Well, the day has come at last.
The iPad has arrived.
We all knew it was coming. For some, it loomed like an ominous weekend to Aunt Betty’s… For others, it was Christmas in July. Only time will tell.
So on Delivery-Day, we had one walk into the office. Adam and I got to touch it, play with it and stream some video. Interesting toy.
Here are my thoughts:
- Nice screen
- Good touch
- Plenty of capabilities
- Backwards compatible with the iTouch (who ever thought you’d hear the words backward and iTouch in the same sentence…
- Responsive
Any my other thoughts:
- Once you’ve held it for 5 minutes, you’ll realize that iPad needs to go on a diet.
- EVERYTHING (literally) on the iPad is connected to or through iTunes. OK – that’s not fair. I was able to turn it on without an iTunes account. But I think that was all…
- Propriety video-out (seriously Apple, you’re killing us here) – AND it only exports video for “presentation-based” apps. Why?
- No Flash. Seriously? How I am supposed to entertain myself on addictinggames.com?
That’s enough of my thoughts…
In the end, my only comment was “Shiny!”. But seriously, we know Apple can deliver that. How about some web-standards? Interoperability compliance? And a stomach-rest for my aching wrists?
I don’t know, man. I was looking at a Kindle – primarily cuz it could read to me. But to pay twice as much for color, wireless, apps, etc…
Will iPad give Kindle a run for it’s money? Can Flash survive the next decade? Will Chiropractors around the world become mega-rich?
Find out next time on: this blog here…. at some point… I mean when I get around to it… or … you know…