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Uncle Walt has weighed in, and most of the other big tech pundits are starting to weigh in on the Apple iPad. The Chicago Sun Times columnist and Mac geek extraordinaire Andy Ihnatko has offered his input, not only in the first of what he says will be many posts about the device, but also in an interview on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Live MacBreak Weekly.
The headline says it all — Ihnatko says that the iPad is one of the best computers ever. He starts his review by saying that the iPad meets or exceeds all of the hype that preceded the release, and then goes on to mention that "it’s a computer that many people have wanted for years."
As in Walt Mossberg’s review, Andy comments that it can easily last 10 hours on a charge, it can hold just about any piece of media you ever want to carry with you, and that it does the "dull compulsories of computing (Mail, the web, and Microsoft Office-style apps) so well" that the iPad will, in many cases, take the place of a standard laptop computer.
Ihnatko, who has had the pleasure of playing with an iPad for the last week, gushes about Apple’s innovation, saying "I’m suddenly wondering if any other company is as committed to invention as Apple. Has any other company ever demonstrated a restlessness to stray from the safe and proven, and actually invent things?"
The result? As he says, "The iPad user experience is instantly compelling and elegant… It’s a computer that’s designed for speed, mobility, and tactile interaction above all other considerations."
Source: TUAW.com
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Here we go, cats and kiddies. Walt Mossberg’s had his iPad for a week now, and he’s got to tell us all about it. Quotes below are transcribed from his video review.
"The question in my mind is just how important will this be… On one level I think this has the potential to challenge the laptop, it has the potential to, I think, even challenge the whole user interface we’ve had on computers and sort of set up a slow evolution towards multitouch and gesture and away from the mouse-driven interface…. That’s it’s potential. But it depends on whether — not everyone, but enough people decide that they can carry this instead of a laptop or a netbook. That is, that it can do much of what they want to do on their netbook or a laptop most of the time… so that they can just pick this up and take it with them, or use it around the house, and not crack open that bulkier, heavier laptop. We don’t know the answer to that."
A recent study by PriceGrabber indicates that consumers in the market for over the next year are more likely to choose an iPad over Amazon’s Kindle. About 20 percent of the survey respondents said they’re planning on buying an iPad in the next year, compared to 12 percent are planning on buying the Kindle.
Despite the fact that the Kindle serves only as an ebook reader, only 13 percent of the survey respondents said they planned to use their iPad to read books. 20 percent of those planning on buying an iPad plan to use it as a mobile productivity device, 19 percent plan to use it to replace their laptop computer, and 10 percent plan to use it as a portable entertainment device.
Read more: MacObserver.com
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The iPhone is great, but it’s small. The iPad is bigger; you can cradle it, like a lap harp. Behold, Air Harp!
If fart apps are what the iPhone is all about, Air Harp is what the iPad is all about. You can sit there, with the device in you lap, and simply strum. You get 2 octaves (15 strings) of tones in G Major.
Read more: TechCrunch.com
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Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) today announced that it is doubling the size of its “iFund” supporting iPhone OS-related companies to $200 million. The original iFund was launched in March 2008, and KPCB notes that the initial $100 million has been fully committed to 14 companies that have also attracted an additional $330 million in funding.
KPCB also announced iFund-supported companies have more than 20 applications in development for the soon-to-be-released iPad, with 11 available at first ship on April 3. KPCB noted the iPhone has created an inflection in mobile content consumption and the iPad will lead the next wave of innovation in mobile computing. The iFund is increasing its investment dollars to back entrepreneurs and build companies that focus on these areas. Particular areas of interest on iPad include entertainment, communication, social networking, commerce, health care, and education.
Read more: MacRumors.com
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Uncle Walt has weighed in, and most of the other big tech pundits are starting to weigh in on the Apple iPad. The Chicago Sun Times columnist and Mac geek extraordinaire Andy Ihnatko has offered his input, not only in the first of what he says will be many posts about the device, but also in an interview on Leo Laporte’s TWiT Live MacBreak Weekly.
Here we go, cats and kiddies. Walt Mossberg’s had his iPad for a week now, and he’s got to tell us all about it. Quotes below are transcribed from his video review.
A recent study by PriceGrabber indicates that consumers in the market for over the next year are more likely to choose an iPad over Amazon’s Kindle. About 20 percent of the survey respondents said they’re planning on buying an iPad in the next year, compared to 12 percent are planning on buying the Kindle.
The iPhone is great, but it’s small. The iPad is bigger; you can cradle it, like a lap harp. Behold, Air Harp!
Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) today announced that it is doubling the size of its “iFund” supporting iPhone OS-related companies to $200 million. The original iFund was launched in March 2008, and KPCB notes that the initial $100 million has been fully committed to 14 companies that have also attracted an additional $330 million in funding.
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