{"id":246,"date":"2010-01-28T12:07:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-28T16:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/?p=246"},"modified":"2023-08-15T20:49:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T01:49:28","slug":"thoughts-on-the-apple-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/interactive-design\/thoughts-on-the-apple-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Apple iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ipad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248 alignnone\" title=\"iPad\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ipad.jpg\" alt=\"Apple iPad\" width=\"400\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ipad.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.frontelevation.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ipad-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s new iPad device was finally unveiled yesterday, Wed Jan, 27th, 2010. My initial reaction was one of disappointment. I suppose it was due to all of the hype that was built up leading up to the launch. Many people had speculated on not only it&#8217;s form factor, but also it&#8217;s software interface.<\/p>\n<p>I can accept the form factor. It looks like an Apple product. My only complaint is with the choice to not include a built in camera for taking pictures, video and chat. Other than that, I really like the design. I particularly impressed that there are no additional hardware buttons other than the typical round home button. Speaker and volume switches are nice to have too. I also like the border around the screen to allow for holding with your thumbs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As for the main interface software, I am highly disappointed. I literally laughed out loud at The Onion&#8217;s article, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/content\/news_briefs\/frantic_steve_jobs_stays_up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frantic Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing Apple Tablet<\/a>&#8220;. I&#8217;m all for simplicity, but come on. In addition to all of the complaints that they didn&#8217;t include background apps, why oh why couldn&#8217;t you have spent some time redesigning the main interface. It looks like a sophomore design class project. No thought, no originality, no empathy for the user or context of use&#8230;.just a scaled up version of the iPhone. It seems odd and like something is missing. Why not a widget that runs on the main screen to show the weather in real time, or the stock widget showing realtime stock quotes? This just puzzles me to no end. I&#8217;m not asking for a complete redesign, but at least some innovation and advancement.<\/p>\n<p>All that being said, I do see a need for a device like this and can&#8217;t wait to see what software developers come up with, given the larger screen size. This is what really excites me and why I will likely purchase this device. In my opinion, this guy came the closest to what I was expecting from Apple&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/lexpictura.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lex Lareo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fingers crossed that Apple will address these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&#8217;s new iPad device was finally unveiled yesterday, Wed Jan, 27th, 2010. My initial reaction was one of disappointment. I suppose it was due to all of the hype that was built up leading up to the launch. Many people had speculated on not only it&#8217;s form factor, but also it&#8217;s software interface. 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