tiredinnuendo said:
To those wondering "why" the iPad, I figured I'd speak up, since they're all the rage at my company. The fact is that the iPad (or now, the Xoom, which also doesn't natively play avi, what the hell?) is much easier to carry from meeting to meeting than the equivalent laptop and or briefcase full of paperwork. In tablets, we have a device that allows us to carry around something smaller than a binder, but at the same time we have all our vital documents for the various projects we're working on, we have our corporate email right there in front of us to keep us connected without having to look like we're staring at an open laptop or constantly checking our phone. Setting up an impromptu Skype session for out of reach clients or last-minute conferences is invaluable.
On the home front, it gives us something simple to have sitting on the endtable that we can grab to quickly bang out a few emails or do a quick bit of administration without having to boot up a laptop or work on a three-inch screen.
Many of these things may seem like minor conveniences, and they are, but this is what tablets are for. And, to be frank, when you work in the entertainment industry, image is super important too, and tablets are good image right now.
- J
Very well said. Apple hate is pretty ridiculous. I don't have a desk job or anything like this, but I find this device incredibly useful.
I have all my music with me wherever I go, a bunch of fun games, and with a hotspot I've got everything I need from a computer (with the exception of flash and PC games) all in a pretty high performance package that is roughly the size of a comp notebook.
As far as Apple products all I have atm is an iPhone 3gs but I spend so much time using it on the road, or yutzing around on my couch during commercials while watching TV that I can't wait to get this to ease the eyestrain.
Oh and I don't see why everyone's talking about the pricing of this. It's a device with more features than the first iPad BUT IT COSTS THE SAME. Seems more than fair to me, and I'm not an limitlessly wealthy man, I'm a school bus driver. If you really look at other tablet devices that have similar features it's not that expensive at all.
As for how soon it was put out, it's no big secret that Apple creates new models of it's devices every year. I don't see people griping about this when car manufacturer's do it. People complaining about this need to realize that they don't always have to have the best model.
