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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I really don't care what you waste your money on, but the constant defence of indefensible shortcomings of the Ipad doesn't exactly scream "impartiality".
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The problem is shortcomings aren't equal to everyone.
What's a deal breaker to one person, is a minor annoyance to the other.
I don't have an iPad, as I want to wait and see what else comes out in the tablet market in the coming months etc.
But most of the shortcomings really bothered me when playing around with my girlfriend's iPad. I just need a tablet to read and mark up PDFs, read books, read newspapers and magazines, read comics, do some web surfing, watch video, play some games etc. and the iPad does all of that quite well.
There are definite drawbacks like having to use iTunes to get files on it (which is a bit clunky for PDFs, photos etc.), not having a file/folder system on the iPad and having to get files into individual apps rather than having available in multiple apps, lack of flash, lack of multitasking etc.
But honestly, none of that stuff is a huge draw back for what I'd use a tablet for. I want to hold off a bit and make sure some Android tablets don't come out that do what I want even better, maybe wait for the 2nd generation iPad to come out and have any kinks worked out etc.
But for a first attempt at a tablet, they did a hell of a job IMO. It's not for people who need a full tablet PC, but for people like me who just want basically a media consumption tablet to
supplement their laptops/pcs, they nearly hit the nail on the head as it would be pretty much flawless for my needs if it was a bit more open and easier to get files on.
But in all honestly, I don't care much about the open/closed issue myself. I really only care whether a device I buy suits my needs. I don't care much about being able to tweak and customize things, having access to software years down the road on other devices etc. But to each their own on that front.