Blog category: Apple

The iPad is Not the Miracle Device Publishers Wish It Were | May 17th, 2010

This is an entertaining and logical take on the iPad from my old boss, and reflects very well what bothered me so much about the media’s pre-iPad salivation:

The iPad is a gorgeous appliance and I wouldn’t bet against it, or be without one, in the short term. But content creators ought not to delude themselves about Jobs’ efforts to replace the chaos of the Web with his own velvet prison.

Agreed.

iPad Demo Vid | January 31st, 2010

For those who haven’t watched this one yet:

• While smart from a marketing and strategy perspective, Apple’s first-to-market launches always lead to a lot of bugs, so I await the list of flaws when people really start to buy this thing. (Yes, I’m still angry about my iPod dying exactly one month after the warranty ran out. And that one wasn’t even a new product.)
• I still think products like this or the Kindle need to be physically flexible, i.e. soft instead of rigid, before they’ll really catch on as a commuter / on-the-couch reading device. So it’s unfortunate that this isn’t the salvation of media that so many outlets want it to be, even if it’s cool.
• I still would rather have a really solid smartphone than a cool tablet device — Nexus One, please.