Is The Ipad Worth The Price Tag?
When Apple CEO Steve Jobs raved in early 2009 how the iPad would change the technology world forever people in the technology world started to grow crazy with anticipation. Even before the release people expected the iPad to be the best thing that Apple has ever released, which is a big deal considering Apple has created the iPod, which pretty much everyone in the world currently owns, and the iPhone that transformed the way smartphones are now made.
But just like the iPod, and iPhone, the iPad which will hit the market with a $499 starting price tag got mixed reviews when it was launched early this month. Some people loved the sleek new look and others bashed it for not having most of the features that you could get in a laptop. Hate it or love it just like the previous two devices this is the first generation iPad by the time the third version comes out it will be considered by most the best thing in the world. Even though the critics who hate the iPad have nothing good to say about it, they all agree that the iPad will be the end of the Kindle and any other electronic reader out there.
I have yet to see or use an iPad so I will hold out my opinion of it, but here is what some experts in the field have to say about it.
Quotes on the iPad
Tech Blogger Allegemeine Zeitung “expectations for the new Apple product were so high they were difficult to fulfill.”
Om Malik from tech site GigaOm ” its perfectly made for the consumption of digital media: games, music, photos, videos, magazines, newspapers, and e-books.”
Britain’s Daily Telegraph tech writer Claudine Beaumont “it won’t replace your laptop, but I think it may have sounded the death knell for notebook computers.”
MG Siegler of TechCrunch ” it felt like I was holding the future.”
Nintendo President Saturo Iwata ” it’s a bigger iPod Touch, there were no surprises for me.”
Was Apple the second company to make the iPad?
Back in August a Chinese company by the name of Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial Co developed the “P88″ which looks just like the newly launched iPad. The only real difference is the P88 is thicker with a larger screen, more memory, and has USB ports. While many believe Apple were the first ones to come up with the concept, executives for the P88 say that they were first and Apple designed the same thing they all ready did. However many do agree that the iPad is better than the already distributed P88 but it makes you wonder how did two company design two similar products within a short period of time.
For what I can tell I think the iPad would be a good device to have because of it’s light weight which makes it much more easier to carry around then a laptop. You can play games, download music and books right to it which saves you room.
By: Frank Bilotta
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