Since Steve Job’s animated presentation on the iPad there has been a lot of speculation in the media and elsewhere about Apple’s latest product iPad. Sure the iPad will put to shame most tablet devices and book readers present in the market today including the Kindle. A friend recently visited me from California and told me he couldn’t buy the iPad since it wasn’t available for sale. He was all praise for it, before I told him about the device and some of its shortcomings. Read on to enlighten yourself on what the iPad isn’t or can’t do.
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No Flash. Millions of websites today use Flash but Steve Jobs somehow missed this point! Ok so users might see those Lego blocks on their screens prompting them to add a plug-in which Alas won’t be there unless someone does something about it.
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No Multitasking? So you won’t be able to listen to your favorite music while surfing the Web? Who cares, and why did you ever buy that Music enabled Smartphone, iPhone, iPod or whatever? Just wear the headphones and surf the Web on your iPad.
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No Camera. Since there is no camera there’s little room for a video conference. I believe this is a marketing strategy, give the people a camera –less iPad, make a newer more expensive iPad, attach a camera and un-apologetically launch it with a bigger price tag. That’s it. How else can one miss out this important feature?
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Only AT&T Network supported. As of now only At&T is supported, this means less places in the US and none in the rest of the world if you plan on buying the 3G version. So a better option would be to buy a WiFi enabled, basic model.
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No USB. There’s no USB support, or to say standard USB port. Users need to buy an adapter for using the USB! Talk about expanding storage space, just add dollars and let Apple handle the rest.
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No Data Tethering. This is the latest to come out of the bag, no data tethering between iPad and the iPhone. Call it bad news courtesy of Apple. This could have been a great utility that would have allowed at least iPhone owners to use their networks for data purposes on the non 3G iPads. Guess we will have to wait for the crackers and hackers to figure out a solution. Till then wait and see :-)
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I am 39 year old technology enthusiast trying to keep myself updated on the latest happenings in this field. I like to keep things simple and everyday I learn something new to share with the world!