While I really wished Apple didn’t name it iPad, it’s still too early to tell if this device would be any good. I was rather disappointed it didn’t run the regular MacOS X so I can have my favourite app – Terminal. Without Terminal, an Apple product is most likely useless to me.
However the price point seems compelling starting at US$499, I’m estimating that to be SG$788 when it arrives.
So what good is an oversized iPhone? It’s quite obvious Apple wanted the lock-in and screw developers around the App Store.
I’m curious what Google has to offer as it seems I might be switching out of Apple to Android after the novelty of the iPhone wears off. I’d much prefer to develop in Java than having to pay for an ADC account just to write in a much more complicated Objective-C.
On the books part, I’d gladly buy the Amazon Kindle. Unfortunately, I don’t have the luxury of time reading. I bought several books last year and about 80% of that is still sitting on my side table.