OK, few things. You admit there is nothing revolutionary whatsoever in the iPad. At least we agree on that. It’s a large format iPhone (without the phone) or iPod touch. That’s pretty much it.
Try composing a document on one (far cry from texting using the display ‘keyboard’). Try working on a spreadsheet. Try editing a movie.
It’s a device designed more to “receive” than to “send” or “produce”. Any other characterization of it is ....well, nonsense.
PC’s, other technologies you mentioned ...had clear uses, clear purposes. True, software and ancillary devices had to catch up, but they quickly did so for devices/platforms that offered true utility, true productivity.
Again, the iPad is kinda of a neat gadget, but I find the slobbering over it just silly. Apple could have made a revolutionary product; what they did was create yet another tablet with it’s whiz-bang touch interface that is so popular, all while offering far fewer features and capabilities than other, existing tablets.
“Again, the iPad is kinda of a neat gadget, but I find the slobbering over it just silly. Apple could have made a revolutionary product; what they did was create yet another tablet with it’s whiz-bang touch interface that is so popular, all while offering far fewer features and capabilities than other, existing tablets.”
I couldn’t agree more.