If you know me, and said the word iPad in our recent conservation, I’d probably said that thing is one huge bullshit. In fact, I don’t have any love towards not just iPad, but generally tablets. I do not own any tablet, but tried the iPad 1/2 in Apple store. My father seems to like it, I don’t. Why?
I am not fancy about any hybrid product. Any hybrid product, 18-200mm lens, crossover SUVs, tablets, all these hybrid things, never get the job done perfectly. Tablet, the crossbreed between laptop and phone, have the same if not less function of a phone, but loses the portability. Why would I need to use a tablet?
Browse web, check news, mini game, all these can be done with a cellphone. eBook? I still prefer a real book. I don’t need to bring thousands of books with me to work. One thin paperback keeps me from boring in the subway. And the iPad display really isn’t for reading anyway. Kindle’s e-Ink is much better in terms of text reading. If one is really looking for a e-reader, Kindle or Nook is the way to go. Unless you are taking e-reader as an excuse.to get you into the fruit club.
Also, calling. I know some of the tablets can call, but some don’t. So after all, iPad or any other tablets that can’t call, is just a sized up smartphone, well, PDA, if people still remember that old school handheld device.
At least the iPad gets a sized up screen, doesn’t it? Yea, sized up in dimension, not in resolution. 1024x768 in today’s standard is just……yesterday. It can’t even play a proper 720p aka fake HD. Same thing’s going on with the camera (the rear camera, forget the front one). Said to be able to shoot 720p video (that’s fine), and 720p photo. You know why the spec didn’t mention how many megapixel it is? Cause it sucks. 1280x720 = 921600 = 0.92MP. Phones 5 years ago get better quality than this “HD” camera.
So, the iPad is a big ass phone that can’t call, and has a camera that is worse than my phone. Maybe we shouldn’t compare it to a phone, that seems unfair. Let’s compare it to a netbook. Can I type? Can I use a mouse? Not if you want to keep your warranty. Can I play Facebook games? Most don’t because it can’t play Flash. Can I hook it up to my camera? Yea, just pay 30 bucks to get a connection kit. HDMI? $40. Composite? $40. VGA? $30.
It cannot do what phones do, nor netbook do. iPad? No thanks.
