| Now there is the iPad, the new tablet computer, | | | | However, personally I think both the critics and |
| which apple CEO Steve Jobs promises will be "a | | | | Jobs's hyperbole miss the point. The iPad doesn't |
| magical and revolutionary device." Basically, the | | | | have to be better than a laptop and I don't mind |
| iPad is a large version of the iPhone, with a 9.56 in | | | | if it's just a big iPhone. Adding a bigger screen to |
| screen and the key aim of providing a better | | | | an iPhone is by default going to make it better for |
| visual experience web browsing, photo and video | | | | viewing books, web sites, video and other media. |
| viewing, gaming and eBook reading. The latter is | | | | While some critics were disappointed by the |
| vital to the iPad's success. | | | | screen resolution. I reckon it is fine for this type |
| Importantly, iPhone apps supposed to be | | | | of device - I certainly wouldn't want an electronics |
| compatible with the iPad, but Apple has gone | | | | reader/viewer that is any bigger than the iPad. |
| further by adding ab iPad, but Apple has gone | | | | Initially, I was sceptical about eBook reader, but |
| further by adding an iPad version of its work suit, | | | | now that I have experienced the benefits of the |
| including a word processor, spreadsheet and | | | | Kindle first hand, I am looking forward to life |
| presentation program. Clearly, this is an ambitious | | | | without bulky paper books and being able to carry |
| device. | | | | my library with me. I am excited by the |
| Some critics, on the other hand, are calling it "just | | | | possibility, sometime in the future, of producing an |
| a big iPhone." They point to Apple's previous | | | | electronic magazine. The iPad promises to take |
| failures, such as the Newton, its handheld | | | | this further as an all-in-one reader, with the added |
| computer of the '90s, and Apple TV, its more | | | | benefits of proper web browsing and the many |
| recent network media player, which hardly took | | | | iPhone apps available. |
| the market by storm. | | | | |