The big confusion into what the Apple iPad truly is has led many people to actually believe that the device is meant to be some sort of a touch screen version of a laptop or a netbook. This assumption however, is very wrong.
Despite that fact that both the iPad and the netbook share similar features such as web browsing, playing games, video and music playback and more, the two devices are actually quite different from each other. What the iPad does is provide people with a new means to access media content faster and easier without having to rely on laptops and other devices. The iPad however cannot handle large scale content processing such as big documents and spreadsheets. That is a function that laptops are meant to do.
Still, this does not mean that the iPad is a bad product. What it does, it does very well. Given that the Apple tablet does not support Flash, the experience of using the internet is still very exciting when using the touch screen user interface. The pick up and play nature of the iPad makes it very encouraging to rely on web access for information that would have had you picking up the morning paper instead.
Aside from the above features, the Apple iPad also serves as an impressive eBook reading device. While many who are used to the Amazon Kindle might feel that the iPad is too big or too bright (the glare on the screen in bad lighting conditions is really a major drawback), those who are just transitioning from real books to digital content will find the iPad’s visually pleasing interface a more natural transition than having to face the cold hard walls of text on the monochromatic Kindle screen.
Read more about how the Apple iPad is being used by laptop owners at Network Computing.
