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Notable tweets on the iPad
As with the previous post, I’m collecting opinions and blurbs on the iPad. This post is tweets of notable quality in one way or the other, and I’ve divided them into tweets about the platform, user experience and humor (Twitter being the way it is, there will certainly be many more tweets and I’ll update this post accordingly).
Platform
@chockenberry – Craig Hockenberry
I just wish all the effort that goes into bashing Flash went into promoting open standards. DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
@camh – Cameron Kenley Hunt
I think there’s a lot of negative iPad reaction because the people who “get it” are too busying making something for it.
@eris – Eris Stassi
I am more excited about creating iPad apps than I am about creating iPhone apps.
@iA_Chris – Chris Lüscher
Open and closed platforms have their merits in different domains. Playing one system against the other is useless.
@iA_Chris – Chris Lüscher
Would Apple be able to make such products if they let all those whiners hack their platform?
@iA_Chris – Chris Lüscher
Would all those whining about Apple being a closed system care if Apple didn’t make products they desperately want?
@lllucas – Lucas Newman
random ipad trivia: iwork apps use 100% public api, no exceptions. the iwork team did an amazing job!
@jrconlin – JR Conlin
One more thought about the iPad, can you really gauge how fast a CPU is if it’s only running one app at a time?
@maxvoltar – Tim Van Damme
I’m looking more forward designing for the iPad than owning one. It’s a 786.432 pixel playground (instead of 153.600 on the iPhone)
@anildash – Anil Dash
For the record, today’s most noteworthy technology launch was Apple’s A4 processor. Quote me on it in 5 years.
@craigmod – Craig Mod
Biggest disappointment of iPad announce: no sales infrastructure love for indie content producers. But the framework is there.
@joehewitt – Joe Hewitt
Have the people complaining about lack of certain iPad features not heard of the App Store?
@lukewdesign – Luke Wroblewski
Tech reviewer irk #1: their evaluations focus on hardware specifications not on overall user experience of devices.
@lukewdesign – Luke Wroblewski
Tech reviewer irk #2: most people reviewing tech products have never gone through the process of building or designing one.
@gruber – John Gruber
Just realized I haven’t yet seen anyone complain that iPad battery doesn’t swap out.
@gruber – John Gruber
Dropping Flash is like dropping floppy drives and Classic Mac OS and PowerPC support and anything else that Apple has deemed old and shitty.
@iA_Chris – Chris Lüscher
After seeing my daugther “use” a 56 in 1 card reader, I want to slap one of those “BUT the iPad has no slots” guys in the face.
User Experience
@bokardo – Joshua Porter
The big issue with the iPad is the trade-off between ease-of-use and autonomy.
@nickf – Nick Finck
Whoa mama! @omnigroup is going to create a version of @omnigraffle for the iPad. SOLD!
@Mike_FTW – Mike Monteiro
The most disturbing thing about the iPad reaction? That geeks can’t recognize a consumer-oriented device when they see one. (via @ryanchris)
@buzz – Buzz Andersen
Why I suspect the iPad will do well: my mom has so many apps on her iPhone it takes hours to sync, but barely touches her computer anymore.
@dhh – David Heinemeier Hansson (not entirely iPad-related, but still)
Why would you ever answer no to restarting the OS X prefs to get to a 32-bit pane? Programmer design
http://yfrog.com/3nu8mp
@nevenmrgan – Neven Mrgan
Lol: iWork on the iPad stores your files in “My Documents”.
@nickf – Nick Finck
It seems a lot of people are greatly underestimating the potential of the iPad. Has cynicism prevailed over ingenuity? #iPad
@andjohan – Andreas Johannsen
Jeg er ligeglad om iPad er “uteknisk”, om den er bundet til app store, om den mangler et eller andet ligegyldigt. Jeg skal fucking have den
@umbraco – Niels Hartvig
The iPad is #win for me. The more I think of how much I use my laptop casually, yet doesn’t need the laptop part, the more it would fit (me)
@umbraco – Niels Hartvig
@Funzafunza jeg ser den som et nyt device. En afløser for tv’ets gamle funktion hvor man i stedet tjekker mail, trendsales, casual surf etc.
@funzafunza – Henrik Føhns
Nu forstår jeg det: iPad er en køkkenmaskine. Ud med tv, aviser, tegneserier, inetkøleskab & laptop. iPad på køkkenbordet til hele familien
Humor
@tomcoates – Tom Coates
I wonder if the iPad’s surface is resistant enough to scratching that LA people can use it as a coke mirror. If so, it’ll sell well…
@odannyboy – Dan Saffer
Really enjoyed State of the Union but thought it would have a USB port.
@mike9r – Mike Rundle
Not only will Apple introduce their tablet tomorrow but it’ll be running Duke Nukem Forever. Game. Set. Match.