A Two Cents Deposit on an iPad
Stop frontin'. I know you want me.
People are spoiled. People are not realistic. I have been accused of being an elitist before, but it is not my intent to clown on people… Well it is not my intention to clown on people TODAY.
Mr. Oden is thankful for the lack of a camera. Too bad about his cell phone.
I am just amazed how pissed off Apple fanboys are right now. Its not like we have genocides, earthquake victims, and the like. Yet, you feel like the thing to sink all of your anger and outrage into is the lack of a front facing camera. The lack of the ability to better frame up a shot of your naughty business to send to your disinterested other is a blessing rather than a curse. Besides providing the world one less video of you doing something you regret on Youtube, the iPad will be a game changer. Trust.
I have more career left than a Kindle. OBTW - I am sitting on an iPad right now.
1) If you bought a Kindle – You FAIL. Forget the lack of multitasking, this thing is the killer e-book reader. It has a store built-in just like the Kindle, but that is the end of the comparison. E-Ink is slow to refresh, and is only available in black and white. For a couple hundred of bucks or so more, you get a color screen reader, a touch screen that emulates page turning, a quick skimming feature, embedded video, and God knows what else. You can’t browse the web on a Kindle without pulling your hair out. You will read your newspaper on this iPad thing, that is if there are any newspapers left by the time the device ships. I am tired of typing about a device I don’t have yet, so to put a bottom line on the point… If you are going to spend that type of money for a digital reading experience, you might as well get a device does more than what a Kindle does.
2) Apps. I think the thing that is turning people’s G-Strings into a Boy Scout’s climbing rope is that a sexier contact application is not cool. The fact I can now do a spreadsheet on an handheld is not cause to turn on the Teddy Pendergrass music on in the iTunes app. The fact I can read read about all of the fuzzy animals that got stuck to my Facebook wall is not a “sheet changer”, let alone a game changer. I get it. I also get the fact that when the original iPhone and iPod Touch first came out, Apple did not have an App ecosystem for those devices. When the SDK got put into the hands of developers, all of that Yelp/Shazam/Pandora goodness got produced, and in a way that fit those devices. I believe the same thing will happen with the iPad. Specialized apps to fit that screen will be developed for it. I can a see doctor pulling out his iPad before he checks your prostate…. wait, this might not be a good thing… hopefully you get the point (no pun intended) anyway. Putting a stamp on this puppy, the need might not be here now, but it will become clearer in the future. So please stop all of the hating. OBTW – I am a PC, and not a Mac.
The Teddy Bear wonders if there is an iPad in "Sexy Heaven"
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February 1st, 2010 at 5:00 pm
While I am not overly impressed with the iPad, I think it is much more than an E-Reader competitor. This product may be the digital companion that the iPaq’s and Palm Pilot’s of the world promised but were never able to achieve.
That being said, I think it is a little premature to call the Kindle a failure. I am sure that the many people who have said the same thing are like you – they have never read a single word on an actual iPad. I do not know how well it will read, but I can say from experience that in my opinion the Kindle and the Sony are both easier on the eyes and more pleasant to read than a real book. I am not so sure that will be true with the iPad, given its glossy screen – but I could be wrong.
Fact is, I don’t know one way or another which will read better or how much their respective markets will overlap. I guessing you don’t either, but here again, I could be wrong.
Only time will tell. Until then, I will be happily reading books on my Kindle.
Joe.