The New Apple iPad - What do you think of it? I think its a pretty " sexy " looking tablet PC. Considering its so thin, the touch typing is very well setup. Anyone here got one? Any issues so far?
My brother-in-law got one and it's pretty slick. However, the wi-fi was a bit slow, almost like a dial up. The 3G model out later this month should rock! If you do decide to get one, then don't forget to accessorize it with a stylish iPad cover.
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It lacks the support for flash, you cannot multi-task on it and it is heavy, weight 1.5 pounds. No webcam included either. Not that impressed.
Yeah it does lack flash just because Adobe and Apple are at each others throats at the present moment. I'm not impressed much either, in fact - I can see myself not needing anything like this for a long time
My opinion flip-flops pretty often. Sometimes I'm just like DO WANT, but soon after I realize that until there's a good text editor+ftp client, it's useless to me for web development.
It looks really good but specs wise I doubt if it can compete with what the other companies are currently creating to compete with the ipad.
But for what it does, I don't think it has to... for instance, the HP Slate. Sure, it's got Flash, but with a netbook CPU and less RAM. Lagggg.
It is a very specialized piece of equipment meant mainly for media consumption. I know the Apple fanboys are going to say that you can use the onscreen keyboard, but you cannot touch type and woe be to anyone who tries to type out a fairly lengthy document (2+ pages) on that crazy virtual keyboard! Using an external keyboard is just weird and awkward as you still have to touch the screen (often) to reposition the cursor and manipulate/initiate things on the iPad.
I think it is a decent device and OS 4 should help. This thing is getting OS 4 right? That has multitasking and a few other cool things on it. It doesn't seem worth it to buy the thing for any type of work, but it would be a cool ipod subsitute for books,music,movies,web browsing.. etc.