“Wow. So Apple has unveiled its iPad, an iPod touch like tablet computer that, so far at least, doesn’t seem impressive at all,” Paul Thurrott writes for Supersite for Windows. “And what’s with the huge bezel? It’s actually … can I say this about an Apple product? … ugly.”
MacDailyNews Take: “The iPad’s bezel is its handle. It’s where your fingers grip the device without covering the content on the screen, no matter which way you’re holding it. Give Apple some credit; they’re not Microsoft, they think things through.” – SteveJack, MacDailyNews, January 27, 2010
Thurrott continues, “The thing I don’t get here is… Nothing new. This has all been done before elsewhere. I’m astonished this isn’t nicer looking or more interesting… OK, this has to be a joke… It’s a joke. It’s gotta be. Right? …A 1 GHz Apple A4 chip (What the???)”
MacDailyNews Take: Oh, trust us, it’s all being iCal’ed for future use.
Thurrott continues, “This stuff is just boring. If Apple wanted this to be a game machine, they should have built hardware controls into that huge bezel.. Overall, this is a letdown. I’d be surprised to see anyone try to claim otherwise.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s iPad is obviously destined to be a huge hit.
The fact remains that Thurott is merely a shill, and articles such as this one are merely clickbait to help him justify his payments.
Perhaps someone could be so kind as to highlight what actual _claims_ Paul has made, other than he doesn’t ‘get it’? For example, did he claim that Apple won’t sell XX million units or anything?
As such, all he has done — and FYI, this is actually a *service* to Apple — is that he has revealed what the typical Windows-drone initial interpretations of the product are.
Personally, it will take me some time to decide if I’m going to buy an iPad … I’ve been thinking about getting a touch for awhlie, and once I upgrade my work laptop (Windows, sorry…no choice) from the current 6.9lb beast to an <5lber, then I’ll have the budget to put a 1.5lb device such as this in my bag for trips.
Of course, what’s really needed is a way for AT&T;3G to not cost a huge bag of money when running on GSM networks in Europe.
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Anyone who supports Apple won’t click on Thurridiot’s link. Ignore him and he becomes even more irrelevant, hopefully fading into total obscurity and…who was I talking about?
Cringely said it feels like the Segway. Come on man… that’s cold ..
“Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: One, it’s completely impossible. Two, it’s possible, but it’s not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.”
If Apple were to rebadge a Dell-Netbook (without saying it…) it would be fun to see how badly PT would judge it.
For PT apparently EVERYTHING that comes out of Cupertino cannot be worth it, does not live up to the hype, is just pathetic. Poor guy…