iPad? No thank you!!

A lot of people are psyched about the iPad. Not me! My god, am I underwhelmed by it. It has some absolutely backbreaking failures that will make buying one the last thing I would want to do. I believe people do not even think about the failures but just want the new apple gadget, because apple is so cool. Yeah they are, but this time you will get ripped off.

I have been that kind to list the failures, so you can rethink your decision on buying one of those things:

• The iPad itself is unlocked. You can use it with any Micro SIM card. But what the hell is a Micro SIM card? It is not the same kind of SIM that’s in you iPhone, so do not expect to just pop that in and surf for free. It is a totally different standard, and the iPad is the only device that uses it right now. Now you think well I will just buy one of those things, I need it any way for the new iPhone 4G. Even if, say, T-Mobile released a Micro SIM card, the iPad can't connect to its 1700MHz 3G network.
• No Multitasking?! The operating system on the tablet is based on iPhone OS, which is in turn loosely based on OS X. In other words, it's got the same guts as the iPhone, as well as a somewhat similar interface. What this means in practical terms is that you can only display one app at a time, and there aren't windows. This is a backbreaker. I can’t have my twitter app open at the same time as my browser!? This alone garantees that I will not buy this product.
• iPhone apps. The iPad runs iPhone apps right out of the App Store, with no modification, but they're either relegated to the center of the screen or in "pixel double" mode, which just blows them up crudely. Any apps you've purchased for your iPhone can be synced, for free, to your iPad.
• No Cameras! No front facing camera is one thing. But no back facing camera either? Why not? I can't imagine what the downside was for including at least one camera. Could this thing not handle video iChat?
• No Flash! No Flash is annoying but not a dealbreaker on the iPhone and iPod Touch. On something that's supposed to be closer to a netbook or laptop? It will leave huge, gaping holes in websites..
  
  Just wait for the next version, maybe that one will be better.

Written by Laura.