I bought an iPad this week. I am taking it back for one reason. The lack of Flash support prevents a complete capability to surf the web. AWFUL.

This device has but a couple uses, the web browsing is a major reason for ownership and falls well short.

As much as I love the video / movie content via iTunes on the iPad, it’s going back due to the horrid failure to support Flash.

Boo Apple. Boo. What an awful choice. I’ll have my $700. back now please. Thanks.

As far as iTunes goes, again, it’s a software issue that can be bypassed easily. I haven’t used it since the first time just to sync it with the computer for initial setup. As far as USB, you can buy the camera connection kit, and with a jailbreak, you can actually use it to connect the iPad to an external storage HD. Although personally, I prefer cloud backup storage such as DropBox.

In any case, the hype is real. In just a months since launch it’s sold more units than Kindle did in the past few years, and all other e-readers combined. I think the battery power is also amazing. I’ve only charged it once since buying it 2 weeks ago!

Lastly, there are some doubts about the iPad hype above…which currently se

It is an amazing discussion: think about all the years of partnership between Apple and Adobe. In fact, the big hype of Apple is due in major part to all the designers who use Apple to run Adobe software. Who could have predicted such a clash between them?

I strongly agree with Adobe’s CEO: if Flash crashes Macs, OS X should do something about it –except banning Flash. Apple loves being an IT WASP: excluding Flash is another step into their beloved endogamy. Therefore, my vote goes to you as well: it is a business decision.

For what I read in your posts, I guess you must be waiting as I do to the response of Asus to the iPad. I use a R2H since 2006 (and still is running fine) and it can do must of what an iPad can do except for the touchscreen limitations and the size of the screen. But I’m sure Asus is going to come out with a superior alternative, what do you think?

1. Widescreen would have made the iPad’s aspect seem weird. For a device aimed at reading text and browsing, screen height is important, and considering how the resolution isn’t enough to browse in landscape mode, this makes sense to me.

2. The next OS release will bring multitasking.

3. Agreed. The battle between Adobe and Apple isn’t pretty, and while I’m happy it forces developers to look at alternatives, the iPad should have Flash.

4. Java? Really? Almost every website uses javascript, and Safari is pretty good at that. On the iPad too. Real Java, as in applets I haven’t seen in ages.

5. Agreed 100%. Hate it. But I hate the vendor lock-in for content much more than iTunes’ little quirks.

6. We don’t have AT&T here in The Netherlands, but the iPhone is carried by T-Mobile, with whom I’ve never had issues. But then again I’ve only been a 3G user for two days now .

Why the ipad is an Epic Fail:

1. 1024×768 = No Widescreen ? SVGA has been out of date for quite a few years now.

2. No Multi-tasking. What ? Seriously ?

3. No Flash Support. This is the real deal killer. Try going to youtube or COUNTLESS other sites without flash…

4. No Java Support. Another deal killer. If a site doesn’t use flash, you can just about bet it uses java. Haa.

5. You have to use itunes. It is only the WORST program in the history of programming. There’s no way I’d ever put that on my computer.

6. ATT Network (Need I say more?)