iPad - Not for the creative ones

So, Apple finally released its iPad.

It turns out to be a product for consumption only - no production.

You can listen to music, look at pictures, read web pages, watch movies.

However, there is no application to compose music, to do serious image editing (like with Photoshop or even Apple's own Aperture).

Apple does release a version of iWork for the device, but considering that the keyboard possibilities seem lamentable, it is hardly a tool for writers, journalists or even accountants.

Apple used to be a company proud of its creative solutions. Here it seems more like they are stifling creativity and playing for the lazy ones.

I want one.

Media bias and tablets

The blogs are alive with the sound of rumours. Buzzing rumours, ruminating rumours, rumours of buzz...

Since several years, the web has been full of rumours about Apple's upcoming tablet computer, but the last few weeks the frenzy has been ridiculous. The most ridiculous thing is that no one seems to know what it is supposed to be used for. How are we going to use a tablet pc without keyboard and a decent size screen? Some people have guessed that it will be something with e-books, but they are just guesses.

So the world is buzzing with rumours about a product that people do not actually know the use for.

When I heard about the release about the first iPod back in 2001, I thought it could never work. When I heard about the iPhone, I was certain Apple was betting on the wrong horse. Well, I was not exactly right at the time. I have bought at least five iPods myself since then and use no other phone than my iPhone. However, the idea of a tablet computer is plain silly. This time I just may be right: it will not take off.