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“At first glance, the iPad looked like a heavy, overgrown iPod touch. After just a few months of use, however, this iPad skeptic realized that it’s so much more — it’s one of those devices I’ve always needed,” Svensson reports. “Those don’t come around very often.”
“Most things get less interesting the more examples you see of them. If you’ve never seen a computer before, the first one is a revelation, but each successive model gets less and less remarkable,” Svensson reports. “Apple’s iPad is the other way around. It looks more impressive in light of what’s come before it. I’ve seen many tablet computers of different stripes since 2002, when Microsoft introduced Windows XP Tablet Edition. The quality has varied, but they’ve all been failures, even the recent ones. They’re a Stonehenge’s worth of near-useless slabs.”
Svensson reports, “The iPad finally fulfills the promise of the tablet computer…”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The magnitude of what Steve Jobs and Apple have accomplished is just beginning to dawn on most people. We often refer to iPhone’s big brother as “Apple’s revolutionary iPad.” We only do so because it is, and because we can’t type “magical” with a straight face (even though it truly is), and because it serves to royally piss off those who are far, far too heavily invested in Windows-centric domain names and other such ignoramuses. As for those who settle for poor imitations of Apple’s innovations, from the Mac to the iPod to the iPhone to iPad to Apple TV, we’re with Mr. T: We pity the fools.
No brains, all mouth, and head up his ass. The description of a typical media reporter.
“Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Yes, technically the iPad is an overgrown iPod touch, but it’s amazing the new possibilities a larger screen opens up.
(Actually, you could say the iPod touch is a shrunken iPad, since Apple’s tablet R&D came first)
Welcome aboard, Peter. Don’t say we didn’t try to tell you.
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Can’t tell you how many people I’ve heard say the iPad is nothing special, but then once they’ve tried it their opinion completely changes. It’s uncanny.
You forgot to add the MS fan boys that just can’t wrap their tiny little heads around the fact that Microsoft has tried to make a Tablet computer for 9 years,
and failed.
But Apple is kicking their ass,
on their first try.
HA, HA, HA!
What sad little lifes they must have.
I said it all in my article: iPad: Do They *Really* Get It? (Full article)
http://bit.ly/bhhcf2
MacDailyNews reprint:
http://bit.ly/cmXiFF
Excellent review. Nice to see someone admit he was wrong, and better that his change of mind was so intelligently thought through.
Holding out for v2.
Not getting an ipad until the syncing of real documents e.g. MS Word, is made more streamlined. From what I hear, syncing of iWork documents can be done, but it is really clunky. It confirms Steve Jobs’s comment that the iPad is more for content consumption. I mostly do content creation, so as fun as the iPad is — I’ve played with it several times — I’m waiting for future iterations, or maybe a second hand one from ebay next year when everyone else is upgrading.
Comparing windows tablets to Stonehenge is an insult to Stonehenge.
I use Quick Office for the iPad that can open directly into a Dropbox account to move documents etc. Just as easy as using a Mac or PC with a word processor. It accepts Office Word-Excel 2003/2007 file format etc. Or can access local files also.
If you want USB/SD memory slot just grab the camera kit.
It sounds like HP ( Ugh ) will have printers that you can directly print to. If Canon can get their small ip90V to link up or some one can offer a small portable printer…. ^_^
Helllo? For content creation use a desktop Mac (or whatever).
For casual read-only viewing of web pages, games, email and the rest…… use an iPad !!
Works so great.
@JJ, I hardly consider Word files real documents. On the other hand it’s true, syncing Pages files back and forth is no fun.
I’m assuming that’s a big reason for the new server capacity Apple is building.
That, and I think they’re electronically cloning Steve Jobs’ brain.
Hardware and software integration just is NOT in Microsoft’s DNA especially when they try to hammer the square peg Windows OS into a successful round hole tablet form. It just never occurred to their myopic way of thinking that a variation or special mobile OS would be the ticket. One sized OS does not fit all! THIS is Apple and Jobs genius. Love the fact Apple is light years ahead of everyone on this.
Bill Gates a visionary? What a laugh! Just a huckster in nerd’s clothing.
Thanks for the links to those left wallowing in the wake!
I’m getting sick of the “its just a big iPod Touch” comments. Its like me saying the same of a 60″ bigscreen TV. “Why would I want that? its just like my 20″ TV, only bigger”.
I’m getting sick of the “its just a big iPod Touch” comments. What’s wrong with the iPod touch? Or have these authors never had an iPod touch? I’m so happy with my iPod touch that I can wait for the next gen iPad without the feeling that I miss anything.
> At first glance, the iPad looked like a heavy, overgrown iPod touch. After just a few months of use, however, this iPad skeptic realized that it’s so much more…
The guy was so moved by the experience, he had to say it not just once but TWICE.
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And it’s going to get even better soon, with the iOS 4.2 update in November. Then, early next year, Apple turns up the “magical” with iPad 2.0. Meanwhile, competent competition will no doubt still be “missing in action.”
@ RCopeland
Not bad, but I really think you over estimate the utility of voice commands. There is really no other tool in history that we talk to in order to make it work when we can simply use our hands. This includes the horse (unless you call that tick-tick noise talking) Imagine everyone in a crowded office talking to thier computers. It’s a bit ridiculous.
Now when the machine can effectively talk back, and you can have something like a human dialog with it, then we might have something. But I’m not going to sit here and talk to myself.
There are already voice recognition apps that work pretty well, and people could easily use them to make shopping lists faster than typing them out. Why don’t they?
Numnutz
I have ipod touch in v1 and v2, and v1 of iPad.
I found the touch to be a portable media consumption and gaming device with pda functions that sync with my imac.
The iPad, due to its bigger screen, faster processor,(more) usable on screen keyboard, convenient 3g access sans contract, and software like iPad omnifocus and writepad is a tablet pc that also happens to hold some of my media long with some games.
The touch was a tech toy that I used as a scheduler, but the iPad is a vital business tool both in and out of the office. I’m never more than 90 seconds away from the latter.
… threads, the iPad is not a “larger iPod touch” so much as the iPod touch is a more compact iPod. The iPod having been the initial product from which the touch was derived.
And, “As for those who settle for poor imitations of Apple’s innovations,” is equally bogus. As the article says, there have been Windows versions of the “Tablet” for nearly a decade now! OK, admittedly, they have beed seriously pathetic, while the iPad isn’t. Not the point. MSFT almost got there, and did it first. Apple’s victory is sufficient, we don’t need to go stealing MSFT’s “almost did it”s.
… “a more compact iPad”. Sorry.