Comments on: iPad -- What We Didn't Get: Multitasking, Notifications, TV Subscriptions, Camera, Tethering, Textbooks, iTunes.com

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By: semsem

semsem — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:14:33 +0000

Dear All, is the Ipad support power point presentation viweing and editing. and /or word

By: John

John — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:54:55 +0000

John Paul.

I use my laptop camera extensively. Its how I speak to my wife and family when I am abroad.

By: FjordPrefect

FjordPrefect — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:18:00 +0000

Quit bitching. If it doesn't have the features you want. Don't but it. Personally, mine does most everything I want it to. But nothing does everything, well not everything well, anyway.

By: james braselton

james braselton — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:45:38 +0000

hi there jake it will be cool if apple has the Elato tv tuner built in and up the storage capacity of 64 gb 128 gb or 256 gb ssd or 512 gb ssd flash drive soo you can have a solid state flash apple tv or tivo useing flash memory verses hard drive becuase macbook pros ofering up too a 512 gb ssd what a great idear puting a 512 gb ssd into a apple ipad oh by the goole search for ipad and ipen they show a 24 inch ipad with a resolution of 10,000 by 8,000 and has 1,024 bit graphics card 100 terabytes of ram and a whopping 4,095 terabytes of light speed ram disk or 4.095 petabytes and powered buy a nasa/intel core less cpu whats 0 core coreless cpu processer any way

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:35:33 +0000

What would be really cool is if the Elgato TV tuner was built right into the iPad. Portable telly. I'm sure it will happen one day.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:36:30 +0000

iPad 2.0 will be awesome coupled together with iOS4. Especially if the new iPad has iPhone 4G's Face Time feature for video calls.

Of course that would mean iPad would new phone, camera/video capabilities included also. But I believe iPad will become sleeker and eventually combine and eliminate the need for a phone and a laptop!

One device for everything! One data plan for everything! One!!!

No more cell phone data plan, no more satellite tv data plan, no more home phone plan...only an iPad data plan.

TV, radio, movies, netflix, books, magazines, newspapers, internet, everything digital until December 21st, 2012 when the Sunspots render anything digital obsolete!

I want one before the end comes!

PS The first book I'll read on it is The Bible...probably Revelation!

By: stefan

stefan — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:37:09 +0000

no multitasking no flush.... now there is an multitask in apple stote to download, but its not for free and you can use just three certain apps in it. This is unbelievable how naked ipad is.....

By: iPerformance

iPerformance — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:43:05 +0000

@ Dustin and everyone else

There is a USB adapter, and an SD card adapter, and a video out to composite adapter. And please don't compare this product to a 300.00 throw away netbook computer. OS 4 provides multitasking and will be out this fall. The iPad wasnt designed to take over a laptop, or there would be no need for the base model MacBook.

And for those who think this is just an Huge iPod touch... you have sadly been misinformed. The ability for this product to create and edit, Word documents, Excel sheets, and more puts it closer to a laptop then an iPod.

And for anyone that says 'why cant it have flash', please read the memo from Steve Jobs regarding the downsides of flash and the security risks. HTML5 is where its at, and shortly, it will be the new standard.

and as for the moron with the shattered screen... you gonna blame Apple for that too?

By: nils

nils — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:24:29 +0000

@ Frank O.

Yes, that's the point. I am a student and thought the IPAD is this what I want, to read my scripts (PDF) at the couch in the sleeping room. It's worse to read things with a laptop on the couch or bed...

Surfing is amazing what i saw and pretty fast... Surfing in the couch what a pretty thing... When I am goggling or read interesting things i do not need flash and a camera.... I need a brilliant screen and resolution... And the cool things like (scrolling zooming)...

It's not a Laptop and not a replacement for a PC! I think it's just a reader for PDF,E-Book and elementary e-mail and chatting functions...

THe photo gallery i can use it as a digital photo portfolio scanned and photographed things like blackboards....

And of course the best thing for my presentations...

And I need not UMTS why? Every campus has WLAN... And I have a traffic limit over 20 GB / month... So surfing with 20GB FLAT amazing... And of course at home I have a unl. flat ...

Sorry for my bad english I am german ;)

Best regards

Nils

By: ______________________________________________

______________________________________________ — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:58:00 +0000

This is the stupidest thing since the electronic ass scracher. I got one, screen SHATTERED!!!!!!!!!! **** you Ipad! >:(

By: Dustin

Dustin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:11:32 +0000

When they launch iTampon 2.0 w/ USB, HDMI, WebCam, and an SD Card slot; then we'll talk.

Until then, no thanks. It's just a bigger iPhone that I can't talk on. A NetBook is a far more useful product for as long as the iTampon lacks those absolutely critical features.

By: Frank O

Frank O — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:19:26 +0000

I bought the iPad on Satuday and I must say that its a very great product, but not amazing as Apple advertised. I have a Macbook, but is quite big for travel or just read a book in bed and/or couch. I bought the Kindle, and a week later I returned it when Apple announced the iPad.

But, then again, I wasn't looking to replace my laptop, and I don't think this is just a novelty. It has great features and great picture quality. I actually like the email better than the Macbook, it just looks better. In class The typing is not bad, but is much better in landscape, obviously. just don't expect to type a 2000 essay on it, well, you can, but you'll go insane.

I downloaded an app, forgot the name, but you can handwrite pretty well with it. (Personally, I like to write in class, instead of typing)

Again, I remember reading the forums when the original iPod and the video one, the new Macbook, iPhone, etc... People have choices and they just need to buy something that will fit their needs... Personally, this does mine. Apple may have dissapointed some, I agree with some of you, but I'm sure Apple will fix these issues, and quickly. Just give it some time... If you can afford it and NEED it (I neded it), then buy it. If you can afford, but you're waiting for something better, then don't buy it, and buy something else. Just the way this is,

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:56:18 +0000

If no multitasking. It is not for me... that really sucks. If Steve wants to beat the Netbooks he has to offer at least the same functionality... And for who says that a camera is not needed ... come on we take pictures everywehere.

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:17:38 +0000

the next hope is for the windows courier

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:58:25 +0000

Flash would be cool , But I'm currently haveing issues with it one my notebook anyway and can't wait for html 5 , Multitasking and replaceing the notebook ? I thought this was being marketed as something to compete with kindle not a pc or notebook.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:13:02 +0000

I don't get it? Why would I want this? $500.00 for this? It is an IPod Touch with a bigger screen.

By: captain stupendousness!

captain stupendousness! — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:54:45 +0000

It's an OS built on top of a Mach microkernel... but does it multitask? The world may never know.

By: John Paul

John Paul — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:12:52 +0000

Ok, so I only read halfway down so I hope this isn't repetitive but I just had to comment: Why would this thing have a Camera anyways? An I phone has a camera because you take pictures walking around and crap. You're not gonna be walking down the street reading something on this thing! A laptop/desktop has a camera for video chatting, but really most people just use it for those horribly annoying "I just got my first mac" photobooth facebook pictures. Do Any of you really use your laptop camera at all?

I wish it wasn't running the Iphone O.S. too but can you imagine making O.S.X fully touch functional? I'd rather them beef up the iPhone O.S. over time than use a clunky unrefined O.S.

Lack of USB, smart business move. Keeps third party peripherals that they don't approve of from cutting in on the market. Dick move true... But as far as transfering files and what not. Who seriously uses a thumb drive to transfer stuff from their laptop etc to their desktop? Wireless transfer is the future. CD's are almost completely obsolete and thumb drives are more an issue of security than anything else. Plus the Cable that hooks up to the iPad IS technically USB.... pretty easy to get a converter and hook up a thumb drive through a 3rd party App.

All the being said, if you already have an iphone and a laptop.... This is just an expensive internet couch surfer (or the best Apple TV Remote ever)

By: Riiaz

Riiaz — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:21:14 +0000

It's fun to storm so much about a new product that is just being built. I think this is a clever move from Apple to check the intensity of the reaction! How people see it, perceive it and the verdict given to the life of it by who really cares! Just maybe, that it HAS multi-tasking, Video cam by the time it is born..... But naaa... I'm sure there's not going to be flash support! LET's SEE!!

By: Dante

Dante — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:15:25 +0000

I have decided to discuss multitasking a bit more, sorry for the double post. Multi-tasking is so much more than just listening to music while you work. It means you don't have to be working on a presentation/whatever, having to save then close it before opening the web browser to check a detail, closing that and re-opening your work. Instead you could minimise/switch to/expose your work open the browser and switch back. All this is an increase in productivity which is what new products should always be aiming towards. Think of the frustration on your phone when you are typing a text message and you need to save it to drafts before looking in your inbox/sent messages or using the calculator or checking google maps or whatever else. If the iPhone brings it out in it's next release then it is only 3 years too late. Notice the Nexus One and it's use of multi-tasking and customisation. Why does it take Apple so long to build something that can do what it should have done from the start?

By: Dante

Dante — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:08:50 +0000

This product is not something that I want but right now I am hoping it will open the way for devices that I will actually need some time in the future. I was hoping it would happen with the iPad now but it looks like I will have to wait for at least 3-4 years before what I want is available. I'm looking for something like this that can replace my laptop day-to-day. I want to be able to take it to work/uni and take notes, work on word processing/presentations, use the internet, manage photos, use USB drives to transfer items to other people, etc. If it had the ability to be used like a Wacom tablet, then all the better. I would love to have a desktop at home for power and design work, a tablet (somewhat like this) for when i'm out and a phone for calling. All these items should sync wirelessly or at the very least extremely easily. I would love to be able to view an email on my phone from a colleague, take out my iPad (or variant) on the train home and work on some of the ideas, then when I get home I could quickly, easily and exactly transfer the file to my home computer to work on some of the more detailed aspects of the design. These are just my 2cents worth but they really seem like the kind of thing Steve Jobs should have thought about while he spent the last 7 years(?) working on this product. And no multitasking ... just useless. That isn't OK on a phone so why would it be fine for a netbook competitor? What has happened to things just working on Apple products? And why are the first gen products so faulty and useless? Surely it would be worthwhile to wait another 6 months to a year before bringing it out. I can sort of understand the need for secrecy but it would be really nice if Apple would work with it's potential consumers regarding the features and specs they are hoping for, even if it just in the last couple of months before the release. They, could at the very least, monitor all the rumour sites out there with mock-ups and listen to what people are saying. It would save a whole gen of the product.

By: Riiaz

Riiaz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:15:08 +0000

Ok guys! looks like each one of you have a genuine issue here! Multi tasking, flash are all sort of (i should agree) basics of today!! I wonder how Mr.Jobs going to address these time-wise. I suppose it's not same as the day when Apple introduced iPhone, leaving everyone behind years! Today people are and were more prepared to begin the sprint "with" Apple (example MSI new tablet). So! So! So! IF Mr.Jobs is after all the Marketing Guru we know (or were told), I guess, he knows a thing or two more, that the competition stage is more intense than the good old days, there for can He Leave these gaps open and keep smiling.... It would be up to him.. then up to Apple shareholders..I guess! I'm just hoping, product release day to be much different from the intro-day of iPad (That is IF Apple is smart)!! cool blog it is!!

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:23:19 +0000

@Winnie... Sorry, that wasn't a very good answer. Since when has listing to music while surfing the web been considered multitasking? (not that I care all that much about the multitasking bit. Although it would be nice) And, the Flash comment baffles me... It's not a question of needing Flash. At the moment it's an industry standard (right or wrong), and major companies are going to continue to use it for some time. For Apple to disregard that fact and limit the user experience is pretentious at best. I have a feeling it's purely a contractual issue with the TV networks and Movie Studios who release itunes content, but that's no excuse in my book. Users should come first if they want to sell hardware, but maybe that's not Apple's main concern anymore. I just hope they don't get blinded by greed like Microsoft.

By: Winnie

Winnie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:37:04 +0000

oops ... shaking pictures! ...

By: Winnie

Winnie — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:35:30 +0000

It HAS Multitasking: for example: music from the iPod App will play in the background! Only third-party-products won´t work simultaneously (still)
No one will need Flash (which is actually often unstable) with the upcoming HTML 5. A crashing system is much worse than the loss of flash. Think of the Users Apple are aiming at.
Video chatting? It´s is not a laptop. You will hold the iPad with one hand or have it laying on an table. Think! A camera just doesn´t work well for that purpose. I personally don´t like shaning pictures and I dont´t like pictures from below. Makes me look fat!

By: dirk

dirk — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:22:56 +0000

I do agree with the above issue regarding flash. How can you claim the best surf experience when you can't receive all the content. They demonstrated iWork, which I thought was really cool, but as soon as you do, you start getting into the "replace the laptop" discussion. How can you start introducing iWork with a non-multicast OS? At this point, this is nothing more than a big iPod Touch. However, I really think the next release should include:

Multitasking
Flash support
Video chatting

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:18:52 +0000

When Steve pulled up the New York Times website during the demo and the Blue Block Question Mark popped up in place of what should have been Flash video, I was disappointed. When he follow that demo up by saying this is the best way to surf the web, I was disgusted. The ipad would be a serious surfing tool for me, but 50% of the websites I visit contain Flash content. How could it be the best surfing experience if I can't experience 100% of the internet? Do any of you smarties have an answer for that?

By: pettifoggist

pettifoggist — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:47:42 +0000

"Give me multitasking so I can listen to my music while I read"

If that's all you care about, then you're worrying fir naught. The iPhone OS allows music to play in the background while you do other stuff.

And ditto Riiaz's points. Right on the money. People were expecting one device and got something different and can't stop comparing to the device they imagined long enough to actually see that the iPad creates a brand new niche for itself. Keep naysaying, I'll enjoy looking back on the comments and laughing.

By: David

David — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:36:28 +0000

I have been waiting for this device for 6 years or more. It is almost exactly what I want.Give me multitasking so I can listen to my music while I read, and Flash so I can see the web as it exists and I will be perfectly happy. I'm guessing multitasking is a little further down the road, and I'm not going to hold my breath for Flash. So I'll be getting one right away. I love the people who are complaining that it does not have HDMI. Guys you have to understand what this is, and what it is not. I have plenty of ways to get HD to my TV I don't expect my handheld media device to be the conduit.

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:42:35 +0000

I'll just wait for December 2011... By then it will have all the features I want, more speed, more drive space and all for a lower price. Patience is becoming a solid virtue in regards to new product releases from Apple.

By: Mad Tomato

Mad Tomato — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:57:09 +0000

or Maybe I'll just wait for the MacBook Touch.

By: Riiaz

Riiaz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:36:13 +0000

Guys! Guys!! Let's be sensible! This is not intended to replace laptops, not to fit in pockets, it a tablet device for your couches and reading books/news and do a manageable level of spreadsheets and word processing while you are traveling and off the desks and off serious work sites! Don't you guys think Apple has been reading the blogs and lived through the hype!? This is a strategic positioning and will be +- improved over a year or two before it gets perfect. This is about a great business plan that has a financial motive at the end of the tail, while employing a great marketing idea beneath it - which Apple does often! I don't doubt about the space Apple sees for the iPad and the roadmap they are straight is so obvious and bright - if you cared about seriously looking in to it.... Just my thought!!

By: Winnie

Winnie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:28:51 +0000

The iPad is new. So was the iPhone so was the mouse, so was the PC. We will see how the iPad will sell and what users will tell. So wait a little. Don´t forget: Apple does business. Apple spends a lot of time and money in analysing markets. So probably the user Apple is aiming at does not need multitasking or a camera or a "big" OS? Personally I use my MacBook for Web and eMail (80%), sort my photos (10%) listen to Music and watch DVDs (5%) and do some small presentations (5%), Although I do have all my "work" software installed I actually dont use it here. For work I go to office, for taking photos I use a "big" camera. Am I the perfect user? Or has Apple waisted time and money? A camera in an device that is held in one hand while the other hand flips pages or click around? Think! That would not work! While video conferencing the picture would shake! It is not a LAP-top. The iPad is NOT a small Notebook and is NOT a larger iPhone! According to Steve Jobs it is supoosed to start a new product category. That is in economic terms classical divergence. Just like cars divided in pickups, sportcars, family waggons, trucks, etc. We are talking about millions of dollars. The Apple guys know exactly what they are doing! I will get an iPad for sure, because it makes sense for me and it is sexy. Greetings from Germany.

By: Don Young

Don Young — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:22:17 +0000

I would sure like MobileMe!

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:02:39 +0000

Looks like Wall Street thinks some of these missing features might be important too... Apple got smacked down today. -$8 per share. I look for that to continue. Apple you have 60 days to make some improvements. Hate to say I told you so... post #36.

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:00:43 +0000

Steve... Come on man! Some of my favorite websites are built with flash or contain flash media. I thought you were trying to "bring the product to the user" (me). During the demo Steve seemed very uncomfortable when the blue block question mark popped up in place of the flash video on the New York Times website, and he really tried to avoid it. Flash is used so much... Why not support it if you want to create the "best browsing experience ever"? Why shackle me? Seems kinda communist in a way.

By: Rick Medrano

Rick Medrano — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:25 +0000

I wonder much an Invisible Shield would cost for that!!!

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By: eTron

eTron — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:20:23 +0000

@Len

Jailbreak your iPhone and get the app MyWi. Costs $10 one time fee, but turns your iPhone into a Wifi router (multiple connections allowed too). Allows USB and bluetooth tethering too. I use it ALLLL the time and it seems much faster than PDAnet.

By: eTron

eTron — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:18:04 +0000

At least there is a solution for multitasking (Pro Switcher / Backgrounder), tethering (MyWi for the iPhone), and VOIP. Jailbreaking this device will make it worth it, but to not include a freakin camera!!?? Just another way to get people to buy the next version and for now not create another avenue for excessive data on ATT's network. At least I won't have to deal with paying the extra $30 a month plus the extra $100 for the device to have 3G. Here's crossing my fingers for OS 4.0 to come out at launch. It's not like Apple to hide features until release data, but damn... it would be nice to get a few extras we didn't know about.

By: LK600

LK600 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:50:40 +0000

Was very excited about this.. but without multitasking, its a fail for me. If I can't listen to music or other audio file while on the net or writing a doc.. then its not worth it to me... especially since the one I would buy is the 800.00 range, which is twice as expensive as a laptop which can do everything else. '

Put Multitasking in, and I'll buy it asap.

By: Orion2021

Orion2021 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:06:31 +0000

The thing is, if you bring everything out at once, people dont appreciate some of what you have done. We have had an intro, that's it. Upon launch or shortly thereafter we will see more probably.they have to have something to get talk going again in 60 days:)

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:22:45 +0000

The same people that are complaining about the lack of features would be the same ones complaining that it is too expensive if it had everything it is "missing".

By: Robin Capper

Robin Capper — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:47:16 +0000

Ink? It's a pad you can't write on?

By: Len

Len — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:41:53 +0000

What my ideal out of Ipad would be. While on the move being able to access my big Daddy Mac at home!! Then storage wouldn't be a issue. I would happily say goodbye to my laptop. But an absolute must for me to buy Ipad is for it to be able to tether to my Iphone. Simply not going to pay for 2 seperate Data plans.

By: johnnjy

johnnjy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:20:08 +0000

I have a JailBroken 3gs. whats stopping me from tethering with my cracked Mywi app and using the 3G via my iphone? looks like ill just be buying the $499 iPad and abusing my over priced 3G that HAVE pay At&t for Im not paying them twice and not loosing my iPhone. Now Im excited about the ipad because I dont feel ripped off.

By: Orion2021

Orion2021 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:35:29 +0000

Also, they will probably rill out multitasking across the linup with the 4.0 update later this year. Thereby driving more talk and blogging

By: Orion2021

Orion2021 — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:33:53 +0000

Seriously you guys are histerical. This device will be highly successful. Remember. Now that things are so advanced apple is feeding features in increments. Do I hate it yes. I will throw a theory out there that apple will perfect the visual tracking navigation for the next device. Not including the camera on this is strategic for the next generation. If the first generation included a camera people would want a software upgrade to give them the same feature as the new model device, thereby taking away incentive to buy the new model that has the camera, and ability to use eye tracking.

By: friedfood

friedfood — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:16:40 +0000

I am a PC and I never thought I would own an iPhone 3G until I played with an iPod touch and loved it.

The iPad's worst thing going for it is really it's name.

The screen has a large bezel because you need a place to hold it without blocking or activating the multi-touch.

The screen aspect ratio is not widescreen, because aside from watching movies, this aspect ratio is more for reading text, looking at pictures, etc..

Lack of a camera? Who really cares. It is not being marketed as a communications device. Beside email they did not market an IM or voice chat

No expandable media or proper USB? This one kinda sucks, but maybe with an adapter something can be accomplished.

So, the only things really missing are multitasking and tethering which can probably be included in an OS update.

It may not be polished yet, but I bet Apple will be get it up to spec and be successful with it nonetheless.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:38:36 +0000

This discussion reminds me so-o-o much of the Slashdot discussion of the original iPod--a bunch of tech blowhards who totally missed what was great about the iPod. In this case, ignore all postings whining about Flash. You're never going to get Flash on an Apple mobile device because Apple wants to replace Flash with HTML5, and they're right, so get over it. Ignore all whining about it not running Mac OS. It's running an ARM based processor like the iPhone and Apple doesn't need a tablet in the Mac space (high-end). They're creating a simplified computing platform for the mobile space, and they're right. It's a big marketplace and Android has a role, but Apple is going for the biggest slice of the pie. I think it's very good first effort.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:07:25 +0000

Seriously Apple...

If you're going to allow keyboards at least give us the option to choose DVORAK layout...

How hard could that be????

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:09:56 +0000

Earth to Apple....i'm blown away...what now, do they expect the masses to come drink the cool aid again.

16gb for $499...please. ok, i get it that the commercialization of thin/cloud computing is upon us more and more but what can you do with that amount of memory...even 64gb is nothing....standard netbooks coming out now have 250gb...and they have the gall to show off storage demanding apps like itunes and ereaders!

i'm blown away

and then the camera...are they again telling us what's important and what's not? and then later they'll make a big deal about its intro with a later rev...much like they did with ehhh copy/paste on the iphone! Give me a break. no camera is a major showstopper for me especially with skype's efforts to enter the home and leave the traditional computer.

so...would i drop $829 for a 64gb machine that's aesthetically phenomenal but functionally really limited? Heck no.....netbooks are getting faster with more storage and all for less than $400

i'm really surprised with Wall Street's reaction...sell short...i dont think the consumers will react according to God Jobs wishes this time.

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:53:08 +0000

I've passed along my first glance criticisms, but in it's defense... It is unique and its' touch features and apps are still unmatched. It's definitely a beauty and I'm sure when I get my hands on one it will feel like design, technology and sex were thrown in a blender and poured out into an aluminum mold. That being said, I will not be buying one until I can leave my laptop at home when I travel and I never have to buy another notebook or sketchpad.

By: Ipooted

Ipooted — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:44:59 +0000

@Dingles

If you want a throw around device get a Netbook.

By: Maurel

Maurel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:42:30 +0000

No Flash support? No camera? No Multitasking? Sorry Apple, but I'm waiting until iPad 2.0

By: Robert

Robert — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:34:56 +0000

I'd rather go buy a real Slate PC from Stantum or Netbook Navigator...

By: irodzel

irodzel — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:14:56 +0000

FAIL

By: Dingles

Dingles — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:09:23 +0000

I actually like it. I'm a PC guy, but I like my iTouch quite a bit. I can see a lot of uses for this device, could be a nice throw-around device around the house for a lot of tasks. My two desires would be for a front facing camera, so I can video-conference say sitting on the couch chatting with my parents on skype. The other would be some sort of file management possibility with the option of using a portable storage medium.

By: Waidt

Waidt — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:54:40 +0000

Well, though I was wrong about it having a gyroscope, I wasn't at all wrong that it SHOULD have one. Then again, with no camera for augmented reality, that takes away some of the reason to have one. Prices on them are coming down to where they hopefully will employ them on the next iPhone, then when their usefulness is demonstrated, add them to the iSlate, err, I mean iPad as well.

"Magical and Revolutionary", I think not. But it is an impressive first start. I'll just have to try it out first before I pass judgement. I think the price is reasonable for the market Apple is shooting for, and that's really all they're in the business for - putting out a product that is just good enough to sell in large quantity to the masses. It doesn't really matter to Apple if a few geeks belatedly and begrudgingly get one (as we will) when the masses are buying in droves.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:31:36 +0000

@anon Why can the other tablets running Android or Linux (like the Archos) support multi-tasking and offer just as good battery life? Why do the android phone support multitasking and not the iPhone?

Give me a break, Apple didn't even support multi-tasking in their computers until OSX.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:30:23 +0000

iPad == FAIL!

It's just an oversized iPod running the same non multi-tasking OS. Sure the die-hard apple fanbois will be buying this oversized iPod. But I was expecting something revolutionary from Apple.... WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:04:42 +0000

If it were multitasking then kiss battery life goodbye. The significant news is the price and the fact they are manufacturing the chip themselves. I wonder if the next iphone is going to have the apple chip in it and a price drop.

By: TK

TK — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:46:34 +0000

This thing is an overpriced, underpowered toy is what it is. I would expect that something that was "the most important thing Steve Jobs has ever worked on" would revolutionize the market again to be something more than this. Android beat Apple to the puch with the Archos. The only thing it doesn't have is 3G capabilities and it's cheaper and goes up to 500gigs of storage.

By: Farid Rahmi

Farid Rahmi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:37:02 +0000

Did anybody mention it has 140.000 apps ?

Wait, wait, how did the PC revolution start again ?

First some IBM hardware in 1980 and then loads of productivity software and hundreds of PC makers making even more and cheap hardware to fuel the emerging software market,etc..

Anno 2010, the story is as follows : there was one device to start off with (Iphone), loads of apps, more hardware (Ipod Touch & new Iphone models), 140.000 apps -mostly games- and today another piece of hardware to run them on.

It's the software that made all the difference, hardware follows...

By: Will

Will — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:29:58 +0000

Apple needs developers to produce great software specifically targeted at the iPad to take advantage of that big screen.

Otherwise there is little reason to choose this over an iPod Touch or iPhone and the iPad will be as successful as the Apple TV.

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:29:55 +0000

I don't see why there isn't a webcam? Skype on this would be cool.

By: pommi

pommi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:21:46 +0000

what a bunch of whiners here ...

By: evie

evie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:21:27 +0000

btw -- also no word on app management. What they have now is a joke: no folders and the most klugie mgmt facility in iTunes possible. Not good. I guarantee you, Jobs does not own or use more than two pages of apps on his own iPhone. If he did, we'd see a real fix.

By: Crackberry User

Crackberry User — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:15:50 +0000

Does it at least have copy and paste??

By: Grant

Grant — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:15:23 +0000

I would be VERY surprised if there were no notifications. iPhone OS 3.0 has it, there's no reason this won't. People complaining about the lack of a keyboard (#26) need to do some research, it support Apple Wireless keyboards as well as a keyboard dock. There will also be an SD card reader for it. http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

By: evie

evie — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:14:39 +0000

I hate to jump on the hammer bandwagon, but Wow. I bought the original iPhone on Day 1 and the latest as soon as it came out. I can't imagine getting this any time soon. Lack of Flash is an absolute deal breaker (reminded again about the annoyance when I tried to watch the Australian Open on ESPN360 last night on my iPhone). But no multitasking is a mind-blowing miss. Listen to NPR streaming while working on a presentation? Nope. Use TextExpander anywhere? Nope.

Other missing pieces are dumb, but not fatal. No video camera (how hard could that have been?). No notifications.

But hey, at least the whiners got a keyboard!

Finally, I warned them that they would deserve every bit of ridicule and parody they'd get if they called it an iPad. And so it goes. iTampon is trending higher than iPad on Twitter.

Are there no women with brains on their marketing or executive teams? That was an easy bullet to dodge. Instead, they put the barrel to their own temple. I don't feel a bit sorry for them.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:10:21 +0000

And no flash. Wt eff

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:09:19 +0000

@Justin-

That's the point...3 years ago and it's exactly the same. What's really new?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:13 +0000

Worst apple product in the last ten years. It's a giant itouch. My netbook is way less expensive, more powerful and can run osX is I tweak (thank you msi). It's not a computer you have to sync the dam thing. Fail apple. And no iPhone news, jeez.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:07:15 +0000

I say 4.0 brings multitasking to iPhone OS (which runs iPhone, iPod touch, and now the iPad).

Also, for all those people saying this is a failure, people were saying the same stuff about the iPhone 3 years ago.

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:02:52 +0000

Oh, Steve... Could you also add a Wacom like stylus feature with a support app so I can take handwritten notes, sketch and organize my ideas in a tidy little ipad notebook? This would also be nice for Photoshop and Painter lite apps developed specifically for the ipad.

By: Dr

Dr — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:02:02 +0000

Can't wait to see what the Dev Team does to it.

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:01:44 +0000

This sums it up...

*  It's not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.
* The screen is stunning, and it's 1024 x 768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.
* The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.
* There's no multitasking at all. It's a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you're working in Pages... you can figure it out. It's a real setback for this device.
* The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.
* No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn't have an SMS app!
* It's running iPhone OS 3.2.
* The keyboard is good, not great. Not quite as responsive as it looked in the demos.
* No Flash confirmed. So Hulu is out for you, folks!

By: Ames

Ames — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:58:00 +0000

No iTunes is really a big flaw. No way to take my photos on my iPhone and sync them to my iPad. NO way to download music on iPad and sync it to iPhone. NO way to manage documents. I'm going to buy one and I bet I'll love it but please? Missing sync? What? And what about websites. Will those that have an iPhone version like TiPB be formatted for iPhone? That means no google docs editing.

By: jtz5

jtz5 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:56:47 +0000

@Brett-

We are allowed to whine...tell me what is so "revolutionary" or "game changer" or whatever the hell Steve Jobs said this product was?

It's a larger iPod Touch...that's it.

By: Dorthensensens

Dorthensensens — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:53:21 +0000

@icebike Hear Hear!

Again, this is what the iPod Touch should have been. Yeah yeah, "but it's too big", you have nano's for that. I like the device. Much improved the functionality and the ergonomics of the iPod touch.

By: Farid Rahmi

Farid Rahmi — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:52:47 +0000

They should have had a $1000 model with all the features people are whining about and everybody would have said "Wow" and complained about the price.

I remember I was quite skeptical when Apple launched the Ipod (original model) and Itunes, thinking : what the heck, there are dozens of these devices and why would people download from just one provider. Boy was I wrong and I hope you all are as well. Sure, it's overpriced like all Apple gear and misses out on a few opportunities, but hey .... did you had it in your hands at 0.64 kg ? Did you see the screen for yourselves ? Remember how you liked the Iphone/Ipod touch instantly when you first SAW it ?

Apple know what they are doing : people in the streets out there are not geeks that whine about how many GB is in there or want to sync via BT/Wifi,etc... People want a good-looking, easy to use, ergonomic, not too expensive multifunctional device. Apple makes those people BELIEVE this is it (I couldn't help laughing when Steve first said the virtual keyboard was incredible and at the end showed the docking for a real keyboard) and people will love to be fooled.

They will show off with the tablet, use the Jamie Oliver app in the kitchen to cook with it, take it on hiking trip and use it in a car, it will feel more natural than a 3G netbook, backpacks will start to have space for it,etc,etc...

And me, I will buy one just for fun... because my Ipod Touch was the best thing I owned ever and I started with a Sinclair 1KB ZX-81 in 1982. Come to think of it, it must have been around the same shape/size and have a virtual keyboard as well

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:52:29 +0000

so. I really wanted this to replace my computer like my iphone partially did. However, there is no syncing with iPhone? No document management? NO finder?! I't can't replace my computer because it doesn't sync my iPHone. Come ON!

By: jb

jb — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:52:15 +0000

if people are defending it saying its not a laptop but a large iphone then it is NOT revolutionary is it

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:51:37 +0000

Regarding tethering: The iPad has something better than tethering. It has an independent data plan that is better than the iPhone's, because it's no contract. And there's no way that AT&T would allow tethering for free -- it would cost exactly $30 per month.

I have previously commented that Apple needs to spread the iPhone to Verizon in the U.S., and that AT&T would most benefit from reducing its relative load of iPhone users and having more stationary, data-only users. The iPad is that stationary, data-only device that will help AT&T's network. The last thing AT&T would want to do is tie more data-hungry devices to the iPhone, which they've already had trouble with because people use it while moving around.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:49:56 +0000

It's just a big Ipod Touch .. No multitasking is a real dealbreaker... but I think the name will sell .. .Apple will sell especially at this price point.

By: jwp2id

jwp2id — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:44:28 +0000

Pardon me... But, when Mr. Jobs proclaimed this to be his most important accomplishment, I expected it to be a little more polished. When I can think of 5 things that would make me more inclined to buy it that tells me there's thousands or millions of people thinking the same thing. Why not build the thing right and hook those people with the initial release. Trust me... Apple's stock will drop tomorrow.

By: Pavejon

Pavejon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:43:36 +0000

With no GPS the entire Navigation section of the APP store is unusable on the iPad not to mention the social networking apps that use location data.

I guess there isn't an app for that!

By: Rags

Rags — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:42:04 +0000

Oh great, someone had to mention multitasking. This is not a computer. If you want to do more things at once, carry your laptop.

To me, this is a giant iPod Touch. I don't see any real use for it. I'm already carrying an iPhone 3G with me. The iPad is just a small novelty.

With this, Apple says, 'Take what we have and make it bigger. New device.'

Cameras...Back camera, useless. Front camera, maybe. Want to video chat? Grab your Macbook or other laptop.

This is another one of Apple's iFail Products. AppleTV, iPod Touch(in my opinion), now the iPad. Come on Apple. We need an iWin Product. How about an iCamera with some magical things in it?

By: SockRolid

SockRolid — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:40:44 +0000

@jimmy t: Get outta town, and don't let the door smack your ass on the way out (unless you're into pain, which you're gonna get from Android.)

@Jay: I think McGraw-Hill suffered the same fate as ATI did years ago. They spilled the beans on Mac Radeon cards 2 days before Steve's MWSF keynote. Steve ordered all Radeon cards pulled from Macs at Apple's booth, didn't mention ATI in his keynote, cancelled the Radeon keynote demo, and stopped talking directly to any ATI employee. And that was just over graphics cards.

By: Dionte

Dionte — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:40:09 +0000

How much do you guys think I'll be able to sell one for on ebay when v2 comes out?

By: icebike

icebike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:34:15 +0000

Congrats to TiPb by the way...

When Cover it Live crApped out almost immediately, TiPb invoked Plan B way faster than any one else. Others resorted to refreshing web pages. In the mean time, Rene seems to have posted stories in the background like I guy on triple shot espressos, cuz when the presentation was over there were like 30 focused stories out there.

Cover It Live = Major Fail. TiPb = Nice save.

By: Alf

Alf — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:33:24 +0000

What Apple seems to be failing at most these days is creating an interoperable range of devices. Why can't iPhone users tether their iPads? Why can't we use the iPad as a Wacom Cintiq touchscreen on our Mac (Book) Pro?

At their prices I want a suite of complementary devices that support one another and inter-operate. I don't want a bunch of half functional devices that I have to juggle to get anything done -- I can can get from Microsoft for half the price.

Apple seems to be losing touch with their premium brand directives.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:26:40 +0000

GPS/location! I saw the pretty map, but no blue dot of location knowledge! Foursquare anyone? Guess not.

By: Bret

Bret — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:22:44 +0000

Waaaahhh.. it doens't replace my laptop. DUH.. wasn't supposed too.

Waaaahhhh.. it doesn't have a camera. You'd seriously want a camera on the back of a 10" device? Video perhaps, but camera.. seriously?

Waaaahhhhh.. it didn't upgrade the iPhone to 4.0. That may still be on the way, this isn't all about the iPhone. The future is still bright.

I agree this is for early adopteres and as always the whiners will all have one eventually. Has history not taught anyone anything?

BTW: by the time the Android folks figure out its use they will again be 2 years behind the development curve, the device will have matured, and the iDon't attempts will be the real FAIL.