The iPad First Impression Review: It underwhelms, disappoints, saddens in one smooth swipe

Apple launched the much anticipated iPad last night, and I followed it on Gizmodo's live blog.Well, it started off really well, and Steve did not waste any time in getting to the point that this event was about Apple's latest tablet. Soon he had the tablet in his hand and he started demonstrating the features right away. First look at the iPad from a distance and I was already disappointed.

Disappointment 1: Not a widescreen tablet


Disappointment 2: The home screen looked like an iPhone with the dock

This was also another reason for another disappointment

Disappointment 3: It is running the single tasking iPhone OS

Which was also the reason for the next disappointment

Disappointment 4: No widgets on the home screen

Steve, was still acting brave, or maybe he actually thought that he had a winner in his hands.Whatever the case, he promptly started the demo of the device. Yes, the interface is pretty, but that is because it is running on a single tasking OS, and for a 1GHz processor to run just one application at a time has to be effortless. I could be wrong, and someone more knowledgeable should be able to back it up.

Further disappointments that were evident once all the demos were over were:

Disappointment 5: No Cameras!!!

Disappointment 5: No video out

Disappointment 6: To be charged via USB port

Disappointment 7: Internal Storage is just 64 Gb

Disappointment 8: No USB Slots, to use external storage, webcam etc.

Overall, this device does not come across a competitor to any netbook out there. It is basically an overgrown iPod Touch (with WiFi) or an overgrown iPhone (with WiFi + 3G), depending on how you are looking at it. It remains, like the iPhone, a work in progress, and would definitely improve over the next few years. Until then, I refuse to spend my hard earned money on a work in progress device.

I my next posta about the iPad, I will write about what it could have been, the positive aspect of the device launch, and then where will it likely go.

She asks, "have you stopped blogging?"

... and the question left me wondering...

I wondered if I ever really "blogged". Did I ever start "blogging", that I have now stopped... anyways, I think gave the most idiotic reply of all, "yeah, I don't get time ever since I got married."

Oh BTW, all the friends who read this, dunno how many of those are there, I got married, on December 6 last year, and NO, she is not the reason for not having posted anything for so long.

Anyways, ranting is over, cheerio.

Swedish Criminals Commit Totally Kick-Ass Heist

Read this on Google Reader today... can you imagine something like this???

Swedish Criminals Commit Totally Kick-Ass Heist: "

Holy crap, Sweden! “With cinematic flourish, the masked robbers dropped from a helicopter onto the roof of a Swedish cash depot before dawn, broke into the building through a glass pyramid, set off explosions to get to the millions inside and escaped by hoisting themselves and their haul back up on rope lines. All in 20 minutes, and all while Stockholm police were grounded by a fake bomb planted outside their own helicopter hangar.” They even stole the helicopter they used to commit the crime. That is some badass shit right there.

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The Death of the Phoenix

There is a zone,

I used to live in,

Too far from home,

And too deep within.

The pride, the glory,

The victories, the pain,

Ended has the story,

Hard work done in vain,

Once again, people you trust,

Fail you, in the time of need,

Foolishly act the wisest,

Gorging on the lies idiots feed,

Sanity is lost,

Hurt is the pride,

Too high the cost,

Too low the tide,

A change awaits,

eagerly spreading wings,

The depths are great,

And the heights towering,

The plunge inevitable,

The truth difficult to deny,

The challenge irresistable,

The phoenix ready to fly,

No longer shall it burn,

And search for its ashes to rise,

A dragon it becomes,

And even higher it flies,

The times are changing,

The phoenix as well,

Feathers no longer burning,

But the fire rages still,

Their minds too thin,

My dreams are too great,

For my thoughts begin,

Where theirs begin to fade.