They will all be compared to the iPad

I immediately thought about the iPhone when I read this headline from Wired iPad Could See 50 Tablet Rivals This Year. I was thinking back over the past year or more and how every cell phone that came to market was compared to the iPhone. Each Android review speculated as to how this one was the iPhone killer.

Each and every tablet, slate and or Netbook computing device released in the years to come will be compared to the iPad. Apple is the first to market with a device that fills a void and other will be trying to fill it for years to come.

I have used the iPad and was impressed with it. The iPad is not a Notebook, it is not a Netbook, it’s not meant to be. It is a new type of device which is essentially a hybrid of the Netbook\Notebook, eReader, Movie Viewer and your Smart Phone. It does not make calls, it is limited in computing power, but it is enough to do most of what most people buying one seem to need.

Some seem to think that the iPad is not enough for most people to use as a work device, like this post. I think the iPad with a few accessories, could serve the needs of most. I think most PC’s and laptops are under used for their capabilities.

I think one of the main things the iPad has going for it is it’s responsiveness. I enjoyed the responsiveness of the iPad. I have used a number of eReaders as well as Netbooks as I have searched for the collection of devices I needed to do all the things I do and none of them respond like the iPad. I was looking at purchasing a  Lenovo S10-3t 0651-37U 10.1-Inch Multitouch Netbook (Black) (Affiliate Link) until I read the customer reviews and watched the Engadget video review. One guy stated that the responsiveness was slow. He stated that you sometimes tap an icon and he would not know if anything was happening, so he would tap again, and sometimes have 3-4 windows open. Not to worry though, he says you get used to it pretty quickly. It is a sad state of affairs when we settle for poor performance and accept that the experience cannot be better.

I’m not hung up with the fact that I cannot view websites that use flash. I work around that. Actually, there is most likely another site where I can get the same or similar content. That’s the beauty of the web, you have choices. I’m sure not every application I want is available for the iPad but a majority of what I need is there and that’s enough to keep people comparing to the iPad for the foreseeable future.