david schultz dot org » ipad http://www.davidschultz.org (dot com was taken) Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:23:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Who gives a fuck if it doesn’t have flash? http://www.davidschultz.org/2010/01/28/who-gives-a-fuck-about-flash/ http://www.davidschultz.org/2010/01/28/who-gives-a-fuck-about-flash/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:31:43 +0000 David Schultz http://www.davidschultz.org/?p=417 Related Posts:
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]]> Need video? HTML5. Want to make a game for the iphone OS? Learn objective C. I’m not defending Apple (i’m not buying the iPad), but Flash is really on the way out. People who are annoyed at the lack of Flash need to think about what exactly they must have flash for that can’t be done on the iphone OS. Flash intro’s? Band & restaurant websites? Puhhhlease.

Loved this quote i read on Analog Industries:

“No Flash? Who gives a flying fuck? Flash is an improvement over Java only inasmuch as you don’t have to learn a computer language in order to have a gaping wound of a security hole on your system or kill your CPU. HTML5 gives that tragedy the death it so richly deserves anyhow. All the big video sites have HTML5 proof-of-concept players up now; by this time next year, Flash will be a bad memory.”

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Update 04.19.10: I totally bought one last night.

The $499 price point is solid. It’s pretty & definitely well designed. But i’m not buying version 1.0 of the iPad (at least). Here’s why:

1. Nobody seems to be talking about this but i’m worried about how resilient the screen is. If i drop an iphone, it weighs a few hundred grams. The iPad weighs 1.5lbs. What does it take to shatter the screen?

2. No front facing camera.

3. No multi-tasking.

4. What’s the use case? When would i use the iPad vs my iPhone/Macbook Pro?

5. Don’t buy 1st gen.

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