Hardware News Behind Apple’s Ipad
Apple’s iPad to much fanfare, is simply an enabling platform. Those who have the iPhone or iPod Touch, know what it’s like, for the most part, to use the iPad. Sure, the iPad’s got a much larger screen, and a faster processor, and even 3G, but it’s just a bigger iPod Touch.
The most critical point about the iPad, is the fact that it can’t multi-task. Like the iPod Touch and the iPhone, it can only run one application at any given time. Despite having a powerful CPU on the inside, the iPad is crippled because of its operating system, the same operating system behind the iPhone. Fundamentally, if you already have a notebook and an iPhone, the iPad will have a difficult time finding a place in your daily routine.
The truth about IPad is Ipad a closed system. You can’t do anything you want to it. Apps must be from the App Store. Like an SNES, or a PS3, software must be sanctioned. And like consoles, only one game can be played at any given time. And Like those consoles makers, the money is in the software (for consoles, it was the license to make software).
The iPad is a console, in every sense of the word. The real money maker for Apple, is the App Store, iBook store, and iTunes store. The iPad will capture the audiences that the iPhone/iPod Touch wasn’t, and then some. It’ll also capture the core Apple audience too. The iTunes store, the App store, and now the iBook store. Even if Apple sold each iPad for $50, it would make back its losses in a very short time period.
Like a console though, it almost doesn’t matter. It’s all about getting people onto the App Store and making small payments, but a lot of small payments. One closed system, many software purchases. And because of the iPhone’s already enormous popularity, it’s not hard to convince just even those users, to hop on the iPad.
No doubt, there will be some instances where the iPad can deliver some unique uses. For many mainstream users who either just chat, email, or browse, the iPad may be OK. But for power users who love their software and want to get things done, there are alternatives.
Source : tomshardware.com
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