Over the last few days since Apple announced their new tablet device, opinions have been mixed but most folks are being critical of the device and it’s apparent “shortcomings.” I believe that the main reason that most people aren’t meshing with the idea of the iPad (I hate the name, for the record) is that they fail to understand what Jobs tried to stress in his presentation on Tuesday. The iPad is not meant to REPLACE your iPhone or REPLACE your MacBook/iMac. It is a new, third category of device. Apple has been developing this device for years. I’m sure they have thought of most of the issues folks are complaining about but I think they have intentionally developed a product that compliments the Apple product line rather than making any of it redundant. Apple still wants folks to want/need a MacBook Pro or an iMac. It makes no sense for them to do otherwise.

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