TUAW Fact Check 10 reasons to spend on IPAD
Over 10 things to blog TechRepublic, Debra Littlejohn Shinder published an article entitled "10 reasons why I'm going on the iPad. "Some of his arguments is sound, but many of his points are easy to refute. It is worth looking at his post and the points is trying to do, because it is indicative of a largely misunderstood-not only the capabilities of IPAD, but also their consumer base covered.
1. No physical keyboard
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Debra IPAD is true that there are physical keyboard. But what she ignores is that Apple does not just to sell a dock for IPAD keyboard, the device may also be associated with the existence of Bluetooth keyboard. Apple's reasoning does not include a physical keyboard the IPAD is even more convincing than the iPhone, because unlike the iPhone, which has at least the possibility IPAD coupling with a physical keyboard. For a physical keyboard on the device itself, there are two options: maintain the iPad the same size and the sacrifice of a third the mass of the screen, or increase the size beyond IPAD what some (including Debra) consider and heavy to include a keyboard.
In the horizontal orientation, IPAD virtual keyboard is about the size of a keyboard, too, so as you type will be a challenge, it's a safe bet to write on the iPad will be much faster and easier than the top number of words per minute 30-35 inches strikes many people (including me) carrying the iPhone keyboard is much smaller. The lack of a keyboard at the Physics iPhone is not selling measurable IPAD is not likely to suffer a significant loss of sales of this, either.
(Note: Some people have asked for a source on Bluetooth keyboard problem, especially my assertion that you can use any BT keyboard not only Apple's wireless models. During his practice after IPAD the announcement of the device, Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica verified that "You can use any bluetooth keyboard you want, rather than the Apple keyboard dock. You can use the box / Stand with existing Bluetooth Keyboard. Can not use a Bluetooth mouse, however. ")
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2. One size does not fit all
Debra argues that if the IPAD is supposed to be a niche device located between a telephone and a netbook, which should have a screen size midway between the two – in other words, smaller than a 9.7 "screen, however.'s not how Steve Jobs, put the IPAD to all, during the speech, Jobs Keynote slides clearly showed IPAD fill a gap between the iPhone / iPod Touch and a "MacBook, 13. It Curiously, in a phrase IPAD Debra complains is too big to fit in your pocket while in the next sentence, which extols the virtues of the Sony VAIO X netbooks, which are almost exactly the same size – in terms of weight and thickness anyway. The VAIO X has a 11.1 "16:9 screen, making it actually a little bigger the IPAD Another thing about the VAIO X is a bit larger than the iPad.: price, starting at $ 1,299 – much more expensive than even the most expensive IPAD.
While IPAD not fit in the pocket is much more portable than even a MacBook Air. Stephen Colbert even managed to pull one of his coat at the Grammys, and although the IPAD is greater an iPhone, which is hardly the monster heavy with several people trying to pretend it is.
3. He does a phone OS
One thing that many experts not consider is that the iPhone OS is actually a version of OS X adapted to a touch screen device. No, there is no bar in the Finder, Dock, or in the menu. No, Exposé, Spaces, Time Machine o. But the foundation of the iPhone OS are exactly the same as the version of Mac OS X. So when people complain IPAD not OS X, which are actually languishing OS X features such as those already mentioned – the bar of the Finder, Dock, menus, etc. However, none of these features OS X are particularly suitable for a device Touch screen, especially with a 9.7 "screen. Tablet PC running the full version of Windows and have demonstrated the difficulties of running an operating system for a more traditional interface device with a point and click, and thus, almost all these devices do not penetrate the market.
Debra and others also IPAD cite lack of multitasking as an attack against him. At this point, at least I agree with them. While the iPhone OS already allows limited multitasking between applications Apple's own – Phone, Messages, Mail, Safari, iPod, and all may operate simultaneously in the background – third-party applications are still limited to such solutions as Push Notifications. While restricting the multitasking is a kind of common sense as the iPhone 3G devices with limited processing power and RAM available on IPAD technology limitations do not fly as an excuse. Arguably, no multitasking on the IPAD makes it easier to use for the grandmother and other non-technical but also limits the potential usefulness of the device. It is certainly not IPAD has positioned itself as a substitute for a MacBook, but the ability to run up one or two third-party applications in the fund would be much more versatile device.
Personally, I'd be very surprised if Apple did not offer at least a limited form of multitasking in iPhone OS 4.0. Of course, I also said the same thing last year about the iPhone OS 3.0, so who knows. One point worth mentioning, however: despite the introduction of iWork for IPAD, Apple continues to push the device as a platform for media consumption, not as a productivity platform. To do serious work, Apple still waiting to be used by the host, either an iMac MacBook or a PC.
4. Not enough storage
The most important question to ask at this point: "Who?" Debra said the 64GB model may have a capacity sufficient for their needs, but also grouse about the price of model, compared with the cheapest netbooks with "four times the capacity." I will say I'm surprised by the decision of Apple's page on the ability IPAD to 64 GB of mostly because that's where the iPod touch is actually superior. A 128 GB iPad was really tempting, but unfortunately, given the price of flash memory, probably cost more than $ 1000.
But what is 64 GB can store? In my case, a 64 GB iPad take my entire music collection 39 GB – 19 days worth of music – in addition to my library the iPhoto library of over 7000 photographs, which, when optimized for screen IPAD, would probably take place in the neighborhood of 5 GB, plus or minus one or two crazy Go to my application had about 2 GB of apps on my iPhone 3G, and space Other, probably including the operating system itself takes a little over 1 GB High, which is equivalent to 64 to 47 GB. In my case, this leaves more than 15 GB of space storage for documents, videos, etc.. I say that my Documents folder full IPAD (Do not want – I use iDisk and Dropbox for this) – 4300 documents by taking some more than 2 GB of space. Now we have 13 GB left for video and everything else. Even if I allow a buffer of 3 GB for any reason (including accounting for cons Gio GB difference) is still 10 GB of space for video – enough to store 10 movies of two hours at a decent speed or nearly an entire season of a series of one-hour television.
Let me break it again – a 64 GB iPad, shop:
– 19 days of music
– 7000 photos
– More than 100 applications
– A 2 GB of files with records of 4,300 points
– 20 hours of video
– About 3 GB of free space for anything (Storage vacation photos, e-books accounts, the difference between binary gigabytes gigabytes compared decimals, etc)
There are certainly people with libraries music and photos larger than mine, but most of my friends use Mac-only, on average, 1,500 items in your iTunes library, a photo or two thousand, and perhaps three pages of your iPhone applications. 64 GB may not seem like much on paper but in practice allows block around a large number media. Unless you spend weeks at a time away from your main computer, IPAD should be able to carry the media enough to keep almost everyone entertained for days.
5. No HDMI output or device photo
Debra claims that you can not IPAD video output to a TV HD without an HDMI connector. This is simply not true, with a VGA adapter, you can output video signal IPAD 1024 x 768 to HDTV. With a connector component, can make a PAL signal 576p or 480p NTSC signal to your TV. Well, this is not the definition 1080p ultra-high, but where exactly is going to find This resolution video anyway (besides Blu-Ray and Bittorrent)? I'll admit I would have been nice to have at least 1366 x 768 video but I bet that the vast majority consumers will not even bother to connect the IPAD to TV sets around when it is much easier to just put the screen on his lap and watch a movie IPAD on site.
(Oops – as some people have said, 1080i is 1920 x 1080 [so you know, 1080 i] and not 768 x 1366.'s Resolution my HDTV has, and claims process a 1080i – I did not realize is that the 1080i signal is deinterlaced to fit my resolution screen. Even to sell these TVs stupid, I should have known better. Sorry.)
Another point revealed Debra aspect ratio of 3:4 IPAD, which is far from ideal for the video. It has been said all over the internet, including here on TUAW, but as many have noted, the ideal ratio is 3:4 for almost all other functions of the iPad, except the video: books, documents, web pages and photos are all much closer together in a ratio of 03:04 or 4:3 to 16:9. With a ratio of 16:9 in IPAD is not only the device more than it already is, but would also leave all other forms of media in the device of a disadvantage compared with the video.
IPAD lack of the camera is another point of Debra and others have demonstrated against the device, But multitasking is a point I agree. A rearview camera, like the iPhone deal is not much sense in the IPAD – would be a little heavy trying to take photos or video with a camera of this size, a bit like trying to have a MacBook Air to take photos with your iSight camera. Most people probably have a separate chamber point and shoot to take better photos and / or video of hypothetical IPAD off the rear view camera anyway, and you can upload photos directly on the device or the camera connector IPAD specific player or SD card. However, a front camera for video conferencing would undoubtedly have been a cause of death. Apple apparently thought the same, because it is a space within the IPAD exactly such a camera, only to retire for reasons known only to Apple. If the company is waiting the next generation of IPAD introduce a camera or pulling a big switcheroo as was done with the original iPhone – which was originally scheduled to ship with the trend Plastic side stripes previous iPods, but was replaced with glass almost resistant to scratches in the six months between the announcement and release – you can not say.
6. No USB ports
Debra main complaints against the lack of USB ports that can connect a flash drive or a USB keyboard. As for the keyboard goes, I said that you can buy a dock or use a Bluetooth Keyboard. As for not being able to connect a flash drive? I can understand why some people do – IPAD storage expansion, file transfer, etc, but I'm ready to bet that most people will not be a problem. Though I risk sounding like Bill Gates, the famous "640 should be sufficient for all "to say (although Gates has never said that), 64 GB of space on a device like the iPad really should respond to the needs of most users' -.? at least for the next two years anyway as a file transfer occurs to me a number of current computing solutions Cloud, the simpler e-mail. No, you can not transfer multiple gigabytes of files at once by electronic mail or "cloud", but most people do not transfer data more than once, although a handful of times with a laptop, let alone on a regular basis.
I'm not going to complete fanboy and say it's a good thing for IPAD does not come with USB ports. In fact, I'm kinda with Debra and the other on the same, with the hope that Apple includes at least one port USB. Although probably not use very often port (if any), which undoubtedly belongs to the category of "nice to have." I am an iPod user for nearly five years and an iPhone user for a year, and I can count the number of times I needed / wanted a USB port in one of these devices in the fingers … No exactly, but I must admit I could sing another song with a larger unit as an iPad. But for most people who are likely to buy the IPAD, namely, non-geek non-technical, I just want internet and music and movies "People probably are not losing in all USB ports.
7. There is no flash memory slot
No, IPAD has no flash memory slot. You can buy an SD card reader accessory but while rail and Debra value against other added cost to do, arguing that to achieve the equivalent of "functional for a netbook you can end up spending a lot. "Many of the same arguments for or against USB apply here as in most non-geeks do not go along with a SD port at all. Documents to transfer over SD cards in 2010 smacks of "floppy", we thought we were on strike and the 2800 dot matrix printers and modems for transmission, simply say that Most users will have images or videos on your SD card, most users expect to return to their host to download these files, and most users do not care that IPAD lacks a dedicated SD slot, more than worried about the missing iPod. In any case, the argument of a SD is much less than the argument for USB.
8. The price is not fair
Debra IPAD claims "costs twice the Kindle and other electronic readers. "It is simply untrue. IPAD $ 499 it costs almost double the standard of Kindle, but compared all other e-reader out there, the prices of IPAD is extremely competitive when you consider all that IPAD is iDon't other readers. A Kindle DX 489 million For example, while $ 10 less than the cheapest IPAD, not a color screen, has only 4 GB of storage, has no touchscreen, no applications are running, no e-mail, music, etcetera, etcetera. IPAD price is the only aspect of the device that some experts have complained, in fact, prices on Wall Street and other Financial analysts doing cartwheels.
You even compared with other similar companies IPAD to see what a good deal. The 16 GB costs $ IPAD 300 more than 8 GB iPod touch is $ 300, which allows twice the capacity, a much bigger screen and better quality processor, more powerful, better Wi-Fi 802.11n, including greatly improved battery performance, a speaker and a microphone, and possibly access to a variety of applications designed to take advantage of IPAD screen more and superior performance. IPAD has a 32 GB the price difference to $ 300 per report A 32-GB iPod touch, like the 64 GB model. Once you add another $ 130 for 3G wireless expands the price difference, but it is a utility device – the mobile broadband access is available whenever a 3G network, which, as iPhone users already know, is priceless.
Debra fully equipped compared to $ 829 3G-enabled IPAD "a portable, compact and powerful run a complete operating system with multitasking, and comes with USB and Ethernet and SD, 4 GB of RAM and 250 GB of storage. "The" operating system itself "no is talking about OS X, however, and the laptop you're talking about is definitely not made by Apple. This could not make a difference for many people, but if you are already in the Mac cost too much "of the field, it is no wonder the IPAD is not very attractive compared with running Windows Home Edition, plastic, laptop-bin commercial quality Dell or HP, which is almost certain to stop working in two years or less. Yes, I recognize the sound of this very fanboyish sentence. No, I do not apologize for it. cheap laptops are just that: cheap. Call it elitism, fanboyism, drinking Kool-Aid, whatever: I prefer to endure IPAD gaps such as "powerful", but laptops oh-so-cheapo from other manufacturers.
9. It is enclosed in
"There to buy the apps from the App Store, "says Debra. Yes, I know: in a tent more than 140,000 applications available, most of them free, and capable to do almost anything. I hate the App Store for some reason? Fine. Jailbreak the thing and use Cydia instead. Apple can do that, and they can out of their way to prevent it, but if you are thinking about jailbreak and not going to stop, right?
A vocal minority of people like to complain about "technology providers when it comes to the iPhone / iPod touch / IPAD, even though these same people were probably playing with video game systems from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft for decades – On all platforms "technology providers" even more pervasive and insidious than the Apple platform. What these people do not seem to understand is that the same vendor lock-in is precisely what prevents the Apple mobile platforms that will be screened viruses, malware and applications in more shit than the code. "The security by obscurity "may be valid (ish) The argument to use the Mac, but with 75 million people with the iPhone OS is a priority for developers virus too. This same "walled garden" that developers of Linux and open Internet evangelist, "lamenting that keeps the platform iPhone to be a nightmare unusable. Yes, the approval process for the App Store, in many cases has been a pain in the lower part, but things are improving – Applications that once might have taken days or weeks to get approval now go through the approval process within hours. Sales in the App Store "lock-in" iPhone phone one iota? No. In fact, sales of the iPhone has taken the measure after the App Store arrival.
Yes, Apple as a gatekeeper "to fans of George Orwell annoying. But somebody has to keep the door, because at the time of the iPhone OS platform is a true" open " as some people are married, the same time, the Russian mafia distance away from your iPhone to a basement in Vladivostok, because you only have to download it "Honeys Siberia" dark alleys of Internet application.
Other aspects of the dreaded "lock-in" who cares Debra are full of lies. "Can not run Skype to make phone calls," with the IPAD, he says. "We will not cut into the iPhone market, after everything. "Say what? That must be news to the Skype team, which has investigated a specific application IPAD Skype. Must be new to Apple, too, that no longer limits the use of VoIP over 3G. "You can not download flash installed in your browser, which means you do not see these YouTube. Video" Say it again How long has the iPhone / iPod touch / IPAD unable to watch youtube Oh right:?. Not since you can not put the letters in the IPAD, but according to our informal survey, 75% of those planning to buy one or the other does not care or just happy to Flash is not an apparition.
What is hardware lock-in? "Debra said that "can not even remove and replace the battery yourself," which was true of all the iPod only since 2001 and has not stopped people from buying them by the millions. She continued and said: "If flying to Australia and wanted to carry an extra battery for extra long flight, forget it." Um. A two second search on Google for "external battery for iPhone" could be a good idea. And speaking from experience personal, if you stay awake for a full flight across the Pacific Ocean, you have much more pressing problems to worry about the battery on your IPAD, the fact that you will feel as if hit by a truck after landing. Take it from someone who knows: flying across the Pacific are the best dedicated to the happy unconsciousness.
10. The network
Yes, IPAD 3G connection is available only in AT & T … if you live in United States. If, like me, living in what is known informally as "the world", this argument against buying a 3G phone with no sense ability IPAD for you. But let's stick to the States for a moment and analyze the argument against Debra AT & T network. No, AT & T is not everyone (or maybe even a person) 'S U.S. network favorites, but the pay-as-you-go ", not completely IPAD contract plans are very compelling prices. You can get 250 MB Data for $ 14.99 (not 20 million Debra claims in his article), which is more than enough for casual data usage. 250 MB does not look like much on paper, but that's what my plan started with the iPhone here in New Zealand. I've never been 100 MB or more of data usage per month until I started using the iPhone tie, and I believe that my use data quite robust. The "unlimited" AT & T plans $ 30 per month is much better, but "unlimited" means that only 5 GB, not going to burn more amount of data that uses the connection each time of day of each month.
Debra argument against these plans is that it's another bill to pay on top your cell phone bill, but that's the beauty of IPAD plans: contract without incurring, you can cancel the plan at any time. If you start with $ 30 month "unlimited" in the plan the iPad, only to discover that his head is not in use 250 MB, rather than being locked into the plan for another 23 months, you can return to plan $ 15. If you find you do not have 3G coverage at all, you can always buy the Wi-Fi IPAD. "Good luck finding these hotspots Wi-Fi" Debra says in response to this idea, which seems right for us in New Zealand, where Wi-Fi is as rare as gold, but much less in the U.S., where Wi-Fi usually only a library or coffee away.
If you absolutely must have 3G IPAD should absolutely not use AT & T, and are willing to spend twice as much for the privilege of going with Verizon, you still have the option to connect to an IPAD Mifi (perhaps – we will have to wait until the IPAD actually released before we know if it works or not.) Moreover, just because the IPAD is not available on Verizon right now (now now now) does not mean never, Apple and Verizon are "while to speak "for the IPAD and / or iPhone on the network.
We reached the end of the ten points of Debra, but not at the end of mine. My last point, that sums it up all: as the Mac, as the iPod, and like the iPhone, iPad is not for everyone. Not even for me – despite all the words you have just passed the defense of it, I'm not going to buy an iPad until next year at the earliest, and if they decided not to replace my current aging MacBook Pro with the same team instead of an iMac / IPAD combined.
The key is that the IPAD can not be all things to all people. Not intended to replace full-fledged Mac or PC – is designed as an extension of a device largest ultra-portable, and another with a distance easier interface and more intuitive, a "team for the rest of us," if you will. And make no mistake: Debra Littlejohn Shinder each for each "open Internet" geek shouting "lock-in" whenever the Apple name is mentioned, for each "no multitasking No flash, no sale "techno, for each expert dismissive shrugs and says:" iPod touch is just a big, "At least one person who has been waiting for a device like the iPad, and these people are the ones who become successful. If you love it or hate it, IPAD is indicative of the future direction of computing.
But just for the sake of argument, let's say a laptop can cook now "better" than IPAD, a dream device is USB output of 1080, a removable battery, run the Mac OS X version has a forward facing camera is not dependent on AT & T, is not "closed" to App Store, has a physical format keyboard, widescreen, and has over 64 GB of storage. What might device look like?
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