Pros and Cons: Apple iPad

The Apple iPad. This is a product that people were estatic about, three years prior to it’s release. The rumor of it being released was so popular, i bet It could be put in the Guiness world records, under “worlds most anticapated product”. There’s one problem with this. The rumor was getting, I guess I can say, “too big”. The idea, that Apple was to release a tablet was origianlly that they were making a touch screen computer, about the size of a tablet, and it was going to play music, videos, and run some simple programs like e-mail and web browsing. Then, as the word spread, people began to say, “oh, it’s not going to be just an enlarged version of the iPod Touch, but a touch screen computer, with Snow Leopard, running hard core applications, like Final Cut”. Then a bunch of people desined mok-ups of the tablet. And that’s when it grabbed the media’s attention. Technology blogs jumped into the tablet and began reporting about it, what it does, and what it’s like. Viewers noticed that this is actually a posability and it really could be. So, they believed the media and thaught that all the features they read about or watched about, were real! So this leads me to the main topic of this article. On 10:00 AM, wednesday, January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs began a presentation titled, “Come see our latest creation”. And as we all know, he finnaly announced the tablet, under the name, iPad. And to our suprise, it was not what we expected. It looked fairly similer to the mok-ups, but the software was not like we hoped for. It runs a plain iPhone OS 3.2, and really the only differences between the iPad and the iPod Touch, was an updated iTunes app, YouTube in HD, and the all-new, iBooks app, a kindle-killer app built specificly for the iPad. So, with the basic information laid out, we can go over some of the pro’s and cons of this semi-incredible new product.
Pros.
1. Multi-Touch interface
2. 9.7 inch Crystal clear IPS touch display.
3. Read e-books with the great new iBooks app.
4. Watch YouTube in HD.
5. iPad also has a cool new mobile version of Apple’s iWork suite, that let’s you create PowerPoint like presenation, type and edit a text document, and manage spreadsheets, all in a fresh touch interface.
6. No flash. Yes, that’s a pro (and a con as you’ll soon see). Apple not including flash gives browsing on the iPad much smoother and quicker. Apple’s goal is not to bring you the most complicated and advanced software and hardware, but the simplesed, yet most powerfull.
Cons.
1. The tablet is $499 at it’s lowest, and if your going to want the 3G model, it’s going to cost you $699, for the lower end model.
3. The 3G model is running on AT&T (not a surprise), with an unlocked SIM card. The problem is, it’s some type of Micro SIM, that nobody really uses.
4. No cameras. The tablet does not have either a camera on the back for taking pictures, or a front facing camera (like iSight) for video chats. Personaly, I’m not to crazy about niether of them, cause I think that it would kind of be akeard trying to take a picture with a big metal thing. But, like I said, that’s just my opinion.
6. Did you just relize I skipped number five? I bet ya’ didn’t!
5. No flash. I mentioned before that this is a pro because it keeps the tablet simple, but it still has it’s con-ness. Many sites use flash for vidoes, which is essential for a good browser. I mean, really, besides QuickTime, what good program is out there for a video player? Plus, flash is known for it’s ability to have a lot of features that allow you to interact with the sites content. So, it would of been nice to have flash on the iPad, but I dosnt have it, so forget that!
That baicly ends off this long article on the iPad. Thanks for reading and enjoy your stay on AppleKTech.com!!