Yes, the iPad has fewer features than a comparably priced netbook. Yes, it’s tied to an app store controlled by a single company that has proven to be both capricious and prudish in the kinds of content it approves. And yes, it won’t run Adobe Flash, instantly crippling many websites.
But the iPad is an important device just the same, because it’s simple and it’s fast.
Early reviews of the iPad confirm my experience using the device during Apple’s press event two months ago: there’s something seriously different about Apple’s tablet.
That difference can be summarized in two words: It disappears.
It’s basically a screen. There’s a home button, and some buttons on the side that you don’t pay much attention to while you’re using it.
On the iPad, websites look pretty much the same as they do on my computer display, with one important exception: They fill the screen. Instead of living inside a box with a URL bar and a bunch of buttons alongside other boxes and applications, content takes over the device. There’s almost no noticeable interface.
Read more: Wired.com
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