The iPad is here. And?
And… I won’t be standing in line to buy this version of the latest iProduct and here’s why:
No Flash support, just like the iPhone. I can put up with blue boxes in the place of websites on the iPhone, but not on a tablet that I’d like to use for surfing! (Not to mention Jobs single highhandedly contributing to the demise of Flash – but that’s anther story.)
No multi-tasking. You can’t have two applications open at the same time! It feels like 1994 computing.
No camera for video conferencing. No camera for taking pictures. Nada.
No widescreen mode. Movies formatted for widescreen are squished into the 4:3 aspect ratio making it unusually painful to watch.
Apple only applications. The iPad will only run applications from the iTunes store, unlike any standard mini-laptop that runs all kinds of applications.
Side loading only. Think you can download whatever you want off the Internet onto your iPad? Think again! The only way to download anything to your iPad is by hooking yourself up to another device using a cable. (Come on Jobs!)
It’s not perfect, however there are a number of wonderful things about the iPad. For everything you need to know check out Gizmondo.com
