Apple iPad – 10 Reasons Why you should NOT Buy Apple iPad

Now when Apple iPad is official, there’s plenty of buzz around the specs and murmur about who should buy it and who should not. There could be plenty of reasons to buy iPad. But before you go out buying one, have a look at why you should not buy Apple iPad, the most anticipated and much hyped (and much typed <about>) device. Here goes the list:

1. The Name

What’s with the name iPad. It could have been anything but a pad. Oh did you mean Maxi Pad? So, you’ve built just another “Pad” then? You could have gone for better name.

2. NO Support for Flash

Oh! Are you serious? Apple iPad is designed to give you a better browsing, gaming and rich graphical experience but it doesn’t allow video streaming? You’re offering something that will replace netbooks and laptops and that “something” can NOT run videos and flash based graphics? And what is the use of unlimited data packages then?

3. NO Multitasking

Well, again! iPad is replacement to Netbook and it cannot support multitasking? It makes iPad just another iPod.

Update: There is hope for multitasking on iPad if you jailbreak iPad.

4. NO Webcam, NO Video Calls

There’s no webcam in iPad, neither on back nor on front. So, you can’t have a video chat and can’t make a video call with iPad. You talk about photos and videos and there’s no camera?

5. NO Extension Ports/Adapters, NO Expandable Memory

If you wanted to plug your digital cameras, your external HDD or even a card reader, there’s no way you could do this with iPad. There’s even NO USB port in iPad that even an average Netbook or a cell phone would have. This means you will NOT be able to expand your Apple iPad memory, now that is huge deal breaker to me.

6. NO HD Video Out

Apple iPad could be wonderful tool for presentations provided there was HD video out support. This could also enable users to watch videos in HD on bigger screens.

7. NO Calls and NO SMS

NO! You will not be able to make phone calls and send/receive SMS with iPad. Even in 3G, its data only tablet that doesn’t support phone calls and have no support for SMS either.

Update: iPhone Dev Team is reportedly working on a tool that will enable you to send SMS from iPad 3G.

8. NO Handwriting Recognition

It would have been nice to have handwriting recognition in iPad. Emphasis has been on artists and students, both would have loved the handwriting recognition in iPad but …

9. NO Fit

I have an iPhone and a Laptop, why should I buy an iPad? Is there a single reason for spending $500+ on that “revolutionary” device?

10. An E-Book Reader for $500

So, iBook seems to be the good reason to buy an iPad. But for whopping $500, why shouldn’t you rather go for Amazon Kindle then. At least Kindle’s got E-Ink, that is so easy on eyes and so light on battery. Not to mention that Amazon Kindle has battery time of one week.

Apple iPad seems to be just another iPod, the bigger one that can’t multitask, doesn’t support flash, have no room for expandable memory, doesn’t let you attach your devices to it and list goes on. All this comes with an “unbelievable” price of minimum $500, doesn’t sound like a good deal.