Apples and iPads

I finally got to lay my hands on an Apple iPad. It looks nice, and it feels light. I couldn’t feel the bare metal though, because the owner refused to take off the protective cover. But I’m sure there would be no surprises, seeing how much the iPad has already been described in tremendous details all over the media. I still remain unmoved, however. What in the world would I use an iPad for? It’s not going to replace a MacBook Pro, and it’s not something compact enough to bring around outside of work when I don’t have a bag to stuff it in.

I did see how the iPad was very useful for farming though. Yes, those Farm Wars kind of farming. Farming on a phone is too difficult given how tiny the screen is. Farming on a notebook or desktop isn’t as fun because it is not touch-enabled.

I don’t suppose people buy iPad to do farming or farming-like applications. (Or perhaps they do?)

But regardless what I think, the iPads are selling very well. The iPhone 4 is doing even better. I’m afraid one day, “phone” == “iPhone”. It’s not a phone if it isn’t an iPhone. Then it gets very problematic, not least because Steve Jobs decides what a phone is and what a phone can do. Or not do. Like it won’t run flash. Like multitasking revolves around 7 crippled services.

I can’t help but think that the i-things are not actually keeping pace technologically.