Originally Posted by bugelrex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4EbM7dCMs

Watch this video of a 2.5 year old use the ipad. The mass consumer appeal is simply huge/massive.

Originally Posted by ysss

It seems that the iPad is the perfect device to realize the dream of 'paperless office' of yore ('90s?). It already has one of the best UI to view and interact with documents in small form factor thanks to the accelerated graphic function and multitouch control and plenty of wireless connectivity options.

What's missing?

- A 'scanner strip' behind it or a very decent camera with macro mode.
- (wireless) Printing capability, which is rumored to come with OS4.

Originally Posted by m165

Ignoring screen size and hardware, how does the iPad compare with the iPod Touch? I've always thought that it is just like an iPod touch, but just bigger. I'd like to be proven wrong though!

For me, i dont really have much use for it, as i have a macbook as a portable computer, a windows machine if i need to use windows for any reason, and the N900 for connecting with people and internet when im not at my mac.

If i didnt have an N900, id have a different device capable of phone calls, texts and internet, again eliminating the need for an iPad, and even any other device similar to it.

I guess i just like an all-in-one device, rather than multiple things, so for me, the iPad is not in question.

Originally Posted by chase15

even a 2.5 yr old child is looking for a camera.. haha.. and she loves playing the cat game... haha

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

I think the problem with Flash is that it's going be less of a problem as more content moves towards HTML5. Already you see certain apps that normally use Silverlight or Flash switch over.

I find that benefits the N900 too, since instead of waiting for Adobe or Nokia to get Flash 10 onto the N900 (whoever's hands it's in now) we can use HTML5 with Fennec/Firefox or maybe even MicroB.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man

Eh, I think that depends on the office work in question as well as the individual. For example, my typing speed on touchscreen only devices is terrible, even with time spent on the iPhone, n800, N900, etc..Some people have done initial wpm tests and for some I think the time nearly doubles for the same amount of words, though of course the gap will shrink for some with practice. So if your writing a report or a program, I don't see tablets replacing PCs. Of course the iPad does have a keyboard extension..

As for the people in the HF class, I say it varies. But most are beyond technological neophytes. But at the same time, they may not know much about things such as the OS. They aren't computer science programmers or engineers. The class including professor and his collegue consist of one student in the class with a bio-engineer background, my professor and his collegue are applied experimental psychologists, and the rest are AE PhD, general masters students, some aren't interested in Human Factors but are taking the class because it sounded interesting or they work with my professor. While I have a computer science and IT background but no formal undergraduate degree in computer science (my undergrad is in psychology). But not neophytes as some posters here like to imagine.

Originally Posted by anidel

My nephew is of the same age and my brother keeps telling me how easy he learned to use tools like the VCR, DVD Player, TV and such devices...

Aniello

Originally Posted by Bundyo

The question is - would the content shift to HTML5? With the recent announcement the Chrome 5 and Chrome OS would ship with Flash preinstalled, it seems to me less likely, even despite the rule 3.1.1 of iPhone 4.0..

Originally Posted by Bundyo

The question is - would the content shift to HTML5? With the recent announcement the Chrome 5 and Chrome OS would ship with Flash preinstalled, it seems to me less likely, even despite the rule 3.1.1 of iPhone 4.0..