2. That isn't multitasking, it's apptasking, and it blows.
3. Riiiiiiight, unlike "super efficient" Quicktime. LOL
4. So I need 99 cent app.... plus a $300+ iPhone and monthly contract with AT&T to do what a basic laptop can do. FAIL
5. No video means no video. WiFi? Add another $130 to the already outrageous price.
6. It's called a battery-swap, and people who do more than listen to MP3s don't do "charge time."
7. Adapters for USB? Sold seperately! $$$$$
8. Exactly. As for the vast majority of computer users, we use video ports regularly.
9. "a resource hog that eats CPU cycles" suddenly becomes a feature when hardware is shamefully lacking.
10. Blue-Ray is antiquated. Now I've read everything.
11. NOT OSX is NOT OSX
12. On sale now!!! $$$$$$
The controls for the display are below the widescreen presentation... and a 16:9 wide screen on a handheld device is not suitable for other purposes like e-reading, surfing the web, photographs, or other purposes. Best choice was to letter-box widescreen movies, and put controls below. Engineer and esthetic choice. Or would you really prefer a door shaped screen in vertical mode?
2. That isn't multitasking, it's apptasking, and it blows.
And you have used an iPhone or iPad and know that it blows WHEN? I use an iPhone 3Gs daily, and I can tell you that you would not know that it was not multitasking... because it IS. Ergo, you don't know what you are talking about... the iPhone has multitasked the native apps from day one. . . and some of the 3rd party apps DO multitask if they follow the guidelines Apple has established and permitted.
3. Riiiiiiight, unlike "super efficient" Quicktime. LOL
Quicktime in H264 is super efficient... again, you haven't the foggiest idea what you are talking about. H264 is the most efficient way to stream HD content yet devised.
4. So I need 99 cent app.... plus a $300+ iPhone and monthly contract with AT&T to do what a basic laptop can do. FAIL
No, not fail. Again, more ignorance. Nor do you need a monthly contract. This is NOT a laptop. It is another device entirely. So don't compare it to a laptop. Any bluetooth camera will do... and the iPhone is only $199... and if you have one already... so much the better. And the camera and iPhone minus phone funtions still work without the contract... so that is not required either.
5. No video means no video. WiFi? Add another $130 to the already outrageous price.
Again, you display more ignorance. The basic iPad is WIFI. And is fully video capable... or do you truly believe that I wasn't watching streaming videos on the one that I was holding in my hands Thursday????? The 3G model is $130 more.
6. It's called a battery-swap, and people who do more than listen to MP3s don't do "charge time."
What are you blithering about? Do you know how much weight you are talking about to make the battery swappable??? You REALLY don't know what you are talking about... do you? Walt Mossberg really stressed his iPad watching movies, surfing the internet, downloading, doing almost everything watching streaming videos...he threw everything at it and timed the battery,... and it died at 11 hours and 40 minutes in the middle of watching an episode of a network TV program... I forget which one. So don't give me lies about mp3 listening.
7. Adapters for USB? Sold seperately! $$$$$
IF SOMEONE NEEDS a USB adaptor, they can buy it. So what. Most people don't need it. Why add the weight, thickness of case, and cost for them?
8. Exactly. As for the vast majority of computer users, we use video ports regularly.
Video ports... most users DO NOT USE VIDEO PORTS ON LAPTOPS... so that is just more BS. I'm a heavy computer user... and I can think of the times I used the video port on my laptop in the last two years... never. And again, weight, thickness of case, and cost?
10. Blue-Ray is antiquated. Now I've read everything.
It is. Why carry around a disk when the same content can be downloaded from the cloud? It was becoming antiquated when it was being introduced. HI DEF content is available from Netflicks and iTunes... and why weight down the iPad with an optical reader that breaks. This device has NO MOVING PARTS... why add one??? WHY ADD A DUST ACCESS PORT??? Weight, thickness of case, and cost? Show me a netbook with a blu-ray drive... Hell, show me a netbook with a cd/dvd drive.
11. NOT OSX is NOT OSX
Do you understand that iPhoneOS is OS X???? It is a mobile maximized version of OS X...
Thanks for sharing your ignorance.
1. 4:3 is not widescreen
Widescreen wouldn't make a very good tablet, long and thin. It would suck for everything but watching widescreen movies.
2. That isn't multitasking, it's apptasking, and it blows.
Depends on what you mean by multitasking. The OS is of course fully capable of it and does it all the time. As far as user perception goes, the upgrade to the next OS is free. That introduces a new smart model of multitasking that is far better than that used in other devices. It will save battery and keep the system stable.
3. Riiiiiiight, unlike "super efficient" Quicktime. LOL
The new Quicktime is super-efficient. Aside from that reason, look to item #2. Flash apps won't be able to support smart multitasking, so Apple doesn't want them on the system, able to introduce instability and battery drain. The hardware is sufficient to run Flash.
4. So I need 99 cent app.... plus a $300+ iPhone and monthly contract with AT&T to do what a basic laptop can do. FAIL
I agree, it needed a web cam. A very good use of this would be video chat, and you can't expect a user to tack on a camera every time he wants to do it. Cameras are cheap, standard, and wouldn't have compromised the design or aesthetics of the device. I've seen the disassembly of this, and there's room in there for one camera for each orientation.
5. No video means no video. WiFi? Add another $130 to the already outrageous price.
See above. But as far as cellular phone goes, remember, this isn't a phone. Expect to have to use Skype or iChat.
6. It's called a battery-swap, and people who do more than listen to MP3s don't do "charge time."
It's a conscious design decision. You may like or not like, but you can't count it as a deficiency. With internal batteries, Apple gets to make the design simpler and stronger than if they were swappable.
7. Adapters for USB? Sold seperately! $$$$$
This is one of the first I put under the heading "missing the concept of the device." It's not a desktop computer, it's a tablet. It's not a desktop computer forced into a tablet (IMHO one reason for the prior failure of tablets in the consumer market). The main purpose of USB on this device is to synch with the host computer. Everything else is esoteric, let that small minority that wants to do it get adapters.
8. Exactly. As for the vast majority of computer users, we use video ports regularly.
This is a small, portable device. Very few people will use it with external video. You want to lug around a screen with you? No. Not too many do it with the iPhone, not too many will do it with this. If you're planning it as a desktop replacement that would need a screen, you are missing the concept.
9. "a resource hog that eats CPU cycles" suddenly becomes a feature when hardware is shamefully lacking.
See above.
10. Blue-Ray is antiquated. Now I've read everything.
Again, not understanding the concept. It would be absurd and alien to the concept to put a disc player in it. That would drop battery life through the floor and introduce size, weight and noise.
11. NOT OSX is NOT OSX
Again, not understanding the concept. It is not a desktop computer.
12. On sale now!!! $$$$$$
The first generation of a novel device is usually pretty expensive. Me, I don't buy new Apple products until second-generation.