The I-Fad (Con)
“The iPad is the future”. That’s what the prestigious technology-centered website “Gizmodo” said about Apple’s new, incredibly anticipated gadget. Regardless of its mixed reviews, the iPad sold over four hundred and fifty thousand copies in its first week, an impressive number, to say the least.
But the question must be asked – why should a person spend five hundred dollars on an iPad if an iPhone costs less than half the price? Marketers are boasting about the iPad’s very glamorous appearance, impressive book-reading mode and new applications. But there is not much that is revolutionary about it, compared to its predecessor. The iPhone does not allow multiple applications to run at once, nor does it allow the use of Flash, and it has a virtual keyboard that is extremely difficult to use, for some. The iPad does not fix any of these “problems”.
That isn’t all, however. The iPad cannot connect to any device without the purchase of separate Apple devices – one for connecting to computers via USB, and one for importing pictures from a camera to the iPad. It doesn’t even have a camera, like the iPhone.
Five-hundred-dollar laptops include word processors, Flash viewing, cameras, USB ports, a proper keyboard, and allow downloads off the internet. Yes, the iPad has many features a laptop does not– but fun applications do not replace the functionality of essentials like word processors, internet downloads, and so on.
It’s a toy. It’s fun and it’s pretty. The I-Fad is here. And it’s just that–a fad.
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