“It’s the iPad.” This is a powerful statement from Jesus – I mean Steve Jobs – during his keynote last January. It is said to be magical and revolutionary. But how is this?
When the Apple tablet was launched, I had a lot of first impressions. In my previous post, I thought, Woah, is this going to dominate the market of slate PCs?
Three weeks hence, the market itself pronounced a big yes.
More than two million iPads were sold that time. Reports say that, now, the demand grew up to 327%. With that stat, the question that underlies is will you buy one?
Her name is Padme
Yes, I bought an iPad (and I’m taking back my previous words, ha ha), but the said market growth alone did not suffice towards my decision to purchase. Rather than I, seeking for rationale, the exact opposite happened. It was in July when tons of books were asked to be read to supplement our lecture slides. As many of my classmates would do, I downloaded eBooks and viewed them on my desktop, but I found that job very inflexible. That time, I was just looking for a mere eBook reader. I considered the Amazon Kindle, ExoPC, and the dead HP Slate as front runners to my need. The iPad wasn’t really part of the coin toss.
To cut the story short, (more…)
