iPad vs iPod
Posted in Breaking News, Hardware, Tech on January 28th, 2010 by J – Be the first to commentOK great the iPAD has been announced. Now lets compare it to its close relative the iPod touch and iPhone. Let me start by saying I’m a PC, but prior to the announcement of the iPad I was thinking this might be a nice device to have as a spare.
| iPod Touch | iPad | iPhone | |
| Storage: | 8gb, 32gb, 64gb | 16gb, 32gb, 64gb | 16gb, 32gb |
| Video Playback: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Camera: | No | No | Yes |
| Screen Size: | 3.5 | 9.7 | 3.5 |
| Battery Life Avg: | ~20 | ~10 hours | ~10 hours |
| Wifi: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| App Store: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Bluetooth: | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Starting Price: | 199 | 499 | 199 + Plan |
What are the problems with the iPad in my opinion?
- iPad Doesn’t Support Flash. Not sure what is taking so long on this front.
- It doesn’t have a webcam? Think about it, what about Video Conferencing?
- OSX is half installed on this device. The iPad is meant to work like a peripheral where you need to dock it and sync it to a main station. They really want to make it a giant iPod Touch!
- No Support for installing your own non-apple approved applications. This means no Microsoft Office! they did say you can install iWork though. But there are many compatibility issues with that.
- This one is very important. NO MULTITASKING, seriously in 2010? OK so if I want to open a spreadhseet and run itunes I can’t? Or if I have a document open and a spreadsheet i can’t do that… hmm maybe there’s an app for that?
So it this the end all “netbook killer”? No, not by a long shot. It is a cool device and “revolutionary”? No, but it is pretty neat. More to come later.
Links to Apple Site for Specs
www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html
www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
