Comments on: Yes, I’m ordering an Apple iPad

By: iCaved | johnbiehler.com

iCaved | johnbiehler.com — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:11:03 +0000

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By: VancityAllie

VancityAllie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:40:33 +0000

Not me!

I think it’s a great device for many people, but at this point in time my main use for it would be web surfing. I may wait a few years till it comes down in price.

Still, I’d love to see the applications for it in service industries and stores…

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:56:59 +0000

I am still trying to figure out what an iPhone user actually gets with it that they don’t already have?

The iBook? Well, that won’t be available in Canada for a while at least, and I am pretty sure that Apple will shoehorn this into the iPhone eventually, it just makes sense for them to tap into this huge market.

I can see a market for it for a lot of people who aren’t really tech savy and just want to read email, browse the web etc. who maybe have a few MP3s or live off of streaming music (though the lack of multitasking on that end may be a problem). But then….

But yeah, as Morten says, I expect them to have a real useful device with version 3.0. Same as it happened with the iPhone. Apple seems to be quickly turning into a new version of Microsoft where the first two ones are to testdrive the product and then finally getting all the pieces in.

By: Morten

Morten — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:47:39 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised at all if 8 months from now Apple rolls out the iPad 2.0 featuring amazing improvements like a USB port.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:27:01 +0000

Agreed. We’ll get use to the name and just focus on the device itself.

I love the irony of the Kindle ad in the sidebar of this post.

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:51:19 +0000

The apps are for sure a walled garden, but one I’ve bought into already so (for me), it’s a non-issue. Given my experience with the Android marketplace, I’ll take the walled garden but that’s fodder for another post.

The multitasking is a concern but is something they can address in software as the hardware seems to be there to support it. It’s also unclear (to me as I haven’t looked at it yet) what the SDK gives devs access to. Apple already has apps that can do things that devs can’t build in.

Based on what I’ve seen so far though, I like it.

Another aspect that appeals to me (although I hope it gets extended to the iPhone) is the camera connector for the iPad.

I agree a tablet-like MS Surface device would be cool…this is probably a realistic, consumer facing first step.

By: Scott Hadfield

Scott Hadfield — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:39:16 +0000

My main two assumptions are no multitasking and walled garden for apps. Given the presentation, I think those are fair to make.

I agree that it has a lot of potential for interesting interfaces for doing graphic work (and other things). But I don’t see this being useful for more than a niche market for anything besides e-reading and gaming.

I’m still waiting for the tablet that gives me a table-top computing style of use ala MS Surface… but maybe that’s wishful thinking :)

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:34:46 +0000

Correction: the JooJoo does in fact have a color screen, their shot for the ‘the ultimate internet experience’ looks Palm 1.0 era though.

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:30:30 +0000

True, but the JooJoo doesn’t have any of the things that make the iPad more compelling (to ME) – like deals with content providers, an app store, a color screen, and most importantly, a track record.

I’m open minded about these things (really I am despite what you might think about my Apple bias) but my money is on the iPad.

By: Morten

Morten — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:26:29 +0000

Right. The CrunchPad is now called the “JooJoo”. Assuming it’ll go for sale and they can sort out their petty money disputes, it looks comparable and was technically announced way ahead of the iPad. I’m just curious to see how they match up: https://thejoojoo.com/