Yes fellow Apple fan boys and geeks alike, today is the day for the WiFi only version of Apple’s iPad. When the initial announcement was made on this apparent “groundbreaking” product many techies were busy pointing out the flaws of the device. ”No camera, No multitasking and No external slots or ports” were among many of the tech worlds grumblings. I’ll have to say I agree with them on that. Apple is a company that has been known to provide a new product that has one groundbreaking feature but leaves out standard features that are found on other devices.
But lets look at what the iPad is going to do. With e-book readers starting to gain more and more attention Apple has taken the e-book reader and made it well.. beautiful. Thats one thing Apple always does and does well. Make things look great. And the iPad does look great with its bright and large screen and slim form factor. Some say that the iPad will save print media. I would say I do not share that same sentiment. With colleges like Seton Hill giving every fall enrolled student an iPad and delivering all student course materials to the device I feel Apple’s definitely going to have a foothold in the e-book market. Whats really going to make this device successful is the app store. Which before launch of the iPad already has over 1350 unique iPad applications.
Yes, I feel Apple’s new iPad will be a success but I will be waiting to the 2nd or 3rd revision to get the standard features Apple is leaving out on the initial launch. If you recall it took years to get MMS on the iPhone and getting multitasking took 3 revisions of the device.
My advice, wait and wait some more. Unless you are independently wealthy and can throw away an extra $600 year over year for a new revision, then go for it.
Dude, I want to be the 1st to comment on your blog, but I’ll never be able to afford an iPad, but it sounds like good advice! And I should know, because I’m full of great advice huh? LOL
Wait for the ipad deuce… They will add more features and work out inevitable problems. Just like the BB storm and anything else apple has released…
My problem with the iPad is that you can get more functionality and more flexibility for less money and less overhead out of a Netbook. What Apple has essentially done is create a mediocre netbook in a pretty shell.
From this tech’s point of view.
totally see where you are coming from. But apple does such a great job of designing those pretty shells … dont they?