Comments on: Apple iPad a revolutionary device

By: Ezequiel Karcz

Ezequiel Karcz — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:02:47 +0000

It’s another Apple game-changer with attitude. Apple did not design the iPad to be an all-in-one tablet computer. But it did aim high with its first entry to address this computing paradigm. Comparing the iPad to e-book readers like the Kindle is pointless. Yes, it has some of Kindle’s features, but it goes beyond the e-reader platforms, and will go even further in future versions. No less important, it bears the label of a company with two rich-media-content successes. Don’t underestimate the power of the brand that brought us the iPod and iPhone.

By: Marko

Marko — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:07:32 +0000

I hope the new iPad Apps will not cost too much. Some of the Race Games are expensive but have a nice graphic. The iPad is nice thing to relax. I like it.

By: john

john — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:18:16 +0000

I enjoy this blog

By: Noni

Noni — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:09:03 +0000

The biggest drawbacks are nothing. I will not buy one right now, but will wait until the second generation so bugs are smoothed out.

My thoughts:
–lack of camera: I have 5. I don’t foresee anyone taking a picture with an iPad. BUT, it should have blue tooth, so you can send photos from the iPhone.–Or communicate with iPhones, which i don’t know if it does. That should be a must have.
–I don’t think it should be a device to carry lots of data to do heavy work with. It’s like a small notebook, and like a real notebook you carry IT in a purse or pocket WITH ESSENTIAL INFORMATION. I would use it to carry pdfs and essential text files with personal data. Imagine an earthquake, I would grab the iPad with all my healthcare, insurance, birth certificate, house deed, car registration, bank and card numbers, etc…

– No need for multitasking on a portable device. I would surf the web and read news and blogs and I think I would rapidly get used to the keyboard. I don’t think I would have to put my hand down on the screen since I am a two finger typer, I don’t have the discipline of a trained secretary and neither most of PC users.

I just need to get hold of one and caress it!

By the way you have a very nice blog setup here!

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:18:41 +0000

Deocliciano, you and Andy are certainly correct. Yes, music will continue to play and files from the iTunes library will continue to download while you write an email or work in iWork, etc. BUT, I consider those very simple tasks that run in the background. When I refer to multitasking I am talking about being able to work between many 3rd party apps at the same time just like you can on a regular Apple or PC. I want to be able to stream Pandora, while I play a game, check my facebook, and find a new place for dinner on Yelp.

By: Deocliciano

Deocliciano — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 21:43:52 +0000

No multitasking?

Are you sure?

Read Andy Ihnatko’s iPad and Multitasking:

The iPad certainly does support multitasking. The iPod app plays music in the background of anything else you’re doing and if you download a movie from the iTunes Store, you can navigate away from that app and do something else during the time it’ll take to grab that 1 gigabyte file.

It’s just third party apps that can’t run in the background. Which presents a few annoyances, such as when I’d like to listen to music from a streaming media app while I work elsewhere.
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So it disappoints me to see commentators on TV today dinging the iPad for a lack of multitasking.

Sad indeed!

By: Review of the iPad « Free Stuff

Review of the iPad « Free Stuff — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:14:55 +0000

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