The
iPad will run just about
all of the 150,000-plus iPhone or iPod Touch apps sold (or available free)
in the App Store, presenting boundless "there's an app for that"
possibilities. If you own an iPhone, you already have a stable of programs
to work on the
iPad.
So, what is the fuss all about?
The iPad essentially revolutionises
the concept of a tablet computer. Previously tablet devices addressed a
legitimate consumer need (casual, lazy, couch-bound computing), but left
most people frustrated with a stylus-driven handwriting recognition system
and an operating system that was really designed to be used on a desktop
PC.
The iPad is quite simply the best
yet. The use of the iPhone OS and its clever data-entry scheme -
virtual keyboard, multitouch gestures and all - turns the iPad into an
immeasurably more usable device than any
Windows-based tablet PC
we've seen.
