Apple announces the new iPad……..

But will it be a success? After all, it is supposed to be a level between the iPhone & a laptop. But has anyone been crying out for such a device? Industry experts are already suggesting that netbooks have had their day, so how will another device succeed in a similar arena?

Or will it be that the usual collection of “oh it’s Apple, I must have it” adopters spark off demand for a product which already appears to be pretty flawed in it’s usability! Will the style of the iPad mean it’s a must have in the same way that the original iPhone was, despite it taking 3 generations to become the phone it should’ve been in the first place?!

Numerous names were being thrown around (iTablet, iSlate, iPad) but which name was Apple going to choose? Does iPad sound right. Why would Apple want to name their new product something that sounds so familiar to the iPod? Some people are already calling it the “iTampon” & you’d have thought they might have done a search on the Internet to see if anyone had used the name already!!!!!

Once again, no multi-tasking! So, if you’re writing a document you can’t listen to music, you can’t have TweetDeck open if you want to check your email, you can only do one thing at a time, which has always been a complaint with the iPhone.

There’s no camera on the iPad! There’s a microphone, but no camera. If you look at the size of the case that surrounds the screen, there is ample space for a camera so where is it? The iPad should come with a 3-megapixel camera built in. As it stands, this means no iChat/Skype chat for you.

More ridiculously large adapters!! If you want to access your camera or plug in something USB, then strat searching for your adapters; both huge. Apple has adopted USB on its Macs, why is it still insisting on propriety sockets for users, who will have USB on most other products.

The iPad needed to update the keypad for touchscreen devices & make it easier to use. So what have they done? Just make a larger version of what they already had. It’ll be incredibly hard to type on, unless you’re lying flat with your knees holding the device up, or you buy the iPad Case (essentially an book cover).

Still no Flash playback! Most of you are probably accustomed to Apple devices not being Flash compatible, but if Apple is truly wanting to compete with other Netbooks, they need to remedy this. With a larger screen comes more responsibilities, you can’t just leave gigantic holes in the middle of webpages if you then expect to be able to claim it “the best web experience you’ve ever had“. Even iPhone users are complaining that they want Flash on their device.

Unfortunately, Apple seems to be able to get away with leaving huge gaps in its technology, because people don’t know any better. They like the way it looks, it says iSomething on the case & will make other people jealous……….what about how it works people?!!!!!