Physical Keyboard, Widescreen, webcam are there. Flash support will not be an issue as Flash is almost dead. Welcome HTML5, video out will change when Apple TV debuts. iCloud storage. AirPrint
Disclaimer: I do not own any mac or ipad. But I do have tablets.;)
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It doesn't have a physical keyboard, you can buy one for additional cost. And those keyboards aren't as elegant or as well-built as the iPad itself. And if you do put a keyboard on it, then you have just created a netbook, but at more than twice the price.

It isn't widescreen, it is 4:3. Widescreen is 16:9 by my definition. Turning it sideways makes it portrait or landscape, that's all.

Webcam and more memory are updates to second generation. I also have a camera expansion kit so that I can interface a camera through the Apple connection. More cost, though. We had several hundred thousand Visa points, so my iPad was free. I missed the chance to buy other toys, but it didn't result in any out of pocket cost.

Flash is one thing I miss. I don't like going to websites and seeing blank boxes. I just can't view those websites. That sucks. There aren't that many of them, but there are enough to notice.

I do own one. And I like it for what it does. But it loses in feature comparison tests with laptops, just the same way as it wins as long as you consider it a new product category, discounting previous tablets.

All IMO.

Price is definitely an issue with iPad.
The bottom line is Apple or Android or Windows, tablets are the future. That's what Windows 8 is targeting as well. I am seeing them in use more and more. I used to fill paper forms, now most places just hand you a tablet to fill form.
Will the tablets eventually replace laptops or PC? Only time will tell.

But why is it that these devices are so popular only after first Apple brings them out followed by attack of clones. We have seen with iPod, iPhone and iPad.

Easy answer: Closet PC users have become typical IOS users...... :rofl:

Ah yes...Want proof that cheap isn't always better? Just go back to 2010
and ask yourself about netbook sales in 2012. Don't blame the iPad blame
the lousy Netbooks......:popcorn:

Netbook Sales Are Crashing! Quick! Blame The iPad, Not The Lousy Netbooks! | TechCrunch

How about an up to date comparison.... and guess what
I never heard of the TC1100 before i read this post and
ill bet it has far fewer users. I wonder why? Oh wait
I know; those who we're considering a TC1100 have instead
Purchased an iPad 2...... ;)

I believe Thunder's point was that the TC1100 had a far better feature set, many years earlier, and yet nobody bought it. So why did all those people then buy the iPad years later? Could it be simply because it was an Apple product, and that is the way the herd was running?

If not that, then what is your alternate hypothesis for why it has been so successful, despite having a smaller feature set and a higher price?

Its the easy to use interface.
There have been windows based HP iPaq / Samsung Smartphones before iPhone, but they never really took-off in sales.

Actually I understood his point. As fas as why the TC1100 had a far better feature set many years earlier, and yet nobody bought it is a question
that needs to be answered by those in the PC world. Why were PC users dissatisfied even with the impressive feature set? I don't know. Why were Mac Users at the time dissatisfied even with the impressive feature set and made the decision not to buy it? I don't know. I'm sure it isn't just the herd mentality because any company can foster a following if the they just gatherthe ranks and concentrate on it the way Apple has. So it has to be something else other than the so called Fan Boi hysteria after all it's PC users that have been switching.

In my opinion the reason why people have gravitated towards the iPad and other Apple products may be it's ease of use, seamless integration with other apple products, quality manufacturing, excellent customer service, free product training and a host of other advantages made possible by a closed system. Charging more pays for all those things including additional R&D which makes for a product that last much longer than it's PC counterpart.

Personally I believe both platforms have their use and i use them both...:thumbup: Re: Thunder22? All respect is due and all respect
is given. A Banter or two is all in good fun nothing more.

It would be nice if that easy to use interface included a menu option to attach a photo. Does Apple assume that all Apple users only start email chains, and never respond to them?


I presume that it is possible to cut and paste from the Photo or Camera app, but why add additional steps?