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As usual, a very good article from Paul. BTW, what would be those three key features of iPad?
by ananthrk 17y ago
As usual, a very good article from Paul. BTW, what would be those three key features of iPad?
- netcan 17y agoweb browsing, email, media (videos, photos), reading? I'm not sure in what order or even if those are right. I think the iPad gets a slight break though since others in its "category" have many more features and because it is in some ways and iphone/ipod successor, not a brand new product.
- subbu 17y agoInternet
- rimantas 17y ago1) Instant—in broad sense: instant on, rendering speed, responsiveness to manipulation. 2) Comfortable—allows more flexibility orientation and holding-wise than notebooks. IPS screen with 178 viewing angle helps a lot there too. 3) Interface. Combined with 1) it makes to happen the thing that David Carr noticed: "the gadget disappears" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysq7mmGaWoU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysq7mmGaWoU). When you get impression that you are directly manipulating web page, photos or e-book with your bare fingers without much effort why would you think about GHz, number of USB ports, etc.? One of my favorite quotes about design is "Good design is invisible".
- loup-vaillant 17y ago0) Trusted Computing. More seriously, their design is so good that even their "Trusted Computing" scheme is invisible to most people. This is scary.
- rimantas 17y agoMost people don't even know what "Trusted Computing" is, leave alone why would they should be scared by that. Frankly, I am a bit tired of "open is good, closed is bad" rubberstamping without putting much effort into thinking why is that and is it always the case. Reminds me "Four legs good, two legs bad" from the Animal Farm.
- loup-vaillant 17y agoWhat really scares me about the iPad is that as a whole, it is the ultimate consumer's device: you don't produce with the iPad. You don't produce with the iPad because of DRMs, lock down etc. You don't produce with the iPad because of the glorification of the "point and grunt" interface. You don't produce with the iPad because it is more like an interactive TV or a game console than a general purpose computer. If the iPad proves sufficient for most common customers and purposes, it could be successful. Worse, it could set an example. Worse, that new kind of computers could take over most of the world. A world of very very few producers, and many many consumers. Precisely what the internet allow us to avoid, and not very democratic to boot. This, is my "why". About the iPad, at least. Anyway, I don't think such a dystopia will occur. Yet I am certain that many people want it to occur. We have to fight them. I do by not buying the iPad, and telling whoever wants to hear it that this kind of device convey dangerous ideas.
- tedunangst 17y agoWhy would people only interested in consuming pay extra for a "producer" computer that's harder to use? Do you also refuse to buy a TV that doesn't include a camera?
- joe_the_user 17y agoYou can get a netbook more cheaply than an iPad. Also, how many people will not be producers in any capacity at all? I mean, cut out the student, then cut out the managers and accountants, then the writers, then the geeks and designers. Cut out anyone who want to write long emails and even those who want to write long hn replies. I think you're left with a smaller group than you'd think.
- bitwize 17y agoWhat really scares me about the iPad is that as a whole, it is the ultimate consumer's device: you don't produce with the iPad. Of course not, silly, that's what Macs are for.
- jcl 17y ago
- petervandijck 17y ago1) Light/easy to hold. 2) Long battery. 3) Great touch UI/apps that use it.
- petervandijck 17y agoActually, 4) cheap enough