The only thing that makes this iPad thing a complete failure, and anyone that considers them a techie an utter retard for buying into it is the lack of flash.
This is for several reasons but I will only mention three. None of which is because flash is the best thing since sliced bread. It's just too ubiquitous at this stage in the game to deny access to it.
The first is because flash is so prevalent on the web. Not allowing it inherently breaks the user experience a user should be having when perusing the web. How is breaking the user experience in any way shape or form Apple's perceived vision. It's not.
The second is the profit motive. It's the only reason why Apple won't allow it. Making money is fine, but they put themselves up on a pedestal as if they're doing this for altruistic open web standard reasons, which is utter bullshit. Why would they want the kids to play farmville on their ipad all day when there's apps to be purchased. Why let them visit hulu directly when they can subscribe to some networks media library instead.
I would say forget about porn, but the porn industry is always ahead of the game and the real players will have their library's converted over soon enough so that the lack of flash won't be an issue.
Lastly, it's utterly hypocritical. The argument about how adobe's flash is a closed standard that should no longer be perpetuated is correct to a degree. However this is coming from a company that is all about closed systems for their own gain. The thought makes me sick that people buy into their bullshit when they simply use the ideal of simplicity to force what they perceive as acceptable content down the throats of their unknowing users.
Plenty of arguments to back up why closed content systems are bad for -everyone-.
To put it plainly, the iPad is nothing more than a device that isn't hackable. It's not democratic. It's for dummies and cultural Pringles-eaters who just want to sit back and take in stuff, not for creators and innovators who want to change the world or make lolcats, as the mood strikes.
The hardware is crap. It's all about the OS...of which theirs isn't all that amazing still. Maybe this will change with the 4.0 OS they're announcing tomorrow, however there will be no flash so it's still fail. Windows 7 devices are absolutely not going to happen and are a lot of the reason why tablet devices have failed up to this point. So I'm just going to wait until some clever company comes along and creates a super tight android based UI that beats the shit out of Apple's half assed showing.
Sense UI tablet anyone?
