Comments on: All The Apple Analysts Are Wrong About The iPad – It Is Revolutionary

By: Chrispian

Chrispian — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:43:13 +0000

Keith, I agree. I think most people’s disappointment falls into 3 categories:

1. Most people just don’t care. Tech news isn’t their thing.

2. Anti-Apple crowed who hate everything Apple does.

3. People who read too many rumors and expected this device to be everything they wanted it to be at launch.

Everything *they* wanted it to be. People felt like this was their iPad and that it would have all the magical features they wanted and I guess I’m one of the lucky ones who wanted it to do exactly what it does: run programs and have a larger area than an iPhone and be more usable than a netbook.

Naturally, anything that gets over-hyped this much is going to see some backlash. And it deserved plenty of it.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:09:58 +0000

I agree and I think that everyone had so many preconceptions about what they thought an Apple tablet should have that dissappointment was inevitable. I think because it is a new type of device people are going to continue to compare it with existing platforms. I think it has a few shortcomings, like the lack of flash support, but all in all it is a device I could imagine using.

By: Chrispian

Chrispian — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:37:22 +0000

Denny, I appreciate it. I read over the article at least 3 times and missed that. I’m glad you took the time to comment.

By: Denny McX

Denny McX — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:16:47 +0000

Apologies, it just stood out (OCD here).

By: Chrispian

Chrispian — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:55:06 +0000

Yes! My first correction comment. I feel like a real blogger now. ;)

(Snark is my defense mechanism, going to go fix the post now, thanks for pointing that out.)

By: Denny McX

Denny McX — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:23:27 +0000

“But enough depending Apple, because the reason the iPad is revolutionary isn’t because of them.”

Do you DEPEND apple often?

By: Chrispian

Chrispian — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:21:17 +0000

First, thanks for stopping by and commenting.

Glad you weighed in. No, the iPod is the breakthrough, no argument. But the iPad is still, I think, going to play a major role in this kind of thing. Bigger space means more complicated hand gestures. Look at some of the things you could do with say, 4 fingers, controlling, real time, an equalizer. Games, obviously benefit, but so does things like image editing. You could hold a picture in one hand, rotating it, while making changes with the other. I’ve used the drawing programs on the iPhone and love them. But the iPad is going to blow it away.

I see it’s size as an advantage. A selling point. It’s not tiny. It’s not big. It’s about right. I won’t use it for work, I have a laptop for that, but I will use it more places that I did my Laptop. I’ll take it with me more often than I will for my laptop because it’s smaller and can do those things just as well. With some obvious caveats, like typing is not as efficient. Yet.

But I do agree that the iPhone gets the credit for introducing or making popular this type of UI. But I also think this bigger multitouch space is going to lead to some pretty amazing things that will get incorporated back into laptop design, etc. I can’t wait to see what’s next. I’m ready for that UI from Minority Report, and excited that its actually possible it could happen in the next few years or so.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:10:21 +0000

I agree that the way we’re interacting with technology & the world has changed significantly in recent years, but I disagree that the iPad (from what I know about it) is a significant step in that transition. It seems like the interaction technology is no different from the iPhone (except for the larger screen, as you mention), so isn’t the iPhone still the last major breakthrough on this front? Don’t forget portability that actually gets sacrificed by using the iPad… Just my two cents though! :)