Finally someone gets it
I too have been laughing at all the negative comments. It is a game changer not by it's specs, or numbers, but how it feels and how it interacts with you. I think a lot of the technocrati (myself included) forget are that the majority of the population is emotional, and current computers over look this in favour of quantifiable numbers.
Sure my MBP is good at creating content, but it kinda sucks to consuming content. It is hot, I can't share the screen easily as it has to sit on my lap or I have to hold it up in a funny position. If I carry it around to show something it is awkward to carry because of the funny L shape.
These are all emotional responses that the iPad would rectify and as such would put me more seamlessly in touch with my content than before. It brings the digital one more step closer to being physical.
Watching the keynote, and looking at the iWorks presentation I was blown away at the user interface (UI) and the capabilities. Yes, the UI it is similar to the iPhone, but it is also waaaaaaaay more capable.
What ppl seem to be overlooking is that Apple has had a tablet project going for a long time. It wasn't ready to release earlier on, so you just saw a preview of it in the form of the iPhone. Of course it is going to be similar to the iPhone.
Finally, I am also beginning to understand Apple's push toward the no file metaphor and refusing multitasking. When I go to a computer I don't want to stare at a hierarchal structure of files, which is already an abstraction of the 1's and 0's on the hard drive. I want to interact with content.
When I want to work on my photos I don't want to look at a bunch of .jpegs in folders. I turn to a program like Lightroom, Aperture or iPhoto, which handles the file management on my behalf and instead presents my content to me directly. Same with note and project apps like curio and DevonThink (both of which I find invaluable in my research).
The iPhone/iPads UI embrace the philosophy that the appliance should be focused only on the task at hand, not the niggly details behind that task. You don't need to see files, if it handles the files and backups for you. You don't need multitasking if all you can browse the content from other programs directly (e.g. media inserter). The only exceptions are when you want tasks performed on your behalf in the background (e.g. encoding video, chats, music etc). The former has no place on a tablet, the latter I believe will be allowed to occur. Recall, the iPhone does do multitasking it just doesn't allow anything to be multitasked.
If you want full control over every detail, then there are products already available for you: laptops, netbooks. This is great for flexibility but the experience lacks.
If you want an experience, well then I think the iPad is on the right track.
Think about it for a bit.
I too have been laughing at all the negative comments. It is a game changer not by it's specs, or numbers, but how it feels and how it interacts with you. I think a lot of the technocrati (myself included) forget are that the majority of the population is emotional, and current computers over look this in favour of quantifiable numbers.
Sure my MBP is good at creating content, but it kinda sucks to consuming content. It is hot, I can't share the screen easily as it has to sit on my lap or I have to hold it up in a funny position. If I carry it around to show something it is awkward to carry because of the funny L shape.
These are all emotional responses that the iPad would rectify and as such would put me more seamlessly in touch with my content than before. It brings the digital one more step closer to being physical.
Watching the keynote, and looking at the iWorks presentation I was blown away at the user interface (UI) and the capabilities. Yes, the UI it is similar to the iPhone, but it is also waaaaaaaay more capable.
What ppl seem to be overlooking is that Apple has had a tablet project going for a long time. It wasn't ready to release earlier on, so you just saw a preview of it in the form of the iPhone. Of course it is going to be similar to the iPhone.
Finally, I am also beginning to understand Apple's push toward the no file metaphor and refusing multitasking. When I go to a computer I don't want to stare at a hierarchal structure of files, which is already an abstraction of the 1's and 0's on the hard drive. I want to interact with content.
When I want to work on my photos I don't want to look at a bunch of .jpegs in folders. I turn to a program like Lightroom, Aperture or iPhoto, which handles the file management on my behalf and instead presents my content to me directly. Same with note and project apps like curio and DevonThink (both of which I find invaluable in my research).
The iPhone/iPads UI embrace the philosophy that the appliance should be focused only on the task at hand, not the niggly details behind that task. You don't need to see files, if it handles the files and backups for you. You don't need multitasking if all you can browse the content from other programs directly (e.g. media inserter). The only exceptions are when you want tasks performed on your behalf in the background (e.g. encoding video, chats, music etc). The former has no place on a tablet, the latter I believe will be allowed to occur. Recall, the iPhone does do multitasking it just doesn't allow anything to be multitasked.
If you want full control over every detail, then there are products already available for you: laptops, netbooks. This is great for flexibility but the experience lacks.
If you want an experience, well then I think the iPad is on the right track.
Think about it for a bit.
