Jophiel wrote:
If they had made this first, we'd be all "OMG Apple took a laptop and reduced it all to one screen!" Then, when they made the iPhone, we'd be "OMG Apple made its iPad like only a couple inches across!!"
Instead, it feels like a step backwards. They took existing technology and just made it larger. Hard to get excited.
That's an interesting take. I mean, it's hardly a surprise or a crazy new idea, but I don't feel like this is a set backwards at all. The Ipod is great and all, but it's really too small to be extremely useful.
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Exactly. It is literally just a huge iPod touch with a book store.
This is a strength, not a weakness. The ipod interface is incredibly intuitive and it would be stupid to abandon it. In addition, these platforms live and die by there apps and it would be even more absurd to take away that part. While the similarity will allow more rapid development, there is much more scope on this platform to make the apps far better.
Edited, Jan 27th 2010 3:09pm by Xsarus