The iPad
Friday, January 29, 2010 at 11:11AM Almost everyone was expecting a tablet to be announced, but I stil had my doubts. I was hoping for (but not expecting) a tablet with full Mac OSX. I was wrong. The tablet is really just a big iPod Touch in terms of functionality. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I wouldn't mind having one for couch web browsing because the battery would last longer than my netbook. However, the device is missing some key features: USB ports, Adobe Flash, a webcam, and the ability to multi-task. A device this size should be able to multi-task, especially since my phone can multi-task quite well. In a web-centric device a webcam is a necessity. One feature that I'm happy to say it has is Bluetooth, but I'm unclear about using a Bluetooth keyboard. Unfortunately, a Bluetooth keyboard is probably not an option without some sort of extra program. I like the device, but they could have done so much more with this format of a smartbook style computer.

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