Finally, the T day, T stands for tablet, was today and Apple announced their tablet computer. It’s not an iSlate, but an iPad. There is basically 6 models based on capacity and 3G capability.
What do I think about it? Nice. Just nice? No, very nice. Just very nice? No, very good… Ok, what I mean is not that I am disappointed by the device. In fact, the little things I saw about it looks very nice. The interface is very polished and the user experience way over the top. But still…
It is very obvious that Apple is placing that device to compete with the Amazon Kindle and all the e-readers that were announced at CES at the beginning of January. As a person who is not a frequent book reader, an e-reader from Apple is not likely to make me read more. That’s a fact, and that is why I have this love/hate feeling about the device.
Where I’m more interested, it is about having a really small and portable device such as a Netbook. Apple have introduced iWork for the iPad too, making it a good netbook for casual tasks. I use my iPhone as my fully portable device for reading emails and surfing the web. But the screen is small and is good for short reading, quick email answers or Twitter.
Will I buy an iPad? I have 60 days or so to think about it. I find it interesting, but considering I already have an iPhone, a MacBook Pro and an iMac, is it too much for my needs? Maybe.
Another thing that let me suspicious, I have not heard of the device being compatible with Adobe Flash. I do understand the iPhone not having Flash compatibility, but a netbook is compatible with Flash for almost half the price of the iPad. Considering that many web sites uses Flash technology, if the iPad does not support it, I’m better putting my MacBook Pro on my knees.
If pre-order was available today, I may have placed my order to keep priority, and still reserved the right to cancel before it shipped. I’ll continue reading on it, and hope I find my “true path” to the iPad. Even pro columnists on Twitter said that they will buy one, but not because they want one, because they need one to write review about it.
