The backlash against iPad begins

[Ji@nBing]

Not surprising at all. One of the most useless devices ever. May as well just get an iPod Touch (hell, for that price you could get an iPhone) and have an actual portable device that's not a chore to hold.

[Boz]

All I can see is that 3 people I know, who bought iPads from the beginning, all sold them.

It's a "magical" device you use out of excitement for a few days when you buy it and then you eventually realize that you spent money on a gadget that really doesn't do anything you can't do with your laptop/desktop at home and that you have wasted $500-$600 on something that's only usable to most people while sitting in the living room or taking a dump. And I certainly won't be lugging around the ipad with me along with my phone and other stuff.. It kind of defeats the purpose.. People might as well carry a small netbook/laptop. That's a lot of money to spend on reading device while you poo-poo :)

[coresx]

Apple

"Stock is limited, it's so popular!"

:laugh:

I wonder how long limiting stock will do for PR.

[HSoft]

Surprise surprise. I expected this, it seems like just a gimmick to me to be honest. Apple would have done a much better job producing a netbook that ran OS X, because it's been proven that OS X runs well on netbook hardware.

Wasted opportunity on Apple's part.

Agree to an extent. I was looking forward to the iPad thinking it would run OS X. Like the tablet form factor. But I've already got an iPod, why would I want another one with a slightly larger screen? If it ran the full OS X, then that would be a product I'd buy.

As it stands, I went out and bought a multi-touch tablet (Lenovo) instead.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Apple had such good plans for it back when it was still being called the iSlate, but in the end they scrapped all that and ended up turning it into a giant iPhone/iPod Touch, what a waste ...

[bjoswald]

It's about time people woke up to this. It really is nothing more than "palm candy"; a novelty device at best. It may be fun and have a few uses, but the average person would never need it. Don't even get me started about the price!

[techbeck]

It needs content, and it will come. Give developers time.

I have an idea!! Lets release a product, call it revolutionary, and have little to no content!! Great marketing and a wonderful way to run a business. (insert sarcasm EVERYWHERE)

Apple was betting on the success of the iPhone/iTouch to fuel the sales of the iPad. Looks like their plan is backfiring...even if a little bit.

[nitroxhotshot]

the ipad reminds me of the nintendo wii... it looks kool, its pretty , however you play with it once, maybe twice and then it becomes the next door stop..

id rather have a nice laptop that i can install whatever i want on for the price of an ipad

[spenser.d]

I think its a great device on the hardware side, but I hate the idea of my computer's potential being tied solely to what apps I can find in an appstore, much less one appstore controlled by the guys who sold me the device.

[skyrocket]

Apple had such good plans for it back when it was still being called the iSlate, but in the end they scrapped all that and ended up turning it into a giant iPhone/iPod Touch, what a waste ...

How do you know? All of the iSlate news we got was pure speculation.

[Deviate]

The iPad, like many 1st and 2nd generation iDevices, seems purposely limited so that Apple has some wiggle room to add new stuff which should have been included in the first place, for later iterations. Apple has always marketed themselves as the Mercedes/BMW of computing products, so creating a crippled device in place of a full featured, useful, product in order to keep costs down seems ridiculous. From the start, this device should have had similar specs to the MacBook Air (as someone previously pointed out), pen input (which would have increased functionality of the device two-fold from the start), full OSX, and the ability to use the iPhone OS while it is asleep/off (like ExpressGate on certain Asus motherboards). A slate tablet with those features and the ability to use a bluetooth keyboard with it would have been an amazing replacement to my current laptop, let alone a separate category of devices.

Otherwise, there isn't really much the iPad does that my iPod Touch doesn't do.

[Gaffney]

I'm Happy with my 1st Generation itouch, the only thing I would like on it is a mic and a camera which is basically an iphone which is better but costs a lot. Instead of buying an ipad simply because it looks cool is stupid why not put that cash towards a holiday or are these people so deprived or social contact or immensely rich and fling their cash around.

What I don't like about the ipad is that they advertise it like it does everything but instead they have built a cheap device and removed a lot of features to keep it relatively good, if flash needs a lot of battery invest in research for more powerful battery's or make it a bit bigger.

The ipad is like something out of the pound store in terms of computers but is a tiny bit smarter.

Ever seen those emulation psp's, they cost like £40 are made with the cheapest battery's and screens but software wise they pack it with tones of useless features like radio, e-books, movies, music and maybe a 0.2mp camera and although music and movies can be good on a small device, this device was not capable of supporting it with a 150px by 70px screen. ipad is the same but they just never cluttered it with stuff that only works well on a device capable of supporting it.

[Growled Member]

The iPad, like many 1st and 2nd generation iDevices, seems purposely limited so that Apple has some wiggle room to add new stuff which should have been included in the first place, for later iterations. Apple has always marketed themselves as the Mercedes/BMW of computing products, so creating a crippled device in place of a full featured, useful, product in order to keep costs down seems ridiculous.

Maybe they are building them as they go. No many devices come to the market fully featured in their 1st generation. I doubt if it's an intentional thing. It just takes time to build new features into products.

[.Neo]

That's what you get for always wanting to have the latest and greatest without doing much research before buying.

[Quillz]

Surprise surprise. I expected this, it seems like just a gimmick to me to be honest. Apple would have done a much better job producing a netbook that ran OS X, because it's been proven that OS X runs well on netbook hardware.

Wasted opportunity on Apple's part.

All part of the plan. Expect next year's obligatory second generation iPad to run Mac OS X.

And you just know the same Apple apologists who worship the current iPad will worship the next one. And the one after that. And will have no problem paying $800+ for each one.

[0sit0]

I don't know. I use mine all the time. Stream videos over the internet from home using airvideo, read books, use the web, IM, games. I can't wait till OS 4.0 so I can finally multitask. If people bought it and they are not using it is because they went with the hype instead of what they needed/wanted. I liked it so much I bought one for my mother and she's loving it as well :)

[Joshie]

I think the iPad would make a fantastic concept device leading into an extra year or two of R&D that would eventually polish it, add useful features, and work out kinks like how horrifically uncomfortable people look when using it without a set of $80+ accessories.

[mattmatik]

Backlash? Sounds like buyer stupidity to me. People need to wake up and realize they don't need every single item that hits the market. Go look at the 3D TV market. Same situation. None of the movies out, save for Avatar, are worth the 3D experience. Where's the backlash for that?

I have a friend who bought one on release, only person I know who has one so far. He loves it. He also doesn't have an iPhone or Touch. Just depends on who you are and what you need.

[Bioran]

I spent over $800 on it and it has been sitting on my couch untouched for days. I don't have the luxury of spending that much money without thinking twice about it

Well, he certainly didn't think twice about it.

[(Spork)]

Don't forget it runs all the iPhone apps so there's like a bajillion apps.

yea and 10 that are useful :p

but yea i seen this coming i have a buddy that bought one and the first week he had it every day bragged about it etc etc over the next few weeks i noticed when i seen him all he had was his cell and or netbook .

i had to ask where is the Ipad .. all he said is waste of money

[evo_spook]

so... one person writes on a unknown blog and that now stands as a fact! okay..........

[Stup0t]

I jumped off the apple cart ages ago. Former Ipod Owner.

Got fed up with the lock downs, I had a ipod mini that I could use as a external HD. Ipoid touch had the feature for a while till they switched it off.

Got fed up with the boring grey GUI of itunes, I want it the same as my window GUI dammit.

Got fed up of the sneaky updates and having to have quicklime installed. Just let me have the plugin and be done.

Got fed up with the store selling low bitrate mp3. Give me wav so i can convert to the bitrate i want or give me the option to choose. I have recently gone back to buying cd's for this reason.

I don't see any place in the market for the ipad, its a gimmick a fashion statement.

[Dysphoria]

Yes.... "Unfortunately" his personal experience means **** when it comes to the iPad popularity. iPad has been the fastest selling device so far and its future applications are enormous especially in the educational, medical and military market.

Fishfull thinking for Apple haters, but good luck with that.

Cheers

[.Neo]

All part of the plan. Expect next year's obligatory second generation iPad to run Mac OS X.

Why would you want a desktop OS to run on a tablet? I honestly don't get the obsession with this. Mac OS X nor any of its applications (build-in and 3rd Party) have interfaces that would work well with touch input. The OS simply isn't designed for that.

[inStereo]

The iPad will never be taken up by the military or medical market, especially not in the UK. Do you think that the tax payer would be happy if they saw the NHS spending their money on these wastes of money?