If multi-touch is of interest to you then the iPad is a dream come true. As a designer having access to an affordable and capable computing device with a 10" multitouch screen is a dream come true!
That aside I think that eBooks and everything else promoted is great but I think Robert Fabricant nailed it in his article about the tablet is really well suited for casual gaming: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/why-the-apple-tablet-is-a-real-039games039-changer.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: frog-design-blog (All Blogs) That aside as far as background applications.. I haven't needed them on the iPhone yet and I'd rather not find out I've installed some useless apps I hardly ever touch that are eating away the precious battery life of my portable device. I believe this is one of the main reasons the iPhone/touch and the iPad won't do this. As far as where this device fits in to people's lives and workflows - I think Apple is counting on it's developer base to figure that out for them. So much fun we can have developing for this thing. Ah man it's a great time to be a designer :) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48704 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
