iPad
Apple's much awaited killer gadget has arrived! Steve Job's new groundbreaking invention - the iPad! This runaway slate of perfection from the king of IT Design has finally arrived after year(s) or so of increased hype. This revolutionary beauty of a gadget rocked my heart with its elegant brevity in design, and terrific interface Apple has trademarked.
The iPad looks like an oversized and overcharged iPhone, without the call functions, of course. It certainly is a head-turner, with its great looks. iPad, for your information, was not the first of its type to be invented. In 2001, Microsoft collaborated with Hewlett-Packard Inc. to make tablet PCs, but they were niche and bulky. A trait about consumers is that we have a soft spot for products that ooze emotional appeal, that is the ones that are slim and sexy. Though it has a high cost, the iPad will still sell like hot cakes due to this.
Another selling point for the iPad is that it has awesome battery life. At 10 hours of battery life and one month of standby stamina, the iPad is a monster. Imagine 10 hours of battery life for this beauty; it has greater battery stamina than most laptops!
Though the iPad is seemingly perfect, I do have some gripes about it, and so do the rest of the critics. The model with the most memory only has a limit of 64GB; most laptops triple that now. An iPad with such a meagre memory? Apple must be joking. My iPod Classic has almost twice that - 160GB worth of songs and videos. For this iPad, we can download books, do work and stuff, so proportionately, the memory of the iPad should be greater, by logic. Another complaint is that the iPad is too slim to squeeze in USB ports and SD Card Drives, which is quite a trouble considering I want to use it as a photo album. Plus, I cannot multitask, which means no Safari when at Word. And don't think of using Flash to play your videos as iPad lets us watch YouTube with an App already installed. So much for the hype.
Anyway, Steve has hinted about an iPad 2.0, with killer functions that will completely override the iPad 1.0.
Here are the specs for the iPad:
- 13.4mm thick
- 600g
- 9.7 inch LED-backlit screen
- 3 speakers
- Headphone jack
- 801.11n Wi-Fi and 3G
- No USB or SD slots
- Battery life 10 hours
posted by Wong Xu Yi @ 8:32 PM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Wow! You have made such a good introduction of the iPad that it really makes me want to want to buy it. Though I would like to point out that many experts have said that the iPad is plainly just a combination of iPod and iPhone and it really is a boring thing. Market research has shown that not many people would actually prefer an iPhone has it has more function and serves as a phone at the same time. I believe that one reason why the iPad stands out is because of the significant difference is screen size and interactiveness.
Aloysius Oh
It is just a piece of new technology, and with new technology comes the sudden interest in it. Like Aloy Oh said, it is just a combination of iPhone and iPod, so what's the point? Just wait a few months and then consider buying it. Most of the time, people just buy new gadgets on impulse and regret it afterward.
I find apple is being more creative than other companies. They are creating the new generation of gadgets. I feel that the most important thing in such industries is creativity. It is fine to copy ideas, so long as we know a good way to improve on it. This is how apple made the best current touch phone.
Apple's specialty is design. The iPad is definitely a rather unique design but I feel that while the iPad is advertised to be very good now, it will probably be a passing fad. Already many have been disappointed as the gadget has not lived up to its reputaiton. It is always wise not to buy on impulse but instead see all the flaws and good points of an item. I feel that only the second generation of iPads will be the true killer and eliminate tablet PCs from the market.
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