Many days have passed since the iPad was launched, one of the most talked about electronic novelties in recent months. I have not wanted to talk about it until I have read the opinion of as many people and blog as I can. And I have very conflicting opinions about the iPad (which is NOT a tablet).
For starters, the iPad is not nearly what I expected. I thought it would be a laptop with a touch screen and with Mac OS X very adapted to multi-touch gestures. Something like what you can see in the photo above.
Interface and OS:
Apple chose to create a "Large iPod" with Mac OS X Mobile, no camera, 4: 3 screen and that looks similar to digital photo frames. However, the new interface of the Apple App has an enviable interface for the rest of the OS (on the other hand, evolution is logical) and that is Mail, Calendar, Agenda ... I have loved the new way of seeing it and I think I should transfer it, in some way, to the iPhone and iPod. I love YouTube, iTunes has a very good adaptation and Full Screen Safari must be very comfortable.
However, we do not have Multitasking, Safari Downloads (!!!!!) and most importantly Finder. One of the most representative symbols of Apple (apart from the apple) is Finder, in all the Software for Apple there is that square and smiling "face" that, although it has not evolved much, is a simple, intuitive file manager and search engine and fast (not like other windows of certain operating systems). Jobs insists on not including Finder to be able to navigate through the folders (those that they allow us) and to be able to download from Safari, something that made sense on the iPhone and that, without a doubt, is essential on the iPad if Steve wanted to place it between the iPhone and a Mac (something crazy).
Also, Apple has adapted the iPhone OS too little to the iPad. The unlock screen is too "isolated", the home screen looks like a desert. Too much spacing between the icons, and you have two options: put more (which can feel "cramped") or make them larger (slightly). Remember that they can have 4 × 4 or 5 × 4 horizontally and up to 6 (I think I remember) in the Dock.
Another thing that I don't understand about Apple is that every time I want to have a video on my iPhone (or on the iPad) it is having to convert the video when the Apple page says that it accepts the .mov (because I can't put neither a video in this format).
Design:
Unibody aluminum (what we expected), black frame and 4: 3 (of course nobody is adapting their videos to 16: 9 because Apple has decided to continue with the format of the future, 4: 3). The already, much talked about black frame is too "fat" but necessary to be able to hold the iPad without touching the screen and interrupting our tasks. What happens is that having the 4.3 format gives, even more feeling that the frame is fatter and that it looks like a digital photo frame (4: 3, BY GOD !!).
Hardware:
It can be summarized as:
- A4, the INCREDIBLE Apple processor, fast, low-power and with integrated GPU (INCREDIBLE, really and it is only the beginning of a very promising future of Apple chips for mobile devices, “Everything stays at home”).
- Very good screen (with wide viewing angle) and multi-touch but uncomfortable for reading books (Apple could have used the new screens that are a mix between laptop screen and electronic ink).
- Battery: 10 h with full use and one month on StandBy. Everything I say is little.
- Bluetooth: COMPATIBLE WITH THE BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD (thank goodness because the keyboard dock…)
Innovation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjovunmqUXE&feature=player_embedded
The innovation with this new devices (they remove the battery and the A4) is totally nil. Nothing new, improved and adapted interface but nothing surprising. This was seen at the conference, no applause except when teaching it for the first time and showing the iWork, not even in guy who always always says "UHHHH !!!" (a bit tiresome). Steve noticed, he was expecting applause and received practically nothing. When iWork was unveiled, Phil Schiller was looking forward to applause.
Images were also seen of Steve leaving the Yerba Buena venue somewhat crestfallen, unlike when he left the venue after presenting the iPhone. We all expected much more and that is something that Jobs noticed on stage.
iWork:
The iWork was the one that caused the greatest surprise. Very well adapted and great, the strong point of the iPad. BUT it is not free, it costs $ 10 each App and $ 30 all (too much).
Conclusion:
It is not the device that I expected, I was very willing to buy it until I saw it and we have "inflated" a lot the Tablet Mac that turned out to be an iPad (a large iPod). If Apple adds Multitasking, Finder and downloads from Safari I would be willing to buy it (even if it has 4: 3 and iPhone OS). And it is that $ 499 attracts a lot of attention.
Let's hope that Apple does not rely so much on its mobile OS and improves it a lot, although the iPad with Jailbreak has to be a hoot.
PS: This is not, far from it, the best thing Steve has done and if he says it is… bad we go…
WAA your opinion about the ipad very good and I agree with you in everything but I have a question that no one has spoken about because they talk about the ipad's RAM memory because the iphone has 256 MB and the ipad?
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Why is there no talk of RAM on the ipad?
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because it is not known, as nobody has it….
it's true, how much ram does the ipad have, nobody knew ????????
to have good pokita ram, that's why they don't dare to comment on it ,,,
First of all, I really enjoyed reading this article. I think it is always good to know the opinion of others.
I was also very surprised when I saw it. I expected much more, or at least something different. From my very modest opinion, I think the biggest "flaw" is to include the iPhone OS and not the MAC. It is true that the iPhone is probably simpler and more intuitive (I do not have a MAC, so it is a mere assumption), but I think that having a portable MAC was what (almost) everyone expected.
Multitasking and MAC OS would have been the finishing touch to do what I expected, but it has remained on a large ipod ... I will spend the money reserved for other tasks. Although who knows if with the jailbreak we could see running a leopard on the ipad ... 😀
I would have liked a comfortable tablet to read books and programming courses (with source code), that does not tire at sight. Reading a book on the iPhone is uncomfortable, and I have a habit from the first Palm that came out. As for reading a programming course on the iPhone, it's impossible (and insane).
I doubt that the iPad will work for me, because I don't think I can load the books I want, as I do on the iPhone with Stanza or with Air Sharing (which also accepts word and pdf). If these programs also go with the iPad, the option may be good, except for the hadicap of tiring the eyes, by not having the electronic ink screen.
The rest of the iPad is superfluous, since I already have the iPhone. And for cinema there is nothing like a 40-inch television.
Quite according to the article.
In a way I think all of us were to blame for BLOWING up the iPad before it came out. And it is that perhaps (I am not a computer scientist) in so little thickness it is not possible to feed a better processor, a greater memory, a camera or more; I do not know. Perhaps there to balance: space, consumption, battery, and for this the best is a smaller iPhone-like operating system instead of a leopard. I do not know, if someone is a computer scientist who responds to those things for aki, and so neophytes in the field can know if what they have done is disgusting or is the best that could be done with current technical means.
I study info and the truth is that you have some reason, but look at the Macbook Air or the Pro, they are very thin and if you remove the keyboard and add the screen I think you have a pro with a touch screen (it is only a guess)
The best thing steve has done ???, well we are ready ...
I consider myself a fan of Apple, but I am not willing to be teased ...
Why do I want a giant and limited iPod? I prefer my macbook air and my iPhone to a macro iPod. (Of course I also said that when the iPhone came out).
I don't know, try it you have to try it but…. As cheap as some say it seems to them, at the moment it seems expensive for what it seems.
P.S. Very good report, congratulations.
I forgot, just before taking out the super Ipad, they should have Polished the iPhone a little more and implement what it lacks and that all users demand, but of course we have to move the market.
I don't think so, but the production of ipad's will end up on the shelves of the markets.
The only thing I agree on is multitasking, but I imagine that an OS update would solve it.
The subject of the disappointment of the iPad is already very trite. There are people who were fuming and now are looking forward to the launch.
It is time to stop thinking about what we wanted it to be and what it really is, more than anything because the device is there and it is what it is, period and no matter how much it is praised or hated, it will continue to be what it is.
You should look a little beyond what you see, what you have partially read and imagine what it is going to be and what it is going to suppose.
The software that the developers create and the improvements to the OS that Apple is implementing will be what really marks the future of the iPad, which I can also anticipate that it will be an absolute success.
It is from Apple, anyone doubts its success?
Everyone has their say! Most are disappointed and no one says how much they would pay for what most people expected Touch MacOS! And apparently with a screen that combines electronic ink with LCD.
How much would you pay for what you are demanding?
Remember that the cheapest macbook costs € 800 + \ - if we add a duo touch screen with electronic ink? … And what does an electronic ink ebook cost that only serves to read books!
A product that is new and that makes it clear that it is not a computer! I don't know what you want Finder for !?
Would it be a disappointment if it were a complete surprise? no leaks, no rumors ...? If personal expectations weren't so high?
Remember that it is a product for everyone!
And for the price it has! I'm looking forward to it!
Now it only remains that they do not make the conversion 1: 1
Well, it's sad that you don't like the future of the Mac Os, (I think it's going to be called iOS or something like that ...) But it is already said that it will be the one that will replace the OSX in many of its facets that we know today, If you speak english:
http://www.neowin.net/news/editorial-will-ios-replace-mac-os-x
Ah, what is it, I'm already waiting for the jailbreak =) I want to play Xvid and be able to install whatever I want as well as access to the file system, flash (with more processor, why not?) Etc ...
The iPad is not a device designed for people like us who have a certain knowledge and a level of "technological" demand. This is not for those of us who have an iPhone or a Mac laptop. It is a device designed for the market of people who want something easy to use and that allows them to entertain themselves and enjoy their leisure without complications and at an affordable price. In that sense it is a bomb.
It should not be seen from our prism but from the point of view of an entrepreneur who attacks a new market niche. It will cost you, but it will be a success, and in no time the competition will start to copy you.
IT'S A BIG IPHONE \ IPOD !!!!!!!
NOT WHAT YOU EXPECTED, BUT MAYBE WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN IPHONE WILL BUY IT.
Were they been?
It is going to sweep away, I swear, just thinking about playing strategy games on that screen, or puzzles, or car games, recipe applications, gps ... God, but you don't realize that it's a piece of jalopy? From the point of view of profitability, I assure you that if it is going to be the best apple has ever done ... Time to time. Imagine for example with command and conquers on that screen ... if so. Of course for people like us there will be a jailbreak and thousands of "tricks" to get more out of it. but for 90% of the people that will not be necessary. just being able to play and navigate with ease will be worth it. Greetings
I can assure you that the ipad is going to revolutionize, with that processor and despite the lack of camera, (I am not talking about multitasking and flash since that will be modified in a short time, in fact Adobe flash announcement in 6 months) It will be revolutionary look at the growth that the iPhone had, someone doubts that it will not be the same with the ipad. This is the future and although it is the beginning, it is here to stay
And what have Geo Hot and dev tam said about the Jailbreak of this new device…. over there I have seen that a real ipad was filtered in the Grams hehehehej they should get one to Geo Hot or Dev Team so that they can work on the Jailbreak …….
As they have well commented in these parts, it seems a product intended for those who do not have an iPhone and that their computer skills are limited and insufficient to buy a device with Mac OS. Because if they expected to revolutionize the world of MACeros with an iphone squared ... For me they have rushed. But it is what the market commands. The first to show a new product to the world, seems to be the one who takes the cat to the water. And devices of this type are on the verge of coming out to tutiplen. From other posts, I note that they have left a lot open and ready for future OS updates, but the hard will limit such updates. Without a camera for video-conferencing and a single speaker… The rush. Anyway, let's not lose perspective. The same thing has happened as with the Iphone: market testing in a new niche yet to be exploited, which if it works with an already known formula, in its next version it will be the cane. I'll wait. This year I have enough with the new gadget that they are going to bring out and I hope you do not disappoint me: iPhone 4 GGGGGG
None of us who read this blog are the target Steve thought of when creating this beast.
We, I'm sure, we handle perfectly with Outlook, GMail, Messenger, Windows and Mac and surely we could install Linux ... We know how to Jailbreak ...
These "simple" tasks are impossible for the vast majority. I see my father going crazy with Outlook, my mother typing the domain into the search engine, my aunt ... Sometimes I think they are useless BUT NO. The useless one is me, unable to create an iPad that will solve their problems.
Surely those of you reading this are regular volunteer computer technicians. If I can't install Office, if my antivirus has expired, I can't attach the photo, it can't find the WLAN ...
Some aspects need to be improved and little by little the "fools" will begin to realize the abysmal difference between downloading some photos from the camera and checking the mail from an iPad, from Windows 7 and even from Mac OS X. And what we will do is, as with the iPhone, begin to spread the knowledge of its benefits.
People need solutions, they just don't know which ones themselves.
Thanks Steve, my time as a family computer technician is coming to an end.
PS: how many times have you asked yourselves: WHY THEY MAKE IT SO COMPLICATED TO: install a program, install an update, add a user, watch a movie (yes codecs, yes wmv, yes VLC ...) ...
In my opinion the iPad is too short, and Mr. Jobs's dictatorial practices here are not going to work. In this case, this is by no means a revolutionary gadget, as if the iPod or iPhone were. In fact, what others have presented (read HP, for example) does meet expectations. It has an OS with too many limitations no matter how much it is said and on top of it it is capped on all sides. I believe that this will soon go down in "history" in favor of an iPad "2G" that if it meets our demands and is a bit more "free" (hopefully with OSX, although I don't think they will remove the "Turbo-iPhoneOS")
In favor of the "gadget" I have to say that the price is amazing. In comparison, it is cheaper than an iPhone, and it has everything good about it, except the phone (which on the other hand is the Achilles heel of the iPhone, its phone function that is a real ... anyway)
ipad sucks very ugly
Let's be realistic !!!. The privacy and suspicion that APPLE has in all its news are precisely so that there is no speculation or unfounded hypotheses about its new products .. Obviously when there is a brand that in each of its products manage to surprise us, it is logical that every time we demand more.
On the IPAD we have been slaves of our wishes, therefore more than one will have been disappointed. But …………… How many have an IPHONE that have not been asked at any time ,,,, BECAUSE THERE WILL NOT BE AN IPHONE THE LARGEST SCREEN ????????? ………
Answering this, we can begin to speculate ……
Was it been? Was it been ???? but ki diiiiiceeesssssss
joe438, You should read before asking questions, but you are forgiven because there are so many posts.
(Eclipsnet) Would it be a disappointment if it were a complete surprise? no leaks, no rumors ...? If personal expectations weren't so high?
I think that if we change «were» to have, it would be more correct….
Good blog, talking about this type of gadgets ... it is always like talking about religion or other topics, everyone has their point of view and is very respectable, I personally think that the ipad will serve as a beginning of several interesting features that It has (which are few) and later on, the laptops will evolve ... not only the mac but those of all the other brands in the market, I personally would not buy one because I did not like it, but later we will find the netbook or laptops with Much of that technology and improved, remember that each gadget has a specific client and we will always find tastes for everything.
Very good opinions, it is seen that many of us think the same about the IPAD, when I saw a photo of Steve with the ipad I laughed and thought it was a joke, tremendous gadget I said, I was scared, if I thought that someone had edited the photo enlarging to the ipad and what was my surprise that this is its true size, I imagined something more incredible, such as being able to download files, such as megaupload or rapidshare, but no, they leaned more towards multimedia, they went more to the needs of people with little knowledge in computer science, those who like more to listen to music, watch movies, see their photos, simple things, I have a nokia n900, it is incredible, that is my opinion, GREETINGS
Very good opinions, it is seen that many of us think the same about the IPAD, when I saw a photo of Steve with the ipad I laughed and thought it was a joke, tremendous gadget I said, I was scared, if I thought that someone had edited the photo enlarging to the ipad, it still seemed like a digital frame for pictures and what was my surprise that that is its true size, I imagined something more incredible, such as being able to download files, such as megaupload or rapidshare, but no, they leaned more towards multimedia, it was They were more to the needs of people with little computer knowledge, those who like more to listen to music, watch movies, see their photos, simple things, I have a nokia n900, it is incredible, that is my opinion, GREETINGS
I wrote to you from an iPad. I am in a hospital waiting room. I've had it for a week and honestly, awesome! My opinion is that anyone who expected a laptop will be disappointed at first, but then they will see that it is a great concept. Immediate power on and surf, listen to music and watch videos anywhere. I love it and would buy it again.
Hehehehe, good for people like you, those are the needs, one k is further into this fantastic world requires more and more, we do not have filler, hehehehehe
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I have the ipad for three days it is not a computer but people who believe it is because they invent it or Apple sells it as there is between a computer and a mobile therefore it is neither of the two things. The ipad is impressive, I would buy it again, I only see a failure and it is 3G, the micro sim that is necessary to introduce it is not available in Spain
As always, those who think are those who have not tried it, I have it and I am very happy, my experience has changed, it is of an astonishing quality, without viruses and without crashes ...