Comments on: Why the iPad is Revolutionary http://nick.pazoles.com/blog/2010/01/why-the-ipad-is-revolutionary/ Losing weight is like gambling, the more you start with, the more you have to lose. Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nick http://nick.pazoles.com/blog/2010/01/why-the-ipad-is-revolutionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Nick Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:55:47 +0000 http://nick.pazoles.com/blog/?p=324#comment-1709 Printing is a good point. Definitely something I hadn't thought about. You made a good point about examples where multitasking could matter to me with chat windows and whatnot. I think there is an implementation of that Apple could use that they don't. Flash, flash, flash, I am SOOOOOO tired of people complaining about this. I will bet money that HTML5 will render flash obsolete within 3 years. Overall I agree about the iPad missing the mark. But based on other people's comments on my post, I think most people missed my point. I don't think the iPad is a home run. It's not the iPod or the iPhone. But to me, it's the original Macintosh. It's not that everyone will buy or want an iPad. It's that I think this device is closer to what most people will use as their primary device 5-7 years from now, then what we know as personal computers. Don't believe me? Go back 8 years ago and see how few people used laptops/notebooks. Nowadays, I bet most people don't have desktops. Printing is a good point. Definitely something I hadn’t thought about.

You made a good point about examples where multitasking could matter to me with chat windows and whatnot. I think there is an implementation of that Apple could use that they don’t.

Flash, flash, flash, I am SOOOOOO tired of people complaining about this. I will bet money that HTML5 will render flash obsolete within 3 years.

Overall I agree about the iPad missing the mark. But based on other people’s comments on my post, I think most people missed my point. I don’t think the iPad is a home run. It’s not the iPod or the iPhone. But to me, it’s the original Macintosh. It’s not that everyone will buy or want an iPad. It’s that I think this device is closer to what most people will use as their primary device 5-7 years from now, then what we know as personal computers. Don’t believe me? Go back 8 years ago and see how few people used laptops/notebooks. Nowadays, I bet most people don’t have desktops.

]]> By: Rob S http://nick.pazoles.com/blog/2010/01/why-the-ipad-is-revolutionary/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Rob S Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:01:26 +0000 http://nick.pazoles.com/blog/?p=324#comment-1688 I agree with most of what you've said Nick, however, to answer your question - "What can't you do on the iPad that you can on your laptop?" Several things: First and foremost, it appears that I won't be able to print from the iPad. So while it has a word processor and spreadsheet available, if I want to print anything, I have to go to another device. Secondly, the lack of multitasking was very disappointing. If I'm going to use a device for kicking back on the couch, surfing the web, email and chat, I want it to be able to have a couple of chat windows open alongside my web browser and email. I know you're probably going to point out that the iPhone doesn't support that, and the startup time of each application is short enough that it maybe isn't a dealbreaker for most people, but at the same time, on a device this size, I may want or need a browser window open next to an email I'm composing for reference. Third glaring omission for me: Flash. Yes, the iPhone can handle YouTube without Flash, but so many websites out there use Flash for their navigation or other content that I don't think its realistic to use the iPad 100% for causal surfing. As soon as you click into a story on CNN that has a photo slideshow or video, you're screwed. We saw that on the keynote presentation last week. I'll give Apple their due where touchscreen tech is concerned -- they have taken consumer-grade touchscreens leaps and bounds into the future. And I'm keeping my iPhone. It's the best smartphone I've had, and I'm looking forward to what the next version will have to offer. However, I think they've missed the mark on the iPad. They're close, but not quite there. I agree with most of what you’ve said Nick, however, to answer your question – “What can’t you do on the iPad that you can on your laptop?” Several things: First and foremost, it appears that I won’t be able to print from the iPad. So while it has a word processor and spreadsheet available, if I want to print anything, I have to go to another device. Secondly, the lack of multitasking was very disappointing. If I’m going to use a device for kicking back on the couch, surfing the web, email and chat, I want it to be able to have a couple of chat windows open alongside my web browser and email. I know you’re probably going to point out that the iPhone doesn’t support that, and the startup time of each application is short enough that it maybe isn’t a dealbreaker for most people, but at the same time, on a device this size, I may want or need a browser window open next to an email I’m composing for reference. Third glaring omission for me: Flash. Yes, the iPhone can handle YouTube without Flash, but so many websites out there use Flash for their navigation or other content that I don’t think its realistic to use the iPad 100% for causal surfing. As soon as you click into a story on CNN that has a photo slideshow or video, you’re screwed. We saw that on the keynote presentation last week.

I’ll give Apple their due where touchscreen tech is concerned — they have taken consumer-grade touchscreens leaps and bounds into the future. And I’m keeping my iPhone. It’s the best smartphone I’ve had, and I’m looking forward to what the next version will have to offer. However, I think they’ve missed the mark on the iPad. They’re close, but not quite there.

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