Comments on: Will iPad be a Game Changer or the Next Newton? http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2010/02/02/will-ipad-be-a-game-changer-or-the-next-newton/ Proud Sponsor of Your Future Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt Crosslin http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2010/02/02/will-ipad-be-a-game-changer-or-the-next-newton/comment-page-1/#comment-2168 Matt Crosslin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:40:30 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=491#comment-2168 That kind of makes me hate the name even more... don't exactly have good memories of yellow legal pads... :) One of the first bloggers to comment on the name said something along the lines of "Next year, they will introduce a larger 12 inch version called the 'MaxiPad'" and the jokes about the name just went downhill from there. All the SciFi shows I watch have these really cool tablets that they use to wirelessly interface with computers and then fix everything, so I see a lot of hope for a good tablet device. That kind of makes me hate the name even more… don’t exactly have good memories of yellow legal pads… :)

One of the first bloggers to comment on the name said something along the lines of “Next year, they will introduce a larger 12 inch version called the ‘MaxiPad’” and the jokes about the name just went downhill from there.

All the SciFi shows I watch have these really cool tablets that they use to wirelessly interface with computers and then fix everything, so I see a lot of hope for a good tablet device.

]]> By: chris http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2010/02/02/will-ipad-be-a-game-changer-or-the-next-newton/comment-page-1/#comment-2164 chris Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:01:28 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=491#comment-2164 Re: the name of the ipad... I don't get the controversy. I only associate the word pad with pads of paper, like yellow legal pads, etc. But I guess I'm the outlier here. I want a tablet because I don't need all the features of a laptop (as you say) and because I hate carrying my laptop around. It's too heavy. Maybe tablets are destined to be niche products... for professionals (as opposed to iphones which are for everybody [except me]) Re: the name of the ipad… I don’t get the controversy. I only associate the word pad with pads of paper, like yellow legal pads, etc. But I guess I’m the outlier here.

I want a tablet because I don’t need all the features of a laptop (as you say) and because I hate carrying my laptop around. It’s too heavy.

Maybe tablets are destined to be niche products… for professionals (as opposed to iphones which are for everybody [except me])

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