red-library.com » apple http://www.red-library.com Programming & Web Development Mon, 28 Feb 2011 10:55:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The iPad could have been so much more http://www.red-library.com/the-ipad-could-have-been-so-much-more-36 http://www.red-library.com/the-ipad-could-have-been-so-much-more-36#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:03:36 +0000 Sean http://www.red-library.com/?p=36 By now you’ve probably noticed that Apple’s supposedly world-changing announcement turned out to be little more than a super-sized version of the iPhone (well, without the phone, so its more of an iPod Touch). While this will be all well and good for those who wanted a jumbo iPhone, for the rest of us who were waiting for the ‘next big thing’, even Steve Jobs’ egotistical confidence in his baby can’t cover up the massive disappointment.

The reason I’m disappointed is that it has taken the concept of a tablet and relegated it to a media player and web browser. Media players come in all shapes and sizes already, and web browsing is a pretty singular task to end up forking $500+ out for.

What it could have been? Why, the biggest productivity boon ever. Imagine a fully-fledged OS on there, capable of running any number of existing productivity apps. Multi-tasking would have added to this immeasurably.

My idea for the perfect tablet would be one which seamlessly links to your workstation PC or Mac. Imagine just dragging a window over to the tablet, getting up and walking to that meeting. Flicking between your presentation notes, organiser and e-mails with a flick of the wrist would make this a truly awesome system.

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