For starters, the iPad is not a computer.
And everyone has to stop looking at it like this.

It’s an appliance, like your stereo, dvd, hoover, microwave etc.

It’s a closed box designed to do one task and serve a single purpose or need in your life, not do everything.Second I’m tired of people saying, ‘so, it’s just a big iphone’.. (like it’s a bad thing)

Err, yes of course it’s just a big iphone, the point that everyone is forgetting is the iphone is a unique new type of computing device (making it revolutionary), and it’s interface and design so simple a child of 2 can use with ease (I have even seen a 9 month old baby unlock the iphone and start scrolling around now thats’ user experience).Apple have not complicated things, they’ve kept it simple so the whole world can use these devices.
It’s not perfect and could do more (But everything it does do, it does perfectly, no fuss, no hassle, good UX)

The rumor is though, that iphoneOS (or just iOS now) was designed for the ipad first, as a computing system that needs no knowledge of computers to use and learn. The perfect computing appliance, a terminal into the online world & your personal media with no fuss, no learning curve, It just works – like turning on your dishwasher.. So the iphone is just a side effect of the iPad, so you could say the iphone is a small iPad with a phone in it, not the other way round.

It is limited as far as a computer, but this device has to work easily / seamlessly for everyone.
(If your a developer / hacker / techy – Try android or Micro$ofts Windows Phone 7 If you want to get your fingers dirty and make it do new crazy things) But I bet you wouldn’t go putting a more powerful motor in your washing machine – cause it is, what it is and does the job you need it for.

Lastly the iPad is not meant to replace your computer, it’s meant to compliment it. It’s a tool (appliance) to serve a purpose, by providing easy go anywhere access to the world of communication and knowledge available online now.

Making the web finally truly social, and I don’t mean facebook, I mean for example, no one minds me passing them an ipad to look at something while at a dinner party, or while watching a film, at a bar etc. forget about it though if I start unfolding a heavy laptop to pass around, that’s just not done. But the iPad is somehow acceptable in these situations, like a phone generally is. Truly the best of both in one package.

Yes there will be and are over 50 different tablet PC’s with Android and Linux etc coming out or are already out as an alternative. But I guarantee they will all miss the point and the user experience and interfaces of these devices will not come close to the ipad.

Everybody is always so caught up trying to make the next iPhone or iPad killer, but they always miss the point and will try and do too much in an effort to jump in front of apple, and by the time they have copied 90% of the products functionality and released something half decent, Apple will have moved on again to bigger and better things, and completely side stepped the fight, letting everyone else head down a direction that the user’s only think they want.

Unfortunately the customer is not always right, and while other businesses follow market research to design a good product that suits every man and his dogs requirements, Apple do not, they follow one man’s vision, a man who thinks he knows what’s best for the you and the world and tells you (Arrogant, but it works) ‘too many cooks’ ‘you can’t please everyone’ ‘simple is best’ ‘less is more’ etc.

We didn’t even know we were missing something or that there was a hole too fill, until Apple did.

Other business will try to follow suit and play catch up, but none are able to innovate in the same way and I’m not sure anyone can catch Apple now.

Anyway rant over… For now.

Sent from my iPad

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