John Carney is unimpressed by the iPad:
The iPad will not rearrange my life the way the iPhone did.
The easiest way to explain this is to run through how the iPhone changed my life. It made a ton of stuff I used to carry around completely unnecessary. It replaced the following devices:
- my old cell phone;
- my blackberry;
- my Flip video recorder;
- my digital camera; and
- my iPod.
Here's a list of what the iPad replaces:
That's right: nothing.
Bainbridge counters. I think I need to get my hands on one to know for sure. Clive Crook agrees with the Dish on this one.
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