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"Honey, I blew up the iPod!!" The New Apple Ipad Tablet

So, Apple have released their new gadget – the iPad tablet.

Some are claiming that the birth of the Ipad could mean the death of netbooks. Is this just press over reaction, or could the giant Iphone really take the world by storm & take a huge bite out of the netbook market?

I’d certainly like one, looks like a bit of fun! But, is it worth shelling out the cash for – and do I really NEED it?

This isn’t a review, as such – I’ve not used the Apple iPad, in fact most news stations etc., here in the UK are giving a reaction, rather than a review, as it’s not yet available here in the UK, and review units are like rocking horse droppings! So this is just my opinion, I can’t review something I’ve not seen – so feel free to take this with a pinch of salt, I’m probably talking rubbish…

Personally, i’m not sure – it looks cool, and it’s Apple, most things apple are cool – but is it really the ground breaking & life changing product that some are saying it is?. I’ve heard reports here that this could take the world by storm, some are predicting it will take a big bite out of the netbook market – Is that really what’s going to happen?

I don’t know – I must say at this point, I can’t see it. It looks great, but it looks effectively like a very expensive toy that many will want, but not so many will need.

It looks like a very nice looking reader, great for reading webpages, ebooks, etc -and I’m sure there will be some mega apps released for it, which will increase the appeal of this expensive toy – but it doesn’t have the features of netbooks – I can’t imagine anyone feeling that they need an iPad in the same way that they need a netbook, yeah plenty of people might want one, but how many of us can afford to blow this kind of cash on stuff we wouldn’t mind having?

It’s basically a really big ipod touch, as far as I can make out – and I’m sure having a really big iPod touch, with the iBook ap, and with the other apps that will be made available, will appeal to anyone who likes gadgets, but how many people will talk themselves into spending the money on it remains to be seen.

The great thing about netbooks, as well as being so portable & handy, is you can use them for so many different things at the same time, multi tasking, check your emails, listen to music, browse the web – if the iPad offered the same versatility, then yes, possibly it would take a large bite out of the netbook market, although having said that even then it would be on the pricey side for a netbook.

I guess it depends then, on what Aps are released for the ipad.

For instance – if there are good email aps,  good diary aps, and good aps to replace the firefox plugins I use when doing SEO work – then, actually, I might be able to survive with just an ipad, and no notebook / laptop! If that’s the case, then it’s worth the cash – for the convenience & the battery life.

I’ll see if they’ll lend me one – I’ll work on it for a while, and then I’ll write another blog post about it!

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