I came across this well-placed ad during a hands-on video of the new Apple iPad.
The e-book reader application looks pretty interesting; it’s much prettier than the Amazon Kindle, though navigation doesn’t seem 100% yet. It’ll also strain your eyes after a couple of hours, unlike an e-ink display. Check out the video here. The iPad is basically a bigger version of the iPod, but seems to be missing some crucial features such as multi-tasking and Flash (Steve Jobs goes on about how great it is for web… but doesn’t support Flash?). I guess with future iterations they will fix these issues, but I’m sure it will do well anyway – people will buy just for the brand. The iPad seems to be a jack of all trades, master of none. It seems as though Apple is trying to fill a gap in the market that doesn’t really exist!
#1 by Dan on January 28, 2010 - 1:42 am
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Urgh iPad is just like the first iPhone – lacking in some hugely important features and far too expensive.
I also like that iTampon was a trending topic on twitter – in fact, it placed higher than “iPad” and “Steve Jobs” yesterday.
#2 by Ricky on January 31, 2010 - 2:08 am
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Yea doesn’t seem to serve any purpose really…
It’s a little bit too big for me.
- No camera
- No USB
- No flash! Although in terms of web, flash is slowly phasing out.
- Runs iPhone OS = fail…