Apple iPad: bashed by bloggers around the web

The amount of user-generated hype for Apple’s new tablet computer was so vast that almost anything was likely to be a let-down, so the immediate backlash (ipad sucks) is hardly a surprise.

The iPad turned out to be, at bottom, an iPod Touch with a big screen. It failed to offer a magical new 3D interface, or an OLED screen, or a built-in projector, or any other revolutionary features. Indeed, it doesn’t even have basic features such as a webcam, microphone, USB port, SD card slot, HDMI port, or a standard mobile phone SIM slot, though some of these will be provided at extra cost, via adaptors.

As Bobbie Johnson has already pointed out here in Apple iPad: what it doesn’t have, the new tablet also lacks Adobe Flash support (which means that, like the iPhone and iPod Touch, it can’t handle some websites) and multi-tasking. No Flash means no Farmville or similar Facebook games.

Gizmodo, the influential gadget blog, has a post – 8 Things That Suck About the iPad – that says No thanks! and gives the device the thumbs down. The list currently includes 11 things, though a rider adds: “This post does not necessarily reflect the opinions of others at Gizmodo.”

One aspect of the iPad was that some saw it as Apple’s answer to the netbook – a cheap form factor that millions want but Apple won’t supply. CNet argued that the iPad wasn’t the answer, in 10 Things Netbooks still do better than an iPad. It fails to mention that you can get netbooks that offer higher screen resolution than the iPad, as well as the usual netbook features.

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