Comments on: Will the iPad Be Totally Bogus? http://www.nerdpundit.com/2010/02/will-the-ipad-be-totally-bogus/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:59:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J http://www.nerdpundit.com/2010/02/will-the-ipad-be-totally-bogus/comment-page-1/#comment-543 J Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:40:20 +0000 http://www.nerdpundit.com/?p=916#comment-543 I can't say I agree. I almost never look at the keyboard. Only sometimes to make sure my fingers are in the right position when I first start typing. So I do almost completely rely on my sense of touch to type. Now if it was on the same screen that would be different, I would be forced to look at the keyboard. This is fine for typing slowly but when you type quickly with multiple fingers I would worry that you wouldn't be able to see the keyboard because your hand would be blocking it. Also I and I would think most people are used to typing on a flat surface or a slightly angled surface. To do so on the iPad could mean looking straight down for long periods of time which can be uncomfortable. Finally if the keyboard is taking up a significant portion of the screen it really isn't that large of a screen. I can't see myself chatting and reading an article at the same time on it. If you ask me it seems very big. I think a small netbook would be much easier to carry around. It's smaller although thicker, and it's closed. Having a huge open screen like that, what if you drop it or it gets scratched or something like that? I wouldn't feel comfortable carrying it. A netbook is also comparable in price if not cheaper. It has pretty much the same features as a regular computer. I would definitely go for a $350 netbook and a $150 e-reader before I would get an iPad. I see why the iPad has value but I just don't think the "all-in-one" aspect of it is worth the price because it may do it all, but how well? On a side note with the advancement of haptic screens and OLED technology, such as AMOLEDs and PHOLEDs, I think tablet-like devices will undoubtedly be the future so it's smart to get started now. I can’t say I agree. I almost never look at the keyboard. Only sometimes to make sure my fingers are in the right position when I first start typing. So I do almost completely rely on my sense of touch to type. Now if it was on the same screen that would be different, I would be forced to look at the keyboard. This is fine for typing slowly but when you type quickly with multiple fingers I would worry that you wouldn’t be able to see the keyboard because your hand would be blocking it.

Also I and I would think most people are used to typing on a flat surface or a slightly angled surface. To do so on the iPad could mean looking straight down for long periods of time which can be uncomfortable. Finally if the keyboard is taking up a significant portion of the screen it really isn’t that large of a screen. I can’t see myself chatting and reading an article at the same time on it.

If you ask me it seems very big. I think a small netbook would be much easier to carry around. It’s smaller although thicker, and it’s closed. Having a huge open screen like that, what if you drop it or it gets scratched or something like that? I wouldn’t feel comfortable carrying it.

A netbook is also comparable in price if not cheaper. It has pretty much the same features as a regular computer. I would definitely go for a $350 netbook and a $150 e-reader before I would get an iPad. I see why the iPad has value but I just don’t think the “all-in-one” aspect of it is worth the price because it may do it all, but how well?

On a side note with the advancement of haptic screens and OLED technology, such as AMOLEDs and PHOLEDs, I think tablet-like devices will undoubtedly be the future so it’s smart to get started now.

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