Archive for January, 2010

Like many of you gadget lovers I followed Apple’s keynote today for the presentation of the mystery device called…iPad. So, first off, what in the name of gawd were they thinking with the name “iPad” ?! It’s just terrible. Oh and the Apple iPad was previously released in 2007 for woman only!! Don’t believe me? Watch here

Second off, a lot of people complains that there aren’t any HDMI, USB and so fourth. That is a bummer indeed (although there supposed to be separate connectors included in the box), but what really annoys the hell outta me is that there is no file manager, no home folder, thanks to iPhone OS because, no, unfortunately it’s not running Mac OS X. That’s a bit sucky. So, it really is more like a giant iPod Touch than a MacBook “Lite”. Either way, I will give this thing a try when its released in the spring and see for myself.

Updated February 1: OK I have carefully watched Steve Jobs keynote again and been reading about articles all over the websphere and realized something: Many many people are totally missing the point on what iPad is about I think. I think Apple may have hit a home run!

Apart for maybe missing a web-cam, this thing has a bright future lying ahead. Think what it can do for publishers (paper journal, magazines, books), doctors, schools, the service sector, etc, etc. It’s nuts! I get it, this thing is not for IT managers, power users and computer geeks. It’s for people doing real work in the real world. It’s for my parents who were always scared to use a mouse and a computer! It’s for the casual folks sitting on the couch and reading a book on Sunday afternoon. It is the easiest and fastest way to get on the web!

For years we have been hearing about how computers have evolved and are much “easier to use” than ever but that’s bullshit, they’re not! People still have to deal with anti-virus software, drivers, reformatting the hard drive, disk cleanup, fragmentation, slow boot time and shut down. My mom and dad don’t want to deal with this shit! They just want to pick the damn thing, press one button and boom they’re in!  No boot delay, no disk managing required or updating video and sound drivers. Nothing. I think iPad will save a lot of people a lot of time and trouble. True ease of use finally for everyone else and that’s why it’ll be a hit. Perhaps not at first, but once the ecosystem settles in it will take off, just like the iPod did has it changed the music industry. With iTunes and the AppStore at the center of it all the iPad will shine, I’m sure.