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The 5 Worst Things About the Apple iPad

By Rick Broida

January 27th, 2010 @ 12:00 pm

Well, it's official: The Apple tablet is here, and it's called the
iPad. Obviously any device with this much buildup and so many
expectations can't be all things to all people. But is the iPad enough
things to enough people?

Not around these parts. For anyone expecting to be blown away by
revolutionary new technology, the iPad emerged as a colossal
disappointment. Here are my picks for five ways Apple dropped the
ball:

1. No killer app Tell me again why I need one of these things. I
mean, sure, it's cool and all, and the gadget geek inside me wouldn't
mind having one. But does it fill a single need I have? Can it take
the place of my iPhone or my laptop/netbook? No, no, and no.
2. Too expensive I fully expected the iPad to have a shocking
sticker, and sure enough, it tops out at $829 for the 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G
model. Granted, you can get the 16GB Wi-Fi-only version for $499,
which seems more reasonable, but without the aforementioned killer
app, I don't see the iPad flying off the shelves. And if you do want
3G, be prepared for…
3. More monthly fees I guess it was crazy to hope for some kind of
Kindle-like scenario where the price of 3G wireless would be built
into the iPad. Instead, AT&T's hitting you up for $14.99 or $29.99 per
month for 250MB or unlimited data, respectively. I don't know about
you, but the idea of yet another monthly fee makes me ill.
4. It has few business applications The newly announced iWork apps
suggest the iPad could pull laptop duty, but the key word here is
"lap": You'd have to hunch over yours (or a desk, I suppose) to do any
kind of data entry. That sounds mighty uncomfortable, as does the
prospect of any meaningful amount of typing on an onscreen keyboard.
Sure, you could spring for Apple's keyboard dock, but at that point…
just use a laptop! At least you can connect an iPad to a projector —
just like a real computer.
5. It's not magic The iPhone changed the world. I think many of us
expected, or at least hoped, the iPad would do likewise. And, hey,
maybe it will. Maybe in the future we'll all be reading books and
newspapers on iPads and similar devices. But the iPad itself brings
almost no innovation to the technology table. Bottom line: It's a toy,
an oversized iPod Touch that borrows a bit from the Mac OS.

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Regards,
Parthiv Mehta

Go Green

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