BashLogic said it best. I'm utterly disappointed.
It's the most pointless Apple product since the Macbook Air. No multitasking? Fuck you, Apple. You could get away with that on your phone, but not on something as big as the pad. And no camera? One proprietary port?

Of course, the fanboys are going to eat it up like hot cakes because the fanboys are stupid like that. And then the general population will start buying it because "other people are buying it so it must be good."

I'll stick with my old, broken, heavy tablet PC.
You people don't know Apple in any way. They know we want multitasking, they know we wanted a camera on the iPad. They won't do it just like that. Either the next iPad will have the camera for extra fees or something. As for multitasking, it wants you to buy everything it releases, since you expect it won't have multitasking anyways, and then BAM! they will release the multitasking devices, for you to buy them.
They just want to profit. Not saying that in a bad way. I think Apple is great.
umm in reality no one cares if apple is great or not what really matters is the crowd if the crowd wants an itablet 5-7 inch and cam for video calls and camera for photos and capable of at least 720p or 1080i ( hook it to ur hdtv) minimum of 120gb running real osx and of course usb connection
did i mention u get all these things + the things that are on the ipad on the hp slate (windows 7)
i dont care about the price i think 10 inch is totally ridiculous u cant even attach it to ur car Ipad is epic fail
Aj_BlaZ wroteumm in reality no one cares if apple is great or not what really matters is the crowd if the crowd wants an itablet 5-7 inch and cam for video calls and camera for photos and capable of at least 720p or 1080i ( hook it to ur hdtv) minimum of 120gb running real osx and of course usb connection
did i mention u get all these things + the things that are on the ipad on the hp slate (windows 7)
i dont care about the price i think 10 inch is totally ridiculous u cant even attach it to ur car Ipad is epic fail
RUN-ON SENTENCES ! man please try to punctuate :)
Its hilarious, it looks like an iPhone fed with the super mario magic mushroom...
rolf wroteIts hilarious, it looks like an iPhone fed with the super mario magic mushroom...
Wouldn't you love it if it made the magic mushroom sound when you start it up? :p
i can imagine this thing falling down from the hand of a user,a screen of this caliber easily breaks unlike smaller ones , they will be making fortunes replacing screens and blown covers :P
samer wroteThis article slightly shaped my opinion.
I can't hear John Gruber most of the time because his head is too far up Apple's ass. If I had to reply to this article, I'd say I agree with all the facts listed but it's not what I care about. This first version of the pad - because there will be upgraded versions - is too crippled and it doesn't fill any niche, it just stands there awkwardly.

Until I can do at least TWO things simultaneously, I won't feel like I'm using a computer. When I see videos like this, that's when I get interested and excited.
Like I just read in a comment:
Too big to be an iphone and too weak to be a laptop. What are people supposed to do with it?
If I had money to spare, Id but one to take notes during business meetings and to watch movies on long flights, or for couch-surfing, or other such stuff. But does it run Photoshop (etc.)? No. So I have to keep my laptop. And my cell phone.
I think the iPad is a luxury. An affordable one, but still a luxury. Im sure there will be people to buy it though, but not students and younger people.
But ill probably end up buying one :-)
After all, sometimes luxury is a necessity!
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duckster wrotegreat features, except for the name :)
Good one. Apple work good on iPad but forgotten to give it a good name also. LOL
Multitasking is coming in OS4, as announced by Apple yesterday in the keynote. It will come Fall '10
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if you have an iphone or an apple touch, you can upgrade to the ipad for free:

battikh wroteif you have an iphone or an apple touch, you can upgrade to the ipad for free:
Exactly... They built the iPhone that don't fit in your pocket !
Well folks, the iPad is now available in Lebanon. I thought it was not yet released internationally, but I saw it in Virgin Megastore, of all places.

Are any of you considering getting one? It costs between 900 (16gb) and 1200 (64gb) dollars. Class has them for the same price.

I might consider it if it weren't for the INSANE pricing.
I'll be getting one for my wife, she's in the news industry and could use such a device.
EddieEC wroteYou people don't know Apple in any way. They know we want multitasking, they know we wanted a camera on the iPad. They won't do it just like that. Either the next iPad will have the camera for extra fees or something. As for multitasking, it wants you to buy everything it releases, since you expect it won't have multitasking anyways, and then BAM! they will release the multitasking devices, for you to buy them.
They just want to profit. Not saying that in a bad way. I think Apple is great.
I was shocked first when I read this post, but then I thought "oh well, that's how Apple sells its products anyway". Yeah, basically what I'm saying is that Apple simply depends on its fanboys to sell its products. Even if that product is literally useless, there WILL be thousands buying that product simply because it's yet another product from Apple.

EddieEC, hopefully you'll take some marketing courses or read some basic marketing book someday. Then return back to this particular post and tell me what you feel. Good marketing is when you give the consumer what he wants, and not make him wait for an upgrade that includes what he wants. What if some other company produces a similar product that provides a cam and multi-tasking abilities? What would happen to this crappy iPad? I'll leave that for you to figure it out :)

BUT, unfortunately, as I mentioned above: Apple has successfully nurtured an extremely loyal population of customers (which they deserve a lot of credit for actually). They were able to do that with their release of the first iPhone which was innovative at that time. So now, they strongly depend on their blind customers who are willing to buy THIS iPad knowing that the next iPad will most likely have the other features which are not available in this one. And yeah, they WILL buy the next iPad as well when it's out.