[Air-L] why iPad

Samuel Klein meta.sj at gmail.com
Thu Jul 15 15:45:32 PDT 2010


I find everything about the iPad in my office frustrating.  Before and
after licking it.  SJ

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 6:29 PM, live <human.factor.one at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>>>
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