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Why The iPad Is Crap Futurism - Technology - io9
io9.com/5458822/why-the-ipad-is-crap-futurism, posted 2010 by peter in business hardware mac media opinion toread
Apple is marketing the iPad as a computer, when really it's nothing more than a media-consumption device - a convergence television, if you will. Think of it this way: One of the fundamental attributes of computers is that they are interactive and reconfigurable. You can change the way a computer behaves at a very deep level. Interactivity on the iPad consists of touching icons on the screen to change which application you're using. Hardly more interactive than changing channels on a TV.