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By: My Thoughts on the iPad | ebounde.com

My Thoughts on the iPad | ebounde.com — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:39:00 +0000

[...] Sarah Mitchell writes, the big question is where is the social aspect of the iPad? I think everyone was [...]

By: Fritz Desir

Fritz Desir — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:43:48 +0000

Thanks for the post. I think though Apple is precisely aware of everything you’ve so eloquently stated and is releasing the product anyway. Why? Well I think at the heart of it is clearly it’s a business decision trumping an optimal user (human/social) experience. Remember these are the same people who released a revolutionary phone/messaging device with NO cut and paste and guess what we all bought it anyway.

I think this will sell and sell well Apple will reap the rewards, iterate and release what they should’ve released in the first place and the most ironic part is that we’ll still (as designers we are a somewhat discontented bunch) want more.

And for the record I’m an Apple fan and was a proud of owner of the first two gens of the iPhone. Keep the good posts coming! – Fritz

By: This Week in Review: Google’s new features, what to do with the iPad, and Facebook’s rise as a news reader | Mark Coddington

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:50:57 +0000

[...] real work of living life. In another interesting debate, interaction designer Sarah G. Mitchell argues that without multitasking or a camera (maybe?), the iPad is an antisocial device, and developer Edd [...]

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:02:12 +0000

[...] the real work of living life. In another interesting debate, interaction designer Sarah G. Mitchell argues that without multitasking or a camera (maybe?), the iPad is an antisocial device, and developer Edd [...]

By: Ted40110

Ted40110 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:01:56 +0000

That’s a totally guess, but it seems that it would make sense to announce that feature as an operating system feature just like they did with cut and paste.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:20:24 +0000

I agree that the IPad could dismantle the social interactions that we hold today. Apple is really missing some key flaws that could enhance the products value. Having a product that enhance your social interaction in any shape or form can increase value to the product and even so business, just look at Facebook or even Twitter.
Social interaction is key to success, just being able to video-chat with someone in a face to face basis or even watching TV simatenously blogging about what your viewing can close our social interactions even closer.

By: O'Reilly Radar

O'Reilly Radar — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:38:42 +0000

The iPad is real-life social…

The iPad is real-life social in a way that a phone and a laptop just aren’t. It will find fans not only in a family setting, but in a creative setting where collaboration and comment is in person…