". . .the iPad's critics say creation is impossible using a device that would have been a Pentagon supercomputer 20 years ago." — Mike Elgan
the iPad as a Creativity Machine Ping!
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Posted on 04/18/2010 3:03:58 AM PDT by Swordmaker
The naysayers who argue it's only for consuming digital content are wrong
Computerworld - You've heard the case against Apple's iPad. It's a media consumption device for mindless couch potatoes. It's a step back in the evolution of computing, because it turns users into passive consumers of content, rather than creators.
"The iPad," journalism professor and blogger Jeff Jarvis proclaimed, "is retrograde. It tries to turn us back into an audience again." His evidence includes the TIME Magazine app, which lacks links and reader commenting, and the iPad's lack of iPad camera and USB port.
O'Reilly Radar blogger Jim Stogdill argued that "the iPad isn't a computer, it's a distribution channel."
The Slate Culture Gabfest podcast attempted an "audio unboxing" of the iPad. Unfortunately, they didn't know you had to plug it into a PC with an updated version of iTunes to activate. (They should spend less time watching The Wire, and more time on this Web site -- maybe they'd know these things.)
The cultural gabbers knew their "unboxing" was an epic fail. But they didn't seem to realize that the conversation about the tablet that ensued was an even bigger failure. They accepted as fact the false idea that the iPad is for content consumption only, and spent the remaining 20 minutes or so talking about whether a device useful exclusively for creating content is OK. One gabber talked about how people need to write e-mails and other things, adding, "I just don't think people are going to give that up."
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that’s the 4th Ipad story this page. running a sale?
". . .the iPad's critics say creation is impossible using a device that would have been a Pentagon supercomputer 20 years ago." — Mike Elgan
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Nope, just have some time to post articles that have been collecting for the Apple/Mac Ping list members. Thanks for asking.
The iPad is a 21st century pet rock.
The iPad is awesome. You should try one.
I’m a PC guy, always been, never had a Mac, I have a PSP, PS3, Xbox360 and a Wii, but I LOVE my IPhone above them all and can’t wait for my 3G IPad!
No thanks. I have these.
Yeah, I’ll bet that box of 64 crayons makes a great Internet platform...
The neat thing about FR is that if a topic doesn't interest you you don't have to read it.
Especially so when it's on chat.
Hey, watch it. I'm on the breaking edge of technology here. (remember, I live in northern Minnesota.)
Had to get something new. My iPhone equivalent just wasn't up to the task anymore.
You have a full box of crayons!
Are you one of those Mensa people?
that’s the 4th Ipad story this page. running a sale?
Apple is ... :-)
They're running one of the most successful "rollouts" of a new product, the iPad, and maybe even just as big and perhaps a bigger rollout (in sales) than even the wildly successful iPhone, which was another "game-changer" that Apple always seems to be involved in, with their products...
When you run into a "game-changer" and as big a product as the iPad, that Freepers have been snapping up, along with rest of the "tech and non-tech public" -- you're gonna get a lot of articles showing up on it.
I don't know how many people are on Swordmaker's ping list but I bet there is a bunch. I am on it because i quite often learn something but I always enjoy them.
One gabber talked about how people need to write e-mails and other things, adding, "I just don't think people are going to give that up."
ROTFLMAO ...
Where do these people get these "pundits" that discuss the merits of a wildly successful new product of Apple's ... LOL ...
At least the consumers have shown that they are a lot smarter than some of these pundits ... :-)
Gee whiz, if I wasnt, would I be able to come up with something like this?
The iPad is a 21st century pet rock.
Ummmm..., aren't you just repeating the same thing you said about the iPhone ...
The iPhone is a 21st century pet rock.
LOL ...
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