Luke, I like your assessment. A few additional points: - how well the iPad will work as an ebook reader with a glossy, reflective screen - particularly outdoors or in natural lighting - is a concern. A removable anti-glare cover/film might be a good addition; - the choice of separate iPod & iTunes Store seems a strange one to me. And branding the media library as iPod - when the iPhone has the exact same capabilities with an iTunes app - doesn't gel. - I'm curious to see the licensing model around books. US-only distribution at the outset raises concerns for me. - I would also liked to have seen a stylus or pen option. The form-factor lends itself to hand-written note-taking and would have been an interesting extension to the iPhone/iPod Touch experience. - hardware connections on Apple products are a major annoyance for me, so I'm hoping the dock connector is the same as the iPhone. - I really wish there was the ability to run multiple applications at once and switch between them. I barely understand this on the iPhone; I don't get it at all on a device like this one.
Steve 2010/1/28 Luke Wroblewski <l...@lukew.com> > Since no one has brought it up yet... I'll go. > > Overall what was expected. The big innovation for me is all this stuff > integrated in one simple package. Which is kind of being glossed over in the > press. and the price point -very low. > -liked the rebuilt apple apps. calendar & contacts are nicely rethought. > lots of new ui in iwork. > -the times demo is just the start of the kind of integrated media > experiences you can build. my thoughts on that: > http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?951 > -the <http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?951%0A-the> cover is awesome > design it supports swivel, tip, and protects > -the $9 for numbers vs. $229 for excel is really interesting from a > business perspective > > Notable hardware gaps (concerning cause no software update will fix) > -camera > -storage sizes 64GB for videos, photos, and music -does not cut it > -usb port -it uses "camera" adaptors instead > -GPS only on 3G model > -how's it work with an iphone? > > Notable software gaps (can/will be addressed with software updates) > -multiple iphone apps running at once > -multiple users -how do you share the device at home? > -doesn't run flash = many holes on web pages > -no really new interactions -all iphone UI or the most part. but lots of > the floating controls outlined here: > http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?983 > > your thoughts? > > > > :: > :: Luke Wroblewski -[ www.lukew.com ] > :: Principal/Founder, LukeW Ideation & Design > :: l...@lukew.com | 408.513.7207 > :: > :: Blog: http://www.lukew.com/ff/ > :: New Book: http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp > :: Book: http://www.lukew.com/resources/site_seeing.html > :: > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal | Meld Studios | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: st...@meldstudios.com.au | Twitter: docbaty | Skype: steve_baty | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
