Apple iPad

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Love the concept and they almost did it right. But it is missing the following

No MultiTasking
No Camera
No Flash (Adobe)
No Verizon or T-Mobile
No Widescreen
No HDMI Out

Plus your still locked into the App store. Your not going to be able to load your own applications on this. It’s a locked in ecosystem worse than the iPhone in that you thing your getting a computer but instead what you are getting is a iPhone with no phone and few extra shiny features. For the above reasons I will pass on this one.

No Multitasking is the biggest killer. Why is Apple so scared of Multi-Tasking you know that the Andorid phones and tablets coming will have that feature.

This device would have been perfect for Skype calls. But guess what no camera. IDIOTS!

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5 thoughts on “Apple iPad”

  1. hi there you are right about the camras the imacs macbook and mabook pros macbook air nintendo dsi has 2 camra iphone iphone 3 gs netbooks lg phones have built in projectors like the new lg expo with pico projector

  3. I agree with you that it’s just basically an iPod Touch XXL. On the other points.

    *No Multitasking = A future software update for sure
    *No Flash = Everyone is pushing HTML5 so hope the web dumps Flash
    *No Camera = Agreed!! Those things are dirt cheap, so why not put one in???
    *No Verizon or T-Mobile = I live in Japan so it doesn’t matter to me. I have at least 2 very good choices ;-) It is unlocked though, which is cool.
    *No Widescreen = Huh? Define wide screen. Turn it on it’s side and it’s wide to me.
    *No HDMI Out = Agreed. They said there is a way to connect it to a projector for KeyNote so at least you can get some video out, i hope.

  4. I get your other gripes about this thing, but a CAMERA, excuse me. This is not the device you want to put a camera on. Devices like this were NEVER meant for video conferencing nor shooting impromptu video photos.

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