According to an email I just received from Apple, an ‘iPad2 makes an ideal gift for fathers day’
I suspect if I gave one to my father, he would stare at it with a confused look and eventually use it to prop up something around the house !
Nice try Apple, but no sell on that front I’m afraid.
So, it’s almost here, but, do I actually want/need an iPad ?
This guy has created a handy little flow chart to aid in the decision, and while I guess it was intended as a stab at a bit of humour, for me it actually comes down to ‘do you have so much money you don’t care if it works particularly well or not ?’
While I have a lot of technology and gadgets, I purchase them because they perform some function that I deem I cannot be without. My PC, I simply can’t live without it. My laptop, well it’s my PC when I’m on the move. My iPhone, it’s so much more than a phone with the variety of apps available to me, but it also happens to be a phone too. And the list goes on.
But an iPad ? For my money, I have to agree with those of the opinion that the iPad is essentially a big iPhone that has no phone and no camera. It has also been described as a slightly smaller version of a laptop/netbook that cannot multitask and has no USB ports, again I can identify with that.
I also do not want to have to get the pocket of all my pants upgraded to loook like this
I swear I am not Apple bashing, I love Apple. I have a MacBook Pro and an Mac Mini in the home and they both serve essential functions. The problem for me with the iPad is, it doesn’t do anything I would consider essential that my laptop cannot already do……better.
I sure Apple are going to sell loads of them and no doubt I will look upon any I see with a degree of curiosity, but it will end at curiosity. Sorry Apple, but on this one I think I’m going to have to let this one pass.
