Comments on: The Apple iPad http://www.pointlessrants.com/2010/01/the-apple-ipad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-apple-ipad Rants that are usually about technology Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tom Schultz http://www.pointlessrants.com/2010/01/the-apple-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-7426 Tom Schultz Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:20:26 +0000 http://www.pointlessrants.com/?p=706#comment-7426 As far as storage later you don't have a direct connection to a drive perhaps but you can link to itunes and manage the storage of your information there just like ipods have for nearly a decade. For video out..I suppose there is a possibility for it to have a dongle to allow for this in the future. I'd be tempted to see if the ipod video out dongle works on it. I also don't know that this iPDA will be a success. I just don't feel like it has a market except for the executive types that just like to have the new toys yet don't know how to use them. On the 3G front though...the $30 a month for unlimited data is not bad and I think is actually a selling point. As far as storage later you don’t have a direct connection to a drive perhaps but you can link to itunes and manage the storage of your information there just like ipods have for nearly a decade.

For video out..I suppose there is a possibility for it to have a dongle to allow for this in the future. I’d be tempted to see if the ipod video out dongle works on it.

I also don’t know that this iPDA will be a success. I just don’t feel like it has a market except for the executive types that just like to have the new toys yet don’t know how to use them.

On the 3G front though…the $30 a month for unlimited data is not bad and I think is actually a selling point.

]]> By: Eric http://www.pointlessrants.com/2010/01/the-apple-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-7425 Eric Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:54:37 +0000 http://www.pointlessrants.com/?p=706#comment-7425 Good rant. Not just an analysis, but a good, solid rant. Do you suppose Apple's strategy since the iPhone is to release a low-end version of a product, then release newer, better ones? Amazon did it with the Kindle. It makes a certain amount of sense: you can see what features users are most hungry for. Of course, Apple isn't really one to add those features as much as just add features, so it seems more like playing it safe to me: release a low-end product that you know works, then add features incrementally, knowing it works all the way. That's good too, but it allows for solid rants when the first product comes out (especially after so much hype). Good rant. Not just an analysis, but a good, solid rant.

Do you suppose Apple’s strategy since the iPhone is to release a low-end version of a product, then release newer, better ones? Amazon did it with the Kindle. It makes a certain amount of sense: you can see what features users are most hungry for. Of course, Apple isn’t really one to add those features as much as just add features, so it seems more like playing it safe to me: release a low-end product that you know works, then add features incrementally, knowing it works all the way. That’s good too, but it allows for solid rants when the first product comes out (especially after so much hype).

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