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January 28, 2010
If you are any sort of tech head, then you could not have failed to see the latest product from Apple. The rumors were circulating months before the launch. In fact it was one of the most hyped product launches ever. The secrecy held until the day before the presentation.
Personally, I was very excited at the up coming event and the prospect of desiring the latest Apple gadget to go with my Macbook and iPhone but I have to say that I my heart sank when I saw the iPad.
As soon as I saw it I thought it was ugly. The fake devices that had been created in anticipation of what it would look like all looked much better than the real iPad.
The bezel is too wide. Not only does it not fit in your pocket but it is made larger by the huge bezel. Presumably this is to stop you pressing the screen while holding it but even so.
The aspect ratio is 4:3 not widescreen 16:9. This might be more appropriate for ebooks but for watching films or video content it sucks donkeys.
It is more like a large iPhone or iPod touch than it is closer to a netbook or laptop and like the iPhone it is tied into running apps which are controlled via the iTunes store which is a step of control freakery too far.
This will put Apple in control of what you can run on your iPad essentially they will say what is allowed to run on the device and that means no Flash or anything else that does not fit into their business model.
It does not multitasking which seems ridiculous.
No camera in the front or back.
A touch keyboard is a very poor substitute for a real keyboard when typing or doing some real work and it will eat into the screen while you are typing hiding information you may want to see. This happens sometime on the iPhone.
My iphone is great and so is my Macbook but I don’t think I will be buying the iPad. It seems like it is the worst of both worlds. I don’t think that I am in the minority on this one either. iFail might be more appropriate than iPad.
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