
Five reasons to love the iPad:
1. The screen and interface of the iPad are beautiful, allowing the reader to enjoy outstanding graphics and image quality.
2. There is a long list of media apps that help you express your creative side. Apple went out of their way to prepare for those who would want to produce various forms of art on this platform.
3. Excellent products are being developed for the iPad. Apple's new flat screen computer has attracted the attention of a league of developers, who've been creating very enhanced functionalities for the iPad. One author mentions the Scrabble game built for the iPad, which has an impressive multi-player format.
4. Great for gaming. If you enjoy having fun on your computer, then the iPad is a great match for you. Gamers seem to enjoy the quality of the interface.
5. Touch screen browsing is a breeze. The iPad is revolutionary in the ease with which you can surf the Web and the interface is totally intuitive.
Five reasons to hate the iPad:
1. Still the same old network -- AT&T. If there is anything that has angered most iPhone users, it's Apple's decision to stick with AT&T. Rather than spreading out to other networks that provide more reliable coverage, Apple is risking losing some loyal fans by using the relatively weak AT&T system. There are also problems reported with WiFi not staying connected.
2. Typing is both painful and inconvenient. In case you haven't heard, the iPad doesn't have a keyboard. Instead, the keyboard and the screen are both one in the same, and you have to pound away on the flat screen in order to get your words out. Early adopters are finding the keyboard to be a terrible inconvenience.
3. No USB support. If you have a digital camera and take pictures, you can't just connect it to your iPad to download the pictures onto your computer. Sorry, but that option is simply unavailable.
4. It's no fun to read books on the iPad. The iPad has positioned itself as a killer of Amazon's Kindle, but that's just not the case, according to many who have used and reviewed the product. Some users have argued that two hours of reading on this screen will make you run for the sink to wash your eyes out, since its just flat out uncomfortable.
5. No multi-tasking. The iPad won't allow you to do more than one thing at a time, which can be a drag. It only makes sense that you should be able to listen to music while you read, for example.
Overall, it appears that the iPad is revolutionary as a simple, beautiful and light computing device. At the same time, the first version of a product usually needs to evolve. I'll wait for the next round from apple to buy one. With prices started at $499, the iPad should at least address some of its negatives before expecting much wider adoption.
Lawrence Watkins is the CEO of The Great Latino Speakers Bureau and an MBA student at Cornell University. For more information, please visit LawrenceWatkins.com.

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By: meanvee on 4/07/2010 4:46PM
The NO.1 reason i can't have one, can't afford it. Bring that price down and make it affordable.
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By: lisa on 5/15/2010 1:44PM
I WOULDN'T PAY $.10 FOR A DEVICE THAT HAS A WEAK CARRIER! ONCE APPLE LEAVES AT&T AND GETS WITH A MORE RELIABLE CARRIER, THAT ISN'T THAT EXPENSIVE, HIS STOCK WILL REALLY SOAR. HAVING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS YOU CAN USE AT THE SAME TIME WOULD BE GREAT ALSO. I'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.
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By: ld2010 on 4/08/2010 2:06PM
How is this not a giant iPod touch?
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By: CAHawk on 4/08/2010 2:50PM
Never, Ever Buy The 1st Version of Any Technology
(Especially at those prices $$$$ - LOL!)
Let the "Tech Junkies" and the "idle rich" do all the "Field Testing" and when the prices come down
Buy It!
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By: Scott on 4/08/2010 4:17PM
I am speachless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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By: db on 4/08/2010 4:45PM
To the writer, you are either lazy or a lousy researcher. All it takes is a few key strokes to look at the apple website to see that you can connect your camera to get your pictures on the iPad, it is just going to cost you $29.99 for the connector/adapter. You gave the impression there is no way to do this. You say "it is no fun to read book on it" as if the Kindle or Nook is way better? You advocate it is great for playing games and bad for reading a book. One would think that you would advocate just the reverse, but then again you are writing for AOL and not the Times or Washington Post and that Pulitzer is in no way in your grasp any time soon.
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By: UHNoo on 7/27/2010 8:48PM
The IPod Touch (highest gig version) is about 430 bucks, so I doubt they will lower this price down
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