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Originally Posted by Dillinquent
<rant>I've got an iPad and have yet to find a use for it that isn't better served by some other piece of kit.
As an ebook reader its too heavy, the display is too low rez, it does that silly page flip thing, is difficult to see in bright lighting conditions (mainly due to the shiny, fingerprint smeared screen) and is generally tiring to read. Not to mention that it doesn't support any known ebook format properly and is a pig to code for.
As a media viewer it lacks a DVD/Blu ray drive and doesn't have a TV tuner.
As a computing device the display is too small, it doesn't multitask, has minimal storage, won't run any proper software, is underpowered in the CPU department and doesn't have a keyboard.
It would be ok for casual web surfing if it ran Chrome and had a better display.
As a music player its just too cumbersome. It would be ok if it played CDs, apart from the DAC being rubbish that is.
The only reason I've got one is so that I can fudge my epubs to render properly on the thing - 'cos that's what customers want.
I guess what I'm saying is that tablets are pretty useless in the real world and everyone knows that.
The only reason iPad sells is that its made by Apple - there millions of gullible punters out there that will buy whatever Apple tells them to. Apple could sell bags of poo if they called it iPoo. </rant>
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Impressive rant...
Of course it says more about the source of the rant than the device in question...
