Comments on: iPad, first thoughts http://squio.nl/blog/2010/01/28/ipad-first-thoughts/ Creative internet development Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:04:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Joe http://squio.nl/blog/2010/01/28/ipad-first-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 Joe Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:11:55 +0000 http://squio.nl/?p=597#comment-3974 @Jens thanks for your comment! I do agree that the iPod was not a (technical) innovation at all, but the interface was revolutionary and caused me to expect that as a minimum. So when my iPod died and I was left with only my Sony Ericsson "walkman" phone, I just stopped listening to music and podcasts, just because the bad interface became prohibitive to use the device. Now on Android the music player is just decent and even usable. Maybe we're already used to the whole concept of (multi-)touch interface on a small portable device to see the iPad as something revolutionary. Let's see how this will fly and if Apple indeed keeps the lead here (I'm expecting big things from the Android powered netbooks, not in the least because of the more open ecosystem where third parties like Layar have much more possibilities to innovate). @Jens thanks for your comment! I do agree that the iPod was not a (technical) innovation at all, but the interface was revolutionary and caused me to expect that as a minimum. So when my iPod died and I was left with only my Sony Ericsson “walkman” phone, I just stopped listening to music and podcasts, just because the bad interface became prohibitive to use the device.

Now on Android the music player is just decent and even usable.

Maybe we’re already used to the whole concept of (multi-)touch interface on a small portable device to see the iPad as something revolutionary. Let’s see how this will fly and if Apple indeed keeps the lead here (I’m expecting big things from the Android powered netbooks, not in the least because of the more open ecosystem where third parties like Layar have much more possibilities to innovate).

]]> By: Jens de Smit http://squio.nl/blog/2010/01/28/ipad-first-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3973 Jens de Smit Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:35:40 +0000 http://squio.nl/?p=597#comment-3973 I think we're disappointed because there's nothing revolutionary new here. We've seen many a tablet computer fail and the iPad does not seem to have that "something extra" the iPhone had when it was released. Back then, iPods were hot, mobile phones had become a necessity and Apps were something we wanted even when we didn't know they existed. The iPhone combined them all into a package too small and handsome for most people to imagine. The iPad on the other hand just looks like an overgrown iPhone with the ambition to take over your laptop's function but without the technical specs to do so. Still, we should not forget that the device that delivered Apple its current status, the iPod, was just as unrevolutionary. MP3 players in all sorts and sizes were a hot item in the eraly 2000's, but manufacturers were struggling with the price of flash memory, the problem of user interfaces on tiny displays and the then still geeky image of downloading music of the internet. At the right time, when music downloading was becoming much more mainstream, Apple introduced an MP3 player with massive storage, a very good user interface and the right marketing. It wasn't anything particularly new, just executed so well that it set the standard for portable music players for years to come. When more and more people get their hands on the iPad, we'll see if Apple pulled off the same quality with the iPad. I think we’re disappointed because there’s nothing revolutionary new here. We’ve seen many a tablet computer fail and the iPad does not seem to have that “something extra” the iPhone had when it was released. Back then, iPods were hot, mobile phones had become a necessity and Apps were something we wanted even when we didn’t know they existed. The iPhone combined them all into a package too small and handsome for most people to imagine. The iPad on the other hand just looks like an overgrown iPhone with the ambition to take over your laptop’s function but without the technical specs to do so.

Still, we should not forget that the device that delivered Apple its current status, the iPod, was just as unrevolutionary. MP3 players in all sorts and sizes were a hot item in the eraly 2000′s, but manufacturers were struggling with the price of flash memory, the problem of user interfaces on tiny displays and the then still geeky image of downloading music of the internet. At the right time, when music downloading was becoming much more mainstream, Apple introduced an MP3 player with massive storage, a very good user interface and the right marketing. It wasn’t anything particularly new, just executed so well that it set the standard for portable music players for years to come. When more and more people get their hands on the iPad, we’ll see if Apple pulled off the same quality with the iPad.

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