As I type this, I have at my side my old iPod Nano, iPhone. Furthermore I have iTunes open on my desktop and still have what remains of my old Macintosh in some closet around here. I’m a lover of Apple, seriously. But the recent unveiling of the iPad doused my flaming passion for Apple products. A lot of communities on the internet have been divided over whether or not the iPad is a breakthrough in technology and if it will be a hot item on the market with its 499.99$ price coming April 3rd, 2010.

Let me tell you guys something, the iPad is a joke. Besides MadTV’s depiction of the iPad in a rather humorous way along with the amusing proto-type names for the iPad such as the iSlate, the iPad being described as a “revolutionary and magical device” by Steve Jobs is an embarrassing joke.

Compared to the previous Apple products such as the iPhone the iPad doesn’t fulfill my and others’ expectations nor have any impact on parts of my life.

Just what exactly does the iPad do?

First, let’s look at the stats of the iPad.

> The processor: 1GHz Apple A4

> Connectivity: WiFi-n, Bluetooth 2.1

> Capacity: Like the iTouch, storage space ranges from 16 Gigabytes – 32 Gigabytes – 64 Gigabytes

> Sensor: Accelerometer

> Size/Display(Screen): 9.7 inches, LED

Nothing is really wrong with this, although a few people were dissapointed at the maximum 64 Gigabyte capacity. Then there are the arguements against the iPad’s screen. If any of you have an iTouch or iPhone, then you know how annoying it is to clean the screen especially after you’ve touched other things like a slice of pizza. Imagine a much bigger version of an iTouch, it’s certainly going to get a bit messy! The size of the iPad also does not play well with many people, while an iPhone or iTouch is small and conventional especially for when watching videos and browsing through the web, the iPad will be bulkier and more difficult to settle with especially when watching a long video or browsing after a long time. Many of you probably have experimented with using iTouches while lying down on your back, it gets uncomfortable and you have to constantly shift your position. I’m certain none of you will do this with an iPad. Then again, you could also buy the iPad stand and carry it around with you everywhere you go.

The iPhone has exceptional qualities that allows it function as a phone, recorder, camera, MP3, video player, game device, internet/wireless device and so on. What is the iPad if it is not just a larger version of an iPhone minus the phone and camera? Exactly. The few advantages the iPad holds is a larger touch-keyboard and a larger display of the screen’s contents, even then it’d be a nuisance to carry it around as an extra burden.

Here’s a short list of the iPad’s disabilities:

No Flash in the iPad - Are you serious? The majority of the Internet is run by flash, no internet videos except YouTube videos, no games on AddictingGames or Newgrounds, no flash banners, and et cetera. You’d think such a revolutionary product would at least have flash after the previous Apple products.

No Camera in the iPad - A lot of people roll their eyes and reason that you can use a digital camera instead of the iPad for taking pictures. I beg to differ, the iPad should have functions that make it special enough to have its customers drag it around with them everywhere they go, a camera would’ve been one of those functions. Oh well, guess we can’t have video chat or snap photos with the iPad!

No Phone in the iPad – Another function that would’ve had customers going for the iPad would be the phone. It would’ve simply been amazing.

No hard drives into the iPad - Utterly silly. No USB storage devices can plug into the iPad?

One App At a Time! – No multitasking, this is the big one that has people scoffing at the iPad’s software.

At this point the iPad becomes an iFailure and the average consumer doesn’t really have much of a reason to waste 500$ or more on an iFailure. We’ll see what the iPad is really worth on April 3rd, since there are still rumors of the iPad features not being announced such as the possibility of an iSight camera, but until then and because of the ridiculous price for such a unrevolutionary and cheap-magic product, I’d advise not buying it off the shelf at your nearest Best Buy. Wait, observe, then buy is my philosophy.

- Contributed By: ComputMe