Fanboi's lament - falling out of love with the iPad
Found on The Register on Thursday, 27 May 2010
As the iPad goes on sale in the UK (and eight other countries), I've had my own "magical and revolutionary" Apple tablet for exactly 56 days. And I'm using it less and less each day.
As a fanboi, I'd like to say that the jury is still out, but I'm afraid that the most important evidence - that I'm less frequently using the li'l guy for either business or pleasure - is in.
The iPad's instant-on capability makes it more of an impulse-satisfier than a laptop could ever be.
The iPad's battery life is truly impressive, although charging it is a bit of a pain.
Yet fanbois keep on buying, shoving money down Steve's throat. It has no USB, no NIC, no real keyboard, ridiculously small storage and comes with Apple having to allow every app. Still fanbois point out the "lovely" touchscreen function or the case (costs extra of course) to hold it up. Finally, just for the record: the instant-on feature is not an iPad invention. Phoenix has an "Instant Boot BIOS", bringing up your OS in seconds. Waiting for, let's say, 10 seconds is really not that bad, compared to the extras you get. My pocket calculator has an instant-on feature too, but that doesn't mean it's the only thing you'll ever need.