First of all, I am (or was) one of those fanboys, who was aware of each of the rumors about this new device that Apple unveiled last 27 of January. Such was the excitement that me and some colleagues bought some food and drink to see (f5 refreshing tactic 
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In my opinion, Apple is one of the companies that generates more speculation in the technology world, most of them are inventions or desires of what the community really wants to see, and some of them come from the same company (this is a assumption but I have no doubt on it). From my point of view, this strategy has always worked well for the company, is free advertising, increases the impact of events and even directly influences the stock market, but this time, was exaggerated to the point that the people left people left the Convention Center Yerba Buena in an atmosphere of disappointment.
The truth is that according to Apple the iPad will be a revolutionary device, but according to the fan community, that idea was hyped ad nauseam.
I admit that I was very disappointed to see the new device, largely because I had thought much of the rumors. But now that I saw again the keynote (this time the video), I believe that all is not as bad as I thought. This is, from my point of view, good and bad thoughts about the iPad:
Bad:
- The name (iPad) I don’t like it
- The device is completely closed to standards (The only way the device is connected via connectors of the same company), I think is a very serious mistake not to put a SD or USB port.
- It’s not multitask (at the moment, although I feel that this will change with some SDK)
- The dark margins, while writing this post on my iMac, it seems some branding issue.
Good:
- The size, is a big iTouch
- Speed, seems the chip is quite fast.
- Backwards Compatibility, All iPhone programs can run on this device ( using pixel doubling technology or compiling again ).
- Uses, becomes a tool not only to play, but to work, browse the web, etc … I really see this device in schools, businesses and homes.
- Autonomy, 10 hours seems pretty good (if it’s true)
- The price is cheap considering what I mentioned above.
Not sure:
- No flash, why I’m still undecided being a flash developer? From the standpoint of Apple, Flash never has worked well in their products, they argue that HTML5 will be a revolution on the web, is a firm commitment to them, but it is losing many developers that are going to go to Android.
- No camera, I consider essential in a device like this, but is likely to take out a connector for it, which would mean two things: Pay more for a connector, but also saves put two cameras in exchange for an orientable one.
In terms of presentation, I thought they failed in many details.
Steve Jobs unveiled the device as a revolutionary and magical product, and in fact is only a big iTouch. They lacked focus device to a wider sector, do you remember the keynote for the SDK 3.0? applications for teachers, medical staff, etc … This device would be incredibly useful in business, medicine and education! Why not aim to present it as such!?
The truth is that it presents a Google vs. Apple battle quite interesting, the Cupertino company has been the big winner in front of giants like Sony, Samsung, Nokia, etc … we’ll see the result of fighting a Titan…
