http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRcTYgEx3mI
“Steve Ballmer’s” iPad review
(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Six months ago an Apple analyst told me he thought the company’s long-term goal was to become the internet’s cable TV company. I didn’t get it then. I really get it now. Most think of Apple as a computer or consumer electronics company. I think that’s becoming a means to a much bigger end: becoming a giant news, entertainment and communications network with Googillian ambitions.
Fred Vogelstein in Wired
What if, globally speaking, the iPad is not the next big thing? What if the next big thing is small, cheap and not American? … . even as hundreds of thousands here unwrap their iPads, another future entirely may be unfolding overseas on the cellphone.
From the New York Times
Ars Technica and others review the iPad
Ars Technica and others review the iPad
Ars Technica review: the best review of the iPad I’ve seen to date; long, detailed and comprehensive.
Gizmodo review.
Engadget review.
Slate’s Explainer on the legality of Apple restricting the software that runs on the iPad.
FontFeed on how the iPad is missing good typography.
I played with an iPad for half an hour in the store today. Initial impressions: Much heavier than I expected, and probably too heavy for extended holding and reading. Would be nice as an ebook reader, but for $600, wildly too expensive. Actual work – typing, editing – seems like it would be a pain in the ass. Safari browser = ok, but not great; lack of flash support annoyed me in just my ten minutes of web browsing. Plus I would miss synching my bookmarks through Xmarks on firefox (and I’d also miss the Echofon firefox add-on). Speed: I had heard the iPad was quite fast, but it suffered in comparison to my MacBook Pro. Sound: very poor. iPhoto: very nice, as was video. Think I’ll wait for a cheaper, hopefully lighter, android/chrome/windows tablet.