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Looking back on people who panned the iPad as a "giant iPod Touch..."
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Wasnt the first car described as a horseless carriage? Its a simplistic description but how else do you explain it to someone who's never seen one? The same goes for the iPad. It had to prove itself to a market that didnt exactly know what a tablet was. So what else could people describe it as other than "a giant iPod Touch". But once the product is understood then the 2nd car will be described as a "new car" and any future tablet will be described as a "new tablet".
I think that the iPad is a great iPod touch, and that HP makes great printers, but makes lower than expected PC's and stack them with Mb's and Mb's of crappy useless HP software.
The term "horseless carriage" wasn't used as a pejorative whereas "just a big iPod" was, used to diminish the value of the iPad.
A pejorative? We're talking about an inanimate object with no feelings or emotion so any form of negativity aimed at it is an interpretation by someone who chooses to give non-living things human qualities. Maybe the iPad 4 will have an emotion chip and may work erratically if its feelings get hurt, but the current models work just equally good regardless of how much people may taunt it.
You realize when people say 'it is just a big iPod' they aren't talking to the iPad, right? The point is it's a diminutive, and it's a negative evaluation hiding as an objective claim, and people use it for all kinds of reasons, including to convince others that the iPad isn't any good or whatever. The use of 'just' is a weasel word.
You have to remember that the iPad originally shipped with no multitasking, and virtually no specialized apps. This meant all it could do was browse the web and run scaled up iPhone apps. Listening to pandora while surfing the web? Nope. Researching information while working on a Pages document? Nope.
Now, with plenty of beautiful and powerful iPad native apps it is easy to see just how great the iPad experience can be. Not to mention the huge boost in capability multitasking added.
In original form the iPad was not nearly as practical as it has become.
Now, with plenty of beautiful and powerful iPad native apps it is easy to see just how great the iPad experience can be. Not to mention the huge boost in capability multitasking added.
In original form the iPad was not nearly as practical as it has become.
You have to remember that the iPad originally shipped with no multitasking, and virtually no specialized apps. This meant all it could do was browse the web and run scaled up iPhone apps. Listening to pandora while surfing the web? Nope. Researching information while working on a Pages document? Nope.
Now, with plenty of beautiful and powerful iPad native apps it is easy to see just how great the iPad experience can be. Not to mention the huge boost in capability multitasking added.
In original form the iPad was not nearly as practical as it has become.
The iPad is still in its "original form", at least physically. Software updates have given it more capabilities (e.g. multitasking) but the iPad is still in its "original form."
Also, there were quite a few apps available for the iPad when it came out.
Judging by this thread the "just" part is fortunately disappearing and now it's "The iPad is a giant iPod Touch and that's why it's great!"
People said that, thinking it was derogatory, but in fact, it's the biggest compliment they could've said.
The HTC Flyer is a big HTC Legend, the TouchPad is a big Pre, the Galaxy Tab is a big Galaxy S, etc.
The HTC Flyer is a big HTC Legend, the TouchPad is a big Pre, the Galaxy Tab is a big Galaxy S, etc.
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Exactly. And that's precisely why I bought both my iPad 1 and 2 on launch day.
What I find more amusing though, getting back to the OP's observation, is that it actually went from 'the iPad is just an oversized iPod touch' to 'the iPad is just a tiny iPad' ... I don't know if it was just a one-off comment, but I saw that posted here at least once and it made me laugh
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Exactly. And that's precisely why I bought both my iPad 1 and 2 on launch day.
What I find more amusing though, getting back to the OP's observation, is that it actually went from 'the iPad is just an oversized iPod touch' to 'the iPad is just a tiny iPad' ... I don't know if it was just a one-off comment, but I saw that posted here at least once and it made me laugh
I heard the reverse... "the iPod Touch is just a miniature iPad." Either way...
^ this sounds about right
Well, technically it is a bigger iPod Touch/iPhone (depends on what version you bought ) but it does things better.
) but it does things better.+1
I have an iPad 1 and an iPad 2. Both are big iPod Touch. Or you could call them "Big iPhone with no phone"
Nothing wrong with that. I don't understand those who find that as being pejorative.
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Yeah, well, that's just your opinion, man.
(Hint: it's the use of 'just' which is the pejorative, and it's used to bait people over and over again. Read my earlier post if you don't get it.)
exactly! I consider the iPad to be the base to compare to, so my iPod touch is therefore an iPad nano.
While I think that the argument of the iPad being a "giant iPod Touch" is incredibly simplistic, the iPad is not without its issues.
As a long-time iPhone owner and recent iPad 2 recipient, one of the sole frustrating experiences i've had with the device is concerning the app store and app compatibility. I've ran into the following experiences:
1. Application I own on the iPhone works for the iPad + has also been designed to take advantage of the ipad. (I love these apps)
2. Application I own on the iPhone will work on the ipad, but the developer wants me to purchase a $5 version just to have it run natively on the iPad (IMMENSELY FRUSTRATING)
3. Application I own on the iPhone will NOT work on the ipad (ie, WhatsApp). (Annoying).
4. Applications I purchase on the ipad (such as "HD" versions) will NOT work on the iphone, requiring me to purchase it AGAIN for the iphone (IMMENSELY FRUSTRATING).
It is chiefly #'s 2 and 4 that drive me nuts and give me the most frustration regarding the iPad. I do realize that they are not necessarily faults of apple but that of the developers themselves applying greedy tactics to increase profits, but still. Sigh.
As a long-time iPhone owner and recent iPad 2 recipient, one of the sole frustrating experiences i've had with the device is concerning the app store and app compatibility. I've ran into the following experiences:
1. Application I own on the iPhone works for the iPad + has also been designed to take advantage of the ipad. (I love these apps)
2. Application I own on the iPhone will work on the ipad, but the developer wants me to purchase a $5 version just to have it run natively on the iPad (IMMENSELY FRUSTRATING)
3. Application I own on the iPhone will NOT work on the ipad (ie, WhatsApp). (Annoying).
4. Applications I purchase on the ipad (such as "HD" versions) will NOT work on the iphone, requiring me to purchase it AGAIN for the iphone (IMMENSELY FRUSTRATING).
It is chiefly #'s 2 and 4 that drive me nuts and give me the most frustration regarding the iPad. I do realize that they are not necessarily faults of apple but that of the developers themselves applying greedy tactics to increase profits, but still. Sigh.