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Originally Posted by athlonkmf
The problem is, the ipad is not something made to CREATE content, it's something made to CONSUME content.
That will naturally goes against all natural instinct of IT-guys (including me), they use their high-tech gadgets to create one thing or another. Music, video, photo, websites, and therefor want as many features in some thing as possible, no matter the consequences.
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I have to agree, the fine line of content consumption and creation is really thin, it gets thinner the more IT educated and pro the person is.
I for one, used a netbook and I try to use it as downloader, web browser and word processor at the same time. Despite how much finetune i had on it, it lags! Therefore I finally gave up on netbooks and got myself those inch thick, 1.6kG long battery life 13 inch Notebook. Finally that does everything except for playing games (for those i meant Bioshock, not plants vs zombies). It is light enough to lift by one hand, good enough to put close to my chest to watch movie. Basically an All rounder.
I consume and creat contend with the notebook. It does BOTH JOB well.
I got a smart phone, touch screen, it double as mobile camera, which does a great job but as smart phone, content creation suck, on consumption end, even IM chat is painful! So, we know the limitation and we don't put much hope in it. Accept that fact it should be used as Phone / Camera, not net contention consumption (creation).
I got a Cool-er, it is nesscary because I can read with far less eye stress than I read with my LED notebook screen or TFT LCD screen. I protect my eyes with the E-reader. So until those dual function screen took off, its position is solid!
Now, the Ipad, I can not see What IT can DO for content consumption that my Notebook can't, or my gf's first gen ipod nano can't on music, or my E-reader can't on ebook (minus Pdf) reading.
The best usage I can find for myself with the Ipad is to use it as a over size GPS and arm chair e-magazine reader (that is unless my notebook can't access those content.)
IN fact most of the specialist usage i can think of for the Ipad is indeed content consumption, but they are not consumption in the sense of consumer, but specialists, more like the data pad used on Star Trek shows.
Ipad has to be really GOOD at something for the general public for it to succeed. Ipod is good at music thanks to its media library backup, Iphone is good as a mobile computer (NOT just as a PHONE) with a phone thanks to all the apps. But for Ipad, I can't think of much it can DO better than ANOTHER existing, multi purpose device with more functions already build it, even it has those apps to back it up.
If ipad comes exclusive with subscription services like: WHole encyclopaedia Britannica access, Various news papers, on top of E version of Time magazine, National Geographic, a great cheap book store and subscribe to read specialist library, ie IT books, study guides... Then it has an edge.
Else, it is a device for show off than to acutally use.
