I quite enjoy my iPod Touch; it is my alarm clock, my music playing device, and the distraction during particularly long-winded lectures in Philosophy. Before this, I owned an iPod Nano, and I enjoyed this device immensely as well. I am a fan of iTunes, as I have taken up the practice of actually paying for the music I have. ITunes has the best selection of electronic music I have seen on any mp3 provider's site.
Sure, many claim that buying an iPod is selling a bit of one's soul. Some claim that Steve Jobs must have sold himself to the devil to get the best technology. Still others swear that the iPod is Apple's attempt to take over the world. However, I think this is nonsense. I am a happy supporter of the iPod. I am the kind of person who embraces innovative technology.
This said, I cannot help but turn to your newest product, the iPad.
Really? The iPad?
What on Earth made your marketing department think "iPad" is a good name for anything? Were there any women working on this product? At all?
What next, the iTampon?
I already felt the concept of your Tablet-style device was questionable. After all, we already have Amazon's Kindle, HP has PC and laptop editions of touchscreen computers, and, of course, the iPhone/Touch. I already knew I would not be interested in purchasing this newest device for various reasons.
One, I already own a touchscreen computer. It does everything the iPad does, plus it has a keyboard. The screen is extremely responsive, and understandably so, seeing as Hewlett-Packard has had touchscreen technology dating back to the eighties.
Two, I hate the Kindle. I think it is a perversion of modern technology. As long as I live, I will fight tooth and nail to hold onto hardcopy books made of paper. In the case of books, trees are simply SOL. The more pages, the better.
Three, the iPad looks like an elephantine iPhone. The layout looks identical, and as far as I can tell, they both have the same construction and perform the same tasks. The only difference is one of them is conveniently sized to fit in a purse, while the other looks like a large slab of slate, and has about the same convenience as one.
These reasons existed in my head far before the naming of the device. I would think that if the morning of the unveiling, Bill Gates had a large pit in his stomach, by now, he's not worried. The iPad already didn't seem like it would solve any problems in my life, and now that I know the name, it seems like pure silliness.
I can only hope that, like Homo habilis, this will be a sad, unevolving, soon-to-be-extinct branch of the touchscreen family. I have faith that Apple will not let me down ever again, because after blowing my mind for years with your technological advances, I would really hate to convert to the Zune.
Sincerely hoping this was one small gaff,
Meg
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