It was difficult for some people to know what to make of the original I-pad, and with the release of the pad 2 from Apple, it seems suitable to question whether these things are actually cool or not. The source of confusion with the first incarnation was that it's not a smartphone in the portable, practical sense, due to the big screen, and it's also not workable enough to be a personal computer. It left people wondering who had asked for this to be made in the first place?
With the advent of i-pad 2 then, it seems fair to ask whether these pads are actually cool. When it comes to the technology involved, they are. These things are a step up from the original pad, which was already impressive as a powerful yet reliable flatscreen device. You not have twin A5 processing chips in the pad 2, so that means better surfing and video feed potential. Apple are also showing that it can play more graphically challenging games, but that kind of tips it towards being uncool - the clearer it gets that you're using your phone as a gameboy the harder it is to defend.
The pad 2 is also lighter, so the criticism about pads not being portable has been addressed to some extent. In addition the grandly named smartcover can act as a stand as well as a sheath for the pad, meaning you can type on it more effectively and use it in house more without feeling like a laptop would do the job better.
The big selling point as a communication device is that this thing can do high quality real-time video. This is pretty cool, but the way it's being marketed, with Apple's website encouraging you to pass it around a party while 'everyone waves hello' is one of the most depressing images to come out of copywriting in quite some time, and definitely the least cool. The fact that it's called 'facetime' also makes it sound strangely improper.
That and that fact that apps are pushed forward as making you original while actually being strictly limited compared to an Android device makes the cool thing a little hard to pull off, but if you don't worry about that it can be a really fun piece of tech.
With the advent of i-pad 2 then, it seems fair to ask whether these pads are actually cool. When it comes to the technology involved, they are. These things are a step up from the original pad, which was already impressive as a powerful yet reliable flatscreen device. You not have twin A5 processing chips in the pad 2, so that means better surfing and video feed potential. Apple are also showing that it can play more graphically challenging games, but that kind of tips it towards being uncool - the clearer it gets that you're using your phone as a gameboy the harder it is to defend.
The pad 2 is also lighter, so the criticism about pads not being portable has been addressed to some extent. In addition the grandly named smartcover can act as a stand as well as a sheath for the pad, meaning you can type on it more effectively and use it in house more without feeling like a laptop would do the job better.
The big selling point as a communication device is that this thing can do high quality real-time video. This is pretty cool, but the way it's being marketed, with Apple's website encouraging you to pass it around a party while 'everyone waves hello' is one of the most depressing images to come out of copywriting in quite some time, and definitely the least cool. The fact that it's called 'facetime' also makes it sound strangely improper.
That and that fact that apps are pushed forward as making you original while actually being strictly limited compared to an Android device makes the cool thing a little hard to pull off, but if you don't worry about that it can be a really fun piece of tech.
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