Comments on: iPad Arrives—Some Worship It, Some Critique It, HP Tries to Kill It

By: iPad HD Movies

iPad HD Movies — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:25:29 +0000

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By: Al

Al — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:11:08 +0000

@nick: “why didn’t they make it able to run iPhone apps (ones that don’t use the camera or phone functionality) in a small window and/or make them maximizable. It’s the same OS, can’t be that damned hard.

FYI, it does play iPhone apps and they are maximizable. Obviously you haven’t tried one out yet. Join the ranks of the thousands of envisioned product reviewers that have taken a crack at the iPad. You know, those people who base their (usually emphatic) product reviews not on actual experience with the product but on what they envision that experience would be like.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:35:40 +0000

Two things, 1) why didn’t they make it able to run iPhone apps (ones that don’t use the camera or phone functionality) in a small window and/or make them maximizable. It’s the same OS, can’t be that damned hard.

2) just bought an Asus eeePC. Within an hour it had a new hard drive (SSD) and Linux installed, happily multi-tasking away and letting me get some business done. Has a 6 hour battery life, and honestly that’s more hours than I want to spend away from home at a stretch anyway.

As usual the iPad is over-priced because it’s pretty. The second you drop that (assuming they’re still addicted to glass screens) or wear out the battery, be prepared to shell out more money for fixes. When my battery dies (or before) I’ll buy a bigger, better one and out-class the iPad on battery, too.

I can upgrade my ram, too. Apple’s version of upgrading is “buy version 2.”

By: montfavet

montfavet — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:12:10 +0000

don’t forget that Apple will announce a big deal on April the 8th ?
perhaps a new Apple OS, muti-tasking ?

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:59:38 +0000

For some counter hype on the HP Slate, et al:

http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobilize/tired-the-ipad-already-try-these-vaporware-alternatives-075?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2010-04-02

One wonders why Apple chose to use the iPhone operating system on something that is clearly *not* a phone. It isn’t a smartphone either. Apple would appear to be trying to control the software environment as they do with the iPhone.

Which is fine, except that I think this device is much more akin to a computer than a phone. Ultimately I think Apple is going to have to convince purchasers that this is an appliance-type device and limited software upgrades are the price of ease of use/minimal setup.

Yes, I know about the apps. However Apple has a strong control mechanism in place to filter which ones reach the mass market. So far Apple seems to be successful in making design choices and then selling the public on those choices.