Ipad First Look Part1

No Multitasking
This is a backbreaker. If this is supposed to be a replacement for netbooks, how can it possibly not have multitasking? Are you saying I can't listen to Pandora while writing a document? I can't have my Twitter app open at the same time as my browser? I can't have AIM open at the same time as my email? Are you kidding me? This alone guarantees that I will not buy this product.

No Cameras
No front facing camera is one thing. But no back facing camera either? Why the hell not? I can't imagine what the downside was for including at least one camera. Could this thing not handle video iChat?

Touch Keyboard
So much for Apple revolutionizing tablet inputs; this is the same big, ugly touchscreen keyboard we've seen on other tablets, and unless you're lying on the couch with your knees propping it up, it'll be awkward to use.

No HDMI Out
Want to watch those nice HD videos you downloaded from iTunes on your TV? Too damned bad! If you were truly loyal, you'd just buy an AppleTV already.

The Name iPad
Get ready for Maxi pad jokes, and lots of 'em!

No Flash
No Flash is annoying but not a dealbreaker on the iPhone and iPod Touch. On something that's supposed to be closer to a netbook or laptop? It will leave huge, gaping holes in websites. I hope you don't care about streaming video! God knows not many casual internet users do. Oh wait, nevermind, they all do.

Adapters, Adapters, Adapters
So much for those smooth lines. If you want to plug anything into this, such as a digital camera, you need all sorts of ugly adapters. You need an adapter for USB for god's sake.

Update: Why stop at 8? Here are more things we are discovering that suck about the iPad.

It's Not Widescreen
Widescreen movies look lousy on this thing thanks to its 4:3 screen, according to Blam, who checked out some of Star Trek on one. It's like owning a 4:3 TV all over again!

Doesn't Support T-Mobile 3G
Sure, it's "unlocked." But it won't work on T-Mobile, and it uses microSIMs that literally no one else uses.

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[funnyred222]

Its cool but same damn thing as itouch wtf

[part2themovie]

iFrisbee is the best app imho

also: pinch zoom is so fuken lame. look at me im pinching to zoom. UI needs to be completely themeable. that includes layout AND navigation

[tankgirl666]

They don't need to say it's a computer because you can obviously see that it IS a computer. It does everything a computer does for the most part. This is so stupid. I don't get why people buy into this crap. Use a laptop. Or hell just use the itouch. It's all the same shit. Stop wasting your money on something that is going to give you carple tunnel.

[spdarkjoe]

im installing one as a car stereo and i have verizon mifi so i could use the internet. If i need to charge it i just remove it, which will be easy and charge it or sync it.

[johnmonk66]

Who said it was a replacement for netbooks? Everyone keeps putting words in apples mouth, its an internet tablet, apple never said it was a computer

[bodustindewayneotis]

an amazing product!! im buying one

[ilovescantaloupe]

Ipad is good for one thing :D... If you turn up the brightness enough you can get a tan ... Zing!!!

[Teamkelcy]

well i know i want it

[bthetomato]

i agree with some, but its also a really useful product for some. business i guess