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TUAW Fact Check That 10 reasons to pass on the Ipad

About the blog TechRepublic 10 Things, Debra Littlejohn Shinder posted an article called "10 reasons because I'll be passing on the IPAD. "Some of his reasoning is valid, but very few of his points are easy to refute. It is worth looking for your place and the points trying to make, because it is indicative of a widespread misunderstanding of resources not only of IPAD, but also the consumer base that is intended.

1. There is no physical keyboard

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Debra is correct that IPAD has no physical keyboard. But what she does not realize is that not only Apple will sell an dock keyboard for IPAD, the device can also be combined with any existing Bluetooth keyboard. Reasoning Apple to not include a physical keyboard on the IPAD is even more convincing than for the iPhone, because unlike the iPhone, you at least have the option a third of screen real estate, or increase the size of the IPAD beyond what some (including Debra) already consider heavy, to include a keyboard.

In landscape orientation, the virtual keyboard IPAD is almost the size of a conventional keyboard, too, so while the touch will be a challenge, it is a fair bet to enter the IPAD will be much faster and easier than the upper limit of 30-35 WPM typing thumb many people (including me) get the iPhone keyboard much smaller. The lack of a physical keyboard on the iPhone does not measurably affected sales, IPAD is not likely to suffer much loss of sales from this, either.

(Note: some people asked a question on the source Bluetooth keyboard, especially my assertion that you can use any BT keyboard and not just from Apple, wireless models. During his hands-on with the IPAD after the announcement of the device, Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica found that "You can use any bluetooth keyboard that you want, instead of dock Apple keyboard. You could use the case / stand with the bluetooth keyboard available. You can not use a bluetooth mouse, however. )

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2. One size does not fit all

Debra says that IPAD is supposed be a niche player positioned between a phone and a netbook should have a screen size midway between the two – in other words, less than a 9.7 "screen. In However, this is not how Steve Jobs positioned the IPAD throughout the speech, Jobs Keynote slide clearly showed the IPAD fill a gap between the iPhone / iPod Touch and a MacBook 13. It is puzzling that in a sentence Debra complains IPAD be too large to fit in your pocket while in the next period, she extols the virtues of Sony netbooks VAIO X, which are almost exactly the same size – in terms of weight and thickness anyway. The X has a VAIO 11.1 "widescreen 16:9, which really makes it a slightly larger than the IPAD. Another thing about the VAIO X is slightly larger than the IPAD: price, starting at $ 1299 – much more expensive than even the priciest iPad.

While it is true that the IPAD will not fit in your pocket, yet is much more portable than a MacBook Air it. Stephen Colbert has managed to pull one out of his jacket at the Grammys, Therefore, while the IPAD is larger than an iPhone, is far from the heavy monster many people are trying to say it is.

3. It runs an operating system Phone

One thing that many experts do not take into account is that the iPhone is actually a version of OS X adapted to a touchscreen device. No, there is no Finder, Dock or menu bar. No, there is Exposé, Spaces or Time Machine. But the groundwork for the iPhone are exactly the same as the version Mac OS X. So when people complain about the IPAD not run OS X, they are really pining for OS X, as I already mentioned – the Finder, Dock, menu bar, etc. However, none of these features Mac OS X are particularly suited for a touchscreen device, especially one with a 9.7 "screen. Tablet PCs running the full version of Windows has already demonstrated the dangers of running an operating system intended for a device with a more traditional point-and-click, and as a result, almost all the devices have failed to gain traction in the market.

Debra and others also cite the lack of multitasking iPad as an attack against him. On this point at least I agree with them. While the iPhone already allows limited multitasking between Apple own applications – phone, mail, Mail, Safari and iPod can run simultaneously Background – Third-party applications are still restricted to alternatives, such as sending notifications. Although restricting multitasking is a kind of sense devices like the iPhone 3G, with limited processing power and RAM available on IPAD technological limitations do not fly as an excuse. You multitasking argue that, since the IPAD makes it easier to use for the grandmother and other experts, but also limits the potential usefulness of the device. Granted, the IPAD is not positioned as a replacement for a MacBook, but the ability to perform even one or two third-party applications in the background would make the device much more versatile.

Personally, I'd be very surprised if Apple did not introduce at least a limited form of multitasking in the iPhone OS 4.0. Of course, I also said the same thing years passed on the iPhone OS 3.0, so who knows. One point worth mentioning, however: despite the introduction of iWork for the IPAD, Apple continues to push the device as a platform for media consumption, not as a productivity platform. To begin any serious work done, Apple still expects you to use the main computer, whether a MacBook, iMac, or PC.

4. There is enough storage

The most important question to ask about this point: "To whom? "Debra says the 64 GB model may have sufficient capacity for your purposes, but she also complains about the price of this model, comparing the cheapest netbook with "four times the storage." I will say I am perplexed by the decision of Apple's top capacity of IPAD is 64 GB, especially considering that is where iPod touch currently tops out. The 128 GB iPad would have been really tempting, but unfortunately, given the price of flash memory, it also would probably cost more than $ 1000.

But what does 64 GB can store? In my case, a 64 GB iPad hold my entire music library 39 GB – 19 days of music — beyond all my iPhoto library of more than 7000 photos, which, when optimized for screen IPAD, would probably be somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 Gb, about one or two GB. In my more-app crazy I was about 2 GB of applications on my iPhone 3G, and "space" Others, presumably including the operating system itself takes up minimal more than 1 GB. Together, that equates to 47 out of 64 GB. In my case, that leaves more than 15 GB of storage space for documents, videos, and so on. I say store entire My Documents folder on the IPAD (I do not – I use iDisk and Dropbox for this) – 4300 documents occupying little more than 2 GB of space. Now we have 13 GB left for video and everything else. Even if I let myself a buffer of 3 GB for any reason (including accounting for the difference versus GB GiB), which is still 10 GB of space for videos – Enough to store 10 two-hour movies on a decent bitrate, or almost a full season of one hour of TV series length.

Let me break this down again – a 64 GB iPad would store:

– 19 days of music
– 7000 photos
– Well over 100 apps
– A 2 GB Documents folder with 4300 items
– 20 hours of video
– Nearly 3 GB of space left for anything else (temporary storage photo, e-books, which represents the difference gigabytes of binary versus decimal gigabytes, etc.)

Granted, there are people out there with music and photo libraries larger than mine, but most of my friends using the Mac-only, on average, 1,500 items in their iTunes libraries, a thousand photos, and maybe three pages of applications on their iPhones. 64 GB might not seem like much on paper but in practice, it allows you to pack around a lot of media. Unless you'll spend weeks in a moment away from your main computer, IPAD should be able to carry some means to keep almost everyone entertained for days on end.

5. There HDMI or camera

Debra claims that you can not output video to an IPAD HDTV without an HDMI connector. This simply not true, with a VGA adapter, you can send the signal iPad of 1024 x 768 video for a full HDTV. With a connector component, you can send a signal 576p or 480p PAL signal to NTSC TV. Okay, okay, not 1080p ultra-high-definition video, but where exactly you will find video of that resolution anyway (besides the Blu-Ray and Bittorrent)? I'll admit that would have been nice to have at least 1366 x 768 video, but I'm betting that the vast majority of consumers do not are going to even bother connecting the IPAD to your TV at all when it is much easier to just put the screen on your lap and watch a movie on IPAD in its place.

(Whoops – as some people have pointed out, 1080i is 1920 x 1080 [so you know, i 1080] and not 1366 x 768. This is my resolution HDTV is that it intends to process a 1080i signal – what I did was not for the account that receives the deinterlaced 1080i signal to adjust the screen resolution. I even used to sell these TVs stupid, so I really should have known better. Sorry about that.)

Another point Debra brings up is the relationship aspect of the IPAD 3:4, which is less than ideal for the video. This has been discussed all over the internet, including here on TUAW, but how many people have pointed out, the ratio 3:4 is ideal for almost all functions of the other in the IPAD, except video: books, documents, web pages, and photos are all set now closer to a ratio of 3:4 or 4:3 to 16:9. Using a 16:9 ratio in IPAD not only make the device more than it already is, it also makes all other forms of media in the device at a disadvantage relative to video.

IPAD lack of camera is another point Debra and others have brought out from the device, but, like multitasking, this is a point on which I agree. A back-facing camera like the iPhone does not make much sense in IPAD – that would be a little tricky trying to get photos or video with a device this size, a bit like trying to hold a MacBook Air to take pictures with your iSight. Most people probably have a stand-alone point-and-shoot camera that would be better to take photos and / or video around the hypothetical IPAD is designed for camera anyway, and you can upload photos directly to the device is with the IPAD Connector specific camera or SD card reader. But a front camera for video conferencing definitely would have been a feature killer. Apple apparently thought so, too, because it actually included a space IPAD exactly such a camera, only to withdraw it for reasons known only to Apple. If the company is waiting for the next generation iPad introduce a camera or pull a switcheroo great as he did with the original iPhone – Which was originally supposed to ship with the risk-prone plastic face of previous iPods, but was replaced with little proof glass scratches within six months from the announcement and the press – no one can say.

6. No USB

Debra main complaints to the lack of USB is that you can not connect a USB flash drive or a keyboard. The keyboard goes, I already mentioned the fact that you can buy a dock or use a Bluetooth keyboard keyboard. As for not being able to connect a flash drive? I can see why some people may want to do that – storage expansion IPAD, file transfer, etc. But I'm willing to bet that for most people will not be a problem. While I run the risk of sounding like the infamous Bill Gates "640K should be enough for anybody", so say (although he never actually said that Gates), 64 GB of space on a device like the IPAD should really suit the needs of most users – at least for the next two years, anyway. The file transfer? I can not think of a record number, the cloud-based solutions, the most of what it is e-mail. No, you can download several gigabytes of files at once by e-mail or "cloud", but most people do not transfer this amount of data all at once, even a handful of times with a portable device, much less on a regular basis.

I'm not going to Full-go fanboy and say that is a good thing that the IPAD does not come with USB ports. In fact, I'm kind of with Debra and the other on this one to wish that Apple included at least one USB port. Although I probably would not use the door many times (if at all), it definitely falls into the category of "nice to have." I was a iPod User for almost five years and a User's iPhone for a year, and I can count the number of times I needed / wanted a USB port on one of these devices do not exactly on the fingers … but I'll admit that I could sing a different song, with a large device such as an IPAD. But for most people who are likely to buy IPAD, ie, the non-geek, non-techie, "I just want internet and music and movies" People, they probably will not miss out on all USB ports.

7. There is no flash memory slot

No, IPAD has a flash memory slot. You can buy a Bluetooth SD card reader, although, despite Debra and others rail against the added cost of the connector, arguing that to achieve "the functional equivalent of a netbook, you documents via SD cards in 2010, smells of sneakernet "thought we were the abolition, along with dot matrix printers and modems in 2800 transmission, let's just say that most users will have pictures and / or videos on your SD cards, most users will wait to get home to their main computer to upload the files, and most users will not mind that IPAD is missing an SD slot dedicated more than they cared about the iPod missing. If anything, the argument for an SD slot is much weaker than the argument for USB.

8. The price is not right

Debra credits IPAD "costs twice the Kindle and other ebook readers." That's flat-out false. IPAD $ 499 costs nearly twice the Kindle default, but compared with any other e-reader out there, prices are extremely competitive IPAD Once you consider all the things that IPAD is that Idon't other readers. Kindle a $ 489 DX, for example, while $ 10 cheaper than the cheapest of the IPAD, has a color screen, has only 4 GB of storage, has a touch screen, do not run applications, no e-mail, music, and so on and so on. The price of IPAD is the aspect of a device that some experts have complained, in fact, the price has Wall Street and other financial analysts doing cartwheels.

You do not even compare the IPAD to other similar products to see how good a deal it is. The cost of 16 GB iPad $ 300 more than an iPod touch 8 GB. That $ 300 you get twice the capacity, a screen of much higher quality and higher, a more powerful CPU, better battery performance, including Wi-Fi 802.11n, vastly improved, a speaker and microphone, and possibly access to a variety of applications designed to take the IPAD is bigger screen and high performance. The iPad 32 GB is the difference same price $ 300, compared with a touch 32 GB iPod, and the 64 GB model. Once you tack on an additional $ 130 for the price 3G wireless difference increases, but also the utility of the device – access to wireless broadband anywhere there is a 3G network available, which, as users iPhone already know, is invaluable.

Debra compares the total kitted out $ 829 3G enabled iPad for "a powerful compact laptop that runs a full operating system developed and multi-tasking and has USB and SD connectors and Ethernet, 4 GB of RAM and 250 GB of storage. "A" full-fledged operating system, " she is talking about is not the OS X, however, the laptop and she is talking about is definitely not manufactured by Apple. This may not make a difference to many people, but if you're already on Macs "high cost" camp, it's no wonder that the IPAD does not hold much appeal in comparison to Windows Home Edition running, plastic, bargain-bin quality laptop from Dell or HP that is almost certain to stop working two years or less. Yes, I recognize the sound extremely fanboyish that phrase. No, I do not apologize for that. Cheap laptops are just that: cheap. Call it elitism, Fanboyism, drinking Kool-Aid, whatever: I prefer put up with the defects of the IPAD, than the "powerful", but oh-so-cheapo laptops from other manufacturers.

9. It is locked in

"You have to buy their applications from the App Store, "says Debra. Yes, you: from a store that has more than 140,000 applications available, most of them free, and able to do almost anything. I hate the App Store, for some reason? Nice. Jailbreak the thing and use Cydia instead. Apple may not want you to do this, and they can get out of their way to stop it, but if you're thinking of jailbreaking now, that will not stop you, right?

A very small minority of people they love to complain about vendor lock-in "when it comes to the iPhone / iPod touch / IPAD, even if those same people were probably playing video games for Nintendo systems, Sony and Microsoft for decades – with all platforms "vendor lock-in" even more pervasive and insidious than the Apple platform. What these people do not seem to realize is that the same vendor lock-in is precisely what keeps Apple's mobile platforms to be full of viruses, malware and applications made more waste than the code. "Security through obscurity" may be a valid (ish) argument to fall back upon with the Mac, but with 75 million more people using the system operating the iPhone is a very high target for virus writers. This same "walled garden" evangelists that proponents of Linux and "internet open "complaining is what keeps the iPhone platform to be a nightmare unusable. Yes, the App Store approval process is in many cases, a pain in the regions below, but things are improving – applications that may have taken one of days or weeks to get approval are now getting through the approval process a matter of hours. It has blocked the App Store "in" sales affected one iota of the iPhone? No. In fact, iPhone sales took off after a the arrival of the App Store.

Yes, "Apple as gatekeeper" gets the fans riled George Orwell. But someone has to keep the gate, because the moment when the iPhone will become a real "platform" open as some people are speaking, this is the same moment, the Russian mafia kidnaps remote Your iPhone from a basement in Vladivostok, because you only had to download "Siberian Honeys app" of the dark alleys of the Internet.

Other aspects of the "dreaded lock-in" which is concerned with Debra are riddled with falsehoods. "You can not run Skype to make phone calls "With the IPAD, she said." We do not want to cut on the iPhone, though. "Say what? This must be new to the team of Skype which is already investigating a specific iPad Skype App. It must be news for Apple, too, that does not restrict the use of VoIP over 3G. "Nor You can download Flash to install the browser, which means that you will not see those YouTube videos. "Say what again? Since when does the iPhone / IPod touch / IPAD unable to watch videos from YouTube? Oh sure: ever since. No, you can not put the flash in the IPAD, but according to our informal survey, 75% of people planning to buy one or do not care or are final Flash content is not making an appearance.

What about hardware lock-in? " Debra says "you can not even remove and replace the battery of the same, which has been true of every single iPod since 2001 and has not stopped people from buying them millions. She goes on to say: "If you're flying to Australia and wanted to take an extra battery for the flight extra-long term, forget it." A. A two-second Google search for "external battery iPhone" could have been a good idea. Also, speaking from personal experience, if you stay awake for a full flight across the Pacific Ocean, you'll have many more pressing problems to worry about the battery in your IPAD, like the fact that you will feel as if got hit by a truck after the plane lands. Take it from one who knows: Trans-Pacific flights are best spent in happy unconsciousness.

10. Network

Yes, the 3G connection IPAD is only available in the AT & T … If you live in the United States. If, like me, you live in it known informally as "the world", this argument against buying a 3G enabled IPAD holds no water for you. But let's stick to the one Debra moment and consider the argument against the AT & T's. No, AT & T is not everyone (or, any one) 's network U.S. favorite, but the pay-as-you-go, completely free of contract plans available for the IPAD is very compelling price. You can get 250 MB of data for $ 14.99 (not claims $ 20 Debra in your article), which is more than enough for casual data usage. 250 MB does not sound like a lot of paper, but that's what my plan began iPhone least here in New Zealand. I never once went more than 100 MB or more of data usage per month until I started using tie iPhone, and I consider my data usage quite robust. The "unlimited" plan from AT & T at $ 30 per month is a business even better, and even "unlimited" means only 5 GB, you will not burn that much data unless you are using the connection of all the waking hours of the month.

Debra argument against these plans is that it is another bill to pay on top of your mobile phone bill, but that's the beauty of the plans IPAD: without a contract undertake, you can cancel the plan at any time. If you start out with the $ 30/month "flat" limit of the IPAD, only to discover its use is not topping 250 MB, instead of being blocked for that the plan for 23 months, you can return to the plan of $ 15. If you find that you do not have 3G coverage at all, you can always buy the Wi-Fi only IPAD. "Here's wishing you good luck in finding the Wi-Fi hotspots," Debra says in response to this idea, that sounds about right for us in New Zealand, where Wi-Fi is as rare as gold, but it makes sense let alone the U.S., where Wi-Fi is often just a library or a coffee away.

If you absolutely must have 3G in the IPAD, absolutely should not use the AT & T, and are willing to spend twice as much for the privilege of going with Verizon, you always have whether to turn the IPAD, MiFi to a (possibly – we'll have to wait until the IPAD is actually released before we know if this will work or not). Furthermore, just because the IPAD is not available on Verizon Right Now (Now now now) does not mean he never will be, Apple and Verizon are allegedly "still talking" about bringing the IPAD and / or the iPhone through the network.

We reached the end of ten points of Debra, but not the end of the mine. My end, that sums it up: as the Mac, as the iPod, and like the iPhone, IPAD is not for everyone. Not even for me – despite all the words I I just came to defend it, I'm not buying an iPad until next year at the earliest, and only if I decide against replace my current aging MacBook Pro with the same computer instead of a combo / iMac IPAD.

The bottom line is that the IPAD can not be all things to all people. It is not intended to replace a real Mac or PC – is designed as an extension of an ultra-portable of devices, and one with a much simpler interface and intuitive, a computer "for the rest of us," if you will. And make no mistake: for each Debra Littlejohn Shinder, for each Internet "open" geek screaming "vendor lock-in "every time Apple's name is mentioned, for each" no multitasking, no flash, no sale "techie, for each expert who disregarded shrugs and says, "It's just a great touch iPod," at least one person who has been waiting for a device like the IPAD, and these people are the ones who make it a success. Whether you like it or hate it, IPAD is indicative of the future direction of computing.

But, just for the sake of argument, Let's say that we can invent a laptop much "better" than an IPAD, a dream that has USB, 1080p output, a removable battery, runs the full version of Mac OS X, has a front facing camera, is not dependent on AT & T, is not "stuck" to the App Store, has a physical keyboard, widescreen display formatted, and has over 64 GB of storage. What could such device as a look?

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