TechMad:
All rather underwhelming I'm afraid, compared to the upcoming Droid based tablets like the Motorola Zoom.
It's probably rather underwhelming compared to the holographic iGlass Apple are going to release in 2020, but it is here now, so let's compare it to the rest of the market shall we, rather than some purported vapourware, the release date of which ever dwindles into the future?
TechMad:
No hi-res screen I feel is a little strange. Why have a high-res screen on the small iphone screen where at 3.5inch its not really of any benefit, and yet not have it on the 9.7'' Ipad, where the extra resolution would make a difference? Even with this update IOS is starting to look dated, especially with regards to how multitasking is handled.
Yes and how many apps on the "high res" Droid drones can actually take advantage of the hi-res screen? About 3 at the last count!
TechMad:
No flash support in a device designed to consume media is mind boggling.
I will admit to finding websites with flash annoying on my iPhone, but then I find them even more annoying on a computer where I can actually see the flash content, so I can't say it's something I miss. One could even say that Apple is doing me a favour! ;-)
TechMad: Both in hardware and the OS, Apple is struggling to remain competetive with the best.
Yes, over 90% of the tablet market and 2/3s of the smartphone market in less than 3 years doesn't strike me as being competitive either, rather it's left the established players wondering what that wooshing sound was as it strolled on by...
TechMad:
I'm still not a tablet fan - I dont see why u wouldnt just use a laptop at home, and I'd stick with a phone for use if I'm out and about,
Fair enough! I will probably do the same, but only cos my budget won't allow and I still can't justify replacing my 6 year old PowerMac dual G5 or my 4 year old MacbookPro, or my 2 year old iPhone 3GS, all for the reason that they do exactly what I want them to do for work (including all the command line Unix geekery you can imagine - yes on the iPhone too) AND allow me to stream music around the house so easily (even my retired mother figured out how to set up an airport express and stream to it from her Mac upstairs in no time, even worked out how to control it with her iPhone when she got one recently). Yes there may be faster computers/phones out there, but until one of them breaks, I can't see any reason to change. (Although I am running out of space on my PowerMac, maybe I'll get me one of them 3TB seagate disks... have you tried one in your Windows machine yet? Oh no wait, Windows doesn't support volumes over 2.1TB... sorry!)
Apologies if any of this sounds like a rant, it is all typed with a smile on my face and meant with good humour!
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