Check out: "Apple iPad first hands-on! (update: video!)" -
www.engadget.com http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/27/apple-ipad-first-hands-on/?icid=engadget-iphone-url http://digg.com/apple/Apple_iPad_first_hands_on'; Here it is folks, the Apple
iPad. The screen is gorgeous, tilting is responsive, and the thing is super thin. Still, if you've used the iPhone before -- and you can see the
two devices side-by-side here -- there's not a lot of surprises here so far. Here are some initial thoughts on the iPad:
- It's not light. It feels pretty weighty in your hand.
- The screen is stunning, and it's 1024 x 768. Feels just like a huge iPhone in your hands.
- The speed of the CPU is something to be marveled at. It is blazingly fast from what we can tell. Webpages loaded up super fast, and scrolling was without a hiccup. Moving into and out of apps was a breeze. Everything flew.
- There's no multitasking at all. It's a real disappointment. All this power and very little you can do with it at once. No multitasking means no streaming Pandora when you're working in Pages... you can figure it out. It's a real setback for this device.
- The ebook implementation is about as close as you can get to reading without a stack of bound paper in your hand. The visual stuff really helps flesh out the experience. It may be just for show, but it counts here.
- No camera. None, nada. Zip. No video conferencing here folks. Hell, it doesn't have an SMS app!
- It's running iPhone OS 3.2.
- The keyboard is good, not great. Not quite as responsive as it looked in the demos.
- No Flash confirmed. So Hulu is out for you, folks!
Update: We've got video, head after the break to check it out!
After reading this I'm disappointed. I was hoping to see better functionality and features.
From a business stand point it's not worth the $500 if it doesn't even have multitasking functionality.
Maybe we'll see some improvements in the next version of the OS, but even then people are going to be pissed when the next generation iPad includes a forward and rear facing video camera and maybe even an FM receiver even there's the Last.FM app.
What are your thoughts on the iPad?
