Hmm, well that's interesting.
Competitively, they need to increase the pixel density. I don't think Gruber has any firm sources, but just assumes a higher-resolution display is in the works.
Would you rather read a review of a new sushi restaurant from a sushi lover, someone who never tried sushi before, or someone who hates sushi? Same idea here.
I envy John Gruber, as a writer. I think he truly deserves his readership.
I also wonder how useful virtual memory would be on a device like iPad/iPhone. With limited memory and no multitasking how often would address fragmentation be an issue.
there seems to be some areas where the iPad excels unequivocally (its speed, fit/finish etc) some areas that take getting used to, and you'll either like or not like (keyboard) and other areas in serious need of work (document syncing etc).
I was very surprised with how primitive the iWork document management was. Also, can you imagine being that constrained when web browsing? I need my tabs.
The Kindle app for iPad already supports color. I downloaded the Kindle sample of the graphic novel "The Impostor's Daughter", and it displays in glorious color (and has more pages than the iBooks sample of the same work).
I wrote some more thoughts on this here, if anyone's interested: http://gen89.net/2010/04/07/prediction-free-mobileme-after-a...
after thinking a bit about it for a while, ipad to me, seems to be more of a media consumption device than either a computer or a phone. i can read books, play video-games etc on it, and it seems to be of the just right form-factor for such activities. given that, i don't think i would be interested in running any arbitrary program on it. i would prefer my computer for doing that. apple store thus becomes more of a alternate clearing-house of published information. i am probably more concerned about some fundamental erosion of fair-use-rights here than anything else, as building strict copyright controls on such a device is probably much simpler . if content-providers/distributors find ipad to be a viable platform for disseminating media, then copyright would be back with a vengeance. libraries / physical books might then be passe...
