iPad frenzy 2

Even my blog posts have version numbers now!!

The 'new' iPad is out. Every tech journalist worth his/her salt has something to say on the new device. The Apple fanboys are understandably elated; they eagerly await their delivery of the new gadget.

I strongly think it's just a consumer device. Just like you own smartphones, you own a tablet. People stretch their imagination to invent their usefulness in various environments.

I hardly ever seen iPad in our company. No CEO demanded its inclusion in our trusted network. They do use their smartphones to access their mail and sms texts. Nobody wants to see a spreadsheet in their phones. Nobody edits documents in them.

Lame excuses have been given to add a keyboard to the tablet. I think it defeats the very purpose of having a tablet in the first place. Please remember we have both ipad classic and ASUS transformer with keyboard in our household. They are good for surfing web pages, seeing youtube videos and of course reading ebooks in ePub and PDF formats.

Every gadget has its place and usefulness. Don't stretch them to be everything for everybody. This is age of specialization, isn't it?

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iPad frenzy

I own an iPad, an Acer netbook, a desktop. My son has an Asus notebook, Asus transformer running ice cream sandwich (I love such names; they are very interesting). We have Linux running in some partitions and virtual machines.

I am watching with amusement the media frenzy on the impending announcement of iPad3. I simply don't understand this. There are interesting battle between Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and windows fanboys.

As a person who have been using all such platforms, I'm terribly amused.

I have been following magazine stories and blog posts regarding the use of tablets in business contexts. I still think their use is slightly far off in Indian context.

Can tablets replace laptops and desktops? I don't think so. The devices are mostly for different use. Their use for whipping up a presentation, doing a complicated budget projection with input from many sources, creating a document for the board meeting, accessing the age-old applications the companies had already invested in are quite limited.

They are fancy gadgets to show off, making heads turn when you open it up and an instigator in social conversation.

Only time will tell.

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