc. It's only underwhelming because it's so familiar to us.
The iPad isn't something revolutionary like the iPhone. It is however a device that I can see dominating the e-reader market and for those that want a nice portable multimedia device but don't want a laptop. I'd take the iPad over a damn netbook