Apple has never gone out of its way to facilitate the consumption of pirated media - which, let's be honest, is what we're really talking about here.
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iPad SDK 3.2 Details: External Display, File Sharing System, No Multitasking
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Apple has never gone out of its way to facilitate the consumption of pirated media - which, let's be honest, is what we're really talking about here.
[They won't be afraid of the iPad. They won't think it's incompatible with what they already have...it "works" with their PC and with their iPhone software investment. It is targeted at people who love their iPhone, are grudgingly satisfied with their PC and don't own a laptop. The other target group is the Mac faithful, but we are but a small sliver of a sliver the consumer market Apple wants to tap with this thing.
Very good point. I guess we will see how it is received by the masses. If I had money to burn I wouldn't hesitate to get one, but I don't , so well see how it all develops.
RealDave
Very good point. I guess we will see how it is received by the masses. If I had money to burn I wouldn't hesitate to get one, but I don't , so well see how it all develops.
RealDave
Third post...
I'm leaving this post just to reflect on my evolution of thinking about the iPad. To be honest, I still don't know if I'll get one or not, but I am now seriously thinking about it...
IMO, what this is all about is evolving multitouch. As impressed as everyone is who has interacted with the touch aspects of iPhone/iPT, this technology really needs to be on a larger device. I have no doubt that entirely new ways of integrating multitouch are on the horizon, but the Gen. 1 iPad is the first chance to get Apple's multitouch on a device that is (hopefully) large enough to really push the limits of the technology.
One of the first things that comes to mind, for example, is music applications... clearly, harmony of any kind presupposes multitouch. I have several music apps for my iPhone, such as PocketGuitar and Piano Sharp. Due to a lack of patience with trying to learn awkward movements and contortions of my fingers on the iPhone, both apps have been reduced to "novelty" status... I show them to people from time to time, but would never consider trying to do any real music on them. Imagine these types of apps on a 9" screen... Take piano for example, you probably have room now for stacked left/right hand options on one screen. On a guitar app, most of the neck could be displayed allowing for very complex multitouch finger positions (admittedly a la steel guitar rather than classical) - Andy McKee anyone
Many other app concepts fall in the same category...
Again, though, I think a lot of the magic here is going to be in developing new, more complicated multitouch gestures. There is now enough room to do a "four finger swipe" with one hand while doing a "3 finger scroll" with the other... It could be interesting.
I still have many of my previous complaints, but I have to admit that Apple is probably poised to surprise the skeptics here. The outright success, however, might be once some of the capabilities of the tech. are more developed. I really don't see Apple doing what the geeks want in the near term: USB ports, expandable memory... but, if this technology takes on a large format touch screen, I see the beginning of a Minority Report transition and wouldn't be shocked at all to see a touch screen soft keyboard concept on future Macbooks, which will have all the ports you could want (well, it'll still be Apple so it will be lacking some ports we want )
With thousands of posts coming in re: iPad, I am sure I'm not the first to express these ideas, but I wanted to share my revised thinking and see if others agree.
I'm going to occupy myself these 60 days trying to come up with an early launch app that will take advantage of the iPad's unique capabilities and see where it gets me
I'm leaving this post just to reflect on my evolution of thinking about the iPad. To be honest, I still don't know if I'll get one or not, but I am now seriously thinking about it...
IMO, what this is all about is evolving multitouch. As impressed as everyone is who has interacted with the touch aspects of iPhone/iPT, this technology really needs to be on a larger device. I have no doubt that entirely new ways of integrating multitouch are on the horizon, but the Gen. 1 iPad is the first chance to get Apple's multitouch on a device that is (hopefully) large enough to really push the limits of the technology.
One of the first things that comes to mind, for example, is music applications... clearly, harmony of any kind presupposes multitouch. I have several music apps for my iPhone, such as PocketGuitar and Piano Sharp. Due to a lack of patience with trying to learn awkward movements and contortions of my fingers on the iPhone, both apps have been reduced to "novelty" status... I show them to people from time to time, but would never consider trying to do any real music on them. Imagine these types of apps on a 9" screen... Take piano for example, you probably have room now for stacked left/right hand options on one screen. On a guitar app, most of the neck could be displayed allowing for very complex multitouch finger positions (admittedly a la steel guitar rather than classical) - Andy McKee anyone
Many other app concepts fall in the same category...
Again, though, I think a lot of the magic here is going to be in developing new, more complicated multitouch gestures. There is now enough room to do a "four finger swipe" with one hand while doing a "3 finger scroll" with the other... It could be interesting.
I still have many of my previous complaints, but I have to admit that Apple is probably poised to surprise the skeptics here. The outright success, however, might be once some of the capabilities of the tech. are more developed. I really don't see Apple doing what the geeks want in the near term: USB ports, expandable memory... but, if this technology takes on a large format touch screen, I see the beginning of a Minority Report transition and wouldn't be shocked at all to see a touch screen soft keyboard concept on future Macbooks, which will have all the ports you could want (well, it'll still be Apple so it will be lacking some ports we want
)With thousands of posts coming in re: iPad, I am sure I'm not the first to express these ideas, but I wanted to share my revised thinking and see if others agree.
I'm going to occupy myself these 60 days trying to come up with an early launch app that will take advantage of the iPad's unique capabilities and see where it gets me
iPhone Youtube app works only with a MINORITY of videos on youtube. I can't play most links my friends send me on the iphone because they are FLV, not h264.