Well the Kindle has been a big success, costs the same and only does ebooks

People said the iPhone would fail as no one would pay ?200 for a phone.

2 years later and they've sold millions.

I was initially sceptical when I read the articles but the more I think about it the more uses I can see for it.

I only really use my laptop for email, web browsing and MSN. I don't "need" a laptop to do those tasks, the iPad would work just fine.

I could also use one to take notes in meetings where carrying a bulky laptop would be too much hassle.

It might not be immediately obvious but I think people will soon buy into the iPad as a new way to do the things they thought they needed a laptop for.

Posted By: Ben on January 29th 2010 at 20:11:47

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Probly been said already, but I predict the ipad will be a failure (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 19:17:56
- Well the Kindle has been a big success, costs the same and only does ebooks (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:11:47
  - well it will do alright because Apple?s customers are generally blind (General Chat) - Brandonio, Jan 29, 20:50:17
    - I find peoples hatred of Apple quite funny (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 22:26:35
      - I don't think anyone hates apple products, do they? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 22:36:51
    - 500 maybe (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jan 29, 20:56:01
      - where can I get one of them? (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 21:03:53
- my first thought was I would rather have a laptop. (n/m) (General Chat) - lovely old job, Jan 29, 19:19:48
  - yeah, it doesn't seem to have any real advantages over other tablets (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 19:28:08
    - They have that, its called the iPhone (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:01:29
      - exactly (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:05:39
        
        already started... (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 29, 20:19:01
        
        The iPad isn't meant as a pocket device, just as a magazine or newspaper isn't (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:15:19
        
        yeah, that's true but it's going to take a long time to wean people off laptops I reckon (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:19:48
        
        It won't be faster but no website requires the full power of a laptop (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:24:08
        
        For me it is the restrictiveness of it all (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:43:48
        
        I don't think I could buy one and convince myself that I could ever do any work on it (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:36:51
        
        i think you're right (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 20:43:06
        
        Yep - that's why i'm mildly intrigued. At the moment I have Desktop, (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:45:47
        
        this is damning though - no multitasking and no flash are huge drawbacks (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 20:47:00
        
        As a web developer I'm delighted they don't support Flash (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 29, 22:14:16
        
        I hadn't thunk of that, good point (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 22:37:17
        
        the no multitasking is surely the killer though (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 21:12:55
        
        Yep - it's bizarre. One of my main uses I reckon would be surfing, with internet radio (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 21:16:30
        
        Trusted - ie. Apple apps - multi-task (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 29, 22:43:52
        
        exactly. Is the assumption that you'd have two, or something? (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Jan 29, 21:18:34
        
        Flash is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy over rated (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 29, 20:58:34
        
        yes, but you need it purely because so many websites use it (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Jan 29, 21:03:04
        
        yep - missing both those is a huge drawback. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Jan 29, 20:48:08
        
        You can run the iPod app in the background... (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 29, 21:43:15

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