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Underwhelmed by iPad vs rumored features?
Remember this feeling. It will help you when you get too excited or riled up by crazy rumors and gossip. As a long, long time Apple fan and user, I’ve learned to filter out the BS and enter into keynotes and media events with very few expectations.
However, if you are still underwhelmed, and think the iPad is disappointing, remember two more points:
- Pictures speaking louder than words; Usage screams louder than pictures. You may guffaw or shake your head about details that you won’t even notice when the device is in your hands.
- The possibilities are open. To quote Jon Hicks’ tweet from today, “it’ll be the apps that make it.” I remember being underwhelmed by the iPhone when it first came out, but oh my how that changed, especially when native apps arrived. My fiancée refers to my iPhone as “the other woman” now, I spend that much time using it.
Speaking of apps, imagine how much further developers can take things on the iPad. I follow OmniGroup’s Ken Case on Twitter, and he’s excited about making new apps for the iPad, such as OmniGraffle (one of my faves for wireframing/vector sketching). Imagine using OmniGraffle in a touch interface, pinching to resize shapes, drawing a vector shape with a few taps and drags across your little palette sitting on your lap.
I, for one, think that sounds fantastic.
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Apple is currently in the process of unveiling their new tablet device.
So far my only disappointment is the name. iPad? Seriously, guys? You’re confusing New England. They’ve had iPaahds fah yeaaaahs!
