![]() ![]() Google found itself in an unfortunate predicament in the battle against Apple in the mobile OS space. a conventional HDD), it’s got a beautiful screen and for some usage models, touching is better than pointing. It’s light, it has a long battery life, it’s easy to use, performance is more predictable than a netbook (thanks to the use of NAND flash vs. I’m continually amazed by the number of people I see on a regular basis using an iPad, even though I understand why. As is evidenced by the number of people I see in airports and airplanes who have traded in their Thinkpads for an iPad, this new era of tablets is serious business. Productivity apps exist, however there are still many usage models that demand the fast response time of a full blown PC or the convenience of a keyboard/mouse, higher resolution display and real working desktop. The killer apps on the iPad continue to be centered around content consumption and, more recently, gaming. Only the latter is better done on the iPad than a more conventional computing device. I spend most of my days in meetings, producing content, benchmarking and researching. With the iPad, Apple built a device that I wanted ten years ago, at a time when my workload wouldn’t allow me to use it. ![]()
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