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pogue's first iPad impressions: Now Phase 2 can begin: the bashing by the bloggers who�ve never even tried it: �No physical keyboard!� �No removable -- (link)

Posted by tik tok (aka chris) Jan 27 '10, 14:35

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battery!� �Way too expensive!� �Doesn�t multitask!� �No memory-card slot!� (pogue.blogs.nytimes.com)

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Considering that the "guts" could be nothing more than an iTouch with a bigger screen, and the lack of multi tasking and low storage for a device that - scorpion Jan 27, 14:52
His review of the iPad seems fair. Who cares about who bashes what though? (nm) - musubi Jan 27, 14:41 2
- It's fair, but heavily biased towards "wait and see". -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:46
- all must submit to Jobs! -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:42
The "doesn't multi-task" seems like a pretty valid criticism. - Stephen Jan 27, 14:39 10
- yep. It's still going to sell. But that issue is a big deal. - stewie Jan 27, 14:45 5
  - Where did we get the information that it doesn't multitask? Was it in the presentation? -- nm - Guigue Jan 27, 14:46 4
    - Nevermind, "official documentation" according to a website -- nm - Guigue Jan 27, 14:46 3
      - Also the people that got to try it out - stewie Jan 27, 14:47 2
        
        Maybe they'll fix it at some point, I don't know. they always said the reason it's not allowed on the iPhone is for battery life - Guigue Jan 27, 14:50 1
        
        I think, on the 3G at least, the CPU may also be a bit too slow for it -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:51
- I'll say this, I think it's neat, and if it were priced about $200 less, I'd be tempted to get one. (nm) - musubi Jan 27, 14:43 3
  - If it was $40, I would have pre-ordered it already. -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 14:44 2
    - If it was free, I'd get 7! -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:44 1
      - If they paid me to use it, I'd ... oh, never mind. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 14:45
So praising it by people who've never tried it is okay, but criticising isn't? -- nm - mara Jan 27, 14:38 1
- well that's just different, mara. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:40
The iPad can only be compared against all the other tablets out there. This is hardly a precedent setting device like the iPhone was. - Mop (226 lbs) Jan 27, 14:37
Those are all valid criticisms. (Except maybe the "too expensive" one) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 27, 14:36 7
- Really? I think that that's the most valid of the criticisms. - musubi Jan 27, 14:45 6
  - considering predictions were in the $1000+ range, it's pretty reasonable -- nm - tik tok Jan 27, 14:46 5
    - Who the eff would pay $1k for that? (nm) - musubi Jan 27, 14:54 4
      - at the higher end, it almost is. -- nm - Reagen Jan 27, 14:56 1
        
        I assumed he meant 1K as the base price. - musubi Jan 27, 15:18
      - how can you put a price tag on "the future"? -- nm - TFox Jan 27, 14:56
      - Extrapolating from other products, it made sense. -- nm - mara Jan 27, 14:55

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