You have your laptop and your mobile – do you really need a something in-between? A too big to carry-around mobile-OS based gadget? I am 100% positive to new ways of doing things, but this time I think the hype is just hype – and not a new brilliant idea from Jobs&co. If this gadget becomes mainstream, it is only because people want it because of the hype; the feeling of having something cool – not because it solves anything.
So, I would really like to know when people write about the iPad… What type of computer to you use? (Windows, Linux or OSX). And what mobile do you use? iPhone?? Knowing what the writer has will show if the writer is an Apple evangelist – somebody that will probably be positive even if the product solves nothing. I use Windows 7 on my work laptop and I have to cellphones: Nokia E75 and Nokia N82. I could buy a private laptop (so I am in the market for a lightweight laptop) – but this iPad isn’t it – it could have been the Apple Air… but it is too expensive.
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I used to have Nokias and iPhone changed the way I use a mobile even though it wasn't something I knew I needed. I'm getting the iPad out of the same curiosity, just to see if it'll change how I use my computers. I used to buy tech based on specs, now I'm a lot more interested in new ideas on how we interact with our gadgets. In that regard, both the Apple iPad and Lenovo Hybrid U1 intrigues me. However, my choice to get an iPad is of course affected by the fact that I have "choosen" Apple as my platform.
Disclaimer: The iPad will join the family of an iPhone, a macbook air, an iMac. However, I've had and built my own PCs for close to 15yrs with brief linux love affairs.
Thanks for you comment!
I also find the Lenovo Hybrid U1 intriguing; and I think that this type of "screen-computer" has a value. This type of combined technology has a future - and I guess if Apple had made it - it would have been a guarantied success.
I will not write post after post about the iPad, but I just have to say that this blog post says it all:
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/192799.asp
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