[Air-L] why iPad

live human.factor.one at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 15:29:33 PDT 2010


I'm confused that they would use iPads instead of other more  
'modular'(hackable) tablets.
There are a ton of tablets out in the marketplace, and soon to be many  
more....
Why get locked into limiting functionalities?

That being said, I love my MacBook, so I'm in no way an Apple hater.
I just realize the limitations Apple as put on their mobile devices.

@SharonG

On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Ben Moskowitz wrote:

> Amen!
>
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:
>
>> After all the hype, I can't figger out why someone (even at Duke)  
>> would use an iPad rather than a netbook for their research. Sounds  
>> like kewl won over functionality. If I'm taking notes, I'd rather  
>> have a real keyboard. If I'm doing other stuff, I'd rather have the  
>> plethora of applications running on Win7/XP or MacOX than on the  
>> little apps running on iPods and iPhones with their baby OS. --  
>> I've been using the iPhone 3GS for months now as a pocket phone etc  
>> and am continually frustrated on what it can't do.
>> End iRant. End PodHype
>>
>> Barry Wellman
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