First, a few things that I'm very excited about with this device: * The potential for apps like the demoed N.Y. Times app. BUT -- if every publisher has to develop their own version of this, I view it as a failure. I'm hoping Apple steps up here with a wrapper that independent publishers can take advantage of.
* The pricing: hardware, software (iWork seems like a bargain to me) and the 3G rates, which may be the most "revolutionary" thing Apple has done here. * That cover looks pretty awesome too. To address some of Luke's hardware/software gaps: * Personally, I don't see much use for a camera here. I guess people talk about video conferencing, but in all honesty I see very little attraction in that. * I assume they're using the dock connector with various adapters (and one of the "camera" adapters appears to be a dock-to-USB adapter) in part to make the device as small/light as they can. * Multiple users: for better or worse, I think Apple sees this as a one-per-person device, not a one-per-household device -- more like an iPhone than an iMac. * Lack of multitasking: I can sometimes see the appeal of this, but I do notice that nobody ever complains about the Wii or Nintendo DS being unable to multitask. I wonder why we come at these devices from such different perspectives when they're all basically just computers. * Not running flash is, in my view, an advantage. Anything that keeps intrusive flash ads from annoying me is a good thing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 ________________________________________________________________ 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
