[allend]

- No Flash, no multitasking, no Camera!

- Just a big iTouch.

- 256MB RAM!? Pfft.

- WTF, not widescreen?!

- LCD bad for reading.

- $500?? Overpriced.

- Can't see why anyone would need one.

- Fills a need that isn't there.

- Looks uncomfortable.

- You have to pay $99 to publish on it.

- Yeah, if you like to peck and type.

- It's gonna destroy the culture of content creation.

- Fine if you don't need to get real work done.

- Only fanboys will buy one.

- Give me a netbook so I can program.

- People who are buying iPads are sheep.

- It would not sell if it weren't for the marketing.

- Sure it's selling well now, but what about in 6 months/1 year/2 years …

- Sure it's selling well now, but no true intelligent scotsman …

- Just a toy.

- I can't believe people are buying this without being able to articulate why.

- Look, someone says they stopped using it! I was right.

- No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

28 days and $1,000,000,000 in revenues later, still reasons Apple doesn't give a flying frack about, and maybe a sign that some of us should reevaluate how much we know about the buying habits of the non-comic book guys, and that there might be something there that warrants more than a knee jerk cmdrtaco response.

[useperl]

All of the above are good points that can be exploited by competing products, i am not sure why you are suggesting that apple should close its eyes on this!

I will never buy a second iPhone, i will look for a good Android based phone, and using the same logic i will wait for a good iPad like product from HP or HTC

[flyosity]

If people are in the market (or simply want) a tablet-sized computing device, they're going to have the iPad at the front of their mind. If they play with one at an Apple Store or at a friend's house and aren't convinced (or are pissed it doesn't run Flash) then they will fall into Category B which is where a dozen or more companies will compete.

You basically have the iPad, and everything else, just like for music players there's the iPod and then everything else. Features on a comparison matrix don't get consumers excited. The iPad has a LOT of people excited.

[ErrantX]

The problem is you a) sound like an anti-fanboy and b) like a tech person (as we all probably are here).

For a "man on the street" the iPad "rocks". All the drawbacks are technical gripes - stuff we will notice and complain about but the majority of people will never consider/come across.

We all know it could be better in many ways and more open etc. they don't.

Also, the UI is stellar and will sell it to people.

shrug

[chmike]

You forgot to mention non printing.

Though here is a hack for this: http://thereifixedit.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/12915814498...

[c00p3r]

It is a device to show your girlfriend some stupid clips from youtube and pictures from 4chan to get laid more smoothly. =) It is a consumer device, not a computer or laptop.