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Thanks to our own Gregg Re for confirming what I’ve thought ever since I first heard of the iPad: Why bother? Read Gregg’s review of all the rave iPad reviews and you’ll see why they’re a bunch of chumps. Here’s the rundown on why the iPad stinks, coming from a guy who can’t live without his MacBook and iPhone:

  • No multitasking. If you’ve used a computer at all in the last 10 years, this is second nature by now. You don’t even think about it when you listen to music on your laptop while chatting online, or switch back and forth between Gmail in one tab and the latest episode of Lost on Hulu in another. You just do it. Now, you can’t do that on an iPhone, but it’s okay because it’s just a handheld. If you’re carrying around this whole big iPad, though, is it really cool that you can only do one thing at a time with it?
  • Typing on glass. It’s doable on the iPhone, but it takes a lot longer and it’s just not intuitive. It’s a nice option to have when you’re nowhere near a computer and want to tweet something. But blogging? Takes forever. With the iPad, you can either type on glass or buy an external keyboard to plug it into. Which kind of wrecks the whole point of having a tablet computer, doesn’t it?
  • Where do you put your stuff? 16 gigs. Wow, you can watch movies on it… you just can’t keep them on it. Can’t you get a 16-gig thumb drive for like 30 bucks? Not that it matters, because the iPad has…
  • No USB ports. Hey, why not build the world’s most awesome car and don’t put any doors on it? How does this thing not have a single USB port? Why should you have to buy an adapter? Hey, the “U” stands for “universal,” dude!
  • You need a PC or Mac in order to use an iPad. Wait, what? I thought this was supposed to replace the PC and the Mac. It’s a laptop-killer that’s useless without a laptop. It’s a quantum leap forward… sorta. Next up: a steam-powered space shuttle.

There’s some other nitpicky technical stuff that stinks about it, but those are the things that really bug me. If you’ve bought one and you like it, though, good for you. Nobody’s telling you it’s not shiny and pretty.

Jim Treacher

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