[NTLK] What can I use Ipad for?

[reilly001os at aol.com]

Someone sounds a little jaded :-) how much hd/flash space do you need? How fast a processor do you need? Newton doesn't even have a fraction of the ipad specs and it gets things done! It's not always about the raw figures especially if its a clean fast cpu architecture, what I think will limit the ipad is its iphone os. Unless ipad runs an open stand alone os (read: full osx), its always going to be a companion to and need a "full" computer. Apple has gone from a company focused on  building tools for creative professionals (Newton, powerbook duo, macs, etc) to a company focused on building toys for media consumption (ipod, iphone/itouch, ipad). Guess we'll have to see if ipad can get some work done lol.

Joe Reilly
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Subject: Re: [NTLK] What can I use Ipad for?
Sent: Jan 27, 2010 16:56

It is a gaming, music device. It is NOT a PowerBook. With 64G fixed  
HDD? With 1G processor you will not have enough power to run most of  
the application. Any office is based on Word, Excel ... Any designer  
uses Photoshop... etc....... Who will use it and for what? Faleo was  
wrong idea, was cut before even started but Jobs comes with Faleo  
without keyboard. Just now they produce smartphones with 1G  
processors , HTC HD2... Sorry, no thanks.

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