Comments on: The iPad- Was I Blown Away?

By: Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:09:45 +0000

No one, even Apple, is able to accept orders for the iPad yet, since it’s not yet FCC-approved (which is largely a formality). Once we get all the details we need from Apple, we’ll certainly announce it and get people in line. As for Mike T.’s comments above… Apple and Adobe are in a bit of a cold war, and technology experts I’ve talked to agree that Flash is a kludge. Apple certainly isn’t afraid to flex its muscle and drive technologies to newer and better areas even if it’s with the expense of short-term angst from some people. For those who remember Apple removing the floppy drives from their Macs, the non-Flash support may be likened to that. A lot of angst at the time, but in the end, they were right.

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:33:47 +0000

We’ll certainly make it known when we can start taking orders

By: admin

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:33:13 +0000

We should be carrying them, yes.

By: Erika Maslan

Erika Maslan — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:08:04 +0000

Kevin, heard your words, trust your judgement, I know you are right, yet….I have one question for you: “When will you start accepting orders for the ipad and for how much?

By: Raymond O.

Raymond O. — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:50:54 +0000

In my many years as an Apple fanatic I have never ceased to be underwhelmed at the products Apple releases and then amazed at how much they become a part of my life after I’ve purchased them.
My first Mac, the old beige, was ok, I thought, but so what. Then I started using it and never looked back. The same with the iPod until I bought an iPod touch and now use it every single day.
And so, while the iPad probably won’t push the state of technology very far, I’m willing to bet, at least for me, that once I purchase one it will unwittingly become part of my daily life. Apple and Steven Jobs have a genius for introducing products that find places in peoples lives once they’ve experienced them. That’s Job’s whole mantra. The experience you get in using Apple ware.

By: Bryan Bogue

Bryan Bogue — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 23:38:56 +0000

For someone that doesn’t need to do much in the way of productivity beyond email, word processing, presentations and storing photos and music, then this is going to be okay. The deal breaker for me is that their is no web cam built in for doing Skype or VoIP calls. How difficult would that have been!? And I mean a camera that is mounted on the screen side like the iMac and MacBook family.

By: Penny H

Penny H — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:01:40 +0000

In a word, “underwhelmed.”

By: mike t

mike t — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:10:39 +0000

the biggest bust for me is they still have not PUT FLASH into the mix. here was a perfect chance to FINALLLLLYYYYY appease all of us users who, on a daily basis, curse when we got to a site that requires flash. When will this be resolved!!??#$@&%$#

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:51:35 +0000

Will you be carrying them in your inventory, i.e., has Apple granted you permission to sell them?

By: David M

David M — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:20:39 +0000

It is refreshing to see the CEO of Powermax unafraid to speek his mind about the Ipad. I worry that while Apple has the market cornered on cool, that Steve Jobs is in many ways is limiting and controlling choice. “All it takes for tyranny to gain a foothold is for good men to remain silent”, is I think how the saying goes. I know I am being paranoid. I just worry we are transforming from educated consumers into mindless disciples. I’m afraid as you lamented we will all “probably end up with one at some point”.