Comments on: iPad is a Big Deal Guys

By: Marion Spicher

Marion Spicher — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:39:20 +0000

The article is a great explanation describing what we can expect from the i-pad. I haven’t begun to utilize my i-pod yet, and use it only for music. Hubby has an i-phone, and he is gradually realizing it is a mini computer. We are older, and the new technology can be overwhelming. The biggest leap for us in exposure to Apple devices, is the simplicity. Bravo, Apple!

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:26:23 +0000

Wonderful post. Now you must do something about your site itself!

Web Designers: Wake Up And Smell The Touchscreen Coffee! http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/web-designers-wake-up-and-smell-the-touchscreen-coffee/

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:20:36 +0000

Excellent post. I think a lot of the angst and disappointment towards the iPad may be because people keep on trying to categorize it as something they know. Either a smart-phone, a laptop, or a 'netbook'.

Maybe it's something new.

Still don't like the name though.

By: ssp

ssp — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:59:21 +0000

P.S. Cool new design, haven’t seen it before thanks to RSS…

By: ssp

ssp — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:59:01 +0000

I can understand your point, but I doubt it covers the whole problem. Yes, it will be nice to have more 'just works' in a computer and less tinkering. But, particularly in a closed system like those favoured by Apple, this puts a huge burden on the developer of the device to make things 'just right'. For reasons of incompetence and spite (see iPhone tethering for a big one) this will never happen. And while the 'tinkering' route is not a good one, a device which, with some effort can be made do the stuff you want can be preferable to one which makes it impossible to tinker with it.

I think a cool thing about computers is their flexibility and the way in which they can be used in ways not anticipated by the software creators. With the iPhone, most (almost all) applications are so simple-minded that it's hard to do anything with them beyond what their designer imagined. And that's both limiting and taking the 'magic' away from the computer and hindres using it creatively.

By: Jon Bell

Jon Bell — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:58:06 +0000

Bravo.

I am somewhat frustrated by the "it's just a big iPod touch, yawn" crowd, and this post does a great job explaining why it's more than just that.

I think having experienced a Newton helps grok why Apple's iPad approach has so much promise.

By: JVH

JVH — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:49:22 +0000

Bill, Interesting stuff. I liked these guys take on the iPad:

http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-we-have-seen-the-amazing-future-of-apples-ipad-and-this-is-it-2010-1

Here’s the important part:

In three years, when the low-end WiFi-powered iPad costs $199, many households will buy 3 or 4 of them and just leave them lying around the house. These iPads won’t be “owned” by any one member of the household, the way PCs and cell phones are. They won’t live on desks, the way desktops do, and they won’t be carried everywhere, the way mobile phones are. They’ll just be there, around the house, on tables and counters, the way today’s books, magazines, games, and newspapers are, booted up, ready to use.

You’ll be able to play two-person games on them (also revolutionary for a handheld device). You’ll be able read newspapers, magazines, emails, books. You’ll be able to tap out and send short messages. You’ll be able to research and shop. You’ll be able to keep and share family calendars. You’ll be able to sit around the breakfast table with each member of the family scrolling through one, the way many families still do with newspapers. You, your children, and your guests will, most importantly, just be able to walk around your house and pick one up.