Comments on: Five Reasons Not to Purchase the iPad http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2010/01/28/five-reasons-to-not-purchase-the-ipad/ Web Design, Development, and Marketing Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:09:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2010/01/28/five-reasons-to-not-purchase-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1318 Daniel Dessinger Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:44:29 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=1216#comment-1318 @Jay Carlson, Does that mean each site has to adopt HTML5 for the video components on their sites to work? If so, that doesn't do us much good in the short-term. @Jay Carlson, Does that mean each site has to adopt HTML5 for the video components on their sites to work? If so, that doesn’t do us much good in the short-term.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2010/01/28/five-reasons-to-not-purchase-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1317 Daniel Dessinger Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:43:23 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=1216#comment-1317 I found a blog post of a guy who received iPad parts in the mail (from whom, I have no idea). But he shows a picture of the frame where there is a space already made to perfectly fit a camera. Sad that Apple felt compelled to wait until a future version to incorporate it. http://blog.missionrepair.com/2010/02/01/ipad-camera-rumor-becoming-a-reality-we-think-so/ I found a blog post of a guy who received iPad parts in the mail (from whom, I have no idea). But he shows a picture of the frame where there is a space already made to perfectly fit a camera.

Sad that Apple felt compelled to wait until a future version to incorporate it.

http://blog.missionrepair.com/2010/02/01/ipad-camera-rumor-becoming-a-reality-we-think-so/

]]> By: Jay Carlson http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2010/01/28/five-reasons-to-not-purchase-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1295 Jay Carlson Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:22:15 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=1216#comment-1295 just a note on the drive space: have you looked at flash drive prices lately? a quick google search found a 128gig SSD flash memory drive priced at a hefty $450. Apple wanted to keep the price down on these, so as not to scare people away. I'm sure they're working on cheaper, larger flash memory solutions, but right now it's just too dang expensive. that's my take on the memory. and I'm just as disappointed as you on that aspect. as for flash, (and maybe you've done this already...) read John Gruber's take on Adobe and Apple: http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash I tend to agree w/Apple on this one if this is indeed the reasoning behind flash. html5 should take care of most of the flash-based problems. J. just a note on the drive space: have you looked at flash drive prices lately? a quick google search found a 128gig SSD flash memory drive priced at a hefty $450. Apple wanted to keep the price down on these, so as not to scare people away. I’m sure they’re working on cheaper, larger flash memory solutions, but right now it’s just too dang expensive.

that’s my take on the memory. and I’m just as disappointed as you on that aspect.

as for flash, (and maybe you’ve done this already…) read John Gruber’s take on Adobe and Apple: http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/apple_adobe_flash

I tend to agree w/Apple on this one if this is indeed the reasoning behind flash. html5 should take care of most of the flash-based problems.

J.

]]> By: Daniel Dessinger http://blog.marketnet.com/index.php/2010/01/28/five-reasons-to-not-purchase-the-ipad/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 Daniel Dessinger Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:51:01 +0000 http://blog.marketnet.com/?p=1216#comment-1293 Not to sound contradictory, but we'll need to write a post soon about the amazing marketing implications and opportunities the iPad introduces. Don't misunderstand; I fully expect millions of iPads to be sold. But I think many early adopters will regret their decision when version 2 comes out and they feel they have to upgrade. Not to sound contradictory, but we’ll need to write a post soon about the amazing marketing implications and opportunities the iPad introduces.

Don’t misunderstand; I fully expect millions of iPads to be sold. But I think many early adopters will regret their decision when version 2 comes out and they feel they have to upgrade.

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