Battery, processor and interface are convincing - Flash and camera are missing

A few days before the eagerly anticipated US launch of Apple's iPad, the first extensive tests have now appeared in renowned media such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. With the exception of David Pogue of the New York Times, the opinion of the journalists is consistently positive. The testers are enthusiastic about the speed, the battery power and the purely touch-based operating concept. Unsurprisingly, the lack of a camera and the lack of flash support have been criticized.

Internet without Flash

"You have to accept that you don't have the entire Internet with you with the iPad," criticizes Tim Gideon from PC Magazine. "The lack of a camera is annoying because the screen would be ideal for video chats," says Gideon, who also criticizes the lack of accessories such as headphones and a wipe. Apart from these weaknesses, Gideon is very impressed with the overall concept. The virtual iPad keyboard is more than suitable for writing longer Word documents. "You can actually do real work with the iPad," says Gideon, evaluating the iPad as a potential notebook replacement.
The much discussed keyboard is also well received by Walter Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal. "In truth, the virtual iPad keyboard is more comfortable and reliable than the compressed keyboards and touchpads on many netbooks," said Mossberg. The WSJ journalist is also convinced that the iPad can replace one's own laptop for most data communication, passive content consumption and certain content generation. In order to form an opinion, however, you have to hold the iPad in your hand and try it out, according to Mossberg.

Split reactions flow into the test report

The well-known IT columnist David Pogue, on the other hand, addresses the divided reactions since the iPad presentation by Steve Jobs (press release reported: iPad: Apple tablet turns out to be a giant iPhone ) and writes two completely contrary reviews. In the first for the "techie" community, which in his opinion is critical, from which Pogue had to take unusually bitter criticism for his previous iPad-friendly reporting, the iPad comes due to the Flash abstinence, lack of multitasking, the virtual keyboard and other missing features, like camera and USB bad gone. "You can buy a laptop for far less money," said Pogue's lapidary conclusion.
With his report "for everyone else", Pogue illustrates that the first test report, which was sometimes flippantly written, could also be understood as a subtle swipe at so-called technology fanboys. In this, Pogue states that the convincing Apple tablet fully justifies the introduction of a new device category. If you like the concept itself, you will love the iPad. "The techies are right. The iPad is not a laptop and is not so well suited to generating content. In contrast, the device is infinitely comfortable to consume it, be it books, music, videos, the web or even e-mails", so Pogue.

Apple is changing mainstream computing

Edward Baig of USA Today describes the device as a "winner", but also admits that it depends on the perspective with which you look at the iPad. "The iPad is less about what you can do with it and more about how you do it. In this regard, Apple is definitely rewriting the rules for mainstream computing," said Baig.
In the US, the WiFi version of the iPad will go on sale this Saturday, April 03.04rd. The UMTS variant should come onto the market a few weeks later. In Germany, Switzerland and some other countries, sales are scheduled to start at the end of April. It is not yet clear when the device will be launched in Austria.

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