Comments on: Why the Apple iPad will be an iFlop http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/388/why-the-apple-ipad-will-be-an-iflop/ Twitter Information, Twitter News, Twitter Spam, Social Marketing, Chrome OS, Netbook Pack Sat, 15 May 2010 12:45:29 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Huss http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/388/why-the-apple-ipad-will-be-an-iflop/comment-page-1/#comment-180 David Huss Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:50:35 +0000 http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/?p=388#comment-180 I'm not buying a tablet until it can double as an e-reader. Which means it needs a 2nd gen screen (I don't want to deal with a glossy LCD). What's the point of a tablet if you can't read a book on it at an outdoor cafe?. Qualcomm's Mirasol screens would be ideal, but I expect such screens to be quite expensive for a while. I'm hopeful that Pixel Qi screens offer a nice alternative until costs go down. Though it seems clear to me that the future of tablets/e-readers lies with Mirasol type displays as they are an ideal solution to power consumption and readability concerns. I’m not buying a tablet until it can double as an e-reader. Which means it needs a 2nd gen screen (I don’t want to deal with a glossy LCD). What’s the point of a tablet if you can’t read a book on it at an outdoor cafe?. Qualcomm’s Mirasol screens would be ideal, but I expect such screens to be quite expensive for a while. I’m hopeful that Pixel Qi screens offer a nice alternative until costs go down. Though it seems clear to me that the future of tablets/e-readers lies with Mirasol type displays as they are an ideal solution to power consumption and readability concerns.

]]> By: Messick http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/388/why-the-apple-ipad-will-be-an-iflop/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Messick Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:37:22 +0000 http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/?p=388#comment-179 The problem with the iPad, the real problem is the Closed System! Apple give up your totalitarian control!!!! Damn it I am so sick of it on the iPhone/iPod Touch! Now this?! I will not buy it simply because of that. The problem with the iPad, the real problem is the Closed System! Apple give up your totalitarian control!!!! Damn it I am so sick of it on the iPhone/iPod Touch! Now this?! I will not buy it simply because of that.

]]> By: Abbas http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/388/why-the-apple-ipad-will-be-an-iflop/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Abbas Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:03:21 +0000 http://www.whytwitter.co.uk/?p=388#comment-176 All this totally misses the point. Completely and utterly, So, people bought the iphone because it COULDN'T do multitasking or flash? no, they bought it for what it was, not for what it was not. i.e. a beautifully designed and intuitively useable object. Don't get me wrong - I am no apple acolyte, I have a love/hate relationship with them, and wish a company would stand up to them with a series of gadgets that take them on by being truly beautiful, easy to use, and very reliable. but Apple do that sort of stuff best at the moment, and that's why people buy their stuff. Most of what they produce has shortcomings and incompatibility issues, but the secret is in touching, holding and interacting with their stuff. the keyboard thing is a non-issue, as the onscreen keypad is jus there for light use, they've sellling an (overpriced, suprise!) dock that is a keyboard. The name sucks, fair play, but we'll soon be used to it. The lack of a camera will soon be solved by version 2.0 or 3.0. Anyone who gets the first batch is a s**** or very rich! All this totally misses the point. Completely and utterly, So, people bought the iphone because it COULDN’T do multitasking or flash? no, they bought it for what it was, not for what it was not. i.e. a beautifully designed and intuitively useable object.

Don’t get me wrong – I am no apple acolyte, I have a love/hate relationship with them, and wish a company would stand up to them with a series of gadgets that take them on by being truly beautiful, easy to use, and very reliable. but Apple do that sort of stuff best at the moment, and that’s why people buy their stuff. Most of what they produce has shortcomings and incompatibility issues, but the secret is in touching, holding and interacting with their stuff.

the keyboard thing is a non-issue, as the onscreen keypad is jus there for light use, they’ve sellling an (overpriced, suprise!) dock that is a keyboard.

The name sucks, fair play, but we’ll soon be used to it. The lack of a camera will soon be solved by version 2.0 or 3.0. Anyone who gets the first batch is a s**** or very rich!

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