For a while we have been saying that the iPad is a toy which
really has not got a function, now it seems that some of the early
adopters are agreeing with us.
The latest is MSNBC's Josh Belzman who has gone on record saying that
while the gear is beautiful, it is useless. After a week of owning the
beast he gave up and resold his iPad after realising Apple already made
the more useful and ergonomic iPhone.
“The iPad is unwieldy eye candy. It's an aluminum- and glass-wrapped
homewrecker. Just two days with it led me to appreciate my lowly laptop
and undersized smartphone more, and Apple's design sense less,” he said.
Apple fanboys have of course claimed
Belzman's piece was
a Microsoft hatchet job, but Belzman is one of them who lovingly uses
an entire Apple shop – other than an iPad (now). We predicted that the
iPad would sell to Apple fanboys first and then perhaps a few ordinary
users might fall for it.
Sales have taken off but how much this can be sustained is still
unknown. The iPad might be going to those who would otherwise buy an
iPod Touch, but really the beast has no earthly use. There will be
other Belzman's trying to flog their gear on Ebay.