Babbage is the Economist's technology/science blog. Yesterday's column was about tablet computers.
I totally agree with this:
"Last year, your correspondent was one of the millions who hoped an iPad would meet all his online needs. He was thrilled with everything about the device except its size. After a month of ownership, he went back to taking a laptop on his travels. The iPad has since been relegated to doing casual duty in the living room."
Exactly the same here, except that (1) I started on April 3, 2010, the day the iPad first came out, and (2) I didn't really think it would meet all my online needs, but I did think it would handle at least browsing, email, and light editing, and I thought apps would be much more stable--not crash so frequently.
And, oh yeah, my Chromebook fills in for what the iPad is lousy at (typing and viewing web sites that the iPad can't handle) on the main level of the house, and at less than half the price. (On the lower level, where I work, nothing less than an iMac with a Windows machine next to it will do.)
The most amazing sentence is this one; while true, if you step back and think, it's shocking that we think this way:
"In an era when tablet designs are refreshed at least every six months, users today should expect nothing less than a quad-core processor, one gigabyte of RAM, and a screen resolution offering a good deal more than a paltry 163 pixels per inch (ppi)."
Here's another part I totally agree with:
"... one cannot help but think that the late Steve Jobs—had he ever been persuaded (doubtful) to bless a four-fifths-sized iPad—would not have allowed the Mini out of the door in its present state. Nor, for that matter, would he have permitted a half-baked product like Apple Maps to see the light of day. Perhaps there is some truth in the claim that, in the absence of Jobs, Apple is now more interested in litigation than innovation. If so, it is a sad day for all who have championed the company for its creativity and pursuit of excellence."
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