I am drowning in devices
I have always seen myself as a very optimistic person…until lately. Recently, I find my days more frequently filled with skepticism regarding the current hyped technologies (namely iPad and 3D-everything).
I have been an iPad skeptic for a while, but after seeing it in action I have newfound justification for my leeriness. After a co-worker brought his new toy tablet computer to one of our internal meetings, I found myself gazing into the iPad’s lustrous screen as my own laptop made its awful hissing noise in the background, the sound it makes when I try to run Word, Outlook and Internet Explorer at the same time. I have to admit, it was pretty handy, but I still won’t buy one for myself; I’m content having a mild crush on the beautiful device from a distance.
I own an iPhone and have nothing against Apple. The iPad just seems like another device I have to worry about dropping. It is a device stuck in limbo, the second cousin twice-removed to the iTouch, iPhone and Macbook. It has its own look, but it features only a smattering of capabilities already provided by earlier devices.
Here are my simple questions for Steve:
Dear Steve,
Why don’t you make the iPad more akin to a MacBook, complete with flash, multitasking, an HDMI port and a Mac OS processor? And why not install a camera and GPS capabilities into the iPad like the iPhone?
Thank you for your time,
Claire
Sent from my iPhone
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Dear Claire,
Because then you wouldn’t need your iPod, your iPhone, your MacBook AND your iPad.
With Love, Steve
I am starting to feel a little bit played here. Now, these 3D shenanigans… where to begin?
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I hear ya, Claire. I am a frugal shopper who appreciates new technology but finds it difficult to keep up. I do not find joy in purchasing a relatively new (used) MacBook and then seeing an affordable line of MacBook pros come out, nor do I care to adopt the latest device unless my current one is no longer satisfying. Afterall, you don’t know what you’re missing until you personally own the latest and greatest widget.
I’m content hanging out in the late majority crowd and buying new devices only after playing with other peoples’, witnessing a price drop, and seeing the kinks worked out and a comprehensive firmware update.
It doesn’t hurt that I live with an early adopter, and can indirectly reap benefits. If I didn’t, I’d still be living in a standard def world.