As far as a reading device the Kindle is superior to the Apple iPad. In Amazon.com’s new commercial Amazon.com takes this fact to heart and attempts to bring down the Apple Ipad. The new commercial depicts models reading books, I know it’s a stretch… Watch video below or click through on the article to watch video.
For those of you who purchased the iPad, but were majorly disappointed when iPad failed at flash now have hope. A company called RipCode has come out with a clientless Flash video codec that allows Clientless Adobe Flash Video on Apple iPad. Read more about this codec at RipCode.com.
I got my hands on the iPad this Sat. and first impression is this is an amazing little device. 2nd reaction that came a little later to me is this is primarily a content consumption device. Surfing the web gets really frustrating when you run into the fact the Apple iPad doesn’t support flash. Do you know how frustrating this becomes when surfing the web? What was Apple thinking? This makes the iPad junk in my opinion. 2nd where do I put the my SD cards from my digital camera? Oh I know, Apple decided not to include a SD slot in the iPad. Also, the minute you hook up the iPad to your computer’s USB port it wants to sync with iTunes and then asks you to create an Apple account. I absolutely hate this kind of control. May be some people like the walled garden experience, but personally I think it gets old fast. Where the iPad excels is watching video, surfing the web specifically browsing news, and streaming NetFlix. The iPad as far an I can tell is an entertainment consumption device. Sometimes I feel it’s sad that the technology industry today keeps coming up with new devices that feed us the same content movies, music, web, and news. How many more places do I need to watch video, browse news, or play video games? Do I really have to be entertained to this extent at all times? I’ll pass on the iPad, but that doesn’t mean I think it won’t be hugely successful. I think of Apple users like hipsters carrying around an iPad to them is a fashion statement. Just as carrying around a cup of Starbucks was about 10-15 years ago. Apple users see themselves as apart of a club that somehow is just a little better than everyone else. With the iPad fashion definitely comes before function. iPad’s fashionable function = consuming.
I know by know you probably have iPad overload, but here is the Apple iPad unboxing video anyway. Review coming up next.
Search iPad on Alibaba.com and you will get several manufacturers listing that they have the iPad. The official iPad release date is April 3rd so how do Fujian Jianyang Automobile Forging and Pressing Products Factory or Yiwu Wanhao Import & Export Co., Ltd., for example, have this product for sale? One manufacturer lists the price at $200 – $250. These iPads could be fakes or also just a plain scam. The companies list accepted payment method as Western Union which is a common scam on Alibaba read about the scam here. I come away from this thinking is there anything not copied or knocked off anymore? Also, it seems Alibaba is a bastion for illegal activity. Is there any legit business on Alibaba anyway? I know this may be ignorant to say, but the whole site is a grey area in my opinion. Alibaba needs to build more trust with it’s users.
