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Do you really want an iPad

January 27, 2010

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I wrote a post earlier today prior to seeing the official “unveiling” of the iPad.  After watching 10 minutes of the broadcast, I trashed that version.  Here is what I saw in the iPad…

1.  It’s a iPhone on steroids.  All of the things I love about my iPhone are here.

2.  It’s cool…yeah, I mean it…cool. 

3.  It replaces the newspaper…with a newspaper.  You wanna read the NY Times?  They’ll have an app for that.  With a crystal clear 9″ x 7″ screen it will be better than the newspaper.  I sure hope my Cincinnati Enquirer gets on board with this!  Here’s a few more specs for you:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/187870/ipad_specs_what_apple_announced_and_what_we_still_dont_know.html

4.  For business apps, like mail, I can type longer messages with the larger keyboard.  My fingers won’t get tired from the one key at a time keystrokes.  This will be great when out of the office.  I’ve often waited to get back to the office to respond to a mail message that I say when I was out, simply because my response would take to long on the little keyboard.  Even blog posts could be written on the iPad.

5.  Small & lightweight – THIS is the device to take with you on your next trip out of town!

So it has no hard drive…so what!  With Google docs, I don’t need one.  If I keep my files on SharePoint, I can use Lucrum’s own iPhone app – Attache to access those docs.  (Hey Steve – the SDK is already available for the iPad…can you work on that Attache app??)

Wow!  So excited!  Wonder how long I’ll be able to keep from buying one of these??

- Jodie

Written by Jodie Heflin · Filed Under Featured, Technology 

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12 Responses to “Do you really want an iPad”

  1. Jody on January 27th, 2010 9:58 pm

    I agree – this device, along with the simple brilliance of thousands of always connected “applets” in the form of the familiar iPhone apps, will have a substantial impact on internet computing as we know it. Frankly it really could change everything.

  2. Jodie Heflin on January 27th, 2010 10:05 pm

    Totally a game changer!

  3. Chuck on January 29th, 2010 9:00 am

    While I agree this is a nice new piece of equipment. I find it hard to believe they actually forgot some key features. Where is the camera, why can’t we replace the battery, why can’t we have an SD card slot, and why can we only run one application at a time. It looks like the R and D team used the pinching and zooming features of the touch screen and used it to expand the case of an iPod Touch. We’ll see after the first few million are sold how well this actually does. I think they could have done much better.

  4. Jodie Heflin on January 29th, 2010 11:58 am

    Chuck, I have to disagree with you on the camera – that would be an awfully bulky one!! Replacing the battery – OK, I’ll give you that…but that’s consistent with Apple’s other products. I do believe it’s just a giant iPhone/iTouch. I think it was a creative way to break into the market quickly. I’m still sold and anxious for April!

  5. Suzanne Lorch on January 29th, 2010 2:35 pm

    I want one! Love my iPhone, and I’m sure this will quickly be my favorite new toy!

  6. Steven McWhorter on January 29th, 2010 4:00 pm

    Working on renewing our Apple Developer Program Membership and we will see what we can do. Attache for the iPad here we come!

  7. Karthik Krishnan on January 29th, 2010 4:19 pm

    I think the iPad looks very impressive feature wise. My question is are they trying to target the net-book market , the e-reader market or the iphone/ipod loyalty base ? I still think $500 price tag may be a bit pricey for the features. I could be wrong but but will have to wait and see what the market thinks.

  8. Jodie Heflin on January 29th, 2010 5:27 pm

    I think they will dominate the book reader market. As it stands today my iPhone has Kindle software on it, so I had no need for a Kindle already. I’m thinking that I can leave my laptop at the office and bring my iPad with me wherever I go. I’ll still need my laptop for the heavy lifting (like doing major DB tasks or development), but for my day-to-day meetings, presentations, email, book reading, etc. I’ll just need the iPad. $500 seems pretty cheap to me for what you get. I just wonder how many people will find that model adequate. I’ll probably go high-end with 3G – which means I’ll need $829. ugh…now THAT feels pricey.

  9. chuckpettis on January 30th, 2010 9:44 am

    Still as the iPad stands now, it is simply another companion device. Just like the iPhone it provides no multitasking capabilities, so only one app at a time. As was announced, this creates a completely new category of devices. They can do better and they can target a much larger audience if they do. Give me the iTablet with handwriting abilities, multitasking, and web cam and we can talk purchase. Make an existing category of devices better, don’t create a trendy new one.

  10. Eric Duell on January 30th, 2010 1:15 pm

    We’re nearly to the point where speech processing can handle real world situations (minus on the subway, crowded room, etc.), so potentially handwriting recognition is overrated. Plus – have you seen how badly most people write today?!

  11. Jodie Heflin on February 4th, 2010 3:44 pm

    CIO Mag posts some 6 reasons why/why not: http://ow.ly/13Q3k

  12. LUCRUM Incorporated on February 4th, 2010 8:47 pm

    Great! Added to my eval. http://tinyurl.com/ylm399x RT@cioonline Six Reasons You Want an iPad, Six Reasons You Don't http://ow.ly/13Q3k

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