Apple iPad: a solution waiting for a problem

This week’s announcement from Apple about their much awaited tablet PC was both unsurprising and disappointing.

We all kind of knew that device would be for media consumption that it would be a great computer for non-computer users, or for people who want another device for specific tasks, for reading magazines, browsing in bed, watching video on the train, etc.

My disappointment comes from the opportunity has not been grasped to make a tablet for content creation. The touch screen is such an expressive way to interact with a computer, better still if the screen can be shared/displayed. I want to be able to prototype a web interface, to record and edit video, visualise my source code, arrange documents into the right order.

As Stephen Fry quite rightly suggests, these things will come and we should commend Apple for bringing iPad to market and showing the world what might be without keyboards.

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2 Responses to “Apple iPad: a solution waiting for a problem”

  1. jim Says:
    January 29th, 2010 at 5:53 pm

    It’s a computer for people that don’t want/need (can’t handle) a proper computer.

    My mum would love one.

  2. someone Says:
    March 10th, 2010 at 11:55 pm

    Sounds good

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