The Apple iPad is Not a Computer
Friday’s launch was pretty successful, and Apple will certainly be showing off big numbers about the weekend sales any moment now. Judging from the volume of pre-order customers and the large lines that piled up overnight, it would not be surprising if the iPad will also be able to sell 1 million units in the entirety of Europe by the end of a month.
Anyway, it appears that many iPad owners are a little confused with the purpose and capabilities of the Apple iPad. Some even stated that they will now be selling their laptops since they already bought an iPad. While this may seem like a perfectly normal thing to do, the fact of the matter is that the iPad is hardly a device that should be considered as a replacement for a computer.
This newly released tablet has plenty of good hardware under the hood. The battery provides plenty of power, keeping the device running for a good 10 hours on a full charge. The CPU is confirmed to be running on ARM architecture and it clocked at 1GHz. Over all, the device is a powered up smart phone with a large touch screen display, but it is not a computing device.
The main functions of the iPad are for browsing the internet, running apps, playing media and for reading eBooks. While apps can do plenty of things, they are not meant for coding new software, the iPad cannot run large programs and of course, many netbook functions are not available on the tablet.
There is a reason why the iPad is not labeled as a tablet PC –that would be misleading. For all practical reasons, the new Apple tablet is an oversized iPod Touch; but that is actually a great thing, it provides the tablet with a definite niche market.
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