With so much going on here for the iPad we must look at the aspect of what went into deciding making a product like this? What I meant was that, did we address in our discussions the goals this product was supposed to have met? Of course, we will not know what goals Steve had in his mind when he decided to make a product like this.
If this product was meant to have fixed goals and some dynamic then have they been met? Reading through the discussion, I found that this product has miserably failed and then again, has it? As with some of the recently launched new Apple products, they did receive a lot of flack for being what they are when they were launched. Probably because of the over all brand image that Apple has created, we tend to expect a lot more than what the product probably has to offer. Then again, a big fight against media hype and as this discussion has gone, looks like the product has failed. But if we were to understand that no product, which has new or experimental technology or interactions embedded, has really hit the bulls eye at first go. Is this because we are averse to change? Like some of Apple's products, we have seen or had, this product will take time to get used to. It will take time for us to understand its goals. It is in this aspect, I feel that Apple has failed to hit the nail on the head. To meet the brand expectations against a new product. As we all know that there are compromises to be made when anything new is being launched. This is because the business aspect of it does not provide us the liberty to keep on refining the product till its perfect. If this was the case, no new technology or product would get released in the market. To me, personally, I think I will wait till Apple releases future versions for us to really start catching up with this product. And I feel that Apple, will make drastic changes in the second release as it gets this product to work for them. Today, iPhone is a second me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
