Apple iPad critical review: Bill gates demands keyboard, stylus
Bill Gates said, 'I'm a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen, and a real keyboard - in other words - a Netbook will be the mainstream on that.'
MICROSOFT CEO has said that he is not too impressed with the Apple iPad and that the device has nothing that Microsoft would like to replicate.
So, Gates still believes in a real keyboard, audio and stylus. But does that mean Apple’s device lacks features? Not many would agree. One of the more unexpected iPad accessories coming from Apple is a $30 camera kit that lets you directly transfer images to the iPad from your digital camera or SD card. Sketch stylus from Pogo Fingers are fine for the relatively small touch screens found on smartphones, but you may find it more comfortable to use a stylus on the iPad's 9.7-inch display.Because the iPad's touch screen uses capacitive instead of resistive technology, you can't just apply pressure to the screen with any old pointy stick and expect it to work. Fortunately, the Sketch stylus from Pogo ($14.95) is specially designed to work with the capacitive screens on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad.
The kit includes two adapters: one for SD cards and one that connects to cameras over mini-USB (cable required). Both adapters connect to the 30-pin dock connection on the bottom edge of the iPad. If using Apple's special iPad keyboard dock makes you feel a little silly, how about using a wireless keyboard? The iPad supports Bluetooth connected keyboards including Apple's own classy wireless Mac keyboard ($69). The very fact that makes iPad a new device is its package. That it offers experience that nobody has had before. It offers gaming, movies, books in a brand new format that will attract even those who hate computers. While Microsoft toyed with the idea of tablets for a very long time, it never managed to find the right creative construction to bring it out. So, there stands no prize for guessing what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates feel when he talks about his longtime rival, Steve Jobs. The conclusion Gates reached should reassure everyone at Microsoft: "It's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone, where I say, 'Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough.' It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'" Regardless of what Bill Gates thinks, Apple is already counting a zillion sales of the tablet the moment it bursts out in the market.
The kit includes two adapters: one for SD cards and one that connects to cameras over mini-USB (cable required). Both adapters connect to the 30-pin dock connection on the bottom edge of the iPad. If using Apple's special iPad keyboard dock makes you feel a little silly, how about using a wireless keyboard? The iPad supports Bluetooth connected keyboards including Apple's own classy wireless Mac keyboard ($69). The very fact that makes iPad a new device is its package. That it offers experience that nobody has had before. It offers gaming, movies, books in a brand new format that will attract even those who hate computers. While Microsoft toyed with the idea of tablets for a very long time, it never managed to find the right creative construction to bring it out. So, there stands no prize for guessing what Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates feel when he talks about his longtime rival, Steve Jobs. The conclusion Gates reached should reassure everyone at Microsoft: "It's not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with iPhone, where I say, 'Oh my God, Microsoft didn't aim high enough.' It's a nice reader, but there's nothing on the iPad I look at and say, 'Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.'" Regardless of what Bill Gates thinks, Apple is already counting a zillion sales of the tablet the moment it bursts out in the market.
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