So, I am a 'gadget' guy. Mind you I'm not the geeky gadget that actually knows the internal guts of a device and why it works but I am the gadget guy that needs to have the latest toy to play with.
Yesterday, I saw on my company's internal 'twitter like too' called Yammer that the Apple version if the 'Kindle' was being launched. Now, of all the cool gadgety items out there I have held off on the Kindle; partly because I love books and I am resistant to give up the tangible feeling of turning a page, partly because I keep thinking there might be something better (Apple - cough cough) and partly because I was hoping someone would actually buy one for me (apparently I have SUCKER written on my forehead - LOL).
So, out comes the iPad, Apple's version of the eBook and I have to tell you, 24 hours later I am pretty torn. First, the name is just absolutely horrific. I mean, if MadTV is going to spoof you 4 years ago with the name of a product and then you actually use that name...really...someone should be fired. By the way, see the spoof here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs&feature=youtube_gdata. Secondly, I'm not exactly sure what this thing really is and is it trying to be too much. Granted, I like the idea of 'more' but essentially do I need more? I have a MacBook (the laptop), I have two iPods that rarely get used, because I also have an iPhone...the iPad seems to be the iTouch on steroids with the added bonus of being an eBook as well. While I think that is great I don't know if the end justifies the means. From a fiscal standpoint, in year ONE you will be in for roughly $1,000 and that is before you even buy a single book or app.
At the end of the day, I'll probably find a way to justify that I 'need' one, whether it be because of my travel schedule dictates that I have to have it or my iTouch miraculously gets 'lost' :-)
In the meantime I do hope Apple looks at some tweaks besides the naming function. Moat specifically their decision to not incorporate FLASH into the development. I know they don't love it but FLASH is the industry standard for video delivery and any mobile that device that can not incorporate it will always be lacking.
Just my two cents
PS - I am happy to be back blogging again and I am actually looking forward to using this 'forum' to discuss new and cutting edge work we are doing at Definition 6 (www.definition6.com)
