The Little Tablet That Could

The iPad is truly a revolutionary device. Not that it can replace your desktop computer but that it has completely opened up a new category in portable computing. It’s a companion that could do so much! but depending on the apps that the third party companies make, it could technically replace your computer. Give some of the big companies some time and the iPad might as well be your only computer.

Not that I’m saying that this SHOULD be your computer; it all depends on what you do. There’s a computer for everyone. But this could be your middle-ground from desktop to phone. But for the rest of the people who are simple persons. This is the perfect device for you.

The apps themselves are separate from this review since they are what truly sets this tablet computer apart from other computers. They are why we enjoy this device so much in the first place! They open the window to what it can do; what the iPad is for. The apps themselves are also made to the highest standard – beautiful and functional and all utilizing most of the functions of the iPad.

The iPad gets everything done: with the help of third party apps.

Here are a few of the selling points of the iPad:

1. So, what sets the iPad apart from the iPod Touch/ iPhone? A bigger touch screen.
What’s the biggest selling point of the iPad? A bigger touch screen.
Why should you buy the iPad? It’s a bigger touch screen!

Simply put: the bigger the real estate, the more you can do with a touch screen.

It’s what sets it apart from phones, yet it’s small enough to be carried around compared to a bulky computer/netbook.

2. Why is it better than a netbook? Not only is a netbook not powerful enough or feels like it, it just feels too slow for one to be satisfied to use it as an everyday device. Often programs crash and it loads a lot slower whenever you have multiple softwares running at the same time.

3. Which brings me to this next point. IT IS to the iPad’s advantage that it can only run one app at a time. Too often does the netbook have so many softwares running at the same time that hardly any of the softwares work.
Another thing that the iPad has an advantage over the netbook is of that it’s third party apps are specifically created for its optimal use. Not only is the netbook trying to run a software that it was clearly not designed to run, it most often ends up trying it’s best trying to run that software that the whole system suffers.

4. So, why iPad? It’s more personal. It is a tool that can be exploited in so many ways with the help of, again, third party apps! Third party apps for us all.

With it’s upsides, there’s definitely some downsides. Yeah it doesn’t have flash (the proprietary web plugin that most users use to play games, videos, and some online applications), it doesn’t have a camera – most users rarely use this though it would be nice to have one, it isn’t necessary. We can live without those two.

Although recent reports about the iPad having problems with it’s WiFi and some apps crashing, it is due to it’s just recent release. There’s still some kinks that need to be ironed out.

Some problems that vie had recently were nothing serious just nothing an update couldn’t fix. There is a lot that i haven’t yet covered here but I do feel that the iPad is a revolutionary device.

5. It’s the little tablet that could.

Sorry to burst your bubbles but these are, unfortunately, MY CONCEPT iPod Touches.

I had the idea on what a colored iPod Touch would look like. These seem to work best. I took a shot and shot for the stars.

Hope you’re drooling on them already… I’m planning on buying another one… even though I have two of them already. But I’ll wait till the one comes out in color AND has a camera.

Here’s a silent commercial I made out of the picture:

Nintendo DSi Release Date

It’s official! The Nintendo DSi is going to be released on April 5!!!

The official notice has been posted on the Nintendo website and the official Nintendo DSi website is found here.

The price of the Nintedo DSi starts at 169.99 and the available color releases are Blue and Black. It comes with the Nintendo Camera Software, Nintendo Sound and the Nintendo DSi Shop.

Nintedo DSi comes in Black and White

 Upon searching for new technoligies on the interwebz, I stumbled into the upcoming, long awaited (well, in the US anyway because it is already available in Japan in Japanese, duh!) Nintedo DSi.

As you can see from the video, it looks promising and now has the Nintendo Wii feel to it menu-wise. It does come in two colors at the moment: white and black and is only available in Japan in Japanese but I guess the whole world has to wait! Anyway, in further research, I found these mouth-watering specs that will truly keep this portable game device on top.

Pros:

• 3.25 in dual screens (the DS Lite has 3 in)
• Power button has been moved to the left side of the Screen which is also works as the HOME button
• No more volume sliders: they replaced them with buttons so you can’t accidentally hit it while playing
• It finally has an SD Card slot that can take in photos, videos and some of your music. I haven’t checked out if you can play homebrew games throught that but there’s a pretty good chance that someone will hack his way through it.

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• TWO CAMERAS!!! Yeah, you heard me, the Nintendo DSi has two cameras, one facing you and the other one facing the other way
• With the two cameras integrated into the DSi, it also comes with multiple softwares wherein you can warp, colorize, paint and some other ways you can destroy your pictures.
• Although you can’t play MP3 audio files, it does support AAC Files. It also comes with weird music playback softwares where you can warp, edit and listen to music and have fun while doing so.
• New Menu (which has a Wii Menu feel to it)
• You can now “Hotswap” wherein you change the game cartridge by going to the Menu and by not having to turn the entire system off just to play another game.

Cons:

• No more GBA slots (say goodbye to your Guitar Hero attachments!)
• Not an MP3 Player just an AAC Player
• Although  you it does come with a web browser (or you can buy the Opera Browser for ### “DSWare” Points), it’s a pain to use.