12 Reasons Not To Buy an iPad
Posted on Jun 04, 2010 under iPad | Comments are offIpad may be very interesting and entertaining but it is a great disappointment due to these reasons:
1. No applications multi-tasking apart from for a few apps that come with the device.
2. No camera. That means no video chat or Skype video calling. Some people use such things a lot, I'm reliably informed.
3. Battery life. "Up to 10 hours" is unlikely to be more than a claim in real-world situations. Turn on Wi-Fi or 3G and expect to need to charge it twice a day.
4. Iffy GPS. There's something called Assisted GPS which relies on Wi-Fi or 3G but there's no built-in GPS receiver.
5. No keyboard. OK, it’s true that that's sort of the point, but how many people want big-screen portable computing without a real keyboard? Keyboards on notebooks protect the screen, too.
6. The price. The base model without 3G (and hence rather limited on the move) is $499 which will probably actually convert to just under £500 for the UK market.
7. No USB ports, and you need to buy a Camera Connection Kit to plug in an SD card to transfer your digital photos from a camera.
8. No Adobe Flash support. The supposedly best browsing experience doesn't let you use one of the most popular formats for animation and video on the web.
9. The iPad requires a micro SIM card to use the 3G network but you cannot use your regular 3G SIM card and you’ll have to buy another one to use a 3G network.
10. Most of the people like a tablet PC with a webcam for video-conferencing calls, the A Ipads are not having a front-facing camera or even on the back.
11. The iPad is just an iPhone which is on steroids but its design is awful and not the good one and There are many other beautiful tablets on the market compared to it.
12. Most important, it is very delicate. Not for rough and tough users.
Similarly there are many other reasons for ipads to be a great disappointment.
