iPad

It looks fancy, has a large multi-touch screen, but as much as I try I can’t see this as a hugely practical device. For starters I can’t get over the fact that it just looks like Apple have taken the iPod Touch and stretched the design a little.

I’m probably being picky here, but the fact that there are huge gaps between the icons seems like a waste of screen space to me, admittedly enlarging them would make it look childish, and putting more icons there would make it crowded, but this is Apple we’re talking about, surely they could come up with a better solution!?

Still, watching the demo videos, this thing looks amazing. Obviously these ideal scenarios have been picked to sell it, and to an extent I can see their use, but for me none stand out as a unique selling point. I have computer for web browsing, widescreen monitor for films. Yes these may be seperate devices, but devices which all do their job well, making it harder to justify a few hundred £’s on a device which can almost do them all.

But then you look further, the Calendar app for example looks perfectly suited to such a device, as does the Address book, at times when graphics try to emulate real life objects it can look very tacky, but they seem to have pulled it off here.

But then, everyone is saying you don’t see how good it is until you actually feel and use it. So, keep me away from the Apple Store!