After all the hype and all the rumors, Apple finally released their long awaited tablet, the iPad. My initial reaction was that I was underwhelmed. After thinking about it a little more, the iPad may be one of the best consumer electronic devices ever made. It all depends on what type of person you are. Are you mainly a consumer or are you a content creator? I would definitely consider myself a content creator. Digital photography and programming don’t seem to be the strong points of the iPad. I’m also a consumer, but realistically, the iPad is a perfect device for a certain type of consumer. I definitely think the iPad will give the Kindle a run for its money but there is something that the iPad lacks… multi tasking. No doubt, the iPad will be the best experience for browsing the web, just as the iPhone/iPod Touch has the best browsing experience for a mobile device. No doubt, the iPad will probably give you the best experience for consuming your digital photos, but I’m a consumer who browses the web, views digital photos, views tweets, checks emails, all at the same time. Is there a portable device that does this already? Sure, it’s my Droid, but I’m not going to get the same user experience that Apple offers, plus there isn’t an Android tablet yet. Maybe things will change with the iPhone 4.0 OS or if someone comes out with an Android table (that truly has multi-touch).
So, do I want the iPad? Sure… but do I need it… definitely not. The iPad can’t fulfill the needs that I have as a content creator. The question someone has to ask is, can they justify paying $500+ on an additional device? Maybe this year, I’ll start to do projects for the iPhone and the iPad. If that’s the case, of course I’ll “need” to get one for “testing” purposes. Until then, I’m excited to see how other manufacturers will respond to the iPad and I’ll save my money for now. Of course, if things change, I’ll be sure to give my review on it.
Update: There are a number of Android Tablets out there. There were a few announced at CES but nothing getting as much press for sure.
Day 4 and 5 in the books. Day 4 was nothing but sleeping, relaxing, and staying inside from the rain. Day 5 was a totally different story. We finally went to Jerusalem today and we were able to go on the Temple Mount. It was windy and rainy but an unbelievable experience.
Great picture day today. We went to Caesarea today saw a lot of great ruins. I finally busted out the DSLR today to take pictures. Here are some shots from the trip.
First day and half of Israel is in the books. Arrived here Thursday afternoon, mostly jet lagged and still feeling a little jet lagged. All it means is that I slept well the first night here. We didn’t do much today. We mainly hung out with Titus and Sharon. They took us down to one of the outdoor markets, Carmel Shuk. There were a crazy amount of people. I mainly had my small camera with me taking a few shots and a few videos here and there. Not much to say other than it’s an interesting country so far. Tel Aviv is like any other big city…. lots of people, cars, etc. Our plan is to go to Caesarea and Jerusalem soon. Hopefully we’ll make it to the dead sea. Tonight we have a sweet college meeting Netanya.
With Google announcing their Chrome OS a few months ago, the boom of netbooks, and just the way people are using their computers these days, I think this is a very interesting area that is the future of computing. Today, most people use their computers for checking mail, socials networks, checking the sports scores, etc… just surfing in general. It use to be, as new software and operating systems have evolved, there is the need for more processing power. With so much of our work being done on the browser and on the internet, we need just enough processing power to run our browser. Of course, it’s not just the browser. It’s the flash video in our browser or any other multimedia content in browser.
One way that people are trying to make this happen is by making software and the operating systems they run on lighter. This is what the Google Chrome OS will try to do. It will try to take out all the other stuff that we don’t use often and put the browser and other cloud based programs to the forefront. Jolicloud has come out with their own lightweight OS as well. I think this is the future and this is going to be the future OS for my relatives who always require tech support. The only concern I have now is, will our connection speeds catch up and be reliable and affordable? I hope so.
Just another normal week. All I can say, busy busy busy. Working on probably 3 huge projects right now. On Friday, Nam and I were at Real Time Crunch Up in San Francisco. We were given in a once in a life time opportunity to demo our new site (http://www.baduku.com) in front of 500-600 attendees and probably a couple thousand watching on the internet. That went well. Other than that, took the wife to the Great Park Balloon and took some decent pictures (post of pictures coming soon).
Interesting how Google always seems to stir up the pot. Free turn by turn navigation. They’ll eventually come out with this on other smartphones. Of course, the main problem with Google maps is that you have to have a cell connection, which seems to be an issue where you need the navigation the most. I’m excited because this is going to be included in Verizon Droid phone, which was announced today.
This kind of project is not new but I just wanted to do something that would force me to shoot more pictures. Basically what I wanted to do is create a book where it would just be a picture for each day of the year. What kind of pictures? It could be anything. It could be of my upcoming travels, my future nephew coming in March, etc. It could be of any random thing. The point is to get a collection of pictures for the whole year. Pictures will come from my DSLR, my wife’s little point and shoot, a friend’s camera that I borrow, my camera phone, etc.
The final result will be just a picture book that is in chronological order. Some pages may have up to 4 pictures and some may have only 1 (especially if I really like the shot I took that day). I don’t know if I’ll publish it to the web because I know I’ll take pictures of people.
I have two main problems or concerns. First of all, can I really keep it up. I hope so. Lastly, I have to wait two months to start this particular project. I wanted to start yesterday but I think the beginning of the new year will be best.
After all the hype and all the rumors, Apple finally released their long awaited tablet, the iPad. My initial reaction was that I was underwhelmed. After thinking about it a little more, the iPad may be one of the best consumer electronic devices ever made. It all depends on what type of person you are. Are you mainly a consumer or are you a content creator? I would definitely consider myself a content creator. Digital photography and programming don’t seem to be the strong points of the iPad. I’m also a consumer, but realistically, the iPad is a perfect device for a certain type of consumer. I definitely think the iPad will give the Kindle a run for its money but there is something that the iPad lacks… multi tasking. No doubt, the iPad will be the best experience for browsing the web, just as the iPhone/iPod Touch has the best browsing experience for a mobile device. No doubt, the iPad will probably give you the best experience for consuming your digital photos, but I’m a consumer who browses the web, views digital photos, views tweets, checks emails, all at the same time. Is there a portable device that does this already? Sure, it’s my Droid, but I’m not going to get the same user experience that Apple offers, plus there isn’t an Android tablet yet. Maybe things will change with the iPhone 4.0 OS or if someone comes out with an Android table (that truly has multi-touch).
Picture a Day
