Comments on: Do you really want an iPad

By: LUCRUM Incorporated

LUCRUM Incorporated — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:47:47 +0000

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

By: Jodie Heflin

Jodie Heflin — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:44:53 +0000

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

By: Eric Duell

Eric Duell — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:15:10 +0000

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?!

By: chuckpettis

chuckpettis — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:44:08 +0000

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.

By: Jodie Heflin

Jodie Heflin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:27:14 +0000

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.

By: Karthik Krishnan

Karthik Krishnan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:19:04 +0000

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.

By: Steven McWhorter

Steven McWhorter — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:00:34 +0000

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

By: Suzanne Lorch

Suzanne Lorch — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:35:36 +0000

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

By: Jodie Heflin

Jodie Heflin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:58:33 +0000

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!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:00:17 +0000

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.