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Ipad: Revolutionary?

The Ipad is definitely not revolutionary. The Ipod and the Iphone were revolutionary products that leaped over anyone’s expectations. This sense of amazement from Apple and its intuitive technology kept consumers asking for more of what they have not seen before.

Similar to a stage act, a magician would do a trick and a few weeks later he will find a new and better trick to perform. However what Apple has done with the Ipad was put all its tricks in one.

Apple has placed its Iphone interface, its music interface, browsing interface and a newly added e-reader interface into one device. This is the only relatively new interface of the Ipad, which would appeal to e-readers, with its high definition screen, vivid colours, non glare screen and its mere weight of 1.5 pounds.

A revolutionary product is one that does something we already do in a whole new way. The Ipad is merely an amazing e-reader plus more. We have already seen how e-readers work, and everything else it includes. Although it is jam packed with technology in such a thin and light package, the sense of “WOW” has dissipated with the social fad of the Ipod and the Iphone.

-Dinesh Manikkavasagar