IPad. Is It worth It. Not!

By the end of January, Apple had so more hype building for their “Mac Tablet” than has been seen on any tablet since the 10 commandments were etched… but did it live up to the hype?  Definitely not.   While readers may argue that nothing could possibly have lived up to the press surrounding the event, the newly renamed iPad was nothing more than a large iPod Touch with less features.

Here are the top reasons that Apple’s stock dropped dramatically the day after the announcement:

• No multitasking.   Download MSN messenger from the App Store; if someone sends you a link to open in Safari, when you click the link you close MSN and log out of it.  1 item at 1 time is so 1980s.
• There’s no camera in the thing… why?  No excuse.
• No video out… again, why?
• The name… iPad?  Is there not 1 single woman executive working at Apple?  Not to mention that Mad TV sketch that was done a few years back making fun of the name iPad.
• No Flash is annoying and a deal breaker on something that’s supposed to be an e-reader and multimedia device.
• No Flash movies, no Hulu, no porn!  Don’t let Apple fool you:  the only reason their products don’t have Flash is because games could be made with it, and that would take away from their app store profit.
• If you want to plug anything in, you need to buy a bunch of ugly adapters.
• No USB ports.  Seriously.
• No widescreen.  Movies.  Not widescreen.
• You can only buy applications from the App Store.  A Google search reveals how many developers hate the App Store and their ridiculous and arbitrary approval process.

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