Similar to what happened when Apple first released their iPhone, now it is iPad turn. Everyone is talking about it on the internet. Well, at the least fanboys.
When Steve Job announced the iPad, I was pretty dissapointed at the design, and the name. Come on.. iPad? Really? And the design is quite typical. Like a piece of something. But the only thing that changed my perspective on iPad is the software. The operating system in it. It just, amazingly breathtaking. Check out the video yourself. The one where Jonathan Ive in it. Amazing guy by the way.
If you’ve used Apple product – either iPod touch, iPhone, or even Mac – you’ll see the effort they put into the details of the software. The transitioning, what happen when you click here, to here, the animation between it – everything is considered. Click the home button on your iPhone, you can see the transition where the icons coming in from the four corners. Do it with other device, you can only see the home screen immediately, no effect to please you. Apple somehow put some lives in their software to act and react in a natural way.
Now that Apple started shipping this thing, a lot more reviews on the applications and the hardware itself can be seen around the tech blogs – Gizmodo for example. Some apps can be really really good looking. That is the major factor of attractiveness in iPad.
I’m not saying that I’m getting one, or not getting one – although there is a thread selling it on Low Yat (via @mohdismail). It is a great device – for those who really need or want to use it or just want to smash it. I’m just proud of the technology and the advancement in it.
What do you think?
