1. 4:3 is not widescreen
Widescreen wouldn't make a very good tablet, long and thin. It would suck for everything but watching widescreen movies.
2. That isn't multitasking, it's apptasking, and it blows.
Depends on what you mean by multitasking. The OS is of course fully capable of it and does it all the time. As far as user perception goes, the upgrade to the next OS is free. That introduces a new smart model of multitasking that is far better than that used in other devices. It will save battery and keep the system stable.
3. Riiiiiiight, unlike "super efficient" Quicktime. LOL
The new Quicktime is super-efficient. Aside from that reason, look to item #2. Flash apps won't be able to support smart multitasking, so Apple doesn't want them on the system, able to introduce instability and battery drain. The hardware is sufficient to run Flash.
4. So I need 99 cent app.... plus a $300+ iPhone and monthly contract with AT&T to do what a basic laptop can do. FAIL
I agree, it needed a web cam. A very good use of this would be video chat, and you can't expect a user to tack on a camera every time he wants to do it. Cameras are cheap, standard, and wouldn't have compromised the design or aesthetics of the device. I've seen the disassembly of this, and there's room in there for one camera for each orientation.
5. No video means no video. WiFi? Add another $130 to the already outrageous price.
See above. But as far as cellular phone goes, remember, this isn't a phone. Expect to have to use Skype or iChat.
6. It's called a battery-swap, and people who do more than listen to MP3s don't do "charge time."
It's a conscious design decision. You may like or not like, but you can't count it as a deficiency. With internal batteries, Apple gets to make the design simpler and stronger than if they were swappable.
7. Adapters for USB? Sold seperately! $$$$$
This is one of the first I put under the heading "missing the concept of the device." It's not a desktop computer, it's a tablet. It's not a desktop computer forced into a tablet (IMHO one reason for the prior failure of tablets in the consumer market). The main purpose of USB on this device is to synch with the host computer. Everything else is esoteric, let that small minority that wants to do it get adapters.
8. Exactly. As for the vast majority of computer users, we use video ports regularly.
This is a small, portable device. Very few people will use it with external video. You want to lug around a screen with you? No. Not too many do it with the iPhone, not too many will do it with this. If you're planning it as a desktop replacement that would need a screen, you are missing the concept.
9. "a resource hog that eats CPU cycles" suddenly becomes a feature when hardware is shamefully lacking.
See above.
10. Blue-Ray is antiquated. Now I've read everything.
Again, not understanding the concept. It would be absurd and alien to the concept to put a disc player in it. That would drop battery life through the floor and introduce size, weight and noise.
11. NOT OSX is NOT OSX
Again, not understanding the concept. It is not a desktop computer.
12. On sale now!!! $$$$$$
The first generation of a novel device is usually pretty expensive. Me, I don't buy new Apple products until second-generation.
“This is a small, portable device. Very few people will use it with external video. You want to lug around a screen with you? No. Not too many do it with the iPhone, not too many will do it with this. If you’re planning it as a desktop replacement that would need a screen, you are missing the concept.”
Are you telling me that an HDMI port to connect your HDTV is not a useful feature? Wouldn’t it be nice to plug the iPad into the TV and watch that expensive hidef content?