So, “the big event” has come and gone, iPad is now officially part of the lexicon of the tech world and in 60 days the early adoptees will have their hands on Apple’s latest and greatest device.
From this distance it certainly looks interesting and I can already feel pester power beginning to rear it’s head amongst the tech savvy teenage generation, however, I am most curious about a couple of hinted at functions.
Firstly iWork, it’s great that Pages, Numbers and Keynote are available, but how will the device store any documents that have been created? Is this why the much forgotten iWork.com was created last year (or was it the year before?) or are we looking at using iDisk/mobile me as the solution?
The other question that springs to mind in relation to document creation is printing. I know it appears that Apple regard paper as old technology, but, there are a lot of us who do need to print documents from time to time. Third party app and connector maybe?
Secondly the camera connectivity kit, fantastic news, now I can back up photos between quarters or in between jumping classes, but hold on a minute, the only options are SD card or USB cable! What about the majority(?) of pro photographers whose cameras only use CF cards? C’mon Apple you may have missed a trick here.
Those queries aside I like the look of the giant iPod Touch and the addition of the keyboard/dock makes it an even more interesting proposition, only time will tell if Messers Jobs, Ives and Schiller have another iPhone on their hands.
