There it is. It just sucks. SUCKS.
There are negative reviews all over the internet since the introduction of the iPad, yesterday. I mean, to read the sniveling punditbots, this thing is just the most snot-covered, maggot-infested, totally icky piece of runny shit ever to be foisted on an unsuspecting public (leaving out a few career politicians). The complaints are endless.
“It doesn’t have a camera.”
“It doesn’t support Flash Player.”
“AT&T blows goats.”
“It costs more than a netbook.”
“Are you waiting for another shade of green? Let’s go, asshole.”
“Who stole my Gatorade? I had an orange Gatorade in the lunchroom fridge.”
“The sign says 15 items, not 15 tons, Bitch.”
“You have a booger showing.”
The list of complaints goes on and on. Obviously, all the things Apple has failed to resolve on the iPhone aren’t suddenly cured on the iPad. Duh.
The Apple/AT&T thing must be working out for both parties. At least for now.
I’m guessing the whole Flash Player thing is about a power play in which each party will be goddamned if the other party will dictate to them. Tell me how you think it’s eventually going to work out if one party can buy the other party and give it to the Salvation Army for the tax deduction.
Yeah. The Flash Player thing will be resolved soon.
No camera for video or stills. Really? You want to take pictures and movies with a fucking floor tile? Please.
Reality? The iPad is the mobile device against which all other mobile devices will be measured for the foreseeable future. No further discussion is needed.
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Flash wanks. There, I said it. Hey Adobe, get your sh*t together for your Mac customers.
Yeah, I know, ain’t gonna happen. (I need a middle finger emoticon for how I feel about this)
Flash has also peaked and is now in decline. Most reasonable people have always hated it and the smarter ones have been working hard – and making great progress – at making it irrelevant. YouTube and Vimeo both announced HTML5 video options to replace Flash within 48 hours of each other last week.
HTML5 embedded video is already supported on the two most advanced web browsers on the planet. YouTube is the only thing that ever made Flash really necessary for most people and that party’s quickly winding down.
Booger. There is nothing else to say but:
BOOGER!
Crap, Chuq Von Rospach writes way better than I ever will. So ignore my last missive and read this instead:
http://www.chuqui.com/2010/01/some-thoughts-on-the-ipad/
Not that anyone cares, but here’s my thoughts about the iPad;
I found a pretty good liveblog and followed the stream all through the presentation. I was excited but suddenly found myself disappointed, but it’s because I am not the target market for the iPad. I require a machine that is pretty powerful for my graphics work and the fact that I run a local webserver for my work. I hated the name. HATED IT. I loved the UI, it is absolutely Gorgeous. As I watched Steve present the iPad, I realized we are looking at the future. The iPad is something that was dreamed about in the 50’s sci-fi novels, TV shows. Now it will be ubiquitous. The price is perfect. It will appeal to business travelers, it will appeal to stay at home moms – to put in the kitchen, playroom and quickly check email or look something up, it will appeal to home schoolers. This is going to be huge for the non-technical users. However, not for me.
So as much as I wasn’t impressed, I realized it was because Steve didn’t have me in mind when he designed it. Should I bitch about that? Nah, I can’t work up the energy to care, someone else will.
As much as I wanted a tablet running OSX (the full version) to load Photoshop and be able draw on the screen, I understand that I am not the majority in the market. **Sigh** I guess I’ll have to make my own now.
Okay Rip, commence the name calling.
@mba
Wordy, that chuq, but literate. He seems to have said all the things I would have said if I were going to say all those things. In depth analysis is too much work, though. I prefer drive-by lampooning. Cleaner. Not as noisy. You can avoid all those long good-byes.
This kind of reasoning also explains why the comments at Rip Ragged frequently have more real information than the posts. Given my aversion to gratuitous reasoning, it is a tribute to my forebearance that I allow so much of it in the comments.
No need to thank me. It’s just a little service I provide.
The only thing I’m really worried about is that Raw Benderly hasn’t announced his position on the iPad since Wednesday. Or at least I haven’t found that post. In large part because I haven’t looked. I wonder (not really) what he will say.