The Finest
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- Jul 14, 2010
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How is it that a device as fundamentally flawed as the iPad can be so successful that it is the single most aspirational device in the industrialized world? Or, to be more specific and mundane, how can a device with no USB port and no file management system worth talking about be confused with a tool for productivity? Think about it if you cannot use the iPad in its own right:it must be tethered to another device with which you must synchronize it in order to transfer files, data and the minutiae of you working life.
Merely to switch it on and set it up, you have to connect it to a computer. Does that mean the iPad isn't really a computer in its own right? The truth is. of course it's a computer but it's a computer designed to be used on Planet Jobs, meaning that whatever Steve Jobs thinks should be allowed onto it, will be allowed. Whatever he doesn't want associated with his baby, you are going to trick your machine into doing. So why aren't we hearing the howls of indignation? Why is Steve Jobs not dodging the lynch mobs?
The flaws in the iPad-and there are many more are very arguably intentional. They give Apple a road map on which it can position several generations of upgrades. Why not put in USB Ports? Why not include dual 3G/WiFi capability as standard on all models, Why not offer extra port for a 3G modem? Why not lets us run two programs at the same time? Why not build in a camera? Why not allow Flash?
Nawasilisha
Merely to switch it on and set it up, you have to connect it to a computer. Does that mean the iPad isn't really a computer in its own right? The truth is. of course it's a computer but it's a computer designed to be used on Planet Jobs, meaning that whatever Steve Jobs thinks should be allowed onto it, will be allowed. Whatever he doesn't want associated with his baby, you are going to trick your machine into doing. So why aren't we hearing the howls of indignation? Why is Steve Jobs not dodging the lynch mobs?
The flaws in the iPad-and there are many more are very arguably intentional. They give Apple a road map on which it can position several generations of upgrades. Why not put in USB Ports? Why not include dual 3G/WiFi capability as standard on all models, Why not offer extra port for a 3G modem? Why not lets us run two programs at the same time? Why not build in a camera? Why not allow Flash?
Nawasilisha