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In short:
1. Tablets Are Niche Devices
2. Full OSes Were Always There, Yet Those Who Complained That The iPad Doesn't Have One Still Never Bought One
3. High-End Hardware Specs Sometimes Don't Matter
4. Interface, Interface, Interface
5. Lack Of Tablet Apps
If I had the money, I'd buy an iPad. Its features really appeal to me, even though all it is is a supersized iPod Touch. That's fine. I don't need a full-feature slate, I want it for what it is: an information appliance. I have laptop and desktop computers for full computing.
The thing that I really hope to see the iPad cause is a paradigm shift. Bill Gates said that the iPad is nice, but it needs a keyboard. He wants it to be made in Microsoft's image, with a full copy of Windows 7 on it. Well, guess what. People have made slate computers with full-blown Windows operating systems on them, and they suck.
So here's my replies to each point:
1. Yup. A stable, dedicated information appliance is what I want. Emphasis on the stable part.
2. Full OS. Don't need it. See the stability reference.
3. If you slim down the OS, you don't need high-end hardware specs.
4. Interface. iPad/iPhone interface is quite usable, thenkyewveddymuch.
5. Lots of apps available on iTunes App Store. And I'm sure the iPad will be jailbroken in short order and people will be able to load all sorts of apps on it.
It's a good article, mainly a criticism of what tablets were and how to fix them. Fix number one: don't cram a full Windows OS into it without a fundamental overhaul of the user interface.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/tablet-islate-ipad-netbook-notebook,9929.html
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/03/20/191237/5-Reasons-Tablets-Suck-and-You-Wont-Buy-One?art_pos=8
1. Tablets Are Niche Devices
2. Full OSes Were Always There, Yet Those Who Complained That The iPad Doesn't Have One Still Never Bought One
3. High-End Hardware Specs Sometimes Don't Matter
4. Interface, Interface, Interface
5. Lack Of Tablet Apps
If I had the money, I'd buy an iPad. Its features really appeal to me, even though all it is is a supersized iPod Touch. That's fine. I don't need a full-feature slate, I want it for what it is: an information appliance. I have laptop and desktop computers for full computing.
The thing that I really hope to see the iPad cause is a paradigm shift. Bill Gates said that the iPad is nice, but it needs a keyboard. He wants it to be made in Microsoft's image, with a full copy of Windows 7 on it. Well, guess what. People have made slate computers with full-blown Windows operating systems on them, and they suck.
So here's my replies to each point:
1. Yup. A stable, dedicated information appliance is what I want. Emphasis on the stable part.
2. Full OS. Don't need it. See the stability reference.
3. If you slim down the OS, you don't need high-end hardware specs.
4. Interface. iPad/iPhone interface is quite usable, thenkyewveddymuch.
5. Lots of apps available on iTunes App Store. And I'm sure the iPad will be jailbroken in short order and people will be able to load all sorts of apps on it.
It's a good article, mainly a criticism of what tablets were and how to fix them. Fix number one: don't cram a full Windows OS into it without a fundamental overhaul of the user interface.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/tablet-islate-ipad-netbook-notebook,9929.html
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/03/20/191237/5-Reasons-Tablets-Suck-and-You-Wont-Buy-One?art_pos=8
