Comments on: iPad Hardware Roundup

By: Karey Billheimer

Karey Billheimer — Sat, 01 May 2010 18:59:38 +0000

Hey keep up the great work.

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By: Wiz

Wiz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:47:52 +0000

Just a brief comment on the business user aspect (which is a slightly narrow but probably important customer segment): I think that relying on such users to buy both an iPhone and an iPad greatly narrows the appeal in this segment.

To qualify this, many companies provide computers (largely pc’s in my experience) and phones (small ones with relatively superior battery capacity than the iphone); in this segment the iPad needs to compete on weight, ease of use and features. Reading the news paper, watching videos in the air, chatting when waiting, etc. That’s the things one would like to do but not something to bother with booting up the laptop for… At least in my experience anyway.

Otherwise, I really like the granny-appeal you suggest.

By: stevnv

stevnv — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:01:22 +0000

Look for lone remaining 32GB “iPod Touch Classic” Model in a year.

By: Tom Dixon

Tom Dixon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:05:30 +0000

How did I forget the microphone?!? Thanks for the reply–very thorough and very much in line with my thinking, too. I had a short debate with someone yesterday about whether it would be an iPod Touch killer; I’m curious about how much the extreme portability of the Touch will play into the future of the two devices as I am not yet convinced that the younger crowd is willing to tote around a device the size of a notebook as a replacement for the Touch. Time will tell on all of these points.

By: Tom Dixon

Tom Dixon — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:59:48 +0000

Josh, I agree that it isn’t a product killer, but it certainly is a product enhancer, particularly for the demographics Apple seems to be targeting with the features they were pimping yesterday.

By: stevnv

stevnv — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:12:16 +0000

Of all the people who have told me that they were going to get a new computer soon, when i recommend the MacBook, they say they want to surf the net and e-mail and look at pictures.
They don’t realize the hassle free experience that Mac can provide for those very things. Being surrounded by adverts for $399 netbooks and $499 laptops, they have a complete aversion to the price of an apple.
While an iPad will not likely replace the home computer (unless the MacBook Air superdrive will work to rip CD’s into iTunes and play DVD’s -not likely) this device sounds like the perfect beast for someones 74 year old mother to use. And it is sitting at a price that the average consumer can look at and justify – The most expensive iPod is $399 USD , the visually stunning iPad is only $100 more for a bigger, easier to read screen and enhanced functionality.

My take on the hardware: The iPad is an Ipod touch on steroids. Apple has left out the camera and not included a mic just for the fact that it is a machine that should compliment the iphone and not compete with it. The iPad’s iWork programs that the phone wont run and the camera (and of course the phone part ) on the iPhone separate the two devices enough that students and business persons loyal to Apple are likely to get both.
If tethering is supported, perhaps – and its a big perhaps – the iphone can be spun around and used as a bluetooth camera for iChat while the program is running.
Will the Rowmote app or any similar app running on the iPhone be able to control the iPad during a Keynote presentation instead of having to walk around with the iPad in hand while physically connected to a projector by a cable and an adaptor?
That would be handy in a Keynote presentation.

I currently have an iPod touch and when Bell rolls (hopefully) 4G into Saskatchewan after it has focusing on Vancouver, I will be getting an iPhone as soon as possible.
I see the iPad as the at home solution for quickly checking e-mail of the internet at home or, when paired with apple’s diminutive and optional bluetooth keyboard and an upright stand/case, an ultra portable device to take to classes or work. The MBP can stay at home for the short jaunts then and not get lost or damaged in transit.
Unless i sell or lose the iPod somewhere i don’t have a big inclination to get the iPad but it fits a niche for a lot of people who wouldn’t get mac hardware.
You are very right, the final analysis of the iPad cannot be made until it has been released to the public but it just might be an iPod touch killer as well as a netbook killer.

By: Joshua Schnell

Joshua Schnell — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:46:42 +0000

I tend to agree, but I wouldn’t call it a product killer. For me, I rarely use the iSight in my MBP. I think I might have used it 2-3 times in the last 6-8 months.

Maybe I just need to get out more.

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By: Wiz

Wiz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:29:08 +0000

Good summary; it is hard to fathom how an iSight cam did not make it to the final released version.

This device would complement my work pc (sadly we have pc’s) on business travels, but without a camera I’ll not be able to video-chat with family etc. The lack of iSight is, unfortunately, a product killer for me. Guess I’ll have to wait for the next version…