So Tablet Jesus descended from the heavens today, and it seems like kind of a damp squib.
I keep waiting for someone to make a tablet that will work well, but it won't be Microsoft, and
Apple annoys me by making a tablet that's far more locked down than anything Gates would dare ship. There's a lot that I almost like about the iPad, but I can't get past the deliberate, malicious crippling.
In about 6-9 months, there'll be a passel of Android-powered devices of similar price and capability. We'll see how they run, and if they're any less hegemonic.
God knows I'm not a representative sample. Maybe 18 months from now we'll all be running the damn things.
I keep waiting for someone to make a tablet that will work well, but it won't be Microsoft, and
Apple annoys me by making a tablet that's far more locked down than anything Gates would dare ship. There's a lot that I almost like about the iPad, but I can't get past the deliberate, malicious crippling.
In about 6-9 months, there'll be a passel of Android-powered devices of similar price and capability. We'll see how they run, and if they're any less hegemonic.
God knows I'm not a representative sample. Maybe 18 months from now we'll all be running the damn things.
Great title.
ReplyDeleteI seem to be the only one on the intertubes who wants one (maybe that means I can get one cheaper?) I want something kind of kindle-sized to read the endless stream of journal article PDFs I want, but that I can also use to check my email, skim through my presentations with, etc.
The various ebook readers would be better for just reading PDFs, with their electronic paper - but it's hard to see using them for anything else, and I don't think the better display for reading text makes up for the lack of flexibility to do other things.
Basically I just want a much bigger ipod touch with 3G, and it looks like that's what the iPad is.