Elegant Gadget

New products are introduced in the market everyday but it is difficult to find a product that fulfills good design requirements. These design requirements include esthetic quality, safety, performance and comfort. A good design is one that looks nice, is easy to use, has good performance, is physically comfortable and yet safe. Apple has brought a revolution in industrial design due to its exquisite products and as a result a huge market following for them has developed around the world. Most of Apple products did extravagantly good when they came in the market, from Ipod nano to Ipod touch from Imac to Macbook pro, from Iphone to Ipad and the list goes on. The reason behind their success is Apple’s investment in to research on what people want, They create products that are stylish and at the same time are very easy to use. Not everyone can afford to have most of the Apple products, but everyone wish to have one. Ipad is one of Apple’s products that recently hit the market, it does fulfill most of the criteria of a good design, but at the same time it has some flaws.

Ipad is a recent addition to the Apple family. It is an elegant gadget that Apple has introduced. Ipad’s build quality is excellent, the aluminum back feels great under the finger and nothing feels cheap. Apple has always focused on people’s desire, from a good style and decent colors to graceful shape and design. In this product they have given greater importance to aesthetic sense.The iPad is heavier as it is 1.5lbs to 1.6lbs (3G), it is not physically comfortable to hold it continuously for a long time.The contrast and colors are very good. IPad has made life easier as it is good for web browsing, emails, news, comics, watching movies while traveling, maps, can serve as a digital photo album, but at the same time is not good for Gaming, Productivity applications, Writing reviews. Instant messaging. iPhone or an iPod touch users might find it similar.
There is an audio jack connector for headphones, and a microphone for applications that need it. It is not really easy to type long emails on a touch screen. The speaker is on the bottom of the device where the "Home" button is.

It has Applications like iBooks, Comics, Magazines, USA Today, BBC, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Netflix,YouTube, Music (same as ipod), email, calendar, Iwork, Games, adobe ideas, The web browsing experience is very like the one on the iPhone/iPod touch, but a little faster, and with a much more comfortable display.

The WiFi chip of the IPad is faster than the iPhone's,The custom iPad A4 processor consumes very little power, so in most cases, the display will be the largest drain factor on the battery. Local storage video: 10+ hours, Book reading:11-12hrs.
The battery is not user replaceable, and like most batteries, it might lose its charge capabilities or simply die after a while. It is not really economical to replace a new battery.

Ipad has some flaws, like there is no camera, no USB ports, no app-based music in the background, no data crunching in the background, Virtual keyboard is not as productive as a real one, No Flash, AT&T-only (in practice), no widescreen.

Over all It is a great product, in future Apple will definitely come up with Ipads that fulfills all the requirements.



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