A lot of computer manufacturers will have smiled with relief when they saw the launch of Apples iPad where, to the disappointment of many, it was a case of nothing much to get excited about.
Of course lots of people did get excited. What else could they do? The hype had been hyped, the film crews had been booked and the flights had been flown. They could hardly admit there was nothing to get excited about could they?
The iPad is very stylish. Nobody could argue with that but as to functionality there seems to be nothing at all to get excited about unless you have poor sight in which case a large screen iPhone might be what you need. Apparently it is not even a phone though so it fails to do that too.
A pretty ebook reader it may be but if you also need a laptop to do other things then you may as well use that instead and you will be able to do a lot more besides.
I suspect the iPad was intended to be more but due to design and production difficulties this was all they could produce by the appointed launch date. I suspect there will be a much more capable version released in six months or so and that may be a game changer. We will have to wait and see.
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