iPad? really thats the best you could do?

Once again Steve Jobs had descended from the mountain top to bring the gifts of God to the masses. The last time someone brought a tablet down from the mountain like this, the world was forever changed. This time, the tablet and the golden calf are the same thing.

Apple unveiled the iPad today. It is the latest in a growing family tree of crap. Thats right I skipped the bad apple pun and went straight to crap. iShuffle's latest iteration, macbook air, now the iPad. First off the name sounds like a feminine product. It is at best, a large iPod, not iPhone because it can't make calls. Its features include Safari, Mail, Photos, Video, youTube (thank God I won't be without the constant stream of "cats doing things" videos), iPod, iTunes, App Store (notice there is always a built-in way to spend more), ibooks (the not quite kindle), Maps, Notes, Calendar, Contacts, Homescreen, and Spotlight search. If you notice, there isn't much to set it apart from the iPod/iPhone family.

Now lets look at their pricing structure.

The basic macbook starts at $999 and you get an almost cosmos launching bigger bang for your buck. At the very least 250GB and the ability to run most programs out there. Programs people, not apps.

Then there is the non-tablet tablet. How many years has Apple been the epitome of the graphic and design industry's goto computer? I have dreamt for years of an Apple tablet. Something I could draw on, run the Adobe suit and have the luxury of a touch screen. Something like Axiotron's modbook thats been around for years. The iPad, is not this product. It feels like a rather resounding FU to the aging and, I'm beginning to wonder, outdated computer customers of Apple.

Apple, I love you. I love my mac and have switched more than one person to it, freeing them from the chains of their old PC lives. But this is just not going to cut it.