Comments on: 5 Reasons Why Travelers Shouldn’t Bother About The iPad

By: Albion

Albion — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:00:40 +0000

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By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 10:10:11 +0000

You’re very welcome

By: hve

hve — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:29:51 +0000

Thanks for an informative article, Anil!

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:47:36 +0000

I also don’t like that you’re locked into the app store. Wish it were a laptop replacement though, now *that* would be cool.

By: Mikeachim

Mikeachim — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:15:10 +0000

The thinking behind the iPad makes my flesh crawl. Have The Fun We Dictate To You, And No More Than That. I mean, the iPhone is bad enough in this respect, but this is a step too far. Lovely technology, appalling philosophy behind it.

And for a traveler, it’s surely a no-brainer. When you’re on the road, looks matter far, far less than functionality. It has to *do* stuff. The iPad doesn’t. Thus endeth.

I’m not buying the marketing line Apple is now taking that the iPad was never meant to replace laptops. They’re back-pedalling. Steve Jobs has said a number of times that he was looking to crack the laptop market open. He’ll win people over with the look and feel (because that’s extraordinary), but iPad users will still be using laptops. Mised opportunity.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:06:50 +0000

Apple’s got a strong following, I’m one of them and use a Mac for my main laptop. Still, I think they can make mistakes and products that are just ok. Can’t have an iPhone every time.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:04:41 +0000

They could really have done some neat things with this product. I’m disappointed myself.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 09:03:30 +0000

For a device that’s designed to be ultra-portable, why on Earth would they make it where you need a cable to import photos. For less money you can get going with a Hackintosh, and in my opinion a small laptop is still a better value than an iPad even though it’s a bit bigger.

Can you run iTunes when writing a document – again for the price it should do more, that’s all I’m saying. It’s a pretty weak Apple product – but maybe I’m wrong, we’ll see what the sales and other travelers ultimately say.

Also, I never said the iPad isn’t cool Ferrari’s are cool too but not practical or worth the price from 99.9% of people.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:35:11 +0000

OK, this article is just silly. You say don’t buy the iPad because you have to #5 carry an extra cable to import photos but you suggest #4 getting and hacking a Dell? Your comment in #2 about multi-tasking saying you can’t listen to music while surfing the web? YOU CAN! And #1 about the display, it isn’t the same display as anything Apple has made in the past. It is a new one that is actually better for the eyes for reading.

It’s completely fine if an iPad isn’t for you, but this article has wrong information and points out the downsides of choices Apple made. As someone who owned a kindle 1, kindle 2, and every iPhone and who got an iPad today, and travels quite a bit, I can assure you that the iPad is going to allow me to leave the laptop home on most of my trips and will significantly reduce what I carry.

The article reads like you are working really hard to prove to yourself that the iPad isn’t really that cool. While it certainly isn’t for everyone, I can tell you that a Dell Hackintosh and a refurb Touch isn’t the deal. I’d suggest you find some travelers who have played with iPads and see what they think!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:22:48 +0000

Thank you! Ever since the details came out on this one I’ve been totally befuddled on WHY this would improve my life. I am an Apple fan but definitely skipping this one.