The Apple iPad

In your opinion how important is it for mobile applications and devices to both look good and function properly? Comment on both the attractiveness of the software and the hardware.

i think it is very important for it to function properly and for everything to work properly, after buying the product and it not working or functioning properly i wouldnt be very happy, and i probably wouldn't buy anything from that seller again. in my opinion i think it is very important that if i pay a lot of money for something then i expect it to work.

the apple ipad is attractive, it looks good and eye catching, the apple brand has a very good name behind it, a lot of people trust it. and from what i have heard from the ipad i would buy one, 

Who designed the iPad? Was it an individual or team? In your opinion, do people use this device because it looks good or because it functions well? Or does it do both?

Johnathan "jony" ive designed the ipad, foxconn manufactured it and apple was the developer. i think they use it because everyone else uses it and they all say that it is good. i think that some people use it cause it looks good and i think neally everyone uses it because it functions properly and because its got a good name.

How has the iPad changed the way some businesses function? Can you find examples of where businesses have implemented the iPad into their day-to-day activities?

sales people in america that are out on field working use ipads to pitch to there boss there ideas or for any information that they need to get to them and to show a slide for the people they are trying to sell stuff to, people form law firms are using ipads on overnight trips because they are lighter and easier then carrying a laptop and 

Overall, what other major flaws of this type of technology? Can you think of anyways in the future that this hardware will be improved to the point where it will compete with desktop and laptop computers?

i had a look on some forums and a lot of people are saying that the back light bleeds and some people loose pixels and dirt under there screen,i think that all these flaws will be improved and i think that yes one day the iPad will be better then the laptop and computer.

How do you think the iPad could help your day-to-day workflow? Are the answers straightforward? Is it more a case of combining this technology with others that already exist?

i think that in some aspects of work that the iPad can help but some it cant, like as i said before that you could show a slide of what your selling, but some things with in your job there is no need to use a computer or iPad.

Consider the following–has the iPad shaped the way we do business? Or has business and technology shaped the way Apple developed the iPad?

i think both, i think that some people have changed the way they work for the iPad but then some of them just add it to there work/job and make it work with no changes. example, people who travel for work. like sales reps. some have changed they way they work and travel because of the iPad. they make the traveling easier because the iPad is little compact and easy to use,

Is the iPad and tablets in general a passing fad? Or do you think this type of technology is here to stay long-term?

i think that once they get the iPad and all its flaws fully complete and actually have no flaws there, that it will stay, i think they are a good idea but at this time i would not buy a tablet or iPad only for the fact that they are new and they are expensive and with the way apple are at the moment they are updating there technology every 6 months and i dont want to waste $500 on an iPad that is going to get upgraded within months. 

Conduct a discussion with the whole class and determine based on the general consensus the pros and cons of tablet-based technology.

Many people say that the iPad is an unnecessary piece of hardware caught in limbo between a laptop and mobile phone. Do you think this consensus is accurate. Do you think that your answer could be different in five years time?

i think that it is a good thing. but then i think that maybe its just a waste of time, especially for people who are only getting them cause everyone else is. and my opinion will definitely change in 5 years time.