Likes:
+ Form-factor, multi-touch
Dislikes:
- My hands will get tired holding that thing!
- Seems underpowered (A4 chip? how much RAM, or is it XIP-execute in place, ie, RAM=storage)
- Missing iSight
- Not worth the media hype
- People have already bought a netbook or kindle
- $499???
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Likes:
+ Form-factor, multi-touch
Dislikes:
- My hands will get tired holding that thing!
- Seems underpowered (A4 chip? how much RAM, or is it XIP-execute in place, ie, RAM=storage)
- Missing iSight
- Not worth the media hype
- I already bought a netbook
- $499???
Likes:
Video Output capabilities
BT Keyboard support
Compact design yet 10hr battery life
IPS screen
3G support with affordable rates and Sim card
Very tastefully done improvements to iCal, Mail and Address Book
Dislikes
Up to 90 day wait
No camera
No OLED (I figure by Gen 3 it'll be affordable)
No BT Magic Mouse support
No Multitasking
size
battery life
iWork
video out
the folding case/stand
camera import capability
Dislikes:
the wait
Doesn't bother me:
No camera
No multitasking
The iPad is all I need to get some of my work done while I'm away from home or the office. I'll also be able to watch videos all the way up to Tokyo (7 hour train ride).
Likes:
Video Output capabilities
BT Keyboard support
Compact design yet 10hr battery life
IPS screen
3G support with affordable rates and Sim card
Very tastefully done improvements to iCal, Mail and Address Book
I haven't really seen anyone talking about the screen aspect in real world use yet.
I always envisioned the iPAD as a Kindle competitor that would do a lot more (and it does). In that respect I think the use of an IPS screen is one thing that actually counts as a negative. IPS LCDs, while brilliant indoors, will look washed out in bright sunlight just like the existing iPhone LCD screens. I live in a sunny climate, I enjoy reading books outdoors by the pool/beach. With a Kindle and it's E-Ink display I can do that.
Had Apple been able to incorporate an OLED screen I think it would've been a much better product to me and others who would want to use this device outdoors. Unfortunately the technology is not yet mature enough for that. We'll have to wait for iPad2 or 3.
Form-Factor
OS
Dislikes:
Lack of handwriting recognition
Dislikes: People asking what they like and dislike about a product they haven't seen yet.
Likes:
Price.
Dislikes:
Price.
form/screen size
multitouch
HD local/output
iWork
Dislikes:
$130 3G premium
90 day wait
No iLife (yet)
Likes: Don't know yet, haven't seen one.
Dislikes: People asking what they like and dislike about a product they haven't seen yet.
Oh come on, doctor, lets get with the spirit of the thing. For instance, per the OP, I have no idea what the "A4" chip is, so it's perfectly reasonable to conclude that it "seems underpowered."
Because if it were really powerful that chip would be called the "A4 Giga-EXTREME!" Why, I wonder, did Apple fail to use the A4 Giga-EXTREME!, or perhaps the near mystical Snapdragon, well known to make shitty UIs run really fast?
Because they deliberately crippled the iPad to force you to do something else bad! OK, I've run out of steam here, but it's safe to say that the iPad is a huge failure that only trendy posers will buy on account of the bees. In my head. God, so many bees.
- My hands will get tired holding that thing!
All 1.5 pounds of it? It's half the weight of the Macbook Air.
- Seems underpowered (A4 chip? how much RAM, or is it XIP-execute in place, ie, RAM=storage)
We don't know the RAM yet. We know the A4 is based off the Cortex A9 but the A9 was always referred to as the multi-core model.
There is in fact a single-core model:
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/ARM...ingleCore.html
and this has been referred to as being 1GHz in marketing and they mentioned it was capable of up to 2GHz.
Slightly disappointing because Tegra 2 and Snapdragon will move to dual-core later this year. I would guess 512MB RAM is inside.
No OLED (I figure by Gen 3 it'll be affordable)
I don't think OLED is better than LED-backlit IPS. With it being backlit, it means that it can hold up in daylight.
The screen is the only thing I like about the device.
I mainly dislike the fact it's not a controlling device. There are 3 models: 16GB $499, 32GB $599, 64GB $699. If they had managed to pull off the 64GB model for $599 and just sell one device but allow it to actually manage your photo collection and music and sync those changes to an ipod/iphone without the need for a computer, I think it would have been much more useful. Any losses could have been made up by the 3G model subsidies.
What better way to pull people away from their crusty old PCs once and for all than let them do everything they need on the iPad including managing their music, photos and backups.
People will ask 'but what if I want to delete a song? I have to walk all the way upstairs to my computer open itunes, delete the track, plug in the iPad and sync so that the change is made?'.
I'm also not keen on the iphone OS. I like the snappiness of it but the apps are so weak. PC tablets are coming with the 9400M, which will play games like Modern Warfare, Bioshock etc.
The iPad will satisfy some people but eventually they will hit that point where they realize it's a very watered down computing experience with loads of bits missing that still requires a proper computer and that computer will still be a Windows PC for most.
I was expecting more from the battery life but 10 hours is pretty good and they have to keep it light.
I don't think OLED is better than LED-backlit IPS. With it being backlit, it means that it can hold up in daylight.
If they were mass produced and affordable, but were everything else they are now Apple would have used them. The daylight thing is a minor inconvenience, and LCD performs poorly in direct sunlight anyway. The whole sunlight thing has been blown out of all proportion and miss-reported numerous times too.
Oh come on, doctor, lets get with the spirit of the thing. For instance, per the OP, I have no idea what the "A4" chip is, so it's perfectly reasonable to conclude that it "seems underpowered."
Because if it were really powerful that chip would be called the "A4 Giga-EXTREME!" Why, I wonder, did Apple fail to use the A4 Giga-EXTREME!, or perhaps the near mystical Snapdragon, well known to make shitty UIs run really fast?
Because they deliberately crippled the iPad to force you to do something else bad! OK, I've run out of steam here, but it's safe to say that the iPad is a huge failure that only trendy posers will buy on account of the bees. In my head. God, so many bees.
If you got bees, make honey. That's what I always say.
Likes:
No OLED (I figure by Gen 3 it'll be affordable)
It's not a question of affordability. You can see an iPhone or iPod Touch EASILY in direct sunlight (without shielding it). You cannot see a Zune at all in direct sunlight.
If I have an iPad, I will want to see it wherever I am. You can't shield a 10" screen from the sunlight with your hand. Haha, especially when you're holding it with one hand and using the other as a pointer.
Dislikes: People asking what they like and dislike about a product they haven't seen yet.
Exactly!
There will be a camera (eventually). There will be multitasking (beyond basic push-notification) at release time. There will be handwriting recognition.
If they were mass produced and affordable, but were everything else they are now Apple would have used them. The daylight thing is a minor inconvenience, and LCD performs poorly in direct sunlight anyway. The whole sunlight thing has been blown out of all proportion and miss-reported numerous times too.
Likes:
size
battery life
iWork
video out
the folding case/stand
camera import capability
Dislikes:
the wait
Doesn't bother me:
No camera
No multitasking
The iPad is all I need to get some of my work done while I'm away from home or the office. I'll also be able to watch videos all the way up to Tokyo (7 hour train ride).
seconded
but I'll add huge bezel as a dislike, but I'm still getting one
Bezel is too big
No specialized OS (it's just the iphone OS oversized)
No Multitasking
Not very innovative
LCD might not be good enough for reading
aspect ratio sucks for movies
No Flash
Likes:
Price
Custom apps should be nice
Reading quickly to become plentiful
The no camera thing wasn't that important to me. But I'm sure Steve will charge us for one when people buy version 2.0.
seconded
but I'll add huge bezel as a dislike, but I'm still getting one
1. It's not a huge as you think. 2. You can't get away with a much smaller bezel as it's the thing that stops you pressing the screen when holding iPad.
I can't find a link to it now but there has been an extensive article done that disproves this argument pretty much completely.
1. It's not a huge as you think. 2. You can't get away with a much smaller bezel as it's the thing that stops you pressing the screen when holding iPad.
Which is why they should have done something innovative here that solves both problems even if it would have made the unit more expensive. But personally I don't think it would of. There must be a way to somehow hide a bezel while still making it seem like it's all screen.
Gawd Jonny Ive got lazy on this one.