Been a while since I wrote about this, I'll keep this short. The PurePwnage TV Series started 3 weeks ago, currently their are a total of 3 episodes online at
http://www.showcase.ca/video/ I do not know if they work outside of Canada but the new series seems to be staying true to the spirit and humor that was in the Internet Series.
Episode 3 provided a glimpse of FPS_Doug I bet we all wish we never saw.
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Haha, people didn't like my last rant blog what do you think they'll say about this one?, I'll keep it simple, the whole reason I bought an iPod touch was because it
A) Fit in my pocket
B) Offered a great HAND-HELD operating system
C) The App Store
D) Was something I could take with me to various places where I couldn't bring a Laptop or Desktop PC
The Plus
1) Now everything isn't bad, the iPad does have a nice design and it's visually appealing just like most of Apples productions, see for yourself, these images are provided by Ars Technica see the First Look here
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2) The battery life is roughly 10 hours of HD Video watching (720p) before you need to recharge the iPad again, this isn't great but HD is something I've wanted on my iPod Touch for a while, I'm sure this is probably going to be the biggest selling feature for the iPad,
Steve Jobs: "My iPad can play HD Video for 10 hours before I need to charge it"
Consumer: "That's great, my Netbook that cost me half as much as the iPad can watch HD video, Play Games, Torrent Porn and Blog on Giantbomb all at the same time for 15 hours"
Steve Jobs: "Shit"
Onto the flaws
1) You can only use Apples iPhone / iPod touch OS on the iPad - While this won't seem like a big deal to a lot of people given that most e-reader / tablet style devices limit you to certain Operating Systems (Kindle, etc) their is an enormous lack of features for a device that's nearing a Netbook, the iPhone OS only allows you to use one Application at a time and also doesn't allow Flash / Silverlight to be used on the device.
2) The Price - This one should be obvious, the prices for the iPad are above, what my issue is you can buy a Netbook or even a Mid-Ranged Notebook for the same price as the overpriced iPad, this has long been one of my complaints for all of Apples products, we're not all living on Steve Jobs yearling earnings here.
3) Current Apps - So the applications this device will use are already in the iPhone / iPod Touch appstore and while theirs some great applications when you think about the applications that are denied (Google Voice?) Apple is really forcing you to use what they want you to use on their iPad.
4) It's going to be hacked - Took a few weeks for the iPod touch and iPhone I give this device a month or so until someone Hacks it, Runs Windows 95, Makes instructions to do it and causes my iPad to explode.
A lot of these may be speculation or the fact that I'm a Windows Fanboy but overall the idea of having an over-sized iPod Touch seems ridiculous to me, feel free to fill me in on another I'm missing or try to change my opinion but I feel that the iPad is a horrible purchase for a lot of people but it'll probably sell extremely well.
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