Some of my colleagues at work were infected by the iPad "bug". I looked at it and assessed it when it came out and as usual I didn't become part of the early adopter phase. Indeed I never am, but I was and am interested.
I think it was last year in Hong Kong when I saw someone in a lecture using their iPad as a flight simulator. Thought the iPad looked pretty cool and needed something to keep an eye on.
So I started to go through the reasons why I would buy one. Games, yeah but no not enough. Email, maybe but you need an Australian 3G card and quite frankly with Vodafone's recent performance and the cost of a Telstra chip its all a wee joke. Mobile Internet, sorry guys I need a Flash player in my browser and in case anyone hasn't caught up with the news but Microsoft WMV still rates as a movie player.
And so the list went on.
In comes iPad 2 and sure enough no good. My reasons are personal and valid for anyone with a business. Why would I want a Tablet? Easy:
- Email.
- Internet (with Flash capabilities and all movie download players).
- Microsoft Office (or very compatible) with editing features.
- Document transfer / storage.
- USB connection.
- Love the games and the Apps on my iPhone 3GS (yes no early adopter here, nor willy nilly upgrades to iPhone 4) so they are a must now too.
Samsung and HP you have an unbelievable opportunity here to get business user uptake and make Apple the Tablet Choker of all time, a bit like the All Blacks in a Rugby World Cup. I don't care who it is but somebody HURRY UP and please get it right :-)
I'll be back with more ACMA shortly.
1 comments:
Great post Dave (from an iPad user) I'm stilled stunned that Apple haven't nailed the Flash issue with iPad 2 - looks like I might be going back to a mini-laptop - and that's not what I call moving forward.
Oh. and also slightly disturbed by the shot of you in front of the window on the blog - reminiscent of an adult movie somehow.
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