http://pindelski.org/Photography/2010/01/27/ipad-first-reactions/ This journal discusses photography in all its guises with an emphasis on the art of making photographs. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pindelski.org/Photography/2010/01/27/ipad-first-reactions/comment-page-1/#comment-45014 Rory Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:40:53 +0000 http://pindelski.org/Photography/?p=5660#comment-45014 I still think that if Lightroom and Excel are your top concerns, you are not getting the value proposition for this device at all. It is not meant as a computer replacement, it is meant as something to bridge the gap between your phone and your computer. Something to surf the web on the couch, watch a movie on the airplane, and keep up with email on the go. I agree, a camera would be nice for video conferencing; I disagree on flash—if we are lucky this will be the nail in the coffin for garbage flash websites/ads and something more open will take over as the video standard for the web. Finally, I do strongly prefer Pages to the Mac version of Word, and use it all the time. That said, I don't expect to be writing essays or business documents much on my iPad... I still think that if Lightroom and Excel are your top concerns, you are not getting the value proposition for this device at all. It is not meant as a computer replacement, it is meant as something to bridge the gap between your phone and your computer. Something to surf the web on the couch, watch a movie on the airplane, and keep up with email on the go. I agree, a camera would be nice for video conferencing; I disagree on flash—if we are lucky this will be the nail in the coffin for garbage flash websites/ads and something more open will take over as the video standard for the web. Finally, I do strongly prefer Pages to the Mac version of Word, and use it all the time. That said, I don’t expect to be writing essays or business documents much on my iPad…

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