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Apple's iPad (finally) goes on sale
I just can't get excited about the iPad. It's new and techy and geeky and all, but it's impractical. Too big to function as a PDA. Can't really type on it without extra equipment. Doesn't reduce eye strain like ereaders. Can't run multiple programs at a time. Also apparently doesn't have ports for USB or storage cards. I don't want a hybrid between a PDA and a netbook, I want a PDA and a netbook. A Mac netbook, which Apple is not giving us. It gave us this ... not-computer not-PDA not-ereader not-convenient scifi-tech-wanabe thing instead.
Needless to say I won't be running out to buy one.
I just can't get excited about the iPad. It's new and techy and geeky and all, but it's impractical. Too big to function as a PDA. Can't really type on it without extra equipment. Doesn't reduce eye strain like ereaders. Can't run multiple programs at a time. Also apparently doesn't have ports for USB or storage cards. I don't want a hybrid between a PDA and a netbook, I want a PDA and a netbook. A Mac netbook, which Apple is not giving us. It gave us this ... not-computer not-PDA not-ereader not-convenient scifi-tech-wanabe thing instead.
Needless to say I won't be running out to buy one.