Mossberg: Laptop Killer? The iPad Comes Close

Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal has a really good review of the iPad. He argues that the iPad may be a true “game changer.” Here’s how the WSJ summarizes his article:

Apple’s new touch-screen device has the potential to change portable computing profoundly. It could challenge the primacy of the laptop and eventually propel the multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface.

Here’s another interesting part:

The iPad is much more than an e-book or digital periodical reader, though it does those tasks brilliantly, better in my view than the Amazon Kindle. And it’s far more than just a big iPhone, even though it uses the same easy-to-master interface, and Apple says it runs nearly all of the 150,000 apps that work on the iPhone.

It’s qualitatively different, a whole new type of computer that, through a simple interface, can run more-sophisticated, PC-like software than a phone does, and whose large screen allows much more functionality when compared with a phone’s. But, because the iPad is a new type of computer, you have to feel it, to use it, to fully understand it and decide if it is for you, or whether, say, a netbook might do better.

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April 1, 2010 | Filed Under Technology | 2 Comments 

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2 Responses to “Mossberg: Laptop Killer? The iPad Comes Close”

  1. Mossberg: Laptop Killer? The iPad Comes Close | Desktop Computer Reviews on April 2nd, 2010 12:48 pm

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  2. Riviera on April 9th, 2010 2:44 pm

    I was skeptic of this laptop killer meme, but then yesterday they unveiled some of the upcoming changes to the iPhone SDK, and I have to say I’m pleased. In particular, the way multitasking is implemented will help make a big dent on the netbook market.

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