Who need's an iPad?

darenwang's picture

The operative question about the iPad is not, "What can it do that your laptop can't?" The answer to that is "pretty much nothing." The question is "what possibilities does a completely re-imagined, touch based interface open up?" One of the answers is to remove barriers to technology that were previously in place, including the need for training. If you make an interface that is closer to the natural world, then the tools become available to those who are only familiar with the natural world. Case in point, it becomes easy enough for a two-year-old to successfully use advanced technology immediately upon having access to it. The iPad isn't really about books. There are other fish to fry. Share/Save