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By: Chi-Loong

Chi-Loong — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:58:53 +0000

You know, only Steve Jobs can sell this thing and make it sexy cool new to the Apple fanbois. Sorry Apple fans, gotta call it like I see it — tablets have been around for a *long* time, and *only* because it’s Apple (and Steve) does the whole world sit up and take notice.

Mashable did an excellent write-up of what’s missing from iPad.
http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/ipad-whats-missing/

And at what cost? Lowest end is US$499 for Wi-Fi and 16GB? And no storage SD slot? No USB?

What WOULD I want this for?

It’s not an eBook reader like the Kindle, which does one thing well — let me read books on e-ink, good battery life, there’s an easy bookstore marketplace for download, priced right for this specific function.

It’s not a smartphone, which already allows me to surf the net, get YouTube videos, have mapping aps, etc. Btw, there’s no GPS on the iPad. And oh, my smartphone can actually place calls and sms.

It’s not a netbook, which would allow me to do far more and would cost roughly the same if not cheaper (depends on which version of the iPad you want). A netbook would allow me to video-chat (there’s no camera on iPad), the amount of storage is piddling when compared to netbooks.

I’ll pass.

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SmartPhones - Apple's iPad – is it just a glorified smartphone? — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:08:58 +0000

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