Apple iPad – An Overview

Before I say anything about the iPad, I must start by saying.. I’m an Apple fan 100%, and I love all the products they have..

About the iPad… Seriously the most disappointing piece of tech Apple ever came out with.. Why? Many of reasons.

- Custom built in processor instead of an Intel, which makes any operative system you can install in a Mac or any Mac OS X applications completely incompatible with this device.
- For now, only runs iPhone and iPod touch apps.
- It will have new apps just made for it, but if you already payed for a copy of iWork, Microsoft Office, Adobe Studio or whatever, if you want an app like that for your iPad you will have to pay again for it instead of being able to install your own Mac OS X software. Not to mention that not all developers will make a version of your software for this device.
- The storage capacity is really deficient
- No USB ports, which means, no pen drives, no external hard drives, no external DVD. – The RAM memory is not upgradable.
- As it was pointed out, no camera.
- No multi-tasking which means, close your app to open the next one

In other words, while you can acquire a 10 inches laptop for the same price, apple offers a huge iPhone/iPod touch. For this size people would expect to get a laptop that runs Mac OS X with its applications and not a custom OS. Personally for this price i rather get myself an iPhone.

This review was dug up by request for my big brother.