iPad Pros and Cons. iPad, the destroyer: 19 things it will kill — RoughlyDrafted Mag. Daniel Eran Dilger Pundits, particularly of the Windows Enthusiast variety, don’t understand the iPad. It won’t kill the netbook and certainly can’t kill the notebook, they tell us. If only they knew what the iPad was really meant to destroy. .Steve Jobs likes to kill old things Back in the 1970s, Steve Jobs pushed his Apple co-founder to kill the expansion slots of the Apple II. Steve Wozniac fought to retain them, but by 1984, Apple was selling lots of machines without slots, including the Apple IIc and the Macintosh.
They supplied easier to use ports instead, so users didn’t have to buy a serial expansion card just to plug in their printer. Jobs killed the 5.25“ floppy drive by introducing the 3.5” floppy on the Macintosh, then killed it off too in the 1998 iMac, telling users to burn CDs or use the network. Jobs has uniquely, and remarkably, kept pace with radical changes in technology to maintain a position on the progressive front fringe of tech like no other figure in history. Fanboyism or truth?? Fanboy! LOL re: fanboyism :) Gunfighter1: @techmama Not truth, just... Apple iPad FAQs - Pogue's Posts Blog. Ryan Anson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In my column in The Times on Thursday, I reviewed the Apple iPad — twice.
Once for the techies who care only about specs and feature lists, the other for regular people. There’s never enough room to say everything when the product is this different, so you, lucky subscriber to my e-mail newsletter, get this special bonus edition: Pogue’s iPad FAQs. These are the most frequently asked questions I’ve received about the iPad. I don’t get it from your column. Should I get the iPad or not? Well, I thought I made it clear that it depends on your mindset. If you need a laptop, though, get a laptop. Can it print? No. I read that it has a fingerprint-resistant screen, but then you said the fingerprints show up disgustingly. Fingerprints are greasily, streakily visible when you turn off the screen. Is the on-screen keyboard really that bad? When you’re holding the iPad in portrait view, the keyboard is too small to touch-type normally. No. No USB. This is why you should buy an iPad | Macgasm. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the iPad in the past week.
After spending the past few months trying my hardest to ignore the rampant speculation, I have realized why this tablet was so highly anticipated. There is a need for a third pillar in computing that is smack-dab between the smartphone and the laptop. I like to call it “Bed browsing.” The iPad fulfills the need of a light-weight device that you can use in any position.
When I visit a friend’s house for a day, I don’t want to schlep my MacBook Pro, so I just bring my iPod Touch. However, it is strictly for short-term personal usage. Just like any Apple product, the iPad doesn’t try to be everything to everybody. You should buy an iPad if you feel a hole in your computing needs. Don’t pretend like this is the magic pill for portable computing. iPad magazines: Don't believe the hype. Mashable's Pete Cashmore says the first generation of iPad magazine apps falls short. Wired's iPad app contains full-page brand advertising and lacks a search function Popular Science app includes the "Letters" section from the magazine Author: The next generation of iPad magazine apps may see vast improvements (CNN) -- Much has been said about the iPad's ability to reinvigorate the publishing industry. But the first generation of magazine apps on the iPad fall short: They're an attempt to turn the clock back, rather than move the medium forward.
Having splurged on a half-dozen iPad magazines this month, they're now gathering dust on my home screen, never to be read again. Wired: Early success Perhaps the most dazzling magazine app on the iPad is Wired magazine. Developed in partnership with Adobe, the app sold 73,000 copies in the first nine days after launch. Wired wants you to read the app like a magazine, too: one page at a time. A lack of links How can we do digital better?